CURRICULUM VITA. Yasuhiro Yamada (previously known as Yasuhiro Aoyagi)

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1 Yasuhiro Yamada Oct 5, 2011 CURRICULUM VITA Yasuhiro Yamada (previously known as Yasuhiro Aoyagi) Reaction Engineering Laboratory Department of Applied Chemistry and Biotechnology Graduate School of Engineering Chiba University Yayoi, Inage, Chiba, , Japan Tel: PROFESSIONAL INTEREST Broad interest that is associated with multidisciplinary research about carbon and related materials such as catalysts, electronic materials such as electric double-layer capacitor and fuel cells, three-dimensional carbon on substrate, and thermal interface materials. All of these researches relate to the structures, the structural defects, and the functional groups of carbon and related materials. Therefore, controlling, repairing, and analyzing defects on carbon materials are my current interest. EXPERIENCE CHIBA UNIVERSITY, Chiba, Japan * Assistant professor at Department of Applied Chemistry and Biotechnology (2009-present) University of California, Berkeley, USA * Short-term scholar at Department of Physics (2011). Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, USA * Short-term researcher at National Center for Electron Microscopy (2011). NIPPON CHEMI-CON CORPORATION, Ibaraki, Japan *Special Researcher for New Energy and Industrial Technology Development (NEDO) project collaborating with advanced industrial science and technology (AIST). ( )

2 ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (AIST), Ibaraki, Japan * Second Staff at Energy Storage Materials Group (2008) EDUCATION UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO, THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK, Buffalo, NY Ph.D. Degree in Mechanical Engineering, February 1, Thesis on "Carbon and related materials for thermal and electrical applications" under the supervision of Professor Deborah D. L. Chung M.S. Degree in Mechanical Engineering, June1, 2006 Thesis on "Improving thermal interface materials through the liquid component " under the supervision of Professor Deborah D. L. Chung HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY, Hiroshima, Japan B.E. Degree in Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, March 31, 2002 Thesis on Preparation of porous carbon materials dispersing metal particles and their catalytic properties (for fuel cells) under the supervision of Associate Professor Hisashi Tamai. GUNMA NATIONAL COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY, Gunma, Japan A. E. Degree in Chemistry and Material Science, March 31, 2000 Thesis on Preparation of porous C/C composite from coal tar pitch-based thermosetting resin under the supervision of Associate Professor Michiya Ota. MEMBERSHIPS Member, The Carbon Society of Japan, 2003-present Member, Catalysis Society of Japan, 2009-present GRANTS As Principal Investigator 1. Title : Development of carbon microreactor with bimodal pore Chiba University April 1, 2009 March 31, 2010, 500,000 (~$5,000)

3 2. Title: Electrochemical behavior of metallic and semiconducting carbon nanotubes Presentation at international carbon conference (Carbon 2010) Marubun Research Promotion Fundation July 11, 2010 July 16, 2010, 200,000 (~$2,000) 3. Title: Controlling defect size and quantity of carbon materials Grants-in-aid for scientific research May 2010 March 2011 direct 2,400,000 (~$ 24,000) + indirect 720,000 (~$ 7,200) April 2011 March 2012 direct 800,000 (~$8,000) 4. Title : Controlling the structure of nanocarbon ligands for reducing metal usage H22. Sakigake startup project Chiba University Feb, 2011 March 31, 2011, 100,000 (~$1,000) 5. Title: Giant graphene ligands stabilizing metal ions Presentation at international carbon conference (Carbon 2011) Marubun Research Promotion Fundation July 24, 2011 July 29, 2011, 100,000 (~$1,000) 6. Title : Elimination of vacancy defects on carbon materials Japan Interaction in Science & Technology Forum Foundation Sept 1, 2011 March 31, 2011,, 700,000 (~$7,000) INVITED TALKS 1. "Review of thermal interface materials with carbons as thermally conductive components", Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Committee of 117, (2008) FEATURED LECTURE 1. Carbon materials for electromagnetic interference shielding, Proceedings of The American Carbon Society International Conference on Carbon, Nagano, Japan (2008) p.6. JOURNAL PAPERS 1. C.-K. Leong, Y. Aoyagi, D.D.L. Chung,"Carbon-Black Thixotropic Thermal Pastes for Improving

