Associate Professor
Nobuaki Kawai
Room Building2-214
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Education
2001
B.Eng., Faculty of Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology
2003
M.Eng., Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology
2006
D.Eng., Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology
Professional Experience
2006
Research Staff, Materials and Structures Laboratory, Tokyo Institute of Technology
2009
Aerospace Project Research Associate, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
2011
Assistant Professor, Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
2013
Associate Professor, Institute of Pulsed Power Science, Kumamoto University
2020
Associate Professor, Institute of Industrial Nanomaterials, Kumamoto University
2021
Associate Professor, National Defense Academy
Keywords for Research Interests High-pressure Shock Compression, Hypervelocity Impact, Shock Deformation and Impact Damage
Major Publications In-situ observation of damage evolution in polycarbonate subjected to hypervelocity impact (International Journal of Impact Engineering, 142, 103584, 2020).

Microstructural deformation process of shock-compressed polycrystalline aluminum (Scientific Reports, 9, 7604, 2019).

Isotropic phase transition of single-crystal iron (Fe) under shock compression (Journal of Applied Physics, 124, 215101, 2018).

Single microparticle launching method using two-stage light-gas gun for simulating hypervelocity impacts of micrometeoroids and space debris (Review of Scientific Instruments, 81, 115105, 2010).

Aligned nanocrystalline fragmentation of mullite under shock loading (Advanced Materials, 19, 2375, 2007)