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Profile Information

Affiliation: Associate Professor, RIAM, Kyushu University

Degree: Ph.D. (Engineering)(Mar, 2019, Kyushu University)

ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1296-9180
researchmap Member ID: B000296577

External link: https://hyoka.ofc.kyushu-u.ac.jp/search/details/K007621/english.html

Research Interests

Research Areas

Research History

Dec, 2023 - Present

Associate Professor, Research Institute for Applied Mechanics, Kyushu University
Jun, 2020 - Nov, 2023

Assistant Professor, Research Institute for Applied Mechanics, Kyushu University
Apr, 2019 - May, 2020

Research Fellow, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science

Education

Apr, 2016 - Mar, 2019

Doctoral Program, Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyushu University
Apr, 2014 - Mar, 2016

Master's Program, Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyushu University
Apr, 2010 - Mar, 2014

Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, School of Engineering, Kyushu University

Committee Memberships

Nov, 2023 - Mar, 2025

NEDO技術委員, 新エネルギー・産業技術総合開発機構
Dec, 2021 - Mar, 2023

NEDO技術委員, 新エネルギー・産業技術総合開発機構

Major Awards

Oct, 2021

第19回奨励賞, 非平衡量子熱力学によるGaN気相成長プロセスの解明, 日本結晶成長学会

草場彰
Mar, 2016

学生表彰 (学術研究活動表彰), 九州大学

草場彰
Mar, 2014

優秀学生賞, 日本航空宇宙学会西部支部

草場彰

Major Papers

Augmentation of the Electron Counting Rule with Ising Model

Karol Kawka, Pawel Kempisty, Konrad Sakowski, Stanislaw Krukowski, Michal Bockowski, David Bowler, Akira Kusaba

arXiv:2402.06140 [cond-mat.mtrl-sci], Feb 9, 2024 Last authorCorresponding author
Beyond ab initio reaction simulator: An application to GaN metalorganic vapor phase epitaxy

Akira Kusaba, Shugo Nitta, Kenji Shiraishi, Tetsuji Kuboyama, Yoshihiro Kangawa

Applied Physics Letters, 121 162101, Oct 18, 2022 Peer-reviewedLead authorCorresponding author
Exploration of a large-scale reconstructed structure on GaN(0001) surface by Bayesian optimization

Akira Kusaba, Yoshihiro Kangawa, Tetsuji Kuboyama, Atsushi Oshiyama

Applied Physics Letters, 120 021602, Jan 10, 2022 Peer-reviewedLead authorCorresponding author
CH4 Adsorption Probability on GaN(0001) and (000-1) during Metalorganic Vapor Phase Epitaxy and Its Relationship to Carbon Contamination in the Films

Akira Kusaba, Guanchen Li, Pawel Kempisty, Michael R. von Spakovsky, Yoshihiro Kangawa

Materials, 12(6) 972, Mar 23, 2019 Peer-reviewedLead authorCorresponding author
Advances in modeling semiconductor epitaxy: Contributions of growth orientation and surface reconstruction to InN metalorganic vapor phase epitaxy

Akira Kusaba, Yoshihiro Kangawa, Pawel Kempisty, Kenji Shiraishi, Koichi Kakimoto, Akinori Koukitu

Applied Physics Express, 9(12) 125601, Nov 17, 2016 Peer-reviewedLead authorCorresponding author

Major Misc.

計算科学と機械学習による窒化物半導体結晶成長の研究（研究室紹介）

草場彰, 寒川義裕

クリスタルレターズ, 85 60-64, Jan, 2024
窒化ガリウム結晶成長への情報科学技術の活用（特集「JST ACT-X AI活用で挑む学問の革新と創成」）

草場彰

日本ロボット学会誌, 41(8) 680, Oct 25, 2023 InvitedLead authorCorresponding author
GaN有機金属気相成長におけるデジタルツイン開発の現状（特集「エピタキシャル成長の量子論における新展開：シミュレーションからデジタルツインへ」）

