Kenji Uchino
Kenji Uchino | |
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| Born | 内野研二 April 3, 1950 Tokyo, Japan |
| Nationality | American |
| Awards | Adaptive Structures Prize, American Society of Mechanical Engineers (2005) UFFC Ferroelectrics Recognition Award, IEEE (2013) International Ceramic Award, Global Academy of Ceramics (2016) Distinguished Lecturer, The IEEE UFFC Society (2018) |
| Academic background | |
| Education | B.Sc., Physics M.S., Physical Electronics Ph.D., Physical Electronics MBA, Business Administration |
| Alma mater | Tokyo Institute of Technology Saint Francis University |
| Academic work | |
| Institutions | Pennsylvania State University |
Kenji Uchino is an American electronics engineer, physicist, academic, inventor and industry executive. He is currently an academy professor of Electrical Engineering, Emeritus Academy Institute at Pennsylvania State University, where he also directs the International Center for Actuators and Transducers at Materials Research Institute. He is the former associate director (US Navy Ambassador to Japan) at The US Office of Naval Research – Global Tokyo Office.
Uchino has conducted extensive research on solid state physics, focusing especially on ferroelectrics and piezoelectrics. He is one of the pioneers in piezoelectric actuators and electro-optic displays and is the inventor of topics including lead magnesium niobate (PMN)-based electrostricive materials, cofired multilayer piezoelectric actuators, superior electromechanical coupling relaxor-PbTiO_3 single crystals, magnetoelectric laminated composite sensors, shape memory ceramics, and micro ultrasonic motors. Uchino's work has resulted in over 584 research papers, over 78 books and 33 patents in the ceramic actuator area.
Uchino is a Life Fellow of IEEE, American Ceramic Society and International Association of Advanced Materials, and a senior member of National Academy of Inventors. He chaired the Smart Actuators/Sensors Study Committee in Japan from 1987 till 2014. Uchino is the Editor in Chief of J. Actuators, MDPI, J. Current Applied Materials, J. Current Mechanics and Advanced Materials, Bentham Science Pub. Ltd., and J. Insight-Material Science, PiscoMed Publishing LLT.