Kenji TSURUTA
Associate Professor
Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering,
The Graduate School of Natural Science & Technology,
Okayama University
- Address: 3-1-1 Tsushima-naka, Okayama 700-8530, Japan
- Phone & Fax: (+81 or 0) 86-251-8142
- E-mail: tsuruta[at mark]elec.okayama-u.ac.jp
- Dr. Sc. (University of Tokyo, 1994)
Classes (2010)
Field of work
- Computational Materials Science and Device Physics
Parallel algorithm, GRID computing, and multiscale computational methodologies
Publications (Recent + Selected)
- K. Tsuruta, T. Koyama, and S. Ogata:
Classical and Hybrid Density-Functional/Classical Molecular Dynamics Study of Dislocation Core in Alumina Ceramic
Mater. Trans. 50(5), pp. 1015-1018 (2009).
- R. Umeda, C. Totsuji, K. Tsuruta, and H. Totsuji:
An FDTD Analysis of Nanostructured Electromagnetic Metamaterials Using Parallel Computer
Mater. Trans. 50(5), pp. 994-998 (2009).
- T. Kurose, K. Tsuruta, C. Totsuji, and H. Totsuji:
Negative Refraction of Acoustic Waves in a Two-Dimensional Phononic Crystal via FDTD Simulation
Mater. Trans. 50(5), pp. 1004-1007 (2009).
- K. Tsuruta, S. Emoto, C. Totsuji, and H. Totsuji:
Ni-related defect in diamond: A tight-binding molecular-dynamics study
Comp. Mater. Sci., 384(4), pp 873-882 (2007).
- K. Tsuruta, A. Uchida, C. Totsuji, and H. Totsuji:
Multiscale Molecular Dyanmics Simulations of Nanostructured Materials
Mater. Sci. Forum 539-543, pp.2804-2809 (2007).
- K. Kadono, K. Tsuruta, C. Totsuji, and H. Totsuji:
Tight-binding approach to electron transport in nanostructured semiconductor,
Trans. MRS-J 29(8), pp.3665-3667 (2004).
- M. Yokoyama, C. Totsuji, K. Tsuruta, and H Totsuji:
Hydrogen diffusion in Si: A tight-binding molecular dynamics study,
Trans. MRS-J 29(8), pp.3635-3638 (2004).
- Hideaki Kikuchi, Rajiv K. Kalia, Aiichiro Nakano, Priya Vashishta, Hiroshi Iyetomi, Shuji Ogata, Takahisa Kouno, Fuyuki Shimojo, Kenji Tsuruta, Subhash Saini:
Collaborative Simulation Grid: Multiscale Quantum-Mechanical/Classical Atomistic Simulations on Distributed PC Clusters in the US and Japan,
Proceedings of the IEEE/ACM SC2002 Conference (IEEE,2002), p.63 (2002).
- F. Furubayashi, C. Totsuji, K. Tsuruta, and H. Totsuji:
Atomic structure of grain boundaries in diamond: A tight-binding molecular dynamics study,
Trans. MRS-J 27 (2), pp.305-308 (2002).
- K. Tsuruta, H, Totsuji, C. Totsuji:
Parallel Tight-Binding Molecular Dynamics for High-Temperature Neck Formation Processes of Nanocrystalline Silicon Carbide,
Mater. Trans. JIM 42 (11), pp.2261-2265 (2001).
- K. Tsuruta, H, Totsuji, C. Totsuji:
Neck formation processes of nanocrystalline silicon carbide: A tight-binding molecular dynamics study,
Phil. Mag. Lett. 81 (5), pp.357-366 (2001).
- F. Shimojo, T. J. Campbell, R. K. Kalia, A. Nakano, P. Vashishta, S. Ogata, and K. Tsuruta:
A scalable molecular-dynamics algorithm suite for materials simulations: design-space diagram on 1024 Cray T3E processors,
Future Generation Computer Systems 17 [3], pp.279-291 (2000).
- A. Chatterjee, R. K. Kalia, A. Nakano, A. Omeltchenko, K. Tsuruta, P. Vashishta, C.-K Loong, M. Winterer, and S. Klein:
Sintering, structure, and mechanical properties of nanophase SiC: A molecular-dynamics and neutron scattering study,
Appl. Phys. Lett. 77 [8], pp.1132-1134 (2000).
- S. Ogata, H. Iyetomi, K. Tsuruta, F. Shimojo, R. K. Kalia, A. Nakano, and P. Vashishta:
Variable-charge interatomic potentials for molecular-dynamics simulations of TiO2,
J. Appl. Phys. 86, pp.3036-3041 (1999).
- T. J. Campbell, R. K. Kalia, A. Nakano, F. Shimojo, K. Tsuruta, P. Vashishta, S. Ogata:
Structural correlations and mechanical behavior in nanophase silica glasses,
Phys. Rev. Lett. 82 [20], pp.4018-4021 (1999).
- K. Tsuruta, A. Nakano, R. K. Kalia, P. Vashishta:
Dynamics of consolidation and crack growth in nanocluster-assembled amorphous silicon nitride,
J. Amer. Ceram. Soc. 81 [2], pp.434-436 (1998).
- R. K. Kalia, A. Nakano, K. Tsuruta, P. Vashishta:
Morphology of pores and interfaces and mechanical behavior of nanocluster-assembled silicon nitride ceramic,
Phys. Rev. Lett. 78 [4], pp.689-692 (1997).
