Asst Prof Hirotaka Sato

Assistant Professor

School of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
College of Engineering

Email: HIROSATO@NTU.EDU.SG
Phone: (+65)6790 5010
Office: N3.2-01-20

• PhD (Chemistry) Waseda University 2005
• MS (Chemistry) Waseda University 2002
• BS (Chemistry) Waseda University 2000

• Academic Research Fund Tier 1 (2015-2018) [by Ministry of Education (MOE)]
• Academic Research Fund Tier 1 (2017-) [by Ministry of Education (MOE)]
• Academic Research Fund Tier 2 (2014-2017) [by Ministry of Education (MOE)]
• EDB Industrial Postgraduate Programme (2017-) [by Seiko Instruments Singapore Pte. Ltd]
• Klass Engineering & Solutions - NTU (2017-) [by Klass Engineering & Solutions Pte. Ltd]
• NTU Internal Funding - Start Up Grant - Nanyang Assistant Professorship (2011-2018) [by Nanyang Technological University]
• OKUNO-AUROMEX – NTU (2015-) [by OKUNO-AUROMEX (Thailand) Co., Ltd]
• Seiko Instruments - NTU (2013-2018) [by Seiko Instruments Inc]
• University of Tokyo (2017-) [by University of Tokyo, Japan]

• An Insect-Machine Hybrid System: Development of Bio-Interface for Remote Radio Control of Insect Flight
• Development of Electrochemical Mechanical Polishing of Tungsten Carbide for Glass Lens Molding
• Development of electrochemical process for precision mechanical parts
• Electroplating Process to Fill High-Aspect-Ratio Trenches and Pores
• High Throughput and Efficient Electroless Plating Processes
• Insect-Hybrid Legged Robot Integrated with Micro Sensors and Remote Navigation System
• Integration of Sugar Energy Harvester into Wireless Communication Device
• Portable and Implantable Biofuel Cell for Biological Machine
• Remote Takeoff and Landing Control of Insect-Computer Hybrid Flapping Robot
• Vital Sign Monitoring in Insect-Machine Hybrid System

• Feng Cao, Chao Zhang, Hao Yu Choo, Hirotaka Sato. (2016). Insect–computer hybrid legged robot with user-adjustable speed, step length and walking gait. Journal of The Royal Society Interface, 13(116), 20160060.
• T. T. V. Doan, J. Wang, Ka. C. Poon, D. C. L. Tan, B. Khezri, R. D. Webster, H. Su, H. Sato. (2016). Theoretical Modelling and Facile Synthesis of Highly Active B-doped Pd Catalyst for Oxygen Reduction Reaction. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 55(24), DOI: 10.1002/anie.201682461.
• Kee Chun Poon, Bahareh Khezri, Yao Li, Richard D. Webster, Haibin Su, Hirotaka Sato. (2016). A highly active Pd–P nanoparticle electrocatalyst for enhanced formic acid oxidation synthesized via stepwise electroless deposition. Chemical Communications, 52, 3556-3559.
• Hirotaka Sato, Tat Thang Vo Doan, Svetoslav Kolev, Ngoc Anh Huynh, Chao Zhang, Travis L. Massey, Joshua van Kleef, Kazuo Ikeda, Pieter Abbeel, Michel M. Maharbiz. (2015). Deciphering the Role of a Coleopteran Steering Muscle via Free Flight Stimulation. Current Biology, 25(6), 798-803.
• Kee Chun Poon, Desmond C. L. Tan,Thang D.T. Vo, Bahareh Khezri, Haibin Su, Richard D. Webster and Hirotaka Sato. (2014). Newly Developed Stepwise Electroless Deposition Enables a Remarkably Facile Synthesis of Highly Active and Stable Amorphous Pd Nanoparticle Electrocatalysts for Oxygen Reduction Reaction. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 136(14), 5217.