[Japanese]

Noritaka Yusa

Professor
Department of Quantum Science and Energy Engineering,
Graduate School of Engineering, Tohoku University

6-6-01-2, Aramaki Aza Aoba, Aoba, Sendai
Miyagi 980-8579, Japan

Office Phone: +81-22-795-7916
Office FAX: +81-22-795-7916



Education

PhD
 

Department of Quantum Engineering and System Science
The University of Tokyo, 2004 (abstract of dissertation)

MA
 

Department of Quantum Engineering and System Science
The University of Tokyo, 2000

BA
 

Department of Quantum Engineering and System Science
The University of Tokyo, 1998

Professional Experience

2020 - Present   

Professor, Tohoku University

2009 - 2020   

Associate Professor, Tohoku University

2006 - 2009   

Project Assistant Professor, The University of Tokyo (concurrent position)

2005 - 2006   

Assistant Professor, Keio University (concurrent position)

2001 - 2009   

Researcher/Director, IIU Corp.

Research interest

  • Nondestructive evaluation techniques using DC-GHz electromagnetic fields
  • Statistical analysis of experimental data to discuss the reliability of structures
  • Designing a system to transmute high level radioactive waste
  • Energy and environmental education

Publications (Journals/International Conferences)

[Journals]

(abstracts of the papers published in peer-reviewed journals are available here)


(2024)
(2023)
(2022)
(2021)
(2020)
(2019)
(2018)
(2017)
(2016)
(2015)
(2014)
 (2013)
 (2012)
(2011) (2010)
(2009) (2008)
  • Li Wang, Zhenmao Chen, Tian-Jian Lu, Minglong Xu, Noritaka Yusa, Kenzo Miya, Sizing of long stress corrosion crack from 2D ECT signals by using a multisegment inverse analysis strategy, International Journal of Applied Electromagnetics and Mechanics 28 (2008), 163-169.
  • Zhenmao Chen, Noritaka Yusa, Kenzo Miya, Enhancements of eddy current testing techniques for quantitative nondestructive testing of key structural components of nuclear power plants, Nuclear Engineering and Design 238 (2008), 1651-1656.
  • Ladislav Janousek, Klara Capova, Noritaka Yusa, Kenzo Miya, Multi-probe inspection for enhancing sizing ability in eddy-current non-destructive testing, IEEE transactions on Magnetics 44 (2008), 1618-1621.
  • Kazuyuki Demachi, Sergei Rybalko, Noritaka Yusa, Diagnosis of damages of wings of rotor by electromagnetic field measurement, International Journal of Applied Electromagnetics and Mechanics 28 (1,2) (2008), 313-320.
(2007)
 (2006)
 (2005)
(2004)
  • Zhenmao Chen, Noritaka Yusa, Mihai Rebican, Kenzo Miya. Inversion techniques for eddy current NDE using optimization strategies and a rapid 3D forward solver. International Journal of Applied Electromagnetics and Mechanics 20 (2004). 179-187.
  • Eiji Machida and Noritaka Yusa, Application of eddy current inspection to the Inconel weld of BWR internals. The Thermal and Nuclear Power 5 (2004). 34-41. (in Japanese)
  • Zhenmao Chen, Noritaka Yusa, Kenzo Miya, Akira Tanahashi, Kazuo Sakai, Naoki Chigusa, Advanced MFLT for detecting far side defects in a welding part of an austenitic stainless steel plate, International Journal of Applied Electromagnetics and Mechanics 19 (2004). 527-532.
  • Mihai Rebican, Noritaka Yusa, Zhenmao Chen, Kenzo Miya, Tetsuya Uchimoto, Toshiyuki Takagi, Reconstruction of multiple cracks in an ECT round-robin test, International Journal of Applied Electromagnetics and Mechanics 19 (2004). 399-404.
  • Noritaka Yusa, Kazuyuki Demachi, Zhenmao Chen, Application of a superconductor to the shield of a remote field ECT probe. International Journal of Applied Electromagnetics and Mechanics 19 (2004). 41-46.
(2003)
(2002)
(2001)
  • Noritaka Yusa, Zhenmao Chen, Kenzo Miya, Inversion of eddy current NDE signals using genetic algorithm, International Journal of Applied Electromagnetics and Mechanics 15 (2001/2002). 249-255.
(2000)

[International Conferences]

 (2023)