- K. Tsuruta, A. Omeltchenko, R. K. Kalia, P. Vashishta:
Early stages of sintering of silicon nitride nanoclusters: A molecular dynamics study on parallel machines,
Europhys. Lett. 33, pp.441-446 (1996).
- K. Tsuruta and S. Ichimaru:
Binding energies, microstructures, and shell model of Coulomb clusters,
Phys. Rev. A 48, pp.1339-1344 (1993).
- M. E. Glinsky, T. M. O'Neil, M. N. Rosenbluth, K. Tsuruta and S. Ichimaru:
Collisional equipartition rate for a magnetized pure electron plasma,
Phys. Fluids B 4, pp.1156-1166 (1992).
Selected and Forthcoming Presentations
- K. Tsuruta:
"Hybrid Quatum/Classical Approaches to Nano- and Meta-Materials",
2009 International Conference on Computational & Experimental Engineering and Sciences (ICCES'09),
Apr. 8, 2009, Phuket, Thailand.
- K. Tsuruta:
"Multiscale Computational Approaches to Materials Science of Nano-Dopants (Keynote Lecture)",
Spring Meeting of Japan Institute of Metals,
Meguro, Tokyo, JAPAN, Mar. 28, 2009
- K. Tsuruta:
"Multiscale Simulations of Impurity Segregation in Nanostructured Materials",
The 2nd IEEE/ACM Intn'l WS on High Performance Computing for Nano-science & Technology (HPCNano’06),
Tampa, U.S.A., Nov. 13, 2006
- K. Tsuruta, T. Ogawa, H. Iyetomi, T. Goto, H. Yamada-Kaneta, C. Totsuji, and H. Totsuji:
"Large-scale ab-initio/molecular-dynamics study on Si vacancy",
The Forum on the Science and Technology of Silicon Materials 2007
Toki Messe, Niigata, 2007.11.12.
- K. Tsuruta:
"Multiscale Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Nanostructured Materials",
THERMEC 2006--International Conference on Processing & Manufacturing of Advanced Materials,
Symposium “3-D Microstructures: Characterization & Modeling”,
Vancouver, Canada, July 4-8, 2006.
- K. Tsuruta:
"Simulating Impurity-Segregated Nanostructures and Thin-Film Formation via Multisclae Molecular-Dynamics Approaches",
International Conference on Computational and Experimental Engineering and Science (ICCES 2005),
Symposium “Materials by Design: Nano to Micro Scale Simulations and Experiments”,
Chennai, India, Dec.1-3, 2005. Abstract in the Proceedings of ICCES'05, p.2521.
Conferences & Symposia organized
- ICCES '09:2009 International Conference on Computational & Experimental Engineering and Sciences
Symposium "Science and Engineering of Nanoscale Systems: Scientific Discovery through Advanced Computation and Experimental Validation",
Symposium Organizers: C. Rossi and A. Esteve (CNRS-Toulouse, France), J. Greer (Tyndall, Ireland), J. -P. Rino (Sao Carlos, Brasil), G. Gutierrez (Santiago, Chile), K. Tsuruta (Okayama, Japan), and R. Kalia, A. Nakano and P.a Vashishta (Univ. Southern California, USA)
Apr. 8-12, 2009, Phuket, Thailand.
- APCOM'07-EPMESC XI： Third Asian-Pacific Congress on Computational Mechanics in conjunction with Eleventh International Conference on the Enhancement and Promotion of Computational Methods in Engineering and Science
Symposium MS9-3 "Ultrascale Hierarchical Simulations on High-End Parallel and Distributed Computers"
Symposium Organizers: A. Nakano, S. Ogata, and K. Tsuruta
Kyoto International Conference Center, Kyoto, Japan, 2007.12.3.
- Plasticity '07:
Symposium "Interface and Composite Materials under Harsh Conditions",
Symposium Organizers: M. Bachlechner and K. Tsuruta
Jun. 4-7, 2006, Alaska, U.S.A..
- Okayama Univeristy COE Symposium:
"Scope toward Novel Device Design from Nano Materials",
Speakers: Dr. D. Srivasatava (NASA Ames), Prof. Y. Kubozono (Okayama U.), K. Tsuruta (Okayama U.)
Feb. 23, 2006, Okayama, JAPAN.
- IUMRS-ICAM2003:
Symposium D-9 "Multiscale Design of Nano-materials",
Symposium Chairs: K. Tsuruta, T. Hasebe, T. Hoshi, M. Matsuura, A. Nakano, S. Ogata, S. Ogata, S. Takami
Oct. 10-11, 2003, Yohohama, JAPAN.
URL: http://www.mrs-j.org/ICAM2003/ie/
- MRS-Japan, 13th Annual meeting:
Symposium E "Dynamic Microstructure Evolution in System of Grains",
Symposium Chairs: Y. Matsuo, F. Wakai, H. Tanaka, H. Kamiya, K. Tsuruta
Dec. 20-21, 2001, Kawasaki, JAPAN.
Laboratory of Materials Science for Electronics