4 Thermal Contacts" J. Electron. Mater., 34(10), (2005). 2. Y. Aoyagi, C.-K. Leong, D.D.L. Chung,"Polyol-Based Phase-Change Thermal Interface Materials" J. Electron. Mater., 35(3), (2006). 3. C.-K. Leong, Y. Aoyagi, D.D.L. Chung,"Carbon-Black Pastes as Coatings for Improving Thermal Gap-Filling Materials" Carbon, 44(3), (2006). 4. Y. Aoyagi, D.D.L. Chung,"Effects of Antioxidants and the Solid Component on the Thermal Stability of Polyolester-Based Thermal Pastes" J. Mater. Sci., 42(7), (2007). 5. Y. Aoyagi, D.D.L. Chung,"Antioxidant-based phase-change thermal interface materials with high thermal stability" J. Electron. Mater., 37(4), (2008). 6. Y.-C. Liu, Y. Aoyagi, D.D.L. Chung,"Development of epoxy-based electrets" J. Mater. Sci., 43(5), (2008). 7. S. Han, J. T. Lin, Y. Yamada, D.D.L. Chung,"Enhancing the thermal conductivity and compressive modulus of carbon fiber polymer-matrix composites in the through-thickness direction by nanostructuring the interlaminar interface with carbon black" Carbon, 46(3), (2008). 8. Y. Yamada, D.D.L. Chung,"Epoxy-based carbon films with high electrical conductivity attached to an alumina substrate" Carbon, 46(13) (2008). 9. Y. Yamada, D.D.L. Chung,"Three-dimensional microstructuring of carbon by thermoplastic spacer evaporation during pyrolysis" Carbon, 46(13), (2008). 10. Y. Yamada, O. Kimizuka, O. Tanaike, K. Machida, S. Suematsu, K. Tamamitsu, S. Saeki, Y. Yamada, H. Hatori, Capacitor Properties and pore structure of single- and double- walled carbon nanotubes", Electrochem. Solid-State Lett., 12(3), K14-K16 (2009). 11. K. Mori, Y. Yamada, S. Sato,"Catalytic dehydration of 1,2-propanediol into propanal" Appl. Catal. A, 366(2), (2009). 12. H. Gotoh, Y. Yamada, S. Sato, "Dehydration of 1,3-butanediol over rare earth oxides" Appl. Catal. A, 377(1-2), (2010). 13. Y. Yamada, O. Kimizuka, K. Machida, S. Suematsu, K. Tamamitsu, S. Saeki, Y. Yamada, N. Yoshizawa, O. Tanaike, J. Yamashita, F. Don, K. Hata, H. Hatori, "Hole-opening of carbon nanotubes and their capacitor performance", Energy Fuels, 24, (2010). 14. K. Abe, T. Okada, Y. Yamada, S. Sato,"Vapor-phase catalytic dehydration of terminal diols", J. Catal. Today, in press. 15. Y. Yamada, M. Miyauchi, J. Kim, K. H. Takai, Y. Sato, K. Suenaga, T. Ohba, T. Sodesawa, S. Sato, Exfoliated graphene ligands stabilizing copper cations, Carbon 49, (2011). 16. Y. Yamada, Masaki Segawa, Fumiya Sato, Takashi Kojima, S. Sato, "Catalytic performance of rare earth oxides in ketonization of acetic acid", J. Mol. Catal. A: Chemical 346, (2011). 17. Y. Yamada, T. Tanaka, K. Machida, S. Suematsu, K. Tamamitsu, H. Kataura, H. Hatori, Electrochemical behavior of metallic and semiconducting single-wall carbon nanotubes for electric

