Workshop on Micro- and Nano-Engineering for Aerospace Systems
Program


9:30 Reception
10:00-10:10 Opening Remarks
Prof. Kazuo Tsuchiya (Vice-Director of the Graduate School of Engineering,Kyoto Univ.)
SESSION 1: Nano-Materials
10:10-10:50 Nanotechnology in Aerospace Applications
Dr. Meyya Meyyappan (Chief Scientist for Exploration Technology, Center for Nanotechnology, NASA Ames Research Center)     
10:50-11:25 Recent Activities on Nanocomposite Research in JAXA
Dr. Toshio Ogasawara (Senior Researcher, Advanced Composite Technology Center, IAT, JAXA)
11:25-12:00 Tribology in Orbit, Micro-nano Patterning and related space micro-nano
materials engineering

Dr. Masahiro Tosa (Micro-nano Materials Engineering Group Leader, Materials Reliability Center, National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS))
12:00-13:00 Luncheon
SESSION 2: MEMS (1)
13:00-13:40 Silicon Carbide TAPS Sensors for Extreme Harsh Environments
Prof. Albert P. Pisano (Chair of the Department of Mechanical Engineering, U.C. Berkeley)
13:40-14:15 Recent activities on MEMS for space applications in JAXA
Mr. Takashi Tamura (Manager, Space Component Engineering Center, Institute of Aerospace Technology (IAT), JAXA)
14:15-14:50 Coffee Break and Poster Presentations
SESSION 3: MEMS (2)
14:50-15:25 MEMS and Micro Space Systems in JAXA
Dr. Hirobumi Saito, (Professor, Department of Space Systems and Astronautics, ISAS, JAXA)
15:25-16:00 MEMS Research Approaches in NMS Lab. for Harsh Environment
Profs. Osamu Tabata and Toshiyuki Tsuchiya (Department of Micro-engineering, Kyoto Univ.)
SESSION 4: Microsystems
16:00-16:35 Small Body Exploration by Micro Probe Robots
Dr. Takashi Kubota (Associate Professor, Department of Spacecraft Engineering, ISAS, JAXA)
16:35-17:10 Some Aerospace System Applications Enabled by Micro- and Nano- Engineering
Profs. Hiroshi Yamakawa and Hirotsugu Kojima (Research Institute for Sustainable Humanosphere (RISH), Kyoto Univ.)
17:10-17:25 Closing Remarks
Mr. Kimio Sakata (Executive Director, JAXA)

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