People

Vimal Saxena

I am Vimal Saxena, from India. I have done my undergraduate studies from VIT University, India in Mechanical Engineering, with major research in Material Characterization and Process Optimization. I came to Japan in September, 2017 as a Master’s student in Tatsuoka Sensei’s Laboratory. My research area here is to synthesis Germanium based nanostructured compounds for thermoelectric applications.

 

Invited Young Researchers

Prof. Lain-Jong Li, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Saudi ArabiaProf. Yu-Lun Chueh, National Tsing-Hua University, Taiwan, Dr. Wen Li, Tongji University, China, and Ms. Ma Juan, South China University of Technology, China were invited to deliver their talks at Shizuoka Univ. After the symposium, they visited our lab. to discuss opportunities for future collaborations.
 

Exchange Students from Universiti Sains Malaysia

Prof. Ir. Dr. Cheong Kuan Yew and students, Lim Zhe Xi, Nur Syafinaz Ridhuan and Norasiah Mohammad Noordin of Universiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia were invited to Faculty of Engineering, Shizuoka University from January 9 to 16, 2016. The program was provided by SSSV program, Shizuoka University. In the program, our joint symposium, collaborative research and social exchange activities were held.
 

Exchange Students from SRM University

Prof. JOHN THIRUVADIGAL.D and students, RANJETH BHUVANESWARAN, PRAVEEN SEKAR, SARAVANA GOUTHAM   RAMU, SANKAR GANESH   RAMARAJ, DINESH KUMAR   PANDIAN of SRM University, India were invited to Faculty of Engineering, Shizuoka University from January 6 to 13, 2015. The program was provided by SSSV program, Shizuoka University. In the program, our joint symposium, collaborative research and social exchange activities were held.
 

Invited Professor Xinhong Liu

Invited Professor Xinhong Liu was born in 1973, China. She received her B.E. (1996) degree in Chemistry from Henan Normal University, received M.E. (2003) and PhD (2008) degrees in Materials Science and Engineering from Zhengzhou University, China. She came to Japan in Nov.4, 2014, as an invited Professor of Asia Bridge Program (ABP). She is now an associate professor in Zhengzhou University, China. Her research is about synthesis, properties and application of high temperature materials.
 

Xiang Meng

Meng Xiang was born in Henan Province, China, in 1987. He received his M.E. degree(2013) in school of Materials Science and Engineering from Zhengzhou University, China. He came to Japan in October, 2013, as a PhD candidate in Prof. Tatsuoka’s lab. Now he is studying on synthesis of new silicon-based nanosheets for applications in the thermoelectric devices.
 

World Wide Research Network

Our laboratory encourages people to have research exchange activities with many laboratories and institutes all over the world. We have published papers or given presentations with colleagues who belong to overseas Universities and institutes shown in the map above. 
 

Exchange Students from City University of Hong Kong

Prof. Johnny Ho, and students, XIU Fei, Fang Ming, Cheung HoYuen, Dong Guofa, YIP SenPo of City University of Hong Kong were invited to Faculty of Engineering, Shizuoka University from December 2 to 8, 2013. The program was provided by SSSV program, Shizuoka University. In the program, our joint symposium, collaborative research and social exchange activities were held.
 

Wen Li

Li Wen was born in Zhejiang, China, in 1984. He received his B.E. (2007) and M.E. (2010) degrees in Materials Science and Engineering from Zhengzhou University, China. He came to Japan in October, 2010, as a PhD candidate in Prof. Tatsuoka’s lab. He has graduated in 2013 with PhD degree, and he is now a research associate in Tongji University, China. His research is about synthesis, electrical and thermoelectric properties of new compound (such as Ag8SiTe6, Ag8SiSe6) for thermoelectric application.
 

Exchange Students from National Taiwan University and National Tsing Hua University

Prof. Jr-Hau He, and students, Chen-Fang Kang, Hsin-Ping Wang of National Taiwan University, and Chia-Wei Hsu, Bao-Hsien Wu, Wei-Ting Liu of National Tsing Hua University were invited to Faculty of Engineering, Shizuoka University from January 31 to February 8, 2013. The program was provided by SSSV program, Shizuoka University. In the program, our joint symposium, collaborative research, social exchange activities were held.
 

Shanming Cai

Shanming Cai was born in Shanghai, China, in 1986. He graduated from School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shanghai University in 2009. In his master course in Shizuoka University, he studied CuO/Cu2O nanowiresNow, he works for Yachiyo Industry Co., Ltd. in Japan. He is willing to strengthen the communication between Japan and China in his power.
 

Exchange students from Zhengzhou University

Prof. Junhua Hu, and students, Kuifeng Bai, Guang Chen, Zhidan Liu, Bin Wang and Qiong Wu of Zhengzhou University, were invited to Faculty of Engineering, Shizuoka University from November 28 to December 6, 2011. The program was provided by Japan Student Services Organization (JASSO) as STUDENT EXCHANGE SUPPORT PROGRAM (SCHOLARSHIP FOR SHORT-TERM STUDY IN JAPAN). In the program, our joint symposium, collaborative research, social exchange activities were held.
 

