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Norio Yamashita

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Norio Yamashita , Ph.D.

ORCID iD: 0000-0001-8044-9016
ResearcherID: G-6416-2011

Affiliation: RIKEN Center for Advanced Photonics Subwavelength Photonics Research Group, RIKEN
Position: Research Scientist
Address: 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
Email: norio_yamashita[_at_]riken.jp
Phone: +81 48 462 1293
Fax: +81 48 462 1290

Field of Studies: 3D observation, Mechatronics

Publications

      Journals
  1. Efficient 3D observation of steel microstructure using serial sectioning with precision cutting and on-site etching
    Norio Yamashita, Takashi Matsuno, Daisuke Maeda, Mayuko Kikuzuki, Hideo Yokota
    Precision Engineering, Vol. 75, pp. 37-45, 2022, DOI: 10.1016/j.precisioneng.2022.01.004

  2. Morphology and function analyses of cell population using image processing
    Satoko Takemoto, Shin Yoshizawa, Norio Yamashita, Masahiko Morita, Masaomi Nishimura, Hideo Yokota
    Drug Delivery System, Vol. 36, No.4, pp. 277-285, (2021.12), DOI: 10.2745/dds.36.277 (Japanese)

  3. Multipoint indentation for material identification in three-dimensional observation based on serial sectioning
    Kazuhiro Fujisaki, Norio Yamashita, Hideo Yokota
    Precision Engineering, Vol. 69, pp. 62-67, (2021.5), DOI: 10.1016/j.precisioneng.2021.01.005

  4. Analysis of Nano-hardness Distribution Near the Ferrite-martensite Interface in a Dual Phase Steel with Factorization of Its Scattering Behavior
    Reon Ando, Takashi Matsuno, Tomoko Matsuda, Norio Yamashita, Hideo Yokota, Kenta Goto, Ikumu Watanabe
    Tetsu-to-Hagane, Vol. 106, No. 12, p. 944-952, (2020/11), DOI: 10.2355/tetsutohagane.TETSU-2020-037, (Japanese)

    (Translated paper)
    Analysis of nano-hardness distribution near the ferrite-martensite interface in a dual phase steel with factorization of its scattering behavior
    Reon Ando, Takashi Matsuno, Tomoko Matsuda, Norio Yamashita, Hideo Yokota, Kenta Goto, Ikumu Watanabe
    ISIJ International, Vol. 61, No. 1, pp. 473-480, 2021, DOI: 10.2355/isijinternational.ISIJINT-2020-546

  5. Analysis of preliminary local hardening close to the ferrite-martensite interface in dual-phase steel by a combination of finite element simulation and nanoindentation test
    Takashi Matsuno, Reon Ando, Norio Yamashita, Hideo Yokota, Kenta Goto, Ikumu Watanabe
    International Journal of Mechanical Sciences, Vol. 180, No.15, 105663 (2020/8), DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmecsci.2020.105663

  6. Multiscale Analysis of MnS Inclusion Distributions in High Strength Steel
    Ryota Sakaguchi, Takayuki Shiraiwa, Pornthep Chivavibul, Tadashi Kasuya, Manabu Enoki, Norio Yamashita, Hideo Yokota, Yutaka Matsui, Akira Kazama, Keita Ozaki, Hiroyuki Takamatsu
    ISIJ International, Vol.60, No.8, pp.1714-1723. (2020/8), DOI: 10.2355/isijinternational.ISIJINT-2019-739

  7. Digital Spindle: A New Way to Explore Mitotic Functions by Whole Cell Data Collection and a Computational Approach
    Norio Yamashita, Masahiko Morita, Hideo Yokota, and Yuko Mimori-Kiyosue
    Cells, Vol.9, 1255. (2020), DOI: 10.3390/cells9051255

  8. Three-DOF Electrostatic Induction Actuator Providing Translational and Rotational Surface-Drive Motion
    Norio Yamashita, Akio Yamamoto
    International Journal of Automation Technology, Vol. 10, No. 4, pp. 525-532 (2016/3), DOI: 10.20965/ijat.2016.p0525

  9. Three-dimensional tracking of plus-tips by lattice light-sheet microscopy permits the quantification of microtubule growth trajectories within the mitotic apparatus
    Norio Yamashita, Masahiko Morita, Wesley R. Legant, Bi-Chang Chen, Eric Betzig, Hideo Yokota, Yuko Mimori-Kiyosue
    Journal of Biomedical Optics, Vol. 20, No. 10 , 101206 (2015/11), DOI: 10.1117/1.JBO.20.10.101206

  10. Effects of Electrode Configuration for Performances of Voltage-Induction-Type Electrostatic Motors
    Norio Yamashita, Akio Yamamoto, and Toshiro Higuchi
    Journal of Advanced Mechanical Design, Systems, and Manufacturing , Vol. 7, No. 3 , pp. 333-347 (2013/5), DOI: 10.1299/jamdsm.7.333

  11. Pulse voltage operation of two-to-four-phase voltage-induction-type electrostatic motor
    Norio Yamashita, Akio Yamamoto, and Toshiro Higuchi
    International Journal of Applied Electromagnetics and Mechanics, vol. 42, No. 3, pp. 391-408 (2013/4), DOI: 10.3233/TAD-131672

  12. An Automated Three-dimensional Internal Structure Observation System based on High-speed Serial Sectioning of Steel Materials
    Kazuhiro Fujisaki, Norio Yamashita, and Hideo Yokota
    Precision Engineering, vol. 36, No. 2, pp. 315-321 (2012), DOI: 10.1016/j.precisioneng.2011.12.001

  13. Experimental evaluation of open-loop swimming control for a robotic fish
    Norio Yamashita, Zu Guang Zhang, Akio Yamamoto, Masahiko Gondo, and Toshiro Higuchi
    Robotica , Vol. 28, No. 3 , pp. 369-379 (2010/5), DOI: 10.1017/S0263574709005694

  14. Capacitive-Type Flexible Linear Encoder With Untethered Slider Using Electrostatic Induction
    Fumitaka Kimura, Masahiko Gondo, Norio Yamashita, Akio Yamamoto, and Toshiro Higuchi
    IEEE SENSORS JOURNAL , Vol. 10, No. 5 , pp. 972-978 (2010/5), DOI: 10.1109/JSEN.2009.2037015

  15. Electrostatically Actuated Robotic Fish: Design and Control for High-Mobility Open-Loop Swimming
    Zu Guang Zhang, Norio Yamashita, Masahiko Gondo, Akio Yamamoto, and Toshiro Higuchi
    IEEE Transactions on Robotics , Vol. 24, No. 1 , pp. 118-129 (2008/1), DOI: 10.1109/TRO.2007.913989

  16. Voltage-induction type electrostatic film motor driven by two- to four-phase ac voltage and electrostatic induction
    Norio Yamashita, Zu Guang Zhang, Akio Yamamoto, Masahiko Gondo and Toshiro Higuchi
    Sensors and Actuators A: Physical , Vol. 140, No. 2 , pp. 239-250 (2007/11), DOI: 10.1016/j.sna.2007.07.007

  17. Development of a Robotic Fish Using Electrostatic Film Motors: The Seidengyo II Robot
    Zu Guang Zhang, Norio Yamashita, Akio Yamamoto, and Toshiro Higuchi
    Advanced Robotics , Vol. 21, No. 15 , pp. 1787-1803 (2007/12), DOI: 10.1163/156855307782506174

  18. Non-contact Electrostatic Levitation of φ400mm Silicon Wafer
    Norio Yamashita, Akio Yamamoto, Toshiro Higuchi, Hidehiko Yasui
    Journal of the Japan Society for Precision Engineering , Vol. 71, No. 3, pp. 342-346 (2005/3), DOI: 10.2493/jspe.71.342, (Japanese)

      International Conference Papers (Peer Reviewed)
  1. Development of a fully automated serial sectioning observation system using ultrasonic elliptical vibration cutting and electrolytic etching for additively manufactured metals
    Shunsaku Kawasaki, Norio Yamashita, Shinya Morita, Hideo Yokota
    The 19th International Conference on Precision Engineering (ICPE2022), C255, Nara, Japan, (2022/11)

  2. Automated serial-sectioning method using electrolytic etching and precision cutting for 3D microstructure observation of additively manufactured Alloy 718
    Shunsaku Kawasaki, Norio Yamashita, Shoan Mizuno, Shinya Morita, Hideo Yokota
    The 6th International Congress on 3D Materials Science (3DMS2022), Washington, D.C., USA, (2022/6)

  3. A simple framework for texture analysis of steel microstructure images and its application to correlation analysis with steel properties
    Nanami Takagi, Takashi Michikawa, Norio Yamashita, Shin Yoshizawa, Hiroshi Takemura, Takayuki Shiraiwa, Manabu Enoki, Kazuhiko Yamazaki, Hideo Yokota
    Material Research Meeting (MRM 2021), A2-O7-06, Yokohama, Japan, (2021/12)

  4. 3D Shape Evaluation of Martensite-Austenite Constituents in High Tensile Steel using a 3D Internal Structure Microscope
    Ryoma Suzumura, Norio Yamashita, Takashi Michikawa, Shinya Morita, Masahiro Inomoto, Yoshitomi Okazaki, Hideo Yokota
    Material Research Meeting (MRM 2021), A2-O7-07, Yokohama, Japan, (2021/12)

  5. Image registration of steel images acquired by optical microscope and SEM using phase-only correlation
    Takashi Michikawa, Shin Yoshizawa, Norio Yamashita, Toru Hara, Masahiro Inomoto, Yoshitomi Okazaki, Hideo Yokota
    Material Research Meeting (MRM 2021), Yokohama, Japan, (2021/12)

  6. Compact-sized Cutting System for a Serial-block-face Scanning Electron Microscopy
    Nanami Takagi, Norio Yamashita, Yuki Tsujimura, Hiroshi Takemura, Sze Keat Chee, Katsuyuki Suzuki, Yoshiyuki Kubota, Hideo Yokota
    Microscopy and Microanalysis, 27 (Supplement S1), pp. 3176-3177, (2021/8), doi:10.1017/S1431927621010977

