工学部 研究紹介_2018_英語版

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Locationdisplayedwithareturndateandtime.LocationdisplaysystemusinganLCDtouchpanel.Driver'slicenceexamtrainingsystem:“Mentore-kun”.Questions and answer animation samples.Inthislab,researchisbeingdoneonawidevarietyofinformationsystems.Withapolicyofcreating“useful”and“easytouse”technology,thegoalistoenrichhumanlifebymakingmundanetaskseasierandmorefun.Forexample,inthe“Mentore-kun”systemshowninthetopleftphoto,driver'slicenceexamquestionsandanswersareexplainedusinganimationasshowninscreenshotonthetopright.Thelocationdisplaysystemshowninthetwobottomphotosismainlyforsomeone'soffice.TheirlocationcanbecheckedremotelythroughtheInternettomakeiteasierforvisitorsbeforetheycome.Inthislab,researchisalsobeingdoneondigitalcommunicationsystems.Ifseveraldevicescommunicatewitheachother,moreintelligentoperationscanbeperformed.Inthefuture,deviceswillworktogetherwiththeir“friends”.Studentsarecurrentlyworkingonwaystodothis.Graduatesfindemploymentinsuchareasasthesoftware,electronicsandautomotiveindustries.Prof.Asanoteachesstudentsnotonlyaboutresearch,butalsoaboutlifeandsociety,sothattheycanalsoenrichtheirlives.DavidKenAsanoProfessorWorked at the Communi-cationsResearch Labora-toryof the Ministry of Posts & Telecommunicati-onsbefore joining ShinshuUniversity in 1996.Computer Technologyfor a Better LifeAfter GraduationIn the FutureAsanoLabElectrical& Computer EngineeringTaishiLabThe growth of functional single crystals leads to the future, innovative society!After GraduationIn the FutureElectrical& Computer EngineeringMaininterestofourlaboratoryisthegrowthandevaluationofsemiconductingandfunctionaloxidesinglecrystalssuchassilicon(Si),Siliconcarbide(SiC)andpotassiumniobate.Singlecrystalsareelectrically,optically,andmechanicallyhomogeneousmaterials.Forexample,SisinglecrystalsarewidelyusedforLSIdevicesorsolarcells.WeareoneoftheleadinggroupsinthefieldofbulkcrystalgrowthinJapan.Weareconductingvariouscooperativeresearchesrelatedto“greenmaterials”withResearchProfessorKeigoHoshikawa..Several typical single crystals, such as silicon and sapphire, grown in our laboratory or cooperative companies.Wearecurrentlyworkingonthegrowthofvarioussinglecrystalscalled“greenmaterials”thatcontributetoenvironmentalpreservation.Sapphire,oneofthekeymaterialsforourlaboratoryisusedasasubstrateforGaN-basedLEDdevices.Thuswestudythegrowthoflarge-scaleandhighqualitysapphirecrystalsbyverticalBridgmantechnique,whichisoneofthetypicalmeltgrowthmethods.Operators are observing the inside of the Czochralski growth furnace. Inset: A silicon germanium single crystal grown from the melt. Studentsinourlaboratoryacquiremanyskillsandtechniquesrelatedtothecrystalgrowthandtheylearnhowtoapplythem.Aftergraduation,wehopethatourskillfulstudentsactivelyworkinvariouscompaniesoracademicinstitutions.ToshinoriTaishiAssociate ProfessorMain research fields are bulk crystal growth and evaluation of crystalline defects. He was born in Nagano.28