Alex Zevalkink and Greg Pomrehn

Alex Zevalkink and Greg Pomrehn were special research students of Graduate School of Science and Technology, Shizuoka University,from Department of Applied Physics & Materials Science, California Institute of Technology, USA, for STUDENT EXCHANGE SUPPORT PROGRAM (SCHOLARSHIP FOR SHORT-TERM STUDY IN JAPAN) provided by Japan Student Services Organization (JASSO). They are working on the syntheses and characterizations of novel electric materials for thermoelectric applications,as PhD students under the supervision of Dr. G. Jeffrey Snyder.
 

Jack DeGrave

Jack DeGrave was a special research student of Graduate School of Science and Technology, Shizuoka University, from Physical Chemistry Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA, for STUDENT EXCHANGE SUPPORT PROGRAM (SCHOLARSHIP FOR SHORT-TERM STUDY IN JAPAN) provided by Japan Student Services Organization (JASSO). He is working on the growth and electrical measurement of Fe1-xCoxSi and Manganese silicide nanowires, as a PhD student in Prof. Song Jin group, University of Wisconsin-Madison.
 

Cuilian Wen

Cuilian Wen received her B.E. and M.E. in Materials Science and Engineering, Zhengzhou University, China (2001~2008). She studied the synthesis and thermoelectric properties of Alkaline-earth metal (AEM) silicides by heat treatment in high vacuum system and sparking plasma sintering as a Ph.D. student in Prof. Tatsuoka’s lab in Shizuoka University from 2008 to 2011. Now, she works in Fuzhou University, China. Her research interests are the silicide materials for thermoelectric application.
 

Qing Yang

Qing Yang was born in Shanxi, China, in 1982. He came to Japan in 2007, as a PhD candidate in Prof. Tatsuoka’s lab. He studied the synthesis and characterization of Q1D nano-materials and received his PhD degree from Shizuoka University in 2010. Presently, he works in Xi’an University of Technology, China. His research interests are nano-materials and electrical engineering materials.
 

Junhua Hu

Junhua Hu received his B.E. (2003) and M.E. (2006) degrees in Materials Science and Processing Engineering from Zhengzhou University (China, Zhengzhou City). In his M.S course, he worked with surface modification of magnesium alloys for the application of implantable materials. He joined in Tatsuoka Lab. as a doctor student to study semiconducting silicides technologies from 2006, 9 to 2009, 10. In this period, he grew β-FeSi2, Mg2Si and MnSi~1.7. He received his Ph.D. degree from Graduate School of Science and Technology of Shizuoka University. Now, he works in Materials Research Center of Zhengzhou University. He also does some work to enhance the collaboration between Zhengzhou University and Shizuoka University. His research fields are growth of silicides materials and surface modification of metal.
 

C.L. Zhang

Lecturer C.L. Zhang, from Department of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Zhongyuan University of Technology, visited our Lab, from December 24, 2006 to January 23, 2007, as a visitor. She attempted to apply the semiconducting silicide materials in the fields of ecological building for the purpose of energy conversion and saving.
 

Prof. N. G. Galkin

Prof. N.G. Galkin, Institute for Automation and Control Processes of Far Eastern Branch of Russian Academy of Science, Vladivostok, Russia, visited our Lab. from July 31 to August 2, 2006. He gave a lecture on “Approaches to growth and study of properties of multilayer silicon – silicide heterostructures with buried semiconductor silicide nanocrystallites”. The our joint research is now going on, and our collaboration achievement will be published soon.
 

Emeritus Prof. H. Kuwabara

Emeritus Prof. H. Kuwabara retired from Shizuoka University in 2004. He was a director of College of Engineering, then Professor of Faculty of Engineering, Shizuoka University. He was a specialist in optical characterizations of semiconducting materials, as well as development of semiconductor growth techniques. Especially, he had obtained significant research achievements  for b-SiC, II-VI semiconductors such as, ZnSe, CdTe, ZnMnTe and their superlattice structures.
 

Prof. Guosheng Shao  ( when he was in University of Surrey ) visited our lab. and gave a lecture on “Electron microscopy of Optoelectronic Silicides and Application of Thermodynamics Modelling to Materials Problem. Now he is Centre for Materials Research & Innovation, University of Bolton.
 

Dr. Alex Bright

Mr. Alex Bright, from Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy, University of Cambridge, visited our Lab. from March 28 to May 16, 1999, as a visiting researcher. He investigated in TEM characterization of silicide layers, especially b-FeSi2 layers on Si substrates.
 

Prof. C. K. Ong, from Department of Physics, NUS, visited our Lab. for our collaboration on the growth of magneto-semiconductor hybrid structures by Hot-Wall Epitaxy.
 

Associate Professor Gong Hao, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, National University of Singapore, visited our lab. from April 28 to May 24, 1997, as a visiting researcher. His stay here was founded by NUS – JSPS Exchange Program. We investigated in the growth of new magneto-electronic hybrid materials by Hot-Wall Epitaxy.
 

Prof. P. D. Brown

Prof. Paul D Brown, Professor of Materials Characterisation, Department of Mechanical, Materials & Manufacturing Engineering, University of Nottingham, ( when he was in University of Cambridge ) visited our Lab, when he was in Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy, University of Cambridge. He gave a lecture about TEM characterization of semiconductor materials. Our collaborations are now going on, and he characterize our nano-structured materials using his state-of-the-art TEM facilities.
 

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