Takuya Sasatani is an Assistant Professor (助教) at the Graduate School of Engineering, University of Tokyo. His research encompasses the development and application of wireless technologies, with a special emphasis on sensor systems and neural interfaces. His recent work is focused on pushing the boundaries of wide-range wireless power transfer and low-power communication technologies. He is also actively creating wireless neural recording and stimulation devices to enhance our understanding of brain functions.
Takuya completed his Ph.D. at UTokyo in 2021 under the guidance of Yoshihiro Kawahara. In 2017, he worked as a lab associate researcher in Alanson Sample's group at Disney Research Pittsburgh. From 2022 to 2023, he served as a postdoctoral scholar in Daniel Aharoni's group at UCLA Neurology.
Takuya has published his research in prominent engineering publications (Nature Electronics, IEEE AWPL, and Pervasive Computing) and mobile computing/HCI conferences (ACM IMWUT, MobiCom, and UIST). Takuya's contributions to the field have earned him several esteemed awards, including MIT Technology Review's Innovators Under 35 Japan, the ACM IMWUT distinguished paper award, Forbes 30 under 30 Asia, and the JSPS Ikushi Prize (日本学術振興会育志賞).
E-mail: sasatani<at>g.ecc.u-tokyo.ac.jp
Address: Room #112C1 Bldg. 2, Faculty of Eng. The Univ. of Tokyo 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8656 JAPAN
Projects
Untethering open-source Miniscopes with wireless power and data transfer
Takuya Sasatani*, Marcel Brosch*, Zhe Dong, Federico Sangiuliano Jimka, Megah Sehgal, Hemal Semwal, Aparajeeta Guha, Hamid Chorsi, Karina Keus, Blake Madruga, Daniel Aharoni
SfN 2023 (poster presentation)
Suppressing Leakage Magnetic Field in Wireless Power Transfer Using Halbach Array-Based Resonators
Yuichi Honjo, Cedric Caremel, Yoshihiro Kawahara, and Takuya Sasatani
IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters 2023.
Geometry-Based Circuit Modeling of Quasi-Static Cavity Resonators for Wireless Power Transfer
Takuya Sasatani, Matthew J. Chabalko, Yoshihiro Kawahara, and Alanson P. Sample
IEEE Open Journal of Power Electronics 2022
Trimmed Aperture Corner Reflector for Angle-Selective Chipless RFID
Tatsuya Iizuka, Naoko Kosaka, Masaki Hisada, Yoshihiro Kawahara, and Takuya Sasatani
IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters 2023.
Toward wirelessly cooperated shape-changing computing particles
Junichiro Kadomoto, Takuya Sasatani, Koya Narumi, Naoto Usami, Hidetsugu Irie, Shuichi Sakai, Yoshihiro Kawahara
IEEE Pervasive Computing 2021.
Surface Routing for Wireless Power Transfer Using 2-D Relay Resonator Arrays
Masahiro Morita, Takuya Sasatani, Ryo Takahashi, and Yoshihiro Kawahara
IEEE Access 2021
Continuum robotic caterpillar with wirelessly powered shape memory alloy actuators
Colm McCaffrey, Takuya Umedachi, Weiwei Jiang, Takuya Sasatani, Yoshiaki Narusue, Ryuma Niiyama, Yoshihiro Kawahara
SoftRobotics 2020
Infants Show Physiological Responses Specific to Parental Hugs
Sachine Yoshida, Yoshihiro Kawahara, Takuya Sasatani, Ken Kiyono, Yo Kobayashi, and Hiromasa Funato
iScience 2020.
Coil design for wireless power transfer and communication over hinges of smart glasses
Ken Takaki, Takuya Sasatani, Hironobu Kasashima, Yoshihiro Kawahara, and Takeshi Naemura
ACM ISWC 2020
Genetic algorithm-based receiving resonator array design for wireless power transfer
Takuya Sasatani, Yoshiaki Narusue, and Yoshihiro Kawahara
IEEE Access 2020
IEEE Wireless Power Transfer Conference (WPTC) 2016
Room-wide wireless charging and load-modulation communication via quasistatic cavity resonance
Takuya Sasatani, Chouchang Jack Yang, Matthew J. Chabalko, Yoshihiro Kawahara, and Alanson P. Sample
ACM IMWUT, 2018
Dynamic complex impedance tuning method using a multiple-input DC/DC converter for wireless power transfer
Takuya Sasatani, Yoshiaki Narusue, and Yoshihiro Kawahara
IEEE Wireless Power Transfer Conference (WPTC), Best Student Paper Finalist
Passive and contactless epidermal pressure sensor printed with silver nano-particle ink
Takahiro Hashizume, Takuya Sasatani, Koya Narumi, Yoshiaki Narusue, Yoshihiro Kawahara, and Tohru Asami
ACM UbiComp, 2016
Design of wireless power transfer systems for personal mobility devices in city spaces
Hiromasa Hayashi, Katsuhiro Hata, Takuya Sasatani, Hiroki Sato, Ryosuke Yamamura, Young ah Seong, Ryuma Niiyama, and Yoshihiro Kawahara
2019 IEEE 90th Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC 2019)