Smart Materials

Vice President, KAST (Korea Academy of Science and Technology),Chief Officer of Information and Publications, KAST, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Board Member, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Professor, Academician/Permanent Fellow, The Korean Academy of Science and Technology, Professor Emeritus: Pohang University of Science and Technology, Advisory Committee Member of various Organizations

Permanent Fellow, Korean Academy of Science and Technology, Publication and Information Director, Korea Academy of Science and Technology), Organizing Committee Member, Int. Conf./NEW3SC on High-Temperature Superconductivity, Professor of Physics, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Korea, Visiting professor at the Invitation of Nobel Laureate, Prof. R. B. Laughlin, Member, Korean Academy of Science and Technology, Board of Trustee Member, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Visiting Professor, Korea Institute of Advanced Studies, Director, Center for Theoretical Physics, Pohang Univ. of Science. and Technology 9. 2003 : Co-chair, International Conf.(MEW3SC) on High Tc Superconductors

Koji Fujita received his B.Sc. degree from the Tohoku University in 2010 in aerospace engineering, and he got a Ph.D. at the Tohoku University under the supervision of Professor Hiroki Nagai. His research has focused on an airplane for Mars exploration. His thesis work involves the conceptual design of the Mars airplane and aerial deployment technique. He continued this research at Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency as a Research Fellowship for Young Scientists of Japan Society for the Promotion of Science. Now he is an assistant professor of the Institute of Fluid Science at Tohoku University. He started a joint research with co-authors to utilize dielectric elastomer actuators for his airplane for Mars exploration.

Actuator, Dielectric elastomer, Mars airplane, Wind tunnel, Wing

Koji Fujita received his B.Sc. degree from the Tohoku University in 2010 in aerospace engineering, and he got a Ph.D. at the Tohoku University under the supervision of Professor Hiroki Nagai. His research has focused on an airplane for Mars exploration. His thesis work involves the conceptual design of the Mars airplane and aerial deployment technique. He continued this research at Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency as a Research Fellowship for Young Scientists of Japan Society for the Promotion of Science. Now he is an assistant professor of the Institute of Fluid Science at Tohoku University. He started a joint research with co-authors to utilize dielectric elastomer actuators for his airplane for Mars exploration.

Actuator, Dielectric elastomer, Mars airplane, Wind tunnel, Wing

Dr. Shahria Alam is an Associate Professor in the School of Engineering, and Chair of the Civil Engienering Program at The University of British Columbia’s Okanagan campus. He received his PhD in Civil Engineering from Western University in 2008. His research interests include smart materials and their structural applications in bridges and buildings; seismic isolation devices, seismic rehabilitation of structures; performance-based design; recycle/reuse of industrial wastes. Dr. Alam is the Chair of the Engineering Mechanics and Materials Division of Canadian Society for Civil Engineering (CSCE). He has published more than 200 peer reviewed articles. He is also the recipient of many national and international awards including CSCE Pratley Award 2015, and UBC Researcher of the Year Award 2018 and Moldovan Memorial Award 2014. He is currently serving as the Associate Editor of the Journal of Bridge Engineering, ASCE.

Superelasticity, Shape memory alloy (SMA), Seismic; Infrastructure.

Dr. Nader Ghareeb has completed his PhD in April 2013 from the RWTH Aachen University of Technology in Aachen, Germany. He is now working as an assistant professor in the mechanical engineering department at the Australian College of Kuwait (ACK). His research interest includes modelling and active control of smart structures, multi-body simulation and blast simulation.

Actuators and sensors, piezoelectric materials, shape memory alloys, smart materials