2018 Japan-America Frontiers of Engineering Symposium

Program

June 17, 2018
07:30 PM
Okura Frontier Hotel Tsukuba Main, Jupiter East, 3rd floor
Registration/welcome reception
June 18, 2018
06:30 AM
Restaurant “CASA”, 1st floor
Breakfast at the hotel
08:20 AM
Room 406, 4th floor
Meet at Tsukuba International Congress Center
08:30 AM
Welcome and Opening Remarks
Hiroyuki Abé , Engineering Academy of Japan
C. D. Mote, Jr. , National Academy of Engineering 
Osamu Kobayashi , Japan Science and Technology Agency
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Co-chair: Dr. Hidemitsu Furukawa, Professor, Yamagata University
Co-chair: Dr. David L. Sedlak, Plato Malozemoff Professor , University of California, Berkeley
09:00 AM
Abstract
The Water Treatment Revolution
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Session co-chair: Dr. Yoshihiko Kawaguchi, Manager, Horiba Advanced Techno
Session co-chair: Dr. Krista Rule Wigginton, Assistant Professor, University of Michigan
Ensuring High Quality of Water Recycled from Wastewater to Augment Drinking Water Supplies
Dr. Megan H Plumlee, Director of Research, Orange County Water District
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Research Trends in the Treatability of Trace Substances and Evaluating Their Impact on the Environment
Dr. Keisuke Kuroda, Senior Scientist, National Institute for Environmental Studies
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10:30 AM
Stairs from the 1st floor to the 2nd floor
Group Photo
10:45 AM
Room 405
Break
11:00 AM
The Water Treatment Revolution (cont.)
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Emerging Water Treatment Technologies to Treat Our Increasingly Complex Wastewaters
David Jassby, Associate Professor, University of California, Los Angeles
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Membrane Filtration for Sustainable Safe Drinking Water Supply—Modeling of Particle Rejection
Dr. Takashi Hashimoto, Assistant Professor, University of Tokyo
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12:30 PM
Room 405
Lunch
01:30 PM
Room 406
Flash Poster Presentations
02:30 PM
Room 401, 402
Poster Session I (odd numbers)
03:15 PM
Room 403, 404
Poster Session II (even numbers)
04:00 PM
Break
04:15 PM
Abstract
Bionics and Prosthetics
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Session co-chair: Dr. Shoko Miyagawa, Associate Professor, Keio University
Session co-chair: Dr. Justin C Sanchez, Technical Fellow, Battelle Institute
The Science Behind Brain-Machine Interface
Junichi Ushiba, Associate Professor, Faculty of Science and Technology
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Bidirectional Intracortical Interfaces for Prosthetic Limb Control
Dr. Robert Gaunt, Assistant Professor, University of Pittsburgh
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05:45 PM
Break
06:30 PM
Okura Frontier Hotel Tsukuba, Annex Subaru, 1st floor
Dinner
07:30 PM
Dinner Speech: Going Forth to Taiwan and Ten Years
Toyoko Imae , Honorary Chair Professor, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology
June 19, 2018
06:30 AM
Breakfast
08:30 AM
Bionics and Prosthetics (cont.)
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Induction of Embodiment of a Prosthesis into the Body
Dr. Noritaka Kawashima, Section Chief, National Rehabilitation Center for Persons with Disabilities
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Direct Brain Interfaces for Memory Restoration
Daniel Rizzuto, CEO, Nia Therapeutics
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10:00 AM
Break
10:30 AM
Abstract
Smart Structures and Materials
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Session co-chair: Dr. Geoff L. Brennecka, Associate Professor, Colorado School of Mines
Session co-chair: Dr. Hidehiro Yoshida, Principal Researcher, National Institute for Materials Science
Superplastic Earth Hypothesis
Dr. Takehiko Hiraga, Associate Professor, University of Tokyo
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Additive Manufacturing of Soft Matter for Robotic Applications
Dr. Robert Shepherd, Assistant Professor, Cornell University
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12:00 PM
Lunch
01:00 PM
Smart Structures and Materials (cont.)
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Manufacturing the Next Material Evolution
Dr. Kira Barton, Associate Professor, University of Michigan
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Development of Advanced Scanning Transmission Electron Microscopy for Materials Science Research
Dr. Naoya Shibata, Professor, The University of Tokyo
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02:30 PM
Break
03:00 PM
Depart for tour
06:30 PM
Tsukubasan Edoya
Dinner
08:30 PM
Depart for hotel
June 20, 2018
06:30 AM
Breakfast
08:30 AM
Abstract
Advances in Artificial Intelligence: Diverse and Collaborative Learning
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Session co-chair: Dr. Tadahiro Taniguchi, Professor, Ritsumeikan University
Session co-chair: Dr. Hoda Eldardiry, Associate Professor, Virginia Tech
Anomaly Mining: Detection and Beyond
Dr. Leman Akoglu, Associate Professor of Information Systems, Carnegie Mellon University
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Learning Algorithms for Physical Systems: Challenges and Solutions
Dr. Ion Matei, Palo Alto Research Center
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10:00 AM
Break
10:30 AM
Advances in Artificial Intelligence: Diverse and Collaborative Learning (cont.)
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Sample-Efficient Reinforcement Learning for Real-World Robot Control
Dr. Takamitsu Matsubara, Associate Professor, Nara Institute of Science and Technology
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Statistical Models for Discovering Knowledge from Relational Data
Mr. Iku Ohama, Panasonic Corporation
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12:00 PM
Lunch