  • Mizuki Kako, Takuma Tomizawa, Jiuhao Ge, Xiaoyong Ruan, Takashi Nozawa, Noritaka Yusa, Influence of the size of cooling tubes in the blanket of a fusion demo reactor on the capability of non-destructive inspection, 16th Asia Pacific Conference for Non-destructive Testing 2023, Melbourne, Australia, 2023/02/28-03/03.
  • Kantaro Ikeda, Noritaka Yusa, Takuma Tomizawa, Haicheng Song, Reliability Analysis of Pipe Wal Thinning based on Quantification of Ultrasonic Testing, 13th European Conference on Non-destructive Testing, Lisbon, Portugal, 2023/07/03-07.
  • Noritaka Yusa, Sho Takeda, Tetsuya Uchimoto, Mashiko Endo, Yasuhiro Saito, Pipe failure prediction model based on periodic pipe wall thickness measurement using electromagnetic acoustic resonance, 21st International Symposium on Applied Electromagnetics and Mechanics, Hachioji, Tokyo, 2023/11/12-15.
  • Fanwei Yu, Takuma Tomizawa, Noritaka Yusa, Masayuki Tokitani, Application of eddy current testing to the surface inspection of divertor tungsten monoblocks, 21st International Symposium on Applied Electromagnetics and Mechanics, Hachioji, Tokyo, 2023/11/12-15.
  • Faridafshin Mohammadjavad, Noritaka Yusa, Weixi Chen, High-frequency ultrasonic inspection of the divertorfs cooling pipe with a screwed inner wall, 21st International Symposium on Applied Electromagnetics and Mechanics, Hachioji, Tokyo, 2023/11/12-15.
  • Shuya Fujita, Noritaka Yusa, Evaluation of the effect of the current injection pattern to the result of reconstruction of monotonicity based impedance tomography, 21st International Symposium on Applied Electromagnetics and Mechanics, Hachioji, Tokyo, 2023/11/12-15.
  • Takuma Tomizawa, Noritaka Yusa, Probabilistic sizing of fatigue cracks from eddy current signals, 21st International Symposium on Applied Electromagnetics and Mechanics, Hachioji, Tokyo, 2023/11/12-15.
  • Jiuhao Ge, Noritaka Yusa, Comparison study of pulsed eddy current testing and eddy current testing in thickness measurement, 21st International Symposium on Applied Electromagnetics and Mechanics, Hachioji, Tokyo, 2023/11/12-15.

(2022)

  • Yijun Guo, Noritaka Yusa, Hidetoshi Hashizume, Evaluation of the applicability of microwave nondestructive testing to detection of cracking on the inner surface of a pipe, 20th International Symposium on Applied Electromagnetics and Mechanics (ISEM2022), Online, 2022/06/05-08.
  • Takuma Tomizawa, Yujin Guo, Noritaka Yusa, Applicability of simulation-assisted probability of detection analysis considering multiple signal features to eddy current testing of weld, 20th International Symposium on Applied Electromagnetics and Mechanics (ISEM2022), Online, 2022/06/05-08.
  • Fanwei Yu, Takuma Tomizawa, Haicheng Song, Noritaka Yusa, Receiver operating characteristic analysis for evaluating a proper experimental condition of eddy current tests under low signal-to-noise ratio, 20th International Symposium on Applied Electromagnetics and Mechanics (ISEM2022), Online, 2022/06/05-08.
  • Haicheng Song, Noritaka Yusa, A probability of detection model to quantify the detection capability of a sensor-based monitoring method for local wall thinning, 20th International Symposium on Applied Electromagnetics and Mechanics (ISEM2022), Online, 2022/06/05-08.
  • Yijun Guo, Takuma Tomizawa, Noritaka Yusa, Hidetoshi Hashizume, Probability of detection considering both the depth and circumferential length of pipe wall thinning using microwave NDT, 25th International Workshop on Electromagnetic Nondestructive Evaluation (ENDEf22), online, 2022/06/13-14
  • Ryoju Hamada, Noritaka Yusa, Tomomi Kaneko, Gaming simulation design to learn best mix of power sources, The 53rd annual international conference of the International Simulation and Gaming Association (ISAGA2022), online, 2022/07/11-14.
  • Noritaka Yusa, Ryouji Suzuki, Takashi Furukawa, Masayuki Tokitani, High frequency ultrasonic inspection of the bonded interface between a divertor monoblock and a cooling pipe, 32nd Symposium on Fusion Technology (SOFT2022), online, 2022/09/18-22.
  • Mizuki Kako, Xiaoyang Ruan, Takuma Tomizawa, Jiuhao Ge, Takashi Nozawa, Noritaka Yusa, The applicability of remote field eddy current testing to outer flaws on cooling tubes in the blanket of a fusion DEMO reactor, 32nd Symposium on Fusion Technology (SOFT2022), online, 2022/09/18-22.
  • Mohammadjavad Faridafshin, Noritaka Yusa, Ryouji Suzuki, Takashi Furukawa, Masayuki Tokitani, Suguru Masuzaki, The effect of the grain size of divertorfs cooling pipe on the capability of high-frequency ultrasonic tests to evaluate the quality of the bond between divertorfs cooling pipe and armor, The 31st International Toki Conference on Plasma and Fusion Research (ITC31), Online, 2022/11/08-11.
  • Shuhei Kimura, Sho Takeda, Tetsuya Uchimoto, Noritaka Yusa, Improvement of Measurement Accuracy of Pipe Wall Thinning Inspection by Electromagnetic Acoustic Resonance Method, The 19th International Conference on Flow Dynamics, Sendai, Japan, 2022/11/10.

