Shuhei YOSHIDA

 

Assistant Professor

Department of Materials Science and Engineering,

Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
(Group website: Tsuji Laboratory)

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Academic Degree

2021, Mar. 23, Doctor of Philosophy (Engineering), Kyoto University

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Work Experiences

2021, Jun. - Present: Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, Japan.

2021, Apr. - 2021, May: Project-specific researcher (JSPS), Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, Japan.

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Education

2018, Apr. - 2021, Mar., Department of Materials Science & Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan (Ph.D.).

    Thesis: Microstructure and mechanical properties of face-centered cubic high/medium entropy alloys:

                   From a viewpoint of heterogeneity on atomic-scale

2016, Apr. - 2018, Mar., Department of Materials Science & Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan (Master).

    Thesis: Effect of Elemental Combination on Friction Stress and Hall-Petch Relationship in Face-Centered Cubic High / Medium Entropy Alloys.

2013, Apr. - 2016, Mar., Department of Mechanical Engineering, School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan (Bachelor).

    Thesis: Morphology Dependence on the Thermal Transport Properties of Single-walled Carbon Nanotubes.

2008, Apr. - 2013, Mar., Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Fukushima College, Fukushima, Japan (Associate).

    Thesis: Pushing Shear Process on Laminated Composite Materials

1992, May 29, Born in Fukushima, Japan

 

Other Experiences

2018, Nov. - 2019, Mar., Guest Ph. D. student, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Technical University of Denmark, Denmark.

2018, Apr. - 2021, Mar., Research Fellow (DC1), Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS).

2018, Apr. - 2021, Mar., Research Assistant, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University.

2016, Feb. - 2016, Mar., Visiting Research Student, Department of Chemistry, Rice University, US.

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Awards & Scholarships ​

2023, Nov, Best Poster Presentation Award (Co-author), PRICM 11.

2023, Sep, Best Poster Award (Co-author), FEMS EUROMAT 2023.

2022, Sep, Best Poster Award (Co-author), 171th JIMM fall meeting.

2022, Aug, Acta Materialia and Scripta Materialia Outstanding Reviewer Award, Acta Materialia Inc.

2022, Feb., Inoue Research Encouragement Prize, Inoue Foundation for Science.

2021, Sep., Best Paper Award for Young Scientists, Japan Institute of Metals and Materials.

2021, Sep., Best Paper Award for Young Scientists (Co-author), Japan Institute of Metals and Materials.

2020, Jun., Yoshida Research Encouragement Prize, Kyoto University.

2019, Aug., Best Poster Award (Co-author), 7th International Conference on Recrystallization and Grain Growth.

2018, Jul., Mazume Research Encouragement Prize, Kyoto University.

2018, May, JASSO Scholarship Award for Outstanding Students, JASSO.

2016, Oct., Student Poster Award, The 11th Asian Thermophysical Properties Conference.

2015, Apr., Special Scholarship Student, Uragami Scholarship Foundation.

2013, Mar., Hatakeyama Award, Japanese Society of Mechanical Engineers.

2013, Feb., Poster Award, National Institute of Technology, Fukushima College

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Research Grant

2023, Dec. - 2030, Mar., JSPS KAKENHI Fund for the Promotion of Joint International Research (International Leading Research ) (JP23K20037), JSPS (Co-investigator) (Total 688,740,000 JPY) (link)

2022, Apr. - 2025, Mar., JST-EIG-SICORP CONCERT-Japan (JPMJSC21C6), JST (Co-investigator) (Total 17,940,000 JPY) (link)

2022, Apr. - 2025, Mar., JSPS KAKENHI Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists (JP22K14501), JSPS (PI) (Total 4,550,000 JPY) (link)

2021, Aug. - 2023, Mar., JSPS KAKENHI Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up (JP21K20487), JSPS (PI) (Total 3,120,000 JPY) (link)

2018, Apr. - 2021, Mar., JSPS KAKENHI Grant-in-Aid for Research Fellows (JP18J20766), JSPS (PI) (Total 2,800,000 JPY) (link)

2018, Jul. - 2021, Mar., Mazume Research Encourage Prize grant for study abroad, Kyoto University (PI) (Total 1,000,000 JPY)

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Teaching

- Fundamental Chemical Experiments (Liberal Arts and Sciences Education, Kyoto University)

- Materials Science Laboratory and Exercise 1 & 2 (Faculty of Engineering, Kyoto University)

- Laboratory & Seminar in Materials Science and Engineering, Adv. I & II (Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University)

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Journal Referee

- Nature

- Nature Materials

- Nature Communications​

- Acta Materialia​

- Materials Research Letters
- Scripta Materialia

- Materials Characterization

- Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance

- Modeling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering

   etc.

Outreach Activities
2016, Sep., Kyoto University Academic Day

    (Presenting poster and demo experiments)

2014, Apr. - 2015, 09, Science Understanding Promotion Program

    (Giving science lecture for elementary school students)

2018 - 2020, Study Coordinator Program

    (Giving a special lecture for high school students)

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Languages

Japanese (Native), English (Fluent), Danish (Basic), Python, C/C++, Matlab, HTML/CSS, JavaScript, Java

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Societies

- The Japan Institute of Metals and Materials

- The Electrochemical Society of Japan

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