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Energy Resources Engineering Lab
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A lab that explores and makes use of energy resources, from the deep sea to outer space.
AboutAbout the lab
Exploring and using resources at the frontier.
The Energy Resources Engineering Lab studies the exploration and sustainable development and production of energy resources, including frontier environments such as the deep seabed, outer space, and ultra-deep underground.
Incorporating new technologies such as drones and VR, the lab works on exploring natural hydrogen, which is abundant in nature, developing methane hydrate, geological storage of carbon dioxide, and developing resources on the Moon and Mars.
Research combines laboratory experiments, field tests, field observations, data analysis, numerical simulation, and VR.
The lab aims to explore and develop energy resources with a view to a better environment and the well-being of local communities.
Key terms
- Methane hydrate
- An ice-like substance formed when methane, the main component of natural gas, is trapped within water molecules
- Nanobubbles
- Very small bubbles with a diameter of 1 micrometer or less. They are colorless and transparent and invisible to the naked eye
- Remote sensing
- A technology that measures the state and properties of an object from a distance using light or radio waves
NewsLab news
A master's student won the Best Presentation Award at the international symposium CINEST
A graduate student's research results on space resources were published in the journal Waste Management
A doctoral student won the Best Conference Paper Award at the international symposium CINEST
A master's student's research results on the permeability of lunar regolith layers were accepted by the journal Acta Astronautica
ResearchResearch themes
The Earth holds many undeveloped resources, such as the mantle and seabed resources. In line with the SDGs, the lab conducts research focused on these resources and on renewable energy.
*Illustrative imageMeasuring Rock Masses with Remote Sensing
A common way to measure rock strength is to break rock and extract a core for tests such as uniaxial compression testing. The lab aims to quantitatively evaluate the surface roughness of rock masses using remote sensing technologies such as drones, and to estimate their strength without destroying the rock.
*Illustrative imageInvestigating Nanobubbles
Nanobubbles are fine bubbles with a diameter of 1 micrometer or less. They are colorless and transparent and cannot be seen with the naked eye. Although much about them remains unexplained, they are expected to be applied in various fields such as agriculture, cosmetics, and drilling.
*Illustrative imageMethane Hydrate
Methane hydrate is a substance formed when methane gas bonds with water molecules. It burns when a flame is brought near, so it is also