Kota Sawada (Dr. Eng.)

Senior Researcher

Creep Resistant Materials Group, Materials Reliability Center

Creep Section, Materials Data Sheet Station

National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS)

Address : 1-2-1 Sengen, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0047, Japan

e-mail : sawada.kota@**  (** : nims.go.jp)

Research Field (keywords)

heat resistant steels, creep deformation, high temperature strength, residual life assessment, material degradation mechanism,

evaluation of high temperature elastic modulus, EF-TEM, STEM-EDX

Current Research

1. Z-phase formation in base metal and FGHAZ of welded joints in 9-12%Cr steels

2. Long-term creep data analysis for heat resistant steels by constitutive creep equations

3. Effect of multiaxiality of stress on microstructural change during creep in high Cr steels

Education

・Dr. Eng. Materials Science, Tohoku University, 1999

・M.S.   Materials Science, Tohoku University, 1996

・B.S.   Materials Science, Tohoku University, 1994

Research Experience

・Senior Researcher, National Institute for Materials Science (2005, 4 - present)

・Researcher, National Institute for Materials Science (2001, 4 - 2005, 3)

・Researcher, National Research Institute for Metals (1999,4 – 2001, 3)

・Visiting researcher at Materials Testing Institute, University Stuttgart,Germany (2007,6-2008,5)

Publications

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