{"id":2420,"date":"2025-10-23T14:07:11","date_gmt":"2025-10-23T21:07:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/takamura\/?page_id=2420"},"modified":"2026-04-16T12:13:58","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T19:13:58","slug":"2014-archive","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/takamura\/news\/news-archive\/2014-archive\/","title":{"rendered":"2014"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"2420\" class=\"elementor elementor-2420\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a1f510f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a1f510f\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element 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href=\"https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/takamura\/news\/news-archive\/2014-archive\/\">2014<\/a>\u00a0 |\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/takamura\/news\/news-archive\/2013-archive\/\">2013<\/a>\u00a0 |\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/takamura\/news\/news-archive\/2012-archive\/\">2012<\/a>\u00a0 |\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/takamura\/news\/news-archive\/2011-archive\/\">2011<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-53392de2 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"53392de2\" data-element_type=\"section\" 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elementor-size-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t2014  \n\t\t\t<\/h2 > \n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6ca2c414 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"6ca2c414\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5d72a0f2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5d72a0f2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4><strong>December, 2014: \u00a0<\/strong>In memory of Dr. Michael Biegalski<\/h4><div><div><div><p>It is with great sadness that we mark the passing of Dr. Michael Biegalski on Saturday, Dec. 20th from a tragic mountain biking accident at Haw Ridge in Oak Ridge, TN.\u00a0Mike was not only a well-respected research colleague but also a wonderful father and husband, a driven athlete, and a dear friend. He will be missed dearly, but he will not be forgotten.<\/p><p><a href=\"http:\/\/oakridgetoday.com\/2015\/01\/11\/local-cycling-community-riding-weekend-honor-biegalski\/#more-50747\">News Story from Oak Ridge Today<\/a><\/p><p><a href=\"http:\/\/oakridgetoday.com\/2015\/01\/11\/local-cycling-community-riding-weekend-honor-biegalski\/#more-50747\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><br \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/research.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/takamura\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/73\/2015\/08\/unnamed.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/research.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/takamura\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/73\/2015\/08\/unnamed-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"unnamed\" width=\"955\" height=\"716\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/research.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/takamura\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/73\/2015\/08\/unnamed.jpg\"><br \/><\/a><\/p><p><a href=\"http:\/\/research.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/takamura\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/73\/2015\/08\/unnamed-2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/research.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/takamura\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/73\/2015\/08\/unnamed-2.jpg\" alt=\"unnamed-2\" width=\"604\" height=\"409\" \/><\/a><\/p><h4><strong>November 3-7, 2014: \u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.magnetism.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">59th Annnual Magnetism and Magnetic Materials Conference<\/a>\u00a0in Honolulu, HI<\/h4><p><a href=\"http:\/\/research.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/takamura\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/73\/2015\/08\/665.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/research.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/takamura\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/73\/2015\/08\/665.png\" alt=\"yiyiyi\" width=\"230\" height=\"130\" \/><\/a><\/p><p>Binzhi and Rajesh have had oral presentations accepted at the MMM conference. Binzhi will\u00a0present \u201cUnconventional Switching Behavior in La<sub>0.7<\/sub>Sr<sub>0.3<\/sub>MnO<sub>3<\/sub>\/La<sub>0.7<\/sub>Sr<sub>0.3<\/sub>CoO<sub>3<\/sub>Exchange-Spring Behavior\u201d in Coral 5 on Tuesday, November 4 at 8:54am. Rajesh will present \u201cReversible\u00a0electric-field driven magnetic and resistive changes in manganite\/titanate heterostructures\u201din South Pacific 1 &amp; 2 on Thursday, November 6 at 9:42am.<\/p><p><a href=\"http:\/\/research.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/takamura\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/73\/2015\/08\/Screen-Shot-2015-08-08-at-9.11.42-PM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/research.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/takamura\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/73\/2015\/08\/Screen-Shot-2015-08-08-at-9.11.42-PM.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2015-08-08 at 9.11.42 PM\" width=\"693\" height=\"302\" \/><\/a><\/p><p>A breathtaking view of the Diamond Head State Monument in Honolulu.<\/p><h4><strong>November 7, 2014:<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0UC Davis STEM Transfer Day<\/h4><p>Prof. Takamura is sponsoring the UC Davis STEM Transfer Day (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics),<\/p><p>a one-day event that brings students from community colleges with Mathematics Engineering Science Achievement<\/p><p>(MESA) programs from around California to UC Davis. The events include a series of workshops and panels to learn<\/p><p>about the academic and research opportunities available on campus. The MESA Programs are designed to aid<\/p><p>educationally disadvantaged students to prepare for and graduate from a four-year college, and they have a proportionally<\/p><p>higher percentage of students who are under-represented minorities, women, and first-generation college<\/p><p>attendees. A flyer may be found\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/chms.ucdavis.edu\/research\/web\/takamura\/index_htm_files\/STEM2014.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>.<\/p><h4><strong>October 6-8, 2014:<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www-als.lbl.gov\/index.php\/user-information\/users-meeting.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ALS Users\u2019 Meeting<\/a>\u00a0in Berkeley, CA<a href=\"http:\/\/research.