5 double-layer capacitor, Carbon, in press. PRESENTATION 1. Y. Aoyagi, A. Katsura, M. Ota, Preparation of porous carbon material using COPNA resin as a binder The 26th annual meeting on carbon, Nagano, Japan (1999) extended abstract Y. Aoyagi, H. Tamai, H. Yasuda, Preparation of metal particles dispersed porous carbon materials and catalytic activity 81st CSJ (Chemical Society of Japan) National Meeting, Tokyo, Japan (2002). 3. C. Lin, Y. Aoyagi, D. D. L. Chung, Thermal interface material using nano structured carbon, Proceeding of The 34th annual meeting on carbon, Oita, Japan (2007) 2B Y. Aoyagi, D. D. L. Chung, Electrically Conductive Carbon Films and Their Three-Dimensional Microstructuring Proceedings of The American Carbon Society International Conference on Carbon (2007) B Y. Yamada, and D. D. L. Chung, Adherent carbon-based films exhibiting high electrical conductivity, Proceedings of The American Carbon Society International Conference on Carbon, Nagano, Japan (2008) p S. Han, J. T. Lin, Y. Yamada, and D.D.L. Chung, Enhancing the through-thickness thermal conductivity of carbon fiber polymer-matrix composites by nanostructuring the interlaminar Interface, Proceeding of 13th US-Japan conference on composite materials, Tokyo, Japan (2008) ONR-9, S. Han, J. T. Lin, Y. Yamada, D.D.L. Chung, Enhancing the through-thickness thermal conductivity of carbon fiber polymer-matrix composites by nanostructuring the interlaminar Proceedings of The American Carbon Society International Conference on Carbon, Nagano, Japan (2008) p Y. Yamada, D. D. L. Chung, Featured lecture, Carbon materials for electromagnetic interference shielding, Proceedings of The American Carbon Society International Conference on Carbon, Nagano, Japan (2008) p D. D. L.Chung, Y. Yamada, Invited lecture, "Review of thermal interface materials with carbons as thermally conductive components", Japan society for the promotion of science, committee of 117, (2008) Y. Yamada, T. Tanaka, K. Machida, S. Suematsu, K.Tamamitsu, H. Kataura, H. Hatori, "Electrochemical behavior of metallic and semiconducting single-wall carbon nanotubes", Carbon 2010, Clemson University in July Y. Yamada, M. Miyauchi, T. Sodesawa, S. Sato "Conversion of glycerol over graphite nanoplatelet catalyst", Carbon 2010, Clemson University in July Y. Yamada, M. Miyauchi, K. Hirose-Takai, Y. Sato, K. Suenaga, T. Ohba, J. Kim, T. Sodesawa, S. Sato, "Giant graphene ligands stabilizing metal ions", Carbon 2011, Shanghai, China, in July Presentation presented by coworker (Presenter is written in italic.)

6 1. O. Kimizuka, O. Tanaike, Y. Yamada, S. Suematsu, K. Tamamitsu, D.N. Futaba, K. Hata, S. Saeki, Y. Yamada, H. Hatori "Electrochemical behavior of single-walled carbon nanotubes as supercapacitor electrodes" CESEP (2009) P7-11 (abstract of poster). 2. M. Miyauchi, Y. Yamada, T. Sodesawa, S. Sato, Conversion reaction of glycerin over graphite nanoplatelet-supoprted metal catalyst The 36th annual meeting on carbon, Sendai, Japan (2009) extended abstract K. Murota, Y. Yamada, T. Sodesawa, and S. Sato, "Controlling defects on nanocarbon materials", The annual meeting on carbon, Himeji, Japan, on December , 3C Y. Suzuki, Y. Yamada, T. Sodesawa, and S. Sato, "Synthesis of carbon materials with slit-type pore", Kanagawa University, on March in 2011, National Meeting on Chemical Society of Japan, Kanagawa, Japan (2011). 5. J. Kim, Y. Yamada, T. Sodesawa, and S. Sato, "Introducing defects on fullerene through epoxidation", Carbon 2011, Shanghai, China, in July REPORTS AND OTHERS 1. Forum Carbon Materials- (in Japanese), Shokubai (Journal of Catalysis Society of Japan), 52 (3) (2010) in press. 2. Introduction of book Crosslinking and Degradation of Polymers- (in Japanese), Shokubai (Journal of Catalysis Society of Japan), 51 (8) (2009) Recent Doctoral Thesis, Tanso (Journal of Japanese carbon society),233 (2008) Carbon 2007 Report (in Japanese), Tanso (Journal of Japanese carbon society), 230 (2007) From newcomers (in Japanese), Tanso (Journal of Japanese carbon society)230 (2007) 381.