(2021)

  • Yijum Guo, Guanren Chen, Noritaka Yusa, Hidetoshi Hashizume, Frequency spectrum analysis of microwave signals reflected from partial pipe wall thinning, Eighteenth International Conference on Flow Dynamics, Online, 2021/10/27-29.
  • Mizuki Kako, Takuma Tomizawa, Jiuhao Ge, Takashi Nozawa, Noritaka Yusa, Probe design for the eddy current inspection of cooling tubes in the blanket of a prototype fusion reactor, The 30th International Toki Conference on Plasma and Fusion Research, Online, 2021/11/16-19.
  • Noritaka Yusa, Takashi Furukawa, Masayuki Tokitani, Suguru Masuzaki, Application of High-Frequency Ultrasonic Test to the Non-Destructive Inspection of W-Cu Bonded Interface, The 30th International Toki Conference on Plasma and Fusion Research, Online, 2021/11/16-19.

(2020)

  • Haicheng Song, Noritaka Yusa, Development of Three-dimensional Probability of detection model for monitoring local wall thinning in pipes, Seventeenth International Conference on Flow Dynamics (ICFD2020), Online, 2020/10/28-30.
  • Pencheng Pan, Noritaka Yusa, Numerical analysis for pipe wall thinning detection using electrical impedance tomography, Seventeenth International Conference on Flow Dynamics (ICFD2020), Online, 2020/10/28-30.
  • Haicheng Song, Noritaka Yusa, Probabilistic fracture mechanics model of wall-thinned pipe by incorporating multi- dimensional probability of detection, The 3rd International Conference on Computational Engineering and Science for Safety and Environmental Problems, Online, 2020/12/08-11.

(2019)

  • Haicheng Song, Noritaka Yusa, Inverse analysis for local wall thinning based on multi-frequency signal of low frequency electromagnetic monitoring method, The 24th International Workshop on Electromagnetic Nondestructive Evaluation, Chengdu, China, 2019/09/11-14.
  • Noritaka Yusa, Haicheng Song, Daiki Iwata, Tetsuya Uchimoto, Toshiyuki Takagi, Makoto Moroi, Probabilistic analysis of the capability of EMAR for monitoring wall thinning, The 24th International Workshop on Electromagnetic Nondestructive Evaluation, Chengdu, China, 2019/09/11-14.
  • Takuma Tomizawa, Haicheng Song, Noritaka Yusa, Probabilistic evaluation of the detection capability of eddy current probes against corrosion pits on inner surface of pressure vessel, The 24th International Workshop on Electromagnetic Nondestructive Evaluation, Chengdu, China, 2019/09/11-14.
  • Takuya Katagiri, Guanren Chen, Noritaka Yusa, Hidetoshi Hashizume, Development of a signal processing method for metal pipe inspection using multi-mode microwaves, The 24th International Workshop on Electromagnetic Nondestructive Evaluation, Chengdu, China, 2019/09/11-14.
  • Guanren Chen, Takuya Katagiri, Noritaka Yusa, Hidetoshi Hashizume, Improved design of a side-incident microwave probe for non-destructive inspection of metallic pipes, The 24th International Workshop on Electromagnetic Nondestructive Evaluation, Chengdu, China, 2019/09/11-14.
  • Takuma Tomizawa, Haicheng Song, Noritaka Yusa, Probabilistic evaluation of detection capability of eddy current testing to inspect pitting on a pressure vessel using multiple signal features, The 19th International Symposium on Applied Electromagnetics and Mechanics, Nanjing, China, 2019/09/15-18.
  • Guanren Chen, Takuya Katagiri, Noritaka Yusa, Hidetoshi Hashizume, In-pipe Crack Detection for Multiple Diameters Using TE11 Mode Microwaves, The 19th International Symposium on Applied Electromagnetics and Mechanics, Nanjing, China, 2019/09/15-18.
  • Takuya Katagiri, Guanren Chen, Noritaka Yusa, Hidetoshi Hashizume, Experimental Verification of a TE01 Mode Converter to Locate a Crack in a Metal Pipe, The 19th International Symposium on Applied Electromagnetics and Mechanics, Nanjing, China, 2019/09/15-18.
  • Song Haicheng, Noritaka Yusa, Experimental verification of improved probability of detection model considering the effect of sensor's location on low frequency electromagnetic monitoring, The 19th International Symposium on Applied Electromagnetics and Mechanics, Nanjing, China, 2019/09/15-18.
  • Noritaka Yusa, Takuma Tomizawa, Haicheng Song, Probabilistic evaluation the area of coverage of a probe used for eddy current non-destructive inspections, The 19th International Symposium on Applied Electromagnetics and Mechanics, Nanjing, China, 2019/09/15-18.
  • Weixi Chen, Satoshi Ito, Noritaka Yusa, Hidetoshi Hashizume, Development of nondestructive evaluation technique for mechanical lap joint fabricated with high-temperature superconducting conductor using X-ray microtomography, The 28th Internatinoal Toki Conference on Plasma and Fusion Research, Toki, Japan, 2019/11/05-08.
(2018)
  • Hiroki Shishido, Yuta Imanaka, Noritaka Yusa, Hidetoshi Hashizume, A Dynamic Model of the Sustainable Twin Nuclear Fuel Cycle by Introducing Fusion Transmutation Reactors, The 27th International Toki Conference on Plasma and Fusion Research & The 13th Asia Pacific Plasma Theory Conference, Ceratopia Toki, Toki, Japan, 2018/11/19-22.
  • Noritaka Yusa, Haicheng Song, Comparison of the attitudes of university students toward nuclear energy among three Asian countries, 4th International Conference on Maintenance Science and Technology (ICMST-Tohoku2018), Sendai, Japan, 2018/10/23-26.
  • Guanren Chen, Takuya Katagiri, Noritaka Yusa, Hidetoshi Hashizume, Experimental evaluation of effect of a bend on microwave NDT, 4th International Conference on Maintenance Science and Technology (ICMST-Tohoku2018), Sendai, Japan, 2018/10/23-26.
  • Haicheng Song, Noritaka Yusa, Hidetoshi Hashizume, Reliability analysis of low frequency electromagnetic method for monitoring local wall thinning in ferromagnetic pipes, 4th International Conference on Maintenance Science and Technology (ICMST-Tohoku2018), Sendai, Japan, 2018/10/23-26.
  • Taku Kitasaka, Hiroki Shishido, Noritaka Yusa, Hidetoshi Hashizume, Feasibility study for long-lived fission products transmutation using fusion reactors, 30th Symposium on Fusion Technology, Giardini Naxos, Italy, 2018/09/16-21.
  • Noritaka Yusa, Hidetoshi Hashizume, A multi-parameter POD analysis of eddy current testing for the detection of corrosions, The 23rd Electromagnetic Nondestructive Evaluation Workshop, Detroit, USA, 2018/09/09-13.
  • Takuya Katagiri, Guanren Chen, Noritaka Yusa, Hidetoshi Hashizume, Nondestructive testing Using TE mode microwaves in the light of long-range pipe inspection, The 23rd Electromagnetic Nondestructive Evaluation Workshop, Detroit, USA, 2018/09/09-13.
  • Haicheng Song, Noritaka Yusa, Hidetoshi Hashizume, Reliability analysis of low frequency electromagnetic method for monitoring wall thinning in ferromagnetic pipes, IEEE Far East NDT/E 2018, Xiamen, China, 2018/07/06-08.
  • Haicheng Song, Noritaka Yusa, Hidetoshi Hashizume, Estimation of Local Wall Thinning in Carbon Steel Pipes Based on Low Frequency Electromagnetic Monitoring Signals, The 9th International Symposium on Symbiotic Nuclear Power Systems for 21st Century, Harbin, China, 2018/07/09-11.
(2017)
  • Haicheng Song, Naoki Tajima, Noritaka Yusa, Hidetoshi Hashizume, Low Frequency Eddy Current Testing for Inspecting Wall Thinning in Ferromagnetic Pipe, Fourteenth International Conference on Flow Dynamics, Sendai, Japan, 2017/11/01-03.
  • Yuki Furudate, Hiroki Shishido, Noritaka Yusa, Hidetoshi Hashizume, Proposal of a double-strata fuel cycle utilizing fusion reactors to transmute minor actinides, 13th International Symposium of Fusion Nuclear Technology, Kyoto, Japan, 2017/09/25-29.
  • Yuki Shibayama, Yuki Furudate, Hiroki Shishido, Noritaka Yusa, Hidetoshi Hashizume, Neutronics and Thermal Evaluation of Transmuting Minor Actinides in a Magnetic Confinement Fusion System, 13th International Symposium of Fusion Nuclear Technology, Kyoto, Japan, 2017/09/25-29.
  • Hiroki Shishido, Toshiyuki Onodera, Keitaro Hitomi, Noritaka Yusa, Hidetoshi Hashizume, Applicability Evaluation of Directional Solidification Method for Purification of Molten Fluorides, 13th International Symposium of Fusion Nuclear Technology, Kyoto, Japan, 2017/09/25-29.
  • Weixi Chen, Satoshi Ito, Noritaka Yusa, Hidetoshi Hashizume, Investigation of Factors Causing Defects at Mechanical Lap joint Fabricated of High-temperature Superconducting Tapes, 13th International Symposium of Fusion Nuclear Technology, Kyoto, Japan, 2017/09/25-29.
  • Noritaka Yusa, Recent situation of Japanese nuclear energy, Sustainable Energy and Technology Asia 2017, Bangkok, Thailand, 2017/03/08-10. [INVITED]
  • Shoya Uoshita, Kota Sasaki, Takuya Katagiri, Noritaka Yusa, Hidetoshi Hashizume, Long-range inspection of a pipe with a bend using microwaves, The 18th International Symposium on Applied Electromagnetics and Mechanics, Chamonix-Mont-Blanc, France, 2017/09/03-06.
  • Takuya Katagiri, Kota Sasaki, Noritaka Yusa, Hidetoshi Hashizume, Proposal of a TEM to TE01 mode convertor for a microwave nondestructive inspection of axial flaws appearing on the inner surface of a pipe with an arbitrary diameter, The 18th International Symposium on Applied Electromagnetics and Mechanics, Chamonix-Mont-Blanc, France, 2017/09/03-06.
  • Kota Sasaki, Takuya Katagiri, Noritaka Yusa, Hidetoshi Hashizume, Long-range inspection of a crack on the inner surface of a pipe using microwaves, 22nd International Workshop on Electromagnetic Nondestructive Evaluation, Saclay, France, 2017/09/06-08.
  • Takuya Katagiri, Kota Sasaki, Noritaka Yusa, Hidtoshi Hashizume, Applicability Evaluation of Microwaves for Detecting Corrosion under Insulation, 22nd International Workshop on Electromagnetic Nondestructive Evaluation, Saclay, France, 2017/09/06-08.
(2016)
  • Kota Sasaki, Takuya Katagiri, Noritaka Yusa, Hidetoshi Hashizume, Modeling of TE mode transducer for nondestructive testing of defects inside a metal pipe using microwave, 19th World Conference on Non-destructive Testing (WCNDT2016), Munich, Germany, 2016/06/13-17.
  • Noritaka Yusa, Sakuo Sawada, Detecting bolt loosening on the basis of vibration signals as low as a few hertz, 19th World Conference on Non-destructive Testing (WCNDT2016), Munich, Germany, 2016/06/13-17.
  • Noritaka Yusa, Probability of detection model for the non-destructive inspection of steam generator tubes of PWRs, International Nuclear Science and Technology Conference, Bangkok, Thailand, 2016/08/04-06.
  • Hiroki Shishido, Noritaka Yusa, Hidetoshi Hashizume, Yoshiki Ishii, Norikazu Ohtori, Thermal Design Investigation for a Flinabe Blanket System, The 22nd Topical Meeting on the Technology of Fusion Engineering, Philadelphia, USA, 2016/08/21-25.
  • Yuki Furudate, Hiroki Shishido, Noritaka Yusa, Hidetoshi Hashizume, Scenario Construction of MA Transmutation in Japan Using Fusion Reactor, The 22nd Topical Meeting on the Technology of Fusion Engineering, Philadelphia, USA, 2016/08/21-25.
