Wang, Zhenjin
Zhenjin Wang is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Frontier Sciences for Advanced Environment, Graduate School of Environmental Studies, Tohoku University, Japan. She has also been granted the title of Prominent Research Fellow at Tohoku University. Her research focuses on developing innovative piezoelectric composites and multifunctional carbon fiber reinforced polymer (CFRP) composites. These materials are tailored for applications in energy harvesting, sensors, structural health monitoring, haptic devices, and Internet of Things (IoT) technologies.
Narita, Fumio
Fumio Narita is a Professor in the Department of Frontier Sciences for Advanced Environment, Graduate School of Environmental Studies, Tohoku University, Japan. His current research focuses on the design and development of piezoelectric/magnetostrictive materials and structures in energy harvesting and self-powered environmental monitoring. He is extensively using state-of-the-art electromagneto-mechanical characterization techniques in combination with computational multiscale modeling to understand the fundamental structure-property relations of complex multifunctional composite materials.