Takafumi OYAKE, Ph.D.

Updated Nov. 8th, 2018

Researcher, Toyota Central R&D Labs., Inc.

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Research Interest

• Nanoscale thermal transport
• Time-domain thermoreflectance measurement

Skills

• Optics (experiments, theory and simulations), Time-domain thermoreflectance, Frequency domain thermoreflectance(Establish equipments, experiments, theory and simulations).
• Thermal management in nanoscales based on phonon transports.
• Multi-physics modeling and simulations: COMSOL, FEniCS, FreeFEM++.
• Programming: Matlab, Python, LabVIEW.
• Topology Optimization.

Education

March, 2017, Doctor of Engineering, Department of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Tokyo, Japan, Supervisor: Prof. Junichiro Shiomi

March, 2014, Master of Engineering, Department of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Tokyo, Japan.

March, 2012, Bachelor of Engineering, Department of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Tokyo, Japan.

March, 2009, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Oyama National College of Technology, Japan.

Job Experience

Apr., 2017 - Present Thermal Management Lab., Toyota Central R&D Labs., Inc.

Apr., 2014 - Mar., 2017 Research Fellowship for Young Scientist DC1, JSPS.

Apr., 2014 - Mar., 2017 Adjunct instructor, National Institute of Technology, Oyama College.

Oct., 2015 - Mar., 2016 Visiting student scholar at California Institute of Technology , Minnich Lab.

Society Memberships

Heat Transfer Society of Japan(HTSJ)

Awards

2016 Academic award of Heat Transfer Society of Japan.

2015 Outstanding Presentation award from JSME Division of Micro-Nano Engineering.

2014 The Dean’s Award from School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo.

2013 The Dean’s Award (international exchange) from School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo.

2012 Stockholm International Youth Science Seminar, the Japanese delegates.

2012 The Hatakeyama Award from the Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers.

2009 The Hatakeyama Award from the Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers.