[Birth day]
    Mar. 1st, 1966
 [Professional Affiliation]
    Division of Mechanical engineering 
 [Research interest] 
    Surface engineering 
    Plasma chemistry
 [Research theme]
    Oxide film deposition by thermal plasma CVD 
    Diamond synthesis by combustion flame method  
 [Biography] 

    1989.3   B.Sc. (Osaka University, Osaka, Japan)
    1991.3   M.Sc. (Osaka University, Osaka, Japan) 

    1991.4   Research staff (Hitachi Research Laboratory, Hitachi,Ltd.) 　(- 1995.3)

    1998.3   Ph.D. (Osaka University, Osaka, Japan) 

    1998.4   Research associate (Ashikaga Institute of Technology, Tochigi, Japan) 
    1999.4   Assistant professor (Ashikaga Institute of Technology, Tochigi, Japan)

    2001.4   Associate professor (Ashikaga Institute of Technology, Tochigi, Japan)

    2010.4   Professor (Ashikaga Institute of Technology, Tochigi, Japan)

    2018.4   Professor (Ashikaga University, Tochigi, Japan) 　（- present）

 [Title] 
    Ph.D. (Osaka university)
 [Awards]
    1997.4   Best Presentation Award, Japan Welding Soc.
    1997.5   Young Researcher Award, High Temperature Soc.　
    1998.6   Best Paper Award, Japan Thermal Spraying Soc.
       "High Speed Nitriding of Titanium Using Nitrogen Plasma Jets Under a Low Pressure Environment"
    2000.6   Young Researcher Award, Japan Thermal Spraying Soc.
       "Influence of Spraying Distance on Wear Properties of Sprayed Coatings" 
    2006.4   ScienceDirect TOP25 Hottest Articles in Vacuum (April to June 2006) 
        "Photo-catalytic TiO2 film deposition by atmospheric TPCVD" 
    2006.7   ScienceDirect TOP25 Hottest Articles in Vacuum (July to September 2006) 
        "Photo-catalytic TiO2 film deposition by atmospheric TPCVD" 
    2006.10   ScienceDirect TOP25 Hottest Articles in Vacuum (October to December 2006) 
        "Photo-catalytic TiO2 film deposition by atmospheric TPCVD" 
    2006.11   Most Promising Young Asian Researcher Award, The 2nd Asian Thermal Spray Conference 
       "Effect of oxygen addition to Ar plasma jet on zinc oxide film deposition by atmospheric thermal plasma CVD" 
    2006.11  Best Poster Award, The 2nd Asian Thermal Spray Conference
       "Spraying using magneto-plasma-dynamic arc jet"
    2015   　 Best Paper Award, Institute of Applied Plasma Science
       A. Kobayashi, S. Yugeswaran, H. Koizumi, K. Komurasaki, Y. Ando,
        "Metal Hard Coatings on Plastic Materials Using Gas Tunnel Type Plasma Spraying" 
      





　　　　　　　
 [Memberships and Activities in Academic Societies] 

    The Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers

    Japan Welding Society

    Japan Thermal Spraying Society 

    The Surface Finishing Society of Japan

    Inst. Applied Plasma Sci.

    Institute of Light Metals

    ASM International

    The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

    American Chemical Society

    Technical Researcher, the Science and Technology Foresight Center, National Institute of Science and Technology Policy, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sport, Science and Technology, Japan