Principal Investigator
Professor
Yoichi Murakami, PhD
Laboratory for Zero-Carbon Energy
Institute of Integrated Research
Institute of Science Tokyo (formerly Tokyo Institute of Technology)
Dept. of Mechanical Engineering,
Dept. of Transdisciplinary Science and Engineering
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Biography
- 1998.3
- Bachelor of Engineering, Dept. of Mechano-Aerospace Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology. (Kunio Hijikata and Takayoshi Inoue Lab.)
- 1999-2000
- Visiting Graduate Student (sponsored and dispatched by the Government of Japan), Massachusetts Institute of Technology. (Borivoje Mikić Lab.)
- 2001.3
- Master of Engineering, Dept. of Mechanical Sciences and Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology. (Takayoshi Inoue Lab.)
- 2001-2002
- Mechanical and Cooling-Design Engineer, VAIO Laptop PC Division, Sony Corporation.
- 2004-2005
- JSPS DC2 Research Fellow, School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo.
- 2005.3
- Ph.D. Degree, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Tokyo. (Shigeo Maruyama Lab.)
- 2005-2006
- JSPS Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Tokyo. (Shigeo Maruyama Lab.)
- 2006-2007
- Postdoctoral Visiting Scientist, Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Rice University. (Junichiro Kono Lab.)
- 2006-2009
- JSPS Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Dept. of Chemical System Engineering, The University of Tokyo. (Tatsuya Okubo Lab.)
- 2009-2009
- Specially-Appointed Lecturer (GMSI/G-COE), School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo.
- 2009-2014
- Assistant Professor (Tenure Track), Global Edge Institute, Tokyo Institute of Technology. Tenured in 2014.
- 2014-2016
- Associate Professor, Dept. of Mechanical Sciences and Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology.
- 2016-2022
- Associate Professor, School of Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology.
- 2018-2022
- PRESTO Researcher, Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST).
- Apr.2022-Oct.2024
- Professor, Laboratory for Zero-Carbon Energy, Institute of Innovative Research, Tokyo Institute of Technology.
- Apr.2022 to present
- Vice Director of Science Tokyo GXI.
- Oct.2024 to present
- Professor, Laboratory for Zero-Carbon Energy, Institute of Integrated Research, Institute of Science Tokyo.
Teaching
Undergraduate School
Graduate School
- Nuclear Reactor Thermal-Hydraulics
- Properties of Solid Materials
- (List of courses I teached so far: TokyoTech OCW)
PhD Thesis
- "CVD Growth of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes and Their Anisotropic Optical Properties"
School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, December 2004. [PDF]
Textbooks I recommend
- Organic chemistry: J. Clayden, N. Greeves, S. Warren, Organic Chemistry
- Physical chemistry: P. Atkins, J. de Paula, Elements of Physical Chemistry
- Electrochemistry: A. J. Bard, L. R. Faulkner, Electrochemical Methods: Fundamentals and Applications
- Photochemistry: N. J. Turro, V. Ramamurthy, J.C. Scaiano, Principles of Molecular Photochemistry: An Introduction
- Quantum mechanics: R. Shankar, Principles of Quantum Mechanics (Answers to some exercises, correctness not guaranteed)
- Solid state physics: N. W. Ashcroft, N. D. Mermin, Solid State Physics
- Solid state physics: J. S. Blakemore, Solid State Physics
- Optical properties of solids: M. Fox, Optical Properties of Solids
- Thermodynamics (Engineering): Y. Cengel, M. Boles, M. Kanoglu, Thermodynamics: An Engineering Approach
- Thermodynamics (General/Physics): Enrico Fermi, Thermodynamics
- Thermodynamics (General/Physics): D. V. Schroeder, An Introduction to Thermal Physics
- Thermodynamics (Physical chemistry/Chemical Physics): E. B. Smith, Basic Chemical Thermodynamics
- Heat transfer (General): F. P. Incropera, D. P. Dewitt, Fundamentals of Heat and Mass Transfer
- Heat transfer (General): A. F. Mills, Heat Transfer
- Heat transfer (General/Detailed): W. M. Rohsenow, J. P. Hartnett, Y. I. Cho, Handbook of Heat Transfer
- Heat transfer (Conduction): V. S. Arpaci, Conduction Heat Transfer
- Heat transfer (Conduction): M. N. Ozisik, Heat Conduction