Yoshikazu HIRAI

Last Update: February 6, 2020

Yoshikazu HIRAI (Ph.D., Assistant Prof.)

Yoshikazu Hirai received received the B.S. and M.S. degrees from Ritsumeikan University, Japan, in 2002 and 2004, respectively, and the Ph.D. degree from Kyoto University, Japan, in 2007, all in mechanical engineering.

He was a Postdoctoral Researcher with the Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University. In 2009, he joined the Advanced Biomedical Engineering Research Unit, Kyoto University. Since 2013, he has been an Assistant Professor with the Department of Micro Engineering, Kyoto University. He was an Adjunct Assistant Professor with the Institute for Integrated Cell-Material Sciences, Kyoto University, from 2014 to 2017.

His current research interests include (1) Fabrication and Packaging for Generic MEMS/NEMS, (2) Optical lithography for 3-Dimensional microstructuring, (3) Atomic MEMS device (e.g., CSAC: Chip Scale Atomic Clock, CSAM: Chip Scale Atomic Magnetometer), (4) Microfluidics, and (5) Bio-Microsystems for in vitro measurement (e.g., Organ/Body on a Chip). He is a Member of the IEEE, MRS, the Institute of Electrical Engineers of Japan (IEEJ), the Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers (JSME), the Society for Chemistry and Micro-Nano Systems (CHEMINAS), and Japan Institute of Electronics Packaging (JIEP).

Alone we go faster, Together we go further!

【Contact Information】

Department of Micro Engineering, Kyoto University
Kyoto daigaku-Katsura, Nishikyo-ku KYOTO 615-8540
JAPAN
TEL: +81-75-383-3693 / FAX: +81-75-383-3738
hirai@me.kyoto-u.ac.jp

■　List of Publications

+ Click here　(@ February 2020)
+ Google Scholar
+ ResearcherID: G-8730-2011

■　Selected Publications

  • K. Kamei, Y. Kato, Y. Hirai, S. Ito, J. Satoh, A. Oka, T. Tsuchiya, Y. Chen, O. Tabata, “Integrated heart/cancer on a chip to reproduce the side effects of anti-cancer drugs in vitro“, RSC Adv., 7 (2017), pp.36777-36786.
  • K. Ban, Y. Hirai, K. Tsujimoto, A. Terao, N. Mizutani, T. Kobayashi, O. Tabata, “Characterization of alkali-metal vapor cells fabricated with an alkali-metal source tablet", J. Vac. Sci. Technol. A, 34 (2016), 061601
  • X. Ma, Y. Kato, F. Kempen, Y. Hirai, T. Tsuchiya, F. Keulen, O. Tabata, “Experimental study of numerical optimization for 3-d microstructuring using DMD-based grayscale lithography", J. Microelectromech. Syst., 24 (2015), pp.1856-1867
  • Y. Hirai, K. Sugano, T. Tsuchiya, O. Tabata, “Embedded microstructure fabrication using developer-permeability of semi-cross-linked negative resist", J. Microelectromech. Syst., 19 (2010), pp.1058-1069
  • Y. Hirai, Y. Inamoto, K. Sugano, T. Tsuchiya, O. Tabata, “Moving mask UV lithography for three-dimensional structuring", J. Micromech. Microeng., 17 (2007), pp.199-206

■　Awards

+ The Outstanding Paper Award Finalists (Oral Presentation Category) at the Transducers 2019
+ The Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers (JSME) Best Presentation Paper Award in the 2018 JSME Annual Meeting (Micro-Nano Mechanical Science and Technology Division)
+ The Institute of Electrical Engineers of Japan (IEEJ) Distinguished Paper Award in 2016
+ The six major results of 2015 from Nanotechnology Platform Japan Program
+ The Outstanding Reviewer Awards of Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering (Institute of Physics, United Kingdom) in 2016
+ The Excellent Technical Paper Award in the 33rd Sensor Symposium on Sensors, Micromachines and Applied Systems (The Sensors and Micromachines Division in The Institute of Electrical Engineers of Japan)
+ The Institute of Electrical Engineers of Japan (IEEJ) Excellent Presentation Award in 2015
+ The Igarashi Award in the 32nd Sensor Symposium on Sensors, Micromachines and Applied Systems (The Sensors and Micromachines Division in The Institute of Electrical Engineers of Japan)
+ The Hatakeyama Award in 2001 (The Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers)

■　Academic Services

Associate Editor
+ IEEE Transactions on Nanotechnology
Reviewer
+ Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems (JMEMS)
+ Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering (JMM)
+ Sensors and Actuators A: Physical
+ Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical
+ Micromachines
+ Optics Express
+ Microsystem Technologies (MST)
+ Applied Science
+ Journal of Bionic Engineering
+ International Journal for Light and Electron Optics
+ Lasers in Manufacturing and Materials Processing
+ Japanese Journal of Applied Physics (JJAP)
+ Applied Physics Express
+ Materials & Design
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+ IEEJ Transactions on Sensors and Micromachines (in Japanese)
+ Transactions of the JSME (in Japanese)
Memberships in Committees of International Conferences
+ IEEE-NEMS 2012: Local Organizer
+ IEEE NMDC 2012: Invited Symposia Committee
+ IEEE INERTIAL 2020: Treasurer
+ IEEE-NEMS 2021: Invited Sessions Chair
+ Coming soon…
Memberships in Program Committees of International Conferences
+ IEEE-NEMS 2013-2015, 2017-2020
+ IEEE SENSORS 2017, 2018
+ Coming soon…

■　Science Society Memberships

+ 2002-Present Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers (JSME)
+ 2003-Present Institute of Electrical Engineers of Japan (IEEJ)
+ 2009-Present IEEE
+ 2011-Present MRS
+ 2013-Present Society for Chemistry and Micro-Nano Systems (Cheminas)
+ 2014-Present Japan Institute of Electronics Packaging (JIEP)
+ 2019-Present The Japan Society of Applied Physics (JSAP)

2020年7月14日