Kenji Uchino, one of the pioneers in piezoelectric actuators and electro-optic displays, is the Director of International Center for Actuators and Transducers (ICAT) and Professor of Electrical Engineering and Materials Science & Engineering, also currently a Distinguished Honors Faculty at Schreyer Honors College at the Pennsylvania State University. He has been a university professor for 45 years so far, including 18 years in Japanese universities. He has also been a company executive (president or vice president) for 21 years in four companies, most recently the Founder and Senior Vice President of Micromechatronics Inc., a spin-off company from the above ICAT, where he was elaborating to commercialize the ICAT-invented piezo-actuators and transducers.

• 1. Background of High-Power Piezoelectrics. 2. Foundations of Piezoelectrics. 3. Fundamentals of Losses. 4.  Piezoelectric Loss Phenomenology. 5. Equivalent Circuits with Piezo Losses. 6. Heat Generation in Piezoelectrics. 7. High-Power Piezoelectric Characterization System. 8. Drive Schemes of Piezoelectric Transducers. 9. Loss Mechanisms in Piezoelectrics. 10. Practical High-Power Piezoelectric Devices. 11. Concluding Remarks and Future Perspectives. Appendix: Answers to "Check Point." Index.

Kenji Uchino, one of the pioneers in piezoelectric actuators and electro-optic displays, is the Director of International Center for Actuators and Transducers (ICAT) and Professor of Electrical Engineering and Materials Science & Engineering, also currently a Distinguished Honors Faculty at Schreyer Honors College at the Pennsylvania State University. He has been a university professor for 45 years so far, including 18 years in Japanese universities. He has also been a company executive (president or vice president) for 21 years in four companies, most recently the Founder and Senior Vice President of Micromechatronics Inc., a spin-off company from the above ICAT, where he was elaborating to commercialize the ICAT-invented piezo-actuators and transducers.

• 1. Background of High-Power Piezoelectrics. 2. Foundations of Piezoelectrics. 3. Fundamentals of Losses. 4.  Piezoelectric Loss Phenomenology. 5. Equivalent Circuits with Piezo Losses. 6. Heat Generation in Piezoelectrics. 7. High-Power Piezoelectric Characterization System. 8. Drive Schemes of Piezoelectric Transducers. 9. Loss Mechanisms in Piezoelectrics. 10. Practical High-Power Piezoelectric Devices. 11. Concluding Remarks and Future Perspectives. Appendix: Answers to "Check Point." Index.