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Wataru Hijikata
Associate Professor
Biomedical MechatronicsArtificial OrgansImplantable Power Generation System
Biography
2010: Research Fellow, EPFL, 2011: TOYOTA Central R&D Labs., Inc., 2014: Assistant Professor, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2015: Associate Professor, Tokyo Institute of Technology
Expectations for WRHI
Cross-disciplinary and international collaboration
Topics
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Dr. Hijikata was awarded by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Japan.
The Young Scientists’ Award
| 2015- | Associate Professor, School of Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology |
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| 2014-2015 | Assistant Professor, Precision and Intelligent Lab., Tokyo Institute of Technology |
| 2011-2013 | TOYOTA Central R&D Labs., Inc. |
| 20010-2011 | Research Fellow, EPFL |
| 2010-2011 | JSPS Research Fellow, Tokyo Institute of Technology |
| 2021 | The Young Scientists’ Award, The Commendation for Science and Technology by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology |
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| 2020 | JSAO Technology Award |
| 2020 | JSME DMC Division Audience Award |
| 2017 | SAGE Best Paper Award |
| 2017 | IEEE WPTC Best Paper Award |
| 2016 | LIFE 2016 Young Best Presentation Award |
| 2016 | Foundation of Barrier-Free System Integration Encouraging Award |
| 2015 | Tokyo Tech Innovative Research Engineering Award |
| 2014 | ICMT 2014 Best Paper Award |
| 2011 | JSPE Encouragement Award |
| 2011 | Seiichi Tejima Doctoral Dissertation Award |
| 2006 | ISRBP Helmut Reul Young Investigator Encouragement Award 1st Prize |
| 2020 | Wataru Hijikata, Takuro Maruyama, Tomotaka Murashige, Daisuke Sakota, Osamu Maruyama. Detection of thrombosis in a magnetically levitated blood pump by vibrational excitation of the impeller, Artificial Organs, Vol. 44, No. 6, pp. 596-603, Jan. 2020. |
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| 2019 | Tomotaka Murashige, Wataru Hijikata. Mechanical antithrombogenic properties by vibrational excitation of the impeller in a magnetically levitated centrifugal blood pump, Artificial Organs, Vol. 43, No. 9, pp. 849-859, Sep. 2019. |
| 2019 | Takumi Mochida, Wataru Hijikata. Development of an energy harvesting device with a contactless plucking mechanism driven by a skeletal muscle, Journal of Advanced Mechanical Design, Systems, and Manufacturing, The Japan Society of Mechanical Engineering, Vol. 13, No. 3, p. JAMDSM0068, Sep. 2019. |
| 2016 | Genta Sahara, Wataru Hijikata, Kouta Tomioka, Tadahiko Shinshi. Implantable power generation system utilizing muscle contractions excited by electrical stimulation, Proc IMechE Part H: J Engineering in Medicine, SAGE, Vol. 230, No. 6, pp. 569-578, May. 2016. |
| 2015 | Wataru Hijikata, Jun Rao, Shodai Abe, Setsuo Takatani, Tadahiko Shinshi. Sensorless Viscosity Measurement in a Magnetically-Levitated Rotary Blood Pump, Artificial Organs, International Center for Artificial Organs and Transplantation and Wiley Periodicals, Inc, Vol. 39, 7, pp. 559-568, Jul. 2015. |