Takane Usui

Nano-Fluidics Lab

Photograph of Takane Usui

Research

Bioelectricity.

Education

09/2007-Present      Stanford University, M.S. in Mechanical Engineering expected in 2009

09/2003-06/2007      UCLA, Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science, B.S. in Mechanical Engineering with Summa Cum Laude conferred in June 2007

04/2002-07/2003      Keio University (Tokyo, Japan), School of Science and Technology

 

Work Experience

06/2006-08/2006      Nanomanufacturing Summer Academy, Center for Scalable and Integrated Nanomanufacturing (SINAM)

l  Designed and simulated circuits to demonstrate a plastic characteristic of a configurable memory device by achieving simple pattern recognition using neural network principles under Prof. Yong Chen of UCLA MAE

 

01/2006-06/2006      Research Assistant, Prof. Yong Chen, UCLA MAE

l  Constructed a pressure control system for nano-imprinting lithography using LabVIEW

l  Achieved 30nm wide 60nm pitch features

 

06/2005-09/2005      COMSOL Inc., Technical Support Intern

l  Technical support of COMSOL Multiphysics including MATLAB and Solidworks interface

l  Development of COMSOL Multiphysics 3.1, Japanese International Version

 

09/2004-08/2005      Research Assistant, Prof. Y. Suntaek Ju, UCLA MAE

l  Simulated contact thermal resistance of an oxide nanolaminate on a silicon substrate using FEMLAB (currently named as COMSOL Multiphysics) and MATLAB

 

 

Publications

Journal Papers

Ju, Y. S., Hung, M.-T., and Usui, T., “Nanoscale Heat Conduction across Metal-Dielectric Interfaces”, ASME Journal of Heat Transfer, Vol. 128, pp919-925, 2006.

 

Conference Presentations

Ju, Y. S., Hung, M.-T., and Usui, T., “Nanoscale Heat Conduction across Metal-Dielectric Interfaces”, ASME Summer Heat Transfer Conference, San Francisco, CA, July 17-22, 2005.

 

Awards, Honors and Scholarships

l  School of Engineering Fellowship, Stanford University

l  Outstanding Bachelor of Science Award in Mechanical Engineering, UCLA

l  Dean’s Honor List: Fall 03, Spring/Fall 04, Winter/Spring 05, Winter/Spring/Fall 06, Spring 07

l  Officer, Tau Beta Pi, the National Engineering Honor Society

l  Member, Golden Key, the International Honor Society

 

Contact Info

Mailing Address:

Phone:310-825-1350
Fax:310-825-1350
Email: takane@stanford.edu

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