Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Yohachi (John) Yamashita

Dr. Yohachi (John) Yamashita,
Adjunct Professor in Micro/Nano Engineering Lab (MNEL)
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering North Carolina State University, USA.
Email: sxjwg220@ybb.ne.j

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Multi Frequencies and Multi Pulse Repetition Frequencies Low Intensity Pulsed Ultrasound (MFP-LIPUS) Stimulation for Living Bio Cells of Fishes, Animals and Human. Piezoelectric and Acoustic Material Design for Ultrasonic Transducer, Relaxor-Lead Titanate Single Crystal Growth, Process, and Characterization

EDUCATION

2013-present
Toyama Prefectural University, Toyama Japan in Intelligent Systems Design Engineering
Advisor: Prof. Tomoaki Karaki
1998
Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan in Material Science Engineering
Advisor: Prof. Noboru Ichinose

RESEARCH/WORK EXPERIENCES
2017– Present
Adjunct Professor, Micro/Nano Engineering Lab (MNEL), Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, North Carolina State University, USA.
2013- Present
Research Specialist, Toyama Prefectural University, Toyama Japan in Intelligent Systems Design Engineering
Advisor: Prof. Tomoaki Karaki
1969-2013
Senior Research Scientist, Toshiba Corp., R&D Center, Kawasaki, Japan

TEACHING EXPERIENCES
2013-Present
Research Specialist, Effect of MFP LIPUS for Aquaculture Fishes at Toyama Prefectural University, Japan

SELECTED AWARDS and HONORS
1. The Richard Fulrath Pacific Award from the American Ceramic Society for the research of “Lead Zinc niobate ceramics multilayer ceramic capacitor) in 1993.
2. The editorial contribution award from the Japan Society of Applied Physics for the contribution of JJAP and APEX in 2006.

EDITIONAL BOARDS EXPERIENCES
1. Editor of the Japan Society of Applied Physics, Japan, 1995-1998.
2. Head editor of ferroelectric materials section of the Japan Society of Applied Physics, Japan, 1998-2001.

MEMBERSHIP
1. Fellow of the Japan Society of Applied Physics, Japan in 2009 till now.
2. Senior Member of the IEEE, Ultrasonic, Ferroelectric and Frequency Control (UFFC), US in 2008 till now.

WEB of SCIENCE CITATION STATICS CURRENT
Numbers of Articles: 201,
h-index: 29,
Total citations: 2902 without self-citations,
Top citation paper,
T. Kobayashi, S. Shimanuki, S. Saito, and Y. Yamashita, Improved Growth of Large Lead Zinc Niobate Titanate Piezoelectric Single Crystals for Medical Ultrasonic Transducers, September 1997,· Japanese Journal of Applied Physics 36(9):6035-6038
DOI · 10.1143/JJAP.36.6035

Patents: International Patents: 44, Japanese Patents: 230