  • Noritaka Yusa, Hidetoshi Hashizume, Evaluating the detectability of direct current potential drop method with the aid of probability of detection, 7th International Conference on Electromagnetic Field Problems and Applications, Xi'an, China, 2016/09/18-20.
  • Noritaka Yusa, Weixi Chen, Hidetoshi Hashizume, The application of 3D printing technology to fabricate an imitative crack for electromagnetic NDT&E studies, 21st International Workshop on Electromagnetic Nondestructive Evaluation, Lisbon, Portugal, 2016/09/25-28.
  • Naoki Tajima, Noritaka Yusa, Hidetoshi Hashizume, Low frequency eddy current testing to measure thickness of double layer plates made of nonmagnetic steel, 21st International Workshop on Electromagnetic Nondestructive Evaluation, Lisbon, Portugal, 2016/09/25-28.
  • Takuya Katagiri, Kota Sasaki, Noritaka Yusa, Hidetoshi Hashizume, Non-destructive testing using microwave in te mode for detecting axial cracks in a metal pipe, 21st International Workshop on Electromagnetic Nondestructive Evaluation, Lisbon, Portugal, 2016/09/25-28.
(2015)
  • Kota Sasaki, Noritaka Yusa, Hidetoshi Hashizume, Analysis on propagation losses inside a metal pipe in nondestructive testing using microwave for wall thinning, XVIII International Symposium on Theoretical Electrical Engineering (ISTET'15), Kolobrzeg, Poland, 2015/06/07-10.
  • Satoshi Ito, Noritaka Yusa, Nagato Yanagi, Hiroshi Tamura, Akio Sagara, Hidetoshi Hashizume, Mechanical and electrical characteristics of a bridge-type mechanical lap joint of HTS stars conductors based on a joint test and x-ray inspection, HTS4Fusion Conductor Workshop, Pieve S, Stefano, Italy, 2015/09/11-12.
  • Noritaka Yusa and Sakuo Sawada, Demonstration of low-frequency vibration tests to evaluate bolt loosening, The 17th International Symposium on Applied Electromagnetics and Mechanics, Kobe, Japan, 2015/09/15-18.
  • Kota Sasaki, Noritaka Yusa, Hidetoshi Hashizume, Applicability of evaluation of non-destructive testing using microwave for a crack on the inner surface of metal tubes, ISEM The 17th International Symposium on Applied Electromagnetics and Mechanics, Kobe, Japan, 2015/09/15-18.
  • Yuki Furudate, Hiroki Shishido, Noritaka Yusa, Hidetoshi Hashizume, Evaluation of neutronic performance of Flibe+LiI molten salt blanket system for MA transmutation, The 17th International Symposium on Applied Electromagnetics and Mechanics, Kobe, Japan, 2015/09/15-18.
  • Hiroki Shishido, Yuki Furudate, Noritaka Yusa, Hidetoshi Hashizume, Designing of a fusion blanket system using molten salt flinabe for transmutation of minor actinides, GLOBAL2015, Paris, France 2015/09/20-24.
  • Noritaka Yusa and Jeremy Knopp, Development of probability of detection taking consideration of multiple inspection data, The 20th International Workshop on Electromagnetic Nondestructive Evaluation, Sendai, Japan, 2015/09/21-23.
  • Jing Wang, Noritaka Yusa, Hidetoshi Hashizume, Simulated evaluation of eddy current thermalgraphy for inspection of joint of divertor, The 20th International Workshop on Electromagnetic Nondestructive Evaluation, Sendai, Japan, 2015/09/21-23.
  • Naoki Tajima, Kota Sasaki, Noritaka Yusa, Hidetoshi Hashizume, Tetsuya Uchimoto, Toshiyuki Takagi, Kazuhiro Tanji, Low frequency magnetic field measurement to monitor pipe wall thinning using mi sensor arrays, The 20th International Workshop on Electromagnetic Nondestructive Evaluation, Sendai, Japan, 2015/09/21-23.
  • Kota Sasaki, Noritaka Yusa, Hidetoshi Hashizume, Development of the sided-incidence method in nondestructive testing using microwave for wall thinning inside a metal pipe, The 20th International Workshop on Electromagnetic Nondestructive Evaluation, Sendai, Japan, 2015/09/21-23.
  • Weixi Chen, Satoshi Ito, Noritaka Yusa, Hidetoshi Hashizume, Impedance measurement for predicting joint resistance of a mechanical lap joint in a high-temperature superconductor, The 20th International Workshop on Electromagnetic Nondestructive Evaluation, Sendai, Japan, 2015/09/21-23.
  • Tatsuki Nishio, Satoshi Ito, Noritaka Yusa, Hidetoshi Hashizume, Improving the joint resistance by heat treatment during fabrication of a mechanical joint of high-temperature superconducting conductors, International Conference on Magnet Technology 24, Seoul, Korea, 2015/10/18-23.
  • Kota Sasaki, Noritaka Yusa, Hidetoshi Hashizume, Evaluation on the applicability of nondestructive testing using microwave to a bent pipe, Twelfth International Conference on Flow Dynamics, Sendai, Japan, 2015/10/27-29.
  • Hiroki Shishido, Noritaka Yusa, Hidetoshi Hashizume, Yoshiki Ishii, Norikazu Ohtori, Discussion on the effects of NaF on physical properties of Flinabe in comparison to Flibe from molecular dynamics simulations, 25th International Toki Conference, Toki, Japan, 2015/11/03-06.