草場彰, 寒川義裕, 久保山哲二, 新田州吾, 白石賢二, 押山淳

日本結晶成長学会誌, 50(1) 50-1-05, Apr 28, 2023 Peer-reviewedLead authorCorresponding author
窒化物半導体の表面構造と成長過程に関する理論的研究

草場彰

九州大学学位論文, Mar 20, 2019

Major Presentations

113

ベイズ最適化とデータ同化による半導体気相成長モデリング

草場彰

日本学術振興会R032委員会第16回研究会, Mar 8, 2024 Invited
Theoretical Analysis of Trimethylgallium Decomposition Process by Automated Reaction Path Search Method

Kanami Sugiyama, Akira Kusaba

84th JSAP Autumn Meeting 2023, Sep 19, 2023
データ科学による結晶成長モデリングの高度化

草場彰, 寒川義裕, 久保山哲二, 新田州吾, 白石賢二, 押山淳

第2回スーパーコンピュータ「富岳」成果創出加速プログラム研究交流会, Mar 8, 2023
ベイズ最適化による半導体表面混合状態の研究

草場彰

第2回スーパーコンピュータ「富岳」成果創出加速プログラム研究交流会, Mar 7, 2023
結晶成長の計算科学と機械学習応用

草場彰

2022年日本結晶成長学会特別講演会『赤﨑勇先生追悼講演会～結晶成長が描く夢の継承～』, Feb 18, 2022 Invited
結晶成長デジタルツイン―AIと計算科学からのアプローチ

草場彰, 久保山哲二, 寒川義裕

第50回結晶成長国内会議, Oct 27, 2021 Invited
機械学習によるスパッタAlN膜の高温アニール最適プロセス探索

草場彰, 寒川義裕, 則松研二, 三宅秀人

第49回結晶成長国内会議, Nov 10, 2020

Teaching Experience

Apr, 2023 - Jun, 2023

Theory and Machine Learning for Crystal Growth (8 Lectures, 1 ECTS Point) (Warsaw PhD School in Natural and BioMedical Sciences)
May, 2023 - May, 2023

Theory and Machine Learning for Crystal Growth (3 Lectures) (Thomas Young Centre)

Professional Memberships

Research Projects

半導体化学気相成長の科学

KAKENHI, Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A), JSPS, Apr, 2024 - Mar, 2028

Yoshihiro Kangawa, Akira Kusaba, Kanami Sugiyama, Shugo Nitta
Exploration of Crystal Surface Structures through Enumeration of Discrete Structures on an Infinite Plane and Similarity Design

KAKENHI, Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B), JSPS, Apr, 2023 - Mar, 2028

Tetsuji Kuboyama, Akira Kusaba, Takashi Horiyama, Takeaki Uno, Koichi Hirata
大規模反応ネットワークで捉える気相成長理論の開拓

KAKENHI, Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists, JSPS, Apr, 2024 - Mar, 2027

Akira Kusaba
Study of fuel hydrogen circulation control with carbon pump

KAKENHI, Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A), JSPS, Apr, 2021 - Mar, 2026

Kazuaki Hanada, Makoto Oya, Akira Kusaba, Taiichi Shikama, Hiroaki Nakamura, Seiki Saito
表面再構成インフォマティクスによる大規模周期構造の探索

KAKENHI, Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists, JSPS, Apr, 2020 - Mar, 2024

Akira Kusaba
Process design innovation in next generation semiconductor development

Strategic Basic Research Programs, ACT-X, JST, Dec, 2020 - Mar, 2023

Akira Kusaba
結晶成長プロセス・インフォマティクスの創出による宇宙用パワー半導体の研究開発

KAKENHI, Grant-in-Aid for JSPS Fellows, JSPS, Apr, 2019 - Mar, 2022

Akira Kusaba
耐放射線性を有す高効率太陽電池および低損失電力変換素子用材料の開発

KAKENHI, Grant-in-Aid for JSPS Fellows, JSPS, Apr, 2016 - Mar, 2019

Akira Kusaba