physics

Hideyuki Arata

Hideyuki Arata is a physics topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Hideyuki Arata rather than just read about it. In short: Hideyuki Arata (新田英之, Arata Hideyuki; born in Okinawa) is a Japanese engineering scientist. Biography He spent his childhood in Belmont, Massachusetts, while his father worked at Harvard University under Martin Karplus.

Key takeaways

Hideyuki Arata belongs to physics; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect Hideyuki Arata to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of Hideyuki Arata from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

Hideyuki Arata (新田英之, Arata Hideyuki; born in Okinawa) is a Japanese engineering scientist.

Biography He spent his childhood in Belmont, Massachusetts, while his father worked at Harvard University under Martin Karplus. After graduating from Japanese La Salle Academy, he received his BS, MS, and PhD degrees all in electrical engineering, specialized in MEMS and Bio-MEMS, from the University of Tokyo. Following discussions with Phillip Allen Sharp, he expanded his research field into single molecule biophysics under the advisory of Jean-Louis Viovy at Curie Institute (Paris). After his postdoctoral training at Harvard–MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology, and at RIKEN, he was appointed as a Group Leader/Designated Associate Professor at Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University in 2011. In 2014, he had an appointment as a visiting scholar (visiting associate professor) at Harvard University with David Weitz.

Research His work spans microengineering, nanotechnology, analytical chemistry and single molecule biophysics. He is the inventor of free rotation magnetic tweezers (FRMT) and he reported the first direct observation of DNA twisting induced by Rad51 single molecule using FRMT. He has delivered invited lectures at institutions worldwide including École Normale Supérieure (Paris), University of Tokyo, Peking University, ETH Zurich, Stanford University, Harvard University, and Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He serves as an editor in multiple academic journals such as The Journal of Engineering (UK), Frontiers in Bioscience (USA), Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology (Switzerland).

Music Alongside his scientific career, he has remained active as an amateur pianist. His serious activity as an amateur pianist drove American composer Frederic Rzewski to dedicate Nanosonata (2006) to him. During his stay in Paris, he studied the piano under Olivier Gardon. He also studied under Pascal Rogé and Philippe Entremont at Conservatoire de Nice summer academie, and Gabriel Tacchino at Mozarteum University of Salzburg.

Honors and awards He received numerous awards including Young Engineers Award by the Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers (jp) (2005, the youngest awardee), Ishida Prize by Nagoya University (2014), and The Young Scientists' Prize by Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (2015). He is an alumnus of the 61st. Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings, when he honored the support from Boehringer Ingelheim Foundation and Japan Society for the Promotion of Science. He also acted as an Alumuni peer reviewer of the meeting in 2021 and in 2023.

References

External links Hematology Times Nov. 11th. 2012

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Hideyuki Arata

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Hideyuki Arata claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In physics, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Hideyuki Arata before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Hideyuki Arata ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Hideyuki Arata

In research: Hideyuki Arata appears in physics research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Hideyuki Arata in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Hideyuki Arata is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics Academic staff of Nagoya University, Japanese biophysicists, Japanese electrical engineers, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Hideyuki Arata outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study Hideyuki Arata in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
Close the page and write down what Hideyuki Arata means in your own words.
Compare your version with the excerpt and mark what you missed.
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Frequently asked questions

What is Hideyuki Arata in simple terms?

Hideyuki Arata (新田英之, Arata Hideyuki; born in Okinawa) is a Japanese engineering scientist. Biography He spent his childhood in Belmont, Massachusetts, while his father worked at Harvard University under Martin Karplus.

Why does Hideyuki Arata matter?

Because it connects several physics ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Hideyuki Arata?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

What does this page cover?

It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on Hideyuki Arata.