(2014)
  • Noritaka Yusa, Hiroki Shishido, Hidetoshi Hashizume, Development of electromagnetic non-destructive testing method for the inspection of heat exchanger tubes of Japan Sodium-Cooled Fast Reactor -Part I Application of remote field eddy current testing, The 19th International Workshop on Electromagnetic Nondestructive Evaluation, Xi'an, China, 2014/06/25-28.
  • Kota Sasaki, Noritaka Yusa, Hidetoshi Hashizume, Development of electromagnetic non-destructive testing method for the inspection of heat exchanger tubes of Japan Sodium-Cooled Fast Reactor -Part II Detection of flaws on the inner surface using electromagnetic waves, The 19th International Workshop on Electromagnetic Nondestructive Evaluation, Xi'an, China, 2014/06/25-28.
  • Jing Wang, Noritaka Yusa, Mika Kemppainen, Iikka Virkkunen, Hidetoshi Hashizume, Numerical modeling of thermal fatigue crack from viewpoint of eddy current testing, The 19th International Workshop on Electromagnetic Nondestructive Evaluation, Xi'an, China, 2014/06/25-28.
  • Noritaka Yusa, Hiroki Shishido, Hidetoshi Hashizume, Evaluating the Ill-Posedness of inverse problem to size flaws from eddy current NDT signals obtained with an absolute type probe, International Conference on Mechanical and Electrical Technology, Bangkok, Thailand, 2014/07/17-18.
  • Shigeru Kanemoto, Masaya Watanabe, Noritaka Yusa, Advanced Machine learning Algorithm Application for Rotating Machine Health Monitoring, International Symposium on Future I&C for Nuclear Power Plants 2014/International Symposium on Symbiotic Nuclear Power Systems 2014, Jeju, Korea, 2014/08/24-28.
  • Kota Sasaki, Noritaka Yusa, Hidetoshi Hashizume, Development on Microwave Nondestructive Testing of a Wall Thinning inside a Pipe by Optimizing the Frequency Range of Incident Microwaves, Eleventh International Conference on Flow Dynamics, Sendai, Japan, 2014/10/08-10.
  • Noritaka Yusa, Hiroki Shishido, Hidetoshi Hashizume, Numerical investigation of the ill-posedness of inverse problems to size a crack from eddy current signals, The 2nd International Conference on Maintenance Science and Technology, Kobe, Japan, 2014/11/02-05.
  • Kota Sasaki, Noritaka Yusa, Hidetoshi Hashizume, Evaluation of the Applicability of Efficient Nondestructive Testing Using Microwave for Wall Thinning Inside a Long-range Metal Pipe, The 2nd International Conference on Maintenance Science and Technology, Kobe, Japan, 2014/11/02-05.
  • Hiroki Shishido, Noritaka Yusa, Hidetoshi Hashizume, Yoshiki Ishiii, Norikazu Ohtori, Evaluation of physical properties of molten salt mixture Flinabe for a fusion blanket system using molecular dynamics simulation, 21st Topical Meeting on the Technology of Fusion Energy, Anaheim, USA, 2014/11/09-13.
(2013)
  • Noritaka Yusa, Numerical modeling of real cracks for electromagnetic nondestructive inverse problems, The 18th International Workshop on Electromagnetic Nondestructive Evaluation, Bratislava, Slovak Republic, 2013/06/25-28. [INVITED]
  • Kota Sasaki, Linsheng Liu, Noritaka Yusa, Hidetoshi Hashizume, A novel side-incidence probe with numerically optimized parameters for online microwave remote NDE of pipe wall thinning, The 18th International Workshop on Electromagnetic Nondestructive Evaluation, Bratislava, Slovak Republic, 2013/06/25-28.
  • Hiroki Shishido, Yongming Han, Kentaro Matsui, Noritaka Yusa, Hidetoshi Hashizume, Proposal of a novel blanket system using LiF-BeF2-LiI for a fusion reactor, 21st International Conference on Nuclear Engineering, Chengdu, China, 2013/07/29-08/02.
  • Jing Wang, Noritaka Yusa, Hongliang Pan, Hidetoshi Hashizume, Modeling of thermal fatigue crack for enhancement of electromagnetic nondestructive evaluation of nuclear power plant, 21st International Conference on Nuclear Engineering, Chengdu, China, 2013/07/29-08/02.
  • Shigeru Kanemoto, Norihiko Yokotsuka, Noritaka Yusa, Masahiko Kawabata, Diversity and integration of rotating machine health monitoring methods, 2013 Prognostics and System Health Management Conference PHM-2013, Milan, Italy, 2013/09/8-11.
  • Noritaka Yusa, Kota Sasaki, Hidetoshi Hashizume, Numerical evaluation of the effect of the mode of microwave propagating inside a pipe on the detectability of a microwave nondestructive testing method, Tenth International Conference on Flow Dynamics, Sendai, Japan, 2013/11/25-27.
  • Kota Sasaki, Noritaka Yusa, Hidetoshi Hashizume, Experimental evaluation of the applicability of a sided-incidence microwave probe for a microwave nondestructive testing method, Tenth International Conference on Flow Dynamics, Sendai, Japan, 2013/11/25-27.
  • Noritaka Yusa, Jing Wang, Virkkunen Iikka, A round-robin project in Japan for the evaluation of nondestructive responses of natural flaws, 2013 International Conference on Energy, Environment and Sustainable Economy, Bangkok, Thailand, 2013/12/01-04.
(2012)
  • Jing Wang, Noritaka Yusa, Hongliang Pan, Hidetoshi Hashizume, Finite element modeling of stress corrosion cracking for electromagnetic nondestructive evaluations, The 18th Pacific Basin Nuclear Conference (PBNC2012), Busan, Korea, 2012/03/18-23.
  • Jing Wang, Noritaka Yusa, Hongliang Pan, Hidetoshi Hashizume, Discussion on distributed conductivity for modeling stress corrosion crack in eddy current testing, The Sixth International Conference on Electromagnetic Field Problems and Applications, Dalian, China, 2012/06/19-21.
