Kenji Uchino is an American electronics engineer, physicist, academic, inventor and industry executive. He is currently an academy professor of Electrical Engineering, Emeritus Academy Institute at Pennsylvania State University , where he also directs the International Center for Actuators and Transducers at Materials Research Institute. He is the former associate director (US Navy Ambassador to Japan) at The US Office of Naval Research – Global Tokyo Office.
20-747: Uchino (written: 内野 ) is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include: Kenji Uchino ( 内野 研二 , born 1950) , American engineer Masao Uchino ( 内野 正雄 , born 1934) , Japanese footballer and manager Mikuru Uchino ( 内野 未来 , born 1988) , Japanese gravure idol Seiyō Uchino ( 内野 聖陽 , born 1968) , Japanese actor Shigeaki Uchino ( 内野 重昭 , born 1931) , Japanese modern pentathlete Takashi Uchino (footballer, born 1988) ( 内野 貴志 ) , Japanese footballer Takashi Uchino (footballer, born 2001) ( 内野 貴史 ) , Japanese footballer Tsunehisa Uchino ( 内野 経久 , born 1965) , Japanese sprint canoeist See also [ edit ] 11929 Uchino ,
40-706: A main-belt asteroid Uchino Station , a railway station in Niigata, Niigata Prefecture, Japan [REDACTED] Surname list This page lists people with the surname Uchino . If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name (s) to the link. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Uchino&oldid=1172204884 " Categories : Surnames Japanese-language surnames Hidden categories: Articles containing Japanese-language text Articles with short description Short description
60-555: Is a semi-private, nine-hole, regulation-length 3,234-yard, par-36 course on rye grass located on the campus of Saint Francis University at 105 Saint Elizabeth Street. Immergrün has not been altered since Donald Ross built it for the steel magnate Charles M. Schwab in 1917. Saint Francis University also runs a campus at Ambialet France in the Midi-Pyrénées. All classes are in English. Athletically, Saint Francis competes in
80-691: Is different from Wikidata All set index articles Kenji Uchino Uchino has conducted extensive research on solid state physics, focusing especially on ferroelectrics and piezoelectrics . He is one of the pioneers in piezoelectric actuators and electro-optic displays and is the inventor of topics including lead magnesium niobate (PMN)-based electrostricive materials, cofired multilayer piezoelectric actuators, superior electromechanical coupling relaxor-PbTiO_3 single crystals, magnetoelectric laminated composite sensors, shape memory ceramics, and micro ultrasonic motors. Uchino's work has resulted in over 584 research papers, over 78 books and 33 patents in
100-448: Is one of the pioneers in magnetoelectric devices. Uchino reported the analysis of transient vibration generated by a piezoelectric actuator after applying a pulse voltage. He proposed the idea of health monitoring of piezoelectric actuators by using AE monitoring and/or strain gauge type internal electrodes. He based his idea on the crack propagation mechanisms in multilayer piezo-actuators. Uchino designed Buck-Converters for resolving
120-418: Is one of the pioneers in piezoelectric actuators and electro-optic display. He has conducted research on solid state physics, focusing especially on ferroelectrics and piezoelectrics, as well as on application development of solid state actuators for precision positioners, ultrasonic motors, smart structures, piezoelectric transformers and energy harvesting. Uchino, along with his team, was the first to discover
140-782: The NCAA 's Northeast Conference . Their nickname is the Red Flash. The University has a total of 22 varsity sports teams, with 9 men's teams and 13 women's programs all competing in NCAA Division I . Men's sports include basketball, cross country, football, golf, soccer, tennis, and track & field, and volleyball competing in the Northeast Conference; while women's sports include basketball, bowling, cross country, field hockey, golf, lacrosse, soccer, softball, swimming, tennis, track & field and volleyball which compete in
160-647: The Pennsylvania State University from 1976 till 1985 before joining Sophia University in Japan as an associate professor of physics. In 1991, he was appointed by the Pennsylvania State University as Professor at Electrical Engineering and Materials Research Institute. Uchino was appointed as Founding Director of International Center for Actuators and Transducers in 1992. He served as a distinguished honors faculty at Schreyer Honors College at Pennsylvania State University from 2018 till 2020. Uchino
180-459: The basic idea of co-fired multilayer actuators in late 1970s which led to the mass-production of piezoelectric multilayer actuators by NEC Corporation. He is also the inventor of Cymbal actuators that consist of a thin multilayer piezoelectric element and two metal end caps with narrow cymbal-shaped cavities bonded together. In collaboration with Denso Corporation in Japan, Uchino worked on piezoelectric energy harvesting with cymbal transducers from
