Hideo Miura
Tohoku University, Japan
Biography
Prof. Hideo Miura has received his PhD from Tohoku University, Japan. He had worked for Hitachi Ltd., Japan for 20 years as a Chief Researcher of mechanical reliability of various products and moved to Tohoku University in 2003. He is the director of Fracture and Reliability Research Institute. His main research topic now is prediction and prevention of fracture of advanced functional materials and devices. He has published more than 200 technical papers in the field of mechanical reliability of various materials and thin-film devices, and has been serving as an organizer of international conferences.