Prof. Yamane gave an invited talk about his research on electrostatic vibration energy harvesters at The 17th IEEE Int. Conf. on Nano/Micro Engineered and Molecular Systems (IEEE NEMS 2022). Prof. Yamane also chaired the lecture session (5 invited talks in total). The Session Name: Smart Mechatronics for Energy Harvesting, Chair: Daisuke YamaneThe Session Date & […]
Contributed article on the research results of MEMS vibration energy harvester was published in “Clean Energy,” a technical journal of JAPAN INDUSTRIAL PUBLISHING CO., LTD. Authors：山根 大輔、田中 有弥Title：「荷電処理不要の静電型MEMS振動発電素子」Journal：日本工業出版 クリーンエネルギー，2022年4月号，Vol. 31, No. 4, pp.35-40.
Mr. Sugimoto, Mr. Hori, and Mr. Noda, 4th year students in our lab, gave oral presentations at the 69th Spring Meeting of the Japan Society of Applied Physics, held March 22-26, 2022, in a hybrid on-site and online format.The presentation contents are the results of their graduation researches. Congratulations!In addition, two more presentations were made […]
Lab faculty (Daisuke Yamane) received the following award. Winner: Yosuke Mizuno, Tso-Fu Mark Chang, Daisuke YamaneTitle: “ウィーバブル・エレクトロニクスの創成”Foundation HP: コニカミノルタ科学技術振興財団 (konicaminoltastf.or.jp)News Release: 0131-01-01-ja.pdf (konicaminolta.com)Decision Date: Jan. 31, 2022Award Ceremony: March 1, 2022 (@Zoom) The online award ceremony was held on March 1, 2022. After that, each award-winning institution posted articles on each website.The followings are articles […]
Takahiro Naganawa (Undergrad 4th year student) gave oral and poster presentations on his work at 12th Workshop on Integrated MEMS Technology Research.Date & Time：Feb. 10, 2022Place：Online@ZoomConference：12th Workshop on Integrated MEMS Technology Research（第12回集積化MEMS技術研究ワークショップ）Authors：Takahiro Naganawa, Kosuke Kawashima, Hideyuki Kayaguchi, Hisao Ishii, Yuya Tanaka and Daisuke YamaneTitle：A Study on a Simulation Platform for SAE-MEMS Energy Harvesters
An article about the research results of MEMS vibration energy harvester published in Applied Physics Letters was published in a newspaper “日刊工業新聞”.Source: 日刊工業新聞 pp.25, Dec. 23, 2021.Title: 荷電処理不要に MEMS環境振動発電素子 小型化・高性能化｜立命館大・千葉大 Articles about the research results of MEMS vibration energy harvester published in Applied Physics Letters have been published in multiple Internet media (in Japanese). 「無線IoT端末の自立電源として期待 エレクトレット型MEMS環境振動発電素子を開発」EE Times Japan 2021年12月23日 […]
Title：MEMS post-processed self-assembled electret for vibratory energy harvestersJournal：Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 119, 254102, Dec. 20, 2021.Authors：D. Yamane, H. Kayaguchi, K. Kawashima, H. Ishii, and Y. Tanaka DOI: https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0072596 We have developed an electret-type MEMS environmental vibration energy harvester that does not require electret charging processing. This is the result of joint research between Ritsumeikan University […]
Kentaro Tamura (Master 1st year student) gave an oral presentation on his work at PowerMEMS 2021.Date & Time：Dec. 6-8, 2021Place：Online@ZoomConference：IEEE 20th International Conference on Micro and Nanotechnology for Power Generation and Energy Conversion Applications (PowerMEMS2021)Authors：Kentaro Tamura, Keigo Nota, Kazumoto Miwa, Shimpei Ono, and Daisuke YamaneTitle：Demonstration of Non-Contact Type Vibrational Energy Harvester with Electric Double Layer […]
Title：Energy Harvesting from Non-Stationary Vibrations Using a Low-Threshold Voltage-Boost Rectifier CircuitJournal：IEEJ Transactions on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, vol.141, no.7, pp.228-232, July 2021.Authors：Y. Tohyama, H. Honma, H. Sekiya, H. Toshiyoshi, and D. Yamane, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1541/ieejsmas.141.228 The paper presents the join research results with the University of Tokyo on an electronic circuit for vibration-type energy harvesters.
Sensors and Materials, Special Issue on “Smart Mechatronics for Energy Harvesting” calls for papers until Jan. 31, 2022 Sep. 30, 2021. The lab faculty (Prof. Yamane) is now serving as a guest editor of the issue. Please feel free to contact Prof. Yamane if you have any questions on this. Call for Papers:CFP-Dr.Yamane.pdf (myukk.org)
Prof. Yamane gave an invited lecture talk on MEMS at Institute of NanoEngineering and MicroSystems (iNEMS) in National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan.Date & Time : 16:30-18:20 (JST) on June 7 (Mon.), 2021Place : National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan (@Online)About the lecture : Seminar of Inst. NanoEngineering and MicroSystems, June 7, 2021 (nthu.edu.tw)