200-764: The ceramic actuator area. Uchino is a Life Fellow of IEEE , American Ceramic Society and International Association of Advanced Materials, and a senior member of National Academy of Inventors . He chaired the Smart Actuators/Sensors Study Committee in Japan from 1987 till 2014. Uchino is the Editor in Chief of J. Actuators, MDPI, J. Current Applied Materials, J. Current Mechanics and Advanced Materials, Bentham Science Pub. Ltd., and J. Insight-Material Science, PiscoMed Publishing LLT. Uchino
220-444: The engine vibration in a car. His work was recognized with an Inventor Award from Center for Energy Harvesting Materials and Systems. Uchino has also worked on compact ultrasonic motors with the minimum components. His original design consisted of only two basic components, and guaranteed reduction of manufacturing cost and improvement of production efficiency and reliability. He combined magnetostrictor and piezoelectric materials and
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#1732779633552240-451: The existence of the critical particle size below which all ferroelectric ceramics will lose ferro-electricity. His work led to triggering of later micro/nanotechnology research in the ferroelectric field, specifically in thin film applications. Uchino contributed to the fundamental phenomenology in relaxor ferroelectrics and proposed a modified Curie-Weiss Law in the early 1980s. Uchino discovered 'photostrictive effect' and by combining
260-894: The first Catholic Universities to become co-educational . Loretto is the site of the first English-language Roman Catholic settlement established west of the Allegheny Front , in what is now the United States, by Demetrius Augustine Gallitzin in 1799. In 2001, Saint Francis College was approved to become a university by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and renamed "Saint Francis University". Saint Francis University enrolls approximately 1,658 undergraduate students (of whom 1,392 are traditional students and 266 are continuing education students) and 527 graduate students. The university offers 25 undergraduate majors and 7 graduate fields of study (including Physical Therapy, in which
280-510: The forests and farmland of Loretto. Saint Francis College was established in 1847 by six Franciscan teaching Brothers from Mountbellew , Ireland, who had been given land in Loretto by Michael O'Connor , the first Bishop of Pittsburgh , to establish a school. The university was one of the first Catholic universities in the United States and the first Franciscan college in the nation. Although it originally only admitted males, it became one of
300-413: The giant electro-strictive effect in lead magnesium niobate based relaxor ferroelectric materials. His discovery led to the 'smart actuator' boom. He has also contributed significantly to the single crystal growth of piezoelectric transducer materials, and is one of the discoverers of the highest electromechanical coupling factor of 95% in lead zinc niobate - lead titanate single crystals. Uchino reported
320-606: The issue of energy harvesting circuit for realizing piezoelectric energy harvesting systems. Saint Francis University (Pennsylvania) Saint Francis University ( SFU ) is a private Catholic university in Loretto, Pennsylvania . It was founded in 1847 and conducted under the tradition of the Franciscan Friars of the Third Order Regular . The university is situated on 600 acres (243 ha) in
340-492: The photovoltaic effect and piezoelectricity, he invented photo-driven actuators. He investigated the basic ceramic compositions in La-doped lead zirconate titanate (PLZT). Uchino has also worked on high power density piezo-ceramics, and developed a new methodology on measuring three losses separately in piezoelectrics. He also developed practical high power piezo-materials with the maximum vibration velocity. Uchino proposed
360-721: The university awards a doctorate) to its students. The university maintains an average graduation rate of 70.3%. The main building for the Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art , which also has a number of smaller facilities across the local region, is located on campus. Also on the campus are The DiSepio Institute for Rural Health and Wellness, the Center for the Study of Occupational Regulation (CSOR), Center for Watershed Research & Service, and The Institute for Contemporary Franciscan Life. Immergrün Golf Course
380-465: Was appointed as a Standing Auditor of Tokyo Savor Electronics Co. in the 1990s. He has also served as deputy director of System Technology Laboratory at NF Corporation in Japan. He was also the Founder and Senior Vice President & CTO of Micromechatronics Inc., State College. From 2010 till 2014, he served as an associate director of Asia Office at Office of Naval Research-Global in Japan. Uchino
400-591: Was born in Tokyo in 1950, and grew up in Hiroshima . He studied at Tokyo Institute of Technology in Japan and completed his B.Sc. degree in physics in 1973. He then received his M.S. and Ph.D. degree in Physical Electronics in 1975 and 1981, respectively. He was awarded his MBA degree from Saint Francis University in 2008. Uchino taught as an assistant professor at Tokyo Institute of Technology and
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