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 nanocrystals22Department 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
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