Rate My Professor Koji Sueoka

Koji Sueoka is a Professor in the Department of Communication Engineering, Faculty of Computer Science and Systems Engineering at Okayama Prefectural University, a position he has held since April 2010. Prior to this, he served as Associate Professor in the same department from June 2003 to March 2010. His industry experience includes working at the Technical Development Department of SUMCO from April 2001 to May 2003 and at the Future Technology Research Laboratory of Sumitomo Metal Industries from April 1989 to March 2001. Sueoka earned his Doctor of Engineering from Kyoto University in 1989, following studies at the School of Engineering Science, Faculty of Engineering, Kyoto University, completed in 1987. He leads the Applied Physics Laboratory at the university, focusing on semiconductor materials research.

Sueoka's research centers on intrinsic point defects in silicon and germanium, utilizing density functional theory and first-principles calculations. Key areas include Czochralski silicon crystal growth, oxygen precipitation, defect control in semiconductors, interstitial oxygen, nitrogen-vacancy complexes, self-interstitial atoms, vacancy clusters, ANN interatomic potentials, and phase-field simulations. He has published extensively, with 139 major papers, including 'Computer Simulation of Concentration Distribution of Intrinsic Point Defect Valid for All Pulling Conditions in Large-Diameter Czochralski Si Crystal Growth' (ECS Journal of Solid State Science and Technology, 2019), 'Review—Properties of Intrinsic Point Defects in Si and Ge Assessed by Density Functional Theory' (2016), 'Density functional theory study on the impact of heavy doping on Si intrinsic point defect properties and implications for single crystal growth from a melt' (Journal of Applied Physics, 2013), and 'Computer simulation for morphology, size, and density of oxide precipitates in CZ silicon' (Journal of the Electrochemical Society, 2003). Sueoka serves as Secretary of the Chugoku-Shikoku Branch of the Applied Physics Society since June 2003 and Secretary of Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Committee 145 since 2003. His work advances semiconductor manufacturing through industry collaborations.