  • Jing Wang, Noritaka Yusa, Hongliang Pan, Hidetoshi Hashizume, Effect of shape of shield on the sensitivity of remote field eddy current testing for inspecting flaw of large diameter tube, Ninth International Conference on Flow Dynamics (ICFD2012), Sendai, Japan, 2012/09/19-21.
  • Linsheng Liu, Kota Sasaki, Noritaka Yusa, Hidetoshi Hashizume, A novel approach of microwaves on remote and nondestructive detection of both gradual and abrupt wall thinning inside a metal pipe, Ninth International Conference on Flow Dynamics (ICFD2012), Sendai, Japan, 2012/09/19-21.
  • Kota Sasaki, Linsheng Liu, Noritaka Yusa, Takashi Wakai, Hidetoshi Hashizume, Development on microwave nondestructive testing of a wall thinning inside a pipe by optimizing microwave probe and analyzing wall thinning profile, 1st International Conference on Maintenance Science and Technology Tokyo 2012 (ICMST-Tokyo 2012), Tokyo, Japan, 2012/11/11-14.
  • Noritaka Yusa, Kota Sasaki, Hidetoshi Hashizume, Fabrication of an artificial flaw with an arbitrary profile and non-destructive response for the development of NDT&E techniques, 1st International Conference on Maintenance Science and Technology Tokyo 2012 (ICMST-Tokyo 2012), Tokyo, Japan, 2012/11/11-14.
  • Zhenmao Chen, Taihuk Huang, Li Wang, Noritaka Yusa, A study on the distribution of electric conductivity around a stress corrosion crack, 1st International Conference on Maintenance Science and Technology Tokyo 2012 (ICMST-Tokyo 2012), Tokyo, Japan, 2012/11/11-14.
(2011)
  • Noritaka Yusa, Practical numerical modeling for electromagnetic nondestructive testing and evaluations. 2011 Far-East NDT Forum, Hangzhou, Chiha, 2011/05/31-2011/0/6/02. [INVITED]
  • Noritaka Yusa, Hidetoshi Hashizume, Fabrication of imitative stress corrosion cracking specimen using lithography and solid state bonding. The 15th International Symposium on Applied Electromagnetics and Mechanics, Napoli, Italy, 2011/09/06-09.
  • Hidetoshi Hashizume, Noritaka Yusa, Yasutomo Sakai, Improvement of crack radar system to detect flaws in pipes. The 15th International Symposium on Applied Electromagnetics and Mechanics, Napoli, Italy, 2011/09/06-09.
  • Kentaro Matsui, Noritaka Yusa, Daisuke Komiyama, Akihiro Suzuki, Akio Sagara, Hidetoshi Hashizume, Evaluation of advanced Flibe blanket using Cs. The 10th International Symposium on Fusion Nuclear Technology, Portrald, USA, 2011/09/11-16.
  • Jing Wang, Noritaka Yusa, Hongliang Pan, Hidetoshi Hashizume, Investigation of application of remote field eddy current testing for inspecting flaws in large diameter tubes from outside, Eighth International Conference on Flow Dynamics, Sendai, Japan, 2011/11/9-11.
(2010)
  • Yasutomo Sakai, Noritaka Yusa , Satoshi Ito, Hidetoshi Hashizume. Evaluation of microwave in pipes for inspection. The 15th International Workshop on Electromagnetic Nondestructive Evaluation, Szczecin, Poland, 2010/06/13-16.
  • Noritaka Yusa, Tetsuya Uchimoto, Toshiyuki Takagi, Hidetoshi Hashizume. Fabrication of imitative stress corrosion cracking specimens for electric nondestructive evaluations. The 15th International Workshop on Electromagnetic Nondestructive Evaluation, Szczecin, Poland, 2010/06/13-16.
  • Zhenmao Chen, Taihui Hwang, Li Wang, Shuxia Tian, Noritaka Yusa, Investigation of the features of the electric conductivity around a stress corrosion crack, The 15th International Workshop on Electromagnetic Nondestructive Evaluation, Szczecin, Poland, 2010/06/13-16.
  • Kentaro Matsui, Noritaka Yusa, Hidetoshi Hashizume. Transmutation process of 90Sr with 14 MeV neutron by nuclear fusion, Joint International Conference on Supercomputing in Nuclear Applications + Monte Carlo 2010 (SNA+MC2010), Tokyo, 2010/10/17-20.
  • Yasutomo Sakai, Noritaka Yusa, Hidetoshi Hashizume, The effects of wall thinning shapes on microwave testing for piping, 7th International Conference on Flow Dynamics (ICFD2010), Sendai, 2010/11/01-03.
  • Hidetoshi Hashizume, Noritaka Yusa , Kentaro Matsui, Thermonuclear analysis of Flibe blanket with Cs, ANS 19th Topical Meeting on the Technology of Fusion Energy (TOFE-19), Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, 2010/11/07-11.
 (2009)
  • Yasutomo Sakai, Noritaka Yusa, Satoshi Ito, Hidetoshi Hashizume. Numerical analysis of microwave NDT applied to piping inspection. The 13th Asia-Pacific Conference on Non-destructive Testing. Yokohama, Japan. 2009/11/08-13.
  • Haoyu Huang, Ryo Kayata, Stephane Perrin, Noritaka Yusa, Kenzo Miya. Numerical analysis of an electromagnetic nondestructive evaluation method for rotating machinery. The 14th International Symposium on Applied Electromagnetics and Mechanics, Xian, China, 2009/09/20-24.
  • Noritaka Yusa, Kenzo Miya, Ichiro Komura, Zhenmao Chen. A project aiming at the enhancement of NDT&E of stress corrosion cracking. The 14th International Symposium on Applied Electromagnetics and Mechanics, Xian, China, 2009/09/20-24.
  • Haoyu Huang, Ryo Kayata, Stephane Perrin, Koh-ichi Maki, Shingo Mawatari, Noritaka Yusa, Kenzo Miya. A novel electromagnetic nondestructive evaluation method for rotating machinery. The 7th International Conference in relation to Structural Integrity for Nuclear and Pressurized Components, Yokohama, Japan, 2009/05/12-14.