学科名等はこちらで入力いたしますAssociateProfessorKentaroWatanabeAssociateProfessorWatanabereceivedhisPh.DfromtheUniv.ofTokyoin2010.HejoinedShinshuUniv.onMarch2020underJSPSLEADERprogram.Hisresearchinterestcoversscienceandengineeringofelectrical,mechanical,andthermalpropertiesofsemiconductornanocristals.Watanabegroupfocusesondenseandhighly‐orientedarraysofsemiconductornanocrystals,suchas1D‐likeZnOfree‐standingnanowirearraysand2D‐likeMoS2‐basedhetero‐nanostructures,asmacroscopicmaterialsexhibitinguniquenanoscaleproperties.Weaimtodevisethemaspotentialmaterialsofnovelsensordevicesandportablepowergenerators,askeycomponentsofsensornetworks.Wealsoenabledin‐situelectrical/optoelectronictestingofindividualnanostructuresundernano‐mechanicalloadingbasedonSEM‐Cathodoluminescence(CL)nanospectroscope,whichrevealsnanoscalepropertiesandtheirpotentialapplications.WatanabegrouphaslaunchedMarch2020.Studentsinourgroupwilllearnhowtoplanresearchprojects,fabricateandcharacterizesamples,andanalyzeandsummarizethedatasetsforacademicpublications.Theseexperienceswouldbebasicskillsintheirfuture,asresearchersorengineersincompaniesorelse.SEM‐Cathodoluminescence?nanospectroscopewith?an?in‐situ?nanoproberfor?strain‐induced?electrical?&?mechanical?testing.ZnOnanowireunderbendingstressapplied,exhibitingelasticuniaxialstrainupto4%(100timesgreaterthanbulkZnO).Devising?dense?and?highly‐oriented?arrays?of?semiconductor?nanocrystals23Department?of?Machinery?and?RoboticsFunctional?Machineryand?MechanicsOutlook?for?researchOutlook?for?students?after?graduationUltrasonicprobesarekeydevicestomonitorcracksinagedbuilding.Butthoseforoperatingpowerplantsandfactoriesathightemperature(T>350℃)arestilllacking.Wewilldevisedenseandhighly‐orientedarraysofpiezoelectricnanowiresornanosheetsforself‐poweredhightemperatureultrasonicprobes,whichwouldbeabuildingblockofIoTsensornetworks.Evaluation?of?firefighter?clothing?by?flash?fire?manikin.?Fundamental?research?on?test?method?against?heat?and?flame?will?be?contributed?to?international?standard?(ISO)?developmentOurlabconductsscientificresearchon(1)understandingfiredynamicsandfirefighters’workingenvironment,(2)heattransferprocessinfirefighters’personalprotectionequipment(PPE),(3)developmentandrevisiononstandardfiretestsandthermalperformancerequirementofmaterialandPPEand(4)developmentofnewfirefighterPPE.Finally,researchonfireprotectionformaterialsandpeopleisoneofourobjectives,butouressentialgoalistoeducatefirefighters(emergencyresponders)aboutbetterunderstandingoffundamentaloffireriskandphysicswithinPPEfortheirsafeoperation.Principleofnaturalphenomenashallbeunderstoodbyusingvarioussciencesandengineering.Throughouttheresearchinourlab,understandingofscalegapbetweenidealandfactwillberecognized.Thiswillbegoodexperienceandbasicknowledgetocontributetoresearchanddevelopmentfornewtechnology.Duetoenergyconservationandfuelefficiency,manykindsofpolymermaterialsanditsapplicationhavebeendeveloped.Safetyshallbethefirstpriorityevenifmainobjectiveisnewmaterialdevelopment.Ourgraduateswillalwayshavesafetyconsciousnessinanynewtechnologydevelopment.AssociateProfessorKaoruWakatsukiAftercompletionofPh.D.attheUniv.ofMarylandintheU.S.,hehadworkedforNat’lRes.Inst.ofFireandDisasterasaresearchscientistandafederalfireinvestigatorbeforejoiningShinshuUniv.in2015.Hisexpertiseisthermalandfireprotectionengineeringanditsapplicationofpersonalprotection.Development?of?testing?method?against?heat?and?flame?for?firefighting?gloves.?Design?of?fabric?layering?in?firefighting?gloves?will?be?developed?by?fabric?and?by?whole?glove?testScientific?Research?on?Fire?and?its?Application?to?Firefighter?SafetyDepartment?of?Machinery?and?RoboticsFunctional?Machineryand?MechanicsOutlook?for?researchOutlook?for?students?after?graduation
元のページ ../index.html#24