Takuma Saito investigates microstructural evolution and oxide layer growth in Single-Crystal Ni-base Superalloys. He came to our chair as a postdoc from Japan. There, he completed his doctoral thesis on single-crystal Ni-base superalloys at NIMS in Tsukuba. In Bochum, he works on a DFG-funded transfer project related to SFB/TR 103, in collaboration with materials researchers from MTU Aero Engines in Munich.
since 02.2024
Post-doctoral researcher, Chair for Materials Science and Engineering (LWW), Ruhr University Bochum (RUB)
04.2021 - 01.2024
Post-doctoral researcher, National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), Japan
04.2018 - 03.2021
Junior Researcher, National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), Japan
04.2018 - 03.2021
Doctoral thesis: “Effect of heat treatment on mechanical properties of a high-entropy superalloy”
Waseda University, Japan
04.2015 - 03.2018
Trainee, National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), Japan
04.2012-03.2015
Studies in Applied Mechanics and Aerospace Engineering/Applied Mechanics, Waseda University
Master’s thesis: “Establishment of the predictive equations of the elastic moduli of gamma and gamma prime phases for Ni-base single crystal superalloys”
Bachelor’s thesis: “The effect of the elastic misfit between gamma and gamma prime phases on the morphology of the raft structure of Ni-base single crystal superalloys”
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