  7. Development of three-dimensional observation method with electrolytic etching for microstructure of stainless steel manufactured by additive manufacturing
    Hideki Nishikido, Norio Yamashita, Shinya Morita, Hideo Yokota
    Microscopy and Microanalysis, Vol.26(S2), pp. 2232-2234, (2020/7), DOI:10.1017/S1431927620020899

  8. Large-Scale Serial-Sectioning Observation of 3D Steel Microstructures Based on Efficient Exploring of Etching Conditions Using 3D Internal Structure Microscope
    Norio Yamashita, Yuichi Koyanagi, Hiroshi Takemura, Kentaro Asakura, Tadashi Kasuya, Susumu Tsukamoto, Hideo Yokota,
    Computational and Experimental Simulations in Engineering Proceedings of ICCES2019, Chapter 71. pp. 841-850, 2020, Springer, DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-27053-7

  9. Development and Testing of a Compact Precision Cutting Device in an Electron Microscope
    Yuji Nakade, Norio Yamashita, Hiroshi Mizoguchi, Sze Keat Chee, and Hideo Yokota
    Proceedings of the 8th International Conference of Asian Society for Precision Engineering and Nanotechnology (ASPEN2019), A26, (2019/11)

  10. Developing a Method for Mathematical Computation of Three-Dimensional EB1-GFP Motion Visualized by Lattice Light-Sheet Microscopy
    Norio Yamashita, Masahiko Morita, Wesley R. Legant, Bi-Chang Chen, Eric Betzig, Hideo Yokota, Yuko Mimori-Kiyosue
    2015 American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB) Annual Meeting, (2015/12)

  11. Volume-Based Shape Analysis for Internal Microstructure of Steels
    Norio Yamashita, Shin Yoshizawa, and Hideo Yokota
    ICIP 2014: IEEE International Conference on Image Processing , pp. 4887-4891 (2014/10), DOI: 10.1109/ICIP.2014.7025990
    *Recognized as the “Top 10%” papers in ICIP 2014

  12. Wireless Driving of Electrostatic Film Actuator by Pre-Charging Electrodes with DC High Voltages
    Takuya Hosobata, Norio Yamashita, Akio Yamamoto, Toshiro Higuchi
    Key Engineering Materials, Vol. 625, pp. 288-293, (2014/8), Trans Tech Publications Ltd, DOI: 10.4028/www.scientific.net/KEM.625.288

  13. Interaction with Real Objects and Visual Images on a Flat Panel Display using Three-DOF Transparent Electrostatic Induction Actuators
    Norio Yamashita, Kota Amano, and Akio Yamamoto
    ACHI 2014, The Seventh International Conference on Advances in Computer-Human Interactions , pp. 294-299 (2014/3)

  14. Modeling and System Identification of Three-layer Structure Electrostatic Film Motors for a Robotic Fish
    Zu Guang Zhang, Norio Yamashita, Akio Yamamoto, Masahiko Gondo and Toshiro Higuchi
    Proceeding of the 2009 IEEE International Conference on Mechatronics and Automation , pp. 2729-2734 (2009/8)

  15. Three-dimensional internal structure observation for industrial materials by means of high precision serial sectioning system
    Hideo Yokota, Kazuhiro Fujisaki, Naomichi Furushiro, Yutaka Yamagata, Norio Yamashita
    Eighteenth International Conference on Processing and Fabrication of Advanced Materials (PFAM XVIII) , (2009/12)

  16. Prototyping of Flexible Capacitive Encoder with Un-Tethered Slider Using Electrostatic Induction
    Fumitaka Kimura, Masahiko Gondo, Norio Yamashita, Akio Yamamoto, and Toshiro Higuchi
    Proceedings of the Seventh IEEE Conference on Sensors (IEEE SENSORS 2008) , pp. 1619-1622 (2008/10), DOI: 10.1109/ICSENS.2008.4716761

  17. Evaluation of an Electrostatic Film Motor Driven by Two-Four-Phase AC Voltage and Electrostatic Induction
    Norio Yamashita, Akio Yamamoto, Masahiko Gondo, Toshiro Higuchi
    Proceedings of the 2007 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation , pp. 1572-1577 (2007/4), DOI: 10.1109/ROBOT.2007.363548

  18. Design and Control of a Fish-like Robot Using an Electrostatic Motor
    Zu Guang Zhang, Masahiko Gondo, Norio Yamashita, Akio Yamamoto and Toshiro Higuchi
    Proceedings of the 2007 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation , pp. 974-979 (2007/4), DOI: 10.1109/ROBOT.2007.363111

  19. Development of Mechanical and Control Systems for a Robotic Fish Using Electrostatic Film Motors
    Zu Guang Zhang, Norio Yamashita, Masahiko Gondo, Akio Yamamoto, and Toshiro Higuchi
    Proceedings of the 2007 IEEE International Symposium on Industrial Electronics , pp. 2059-2064 (2007/6), DOI: 10.1109/ISIE.2007.4374925

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