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Position Group Leader, Structural Functions Research Group, Innovative Materials Engineering Laboratory, NIMS Guest Professor in Production Systems Engineering, Toyohashi University of Technology. |
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Education Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern University, 1991 MS and BS in Applied Physics, Hokkaido University, 1986 and 84 |
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Research Experience Guest Professor at Vienna University, 2007 Lecturer and Associate Professor at Toyohashi University of Technology, 1997-2007 Research Associate at Hokkaido University, 1991-1997 |
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Keywords phase transformations, severe plastic deformation, martensitic transformation, intermetallic compounds, shape memory alloys, metallic glass, magnetic materials, transmission electron microscopy |
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Research Interests His main research interest is the process and mechanism of amorphization/nanocrystallization in various intermetallic compounds, e.g., TiNi, ZrCu, and CuTi by severe plastic deformation (rolling, drawing, shot peening and high pressure torsion). Amorphous wires of TiNi made by cold drawing exhibit 3-5% elastic recovery strain. These amorphous/nanocrystalline intermetallics also exhibit high strength as well as high elastic modulus, and thus have high potential as medical device materials. He is also interested in the development of various functional metallic materials, such as, magnetostrictive materials, cryogenic shape memory alloys, etc. |
