FIRST JAPAN-AMERICA FRONTIERS OF ENGINEERING SYMPOSIUM
Chairs:
Robert H. Wagoner, Distinguished Professor of Engineering, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Ohio State University
Yasutaka Iguchi, Professor and Vice Director, New Industry Creation Hatchery Center, Tohoku University
List of Participants
Sponsors
Program
Earthquake Engineering
Organizers: Jonathan Bray, Kazuo Tani
Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering -- History and Recent Development on Liquefaction, Ground Modification and Improvement, and Ground Characterization in Japan
Ikuo Towhata, University of Tokyo
Structural Engineering -- History of Design Philosophy With Emphasis on Recent Developments After the Kobe Earthquake
Akira Mita, Keio University
Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering
Jean-Pierre Bardet, University of Southern California
Structural Earthquake Engineering
Gregory C. Deierlein, Stanford University
Design and Integration of Functional Inorganic Materials
Organizers: Yet-Ming Chiang, Hideaki Matsubara
Structural Designing of Electronic Ceramics
Masayuki Fujimoto, Taiyo Yuden Co. Ltd.
Bilateral Improvement of Mechanical and Electric Functions in Ceramic Materials
Akira Kishimoto, University of Tokyo
Direct Fabrication of Ceramics: A New Approach in Materials Manufacturing
Duane B. Dimos, Sandia National Laboratories
Piezoceramic-based Active Structures and Devices
Nesbitt W. Hagood, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Manufacturing
Organizers: James Smith, Yoshihiro Takiguchi
Sub-50 Nanometer Lithography
Takeo Watanabe, Himeji Institute of Technology
Micromachining
Gary K. Fedder, Carnegie Mellon University
Space Quality Machining/Device Control
Nobuo Takeuchi, National Space Development Agency of Japan
Biotechnology
Organizers: Tetsuo Miwa, David Tirrell, Ken-ichi Yoshie
DNA Analysis
Yoshinobu Baba, University of Tokushima
Nanopatterning Surface and Bio Interaction
Masahiko Hara, RIKEN and Tokyo Institute of Technology
Systems Approaches to Biological Networks
Adam Arkin, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Drug Delivery Technology
Kathryn Uhrich, Rutgers University