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/takamura\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/73\/2015\/08\/664.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/research.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/takamura\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/73\/2015\/08\/664.gif\" alt=\"664\" width=\"130\" height=\"75\" \/><\/a><\/h4><p>Prof. Takamura will present an invited talk entitled \u201cEngineering Functional Properties in Complex<\/p><p>Oxide Nanostructures\u201d<\/p><h4><strong>September 2014:<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/app.certain.com\/profile\/web\/index.cfm?PKwebID=0x6090277106&amp;varPage=home\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">2014 International Workshop on Oxide Electronics<\/a>\u00a0in Bolton Landing, NY<\/h4><p>Prof. Takamura will be giving a poster presentation entitled \u201cControl of Magnetic Domain Patterns in Complex Oxide<\/p><p>Nanostructures\u201d. The presentation is scheduled for poster session #2 on Tuesday, September 30, 2014 from 1:30-3:30 pm.<\/p><p><a href=\"http:\/\/research.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/takamura\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/73\/2015\/08\/IWOE1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/research.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/takamura\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/73\/2015\/08\/IWOE1.jpg\" alt=\"IWOE1\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" \/><\/a>A grand view of the historic Sagamore Resort.<\/p><p><a href=\"http:\/\/research.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/takamura\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/73\/2015\/08\/IWOE2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/research.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/takamura\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/73\/2015\/08\/IWOE2.jpg\" alt=\"IWOE2\" width=\"990\" height=\"724\" \/><\/a>The sun sets over Lake George.<\/p><h4><strong>August, 2014:<\/strong><\/h4><p>The group\u2019s work was featured by\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.rdmag.com\/news\/2014\/08\/new-research-develop-next-generation-%E2%80%9Crace-track-memory%E2%80%9D-technology\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">R&amp;D Magazine<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.eetimes.com\/document.asp?doc_id=1323498\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">EE Times<\/a>.<\/p><h4><strong>June, 2014:<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.iumrs-icem2014.tw\/site\/page.aspx?pid=107&amp;sid=1015&amp;lang=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">International Union of Materials Research Societies \u2013 International<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.iumrs-icem2014.tw\/site\/page.aspx?pid=107&amp;sid=1015&amp;lang=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Conference on Electronic Materials<\/a>\u00a0in Taiwan<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/research.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/takamura\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/73\/2015\/08\/662.png\" alt=\"662\" width=\"200\" height=\"128\" \/><\/h4><p>Prof. Takamura was a Plenary Speaker, presenting a talk entitled \u201c<em>Control of Magnetic\u00a0<\/em><em>Domain Patterns In Complex Oxide Nanostructures<\/em>\u201d<\/p><h4><a href=\"http:\/\/research.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/takamura\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/73\/2015\/08\/652.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/research.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/takamura\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/73\/2015\/08\/652.png\" alt=\"652\" width=\"236\" height=\"207\" \/><\/a><strong>April 21-25, 2014:<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mrs.org\/spring2014\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">2014 Materials Research Society Meeting<\/a>\u00a0in San Francisco, CA<\/h4><p>Prof. Takamura and collaborators will organize Symposium J: Physics of Oxide Thin Films and\u00a0Heterostructures. Rajesh Chopdekar will give an oral presentation J4.05 entitled \u201cReversible\u00a0Electric-Field Driven Magnetization Anisotropy Changes in Manganite\/Titanate Heterostructures\u201d\u00a0on Wednesday, April 23 at 2:45pm and Yue Jia will give an oral presentation J9.04 entitled\u00a0\u201cExchange Coupling in (111)-oriented La<sub>0.7<\/sub>Sr<sub>0.3<\/sub>MnO<sub>3<\/sub>\/La<sub>0.7<\/sub>Sr<sub>0.3<\/sub>FeO<sub>3<\/sub>\u00a0Superlattices\u201d on Friday,\u00a0April 25 at 9:00am.<\/p><h4><strong>March 2014:<\/strong><\/h4><p>Congratulations to Yue and Paige on passing their qualifying exams! The group celebrates at Mikuni.<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/research.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/takamura\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/73\/2015\/08\/659.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/research.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/takamura\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/73\/2015\/08\/659.png\" alt=\"659\" width=\"300\" height=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/p><h4><strong>January 2014:<\/strong><\/h4><p>Michael Lee and Thomas Wynn join the group!<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2014 December, 2014: \u00a0In memory of Dr. Michael Biegalski It is with great sadness that we mark the passing of Dr. Michael Biegalski on Saturday, Dec. 20th from a tragic mountain biking accident at Haw Ridge in Oak Ridge, TN.\u00a0Mike was not only a well-respected research colleague but also a wonderful father and husband, a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":2361,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2420","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/takamura\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2420","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/takamura\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/takamura\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/takamura\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/takamura\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2420"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/takamura\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2420\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2764,"href":"https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/takamura\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2420\/revisions\/2764"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/takamura\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2361"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/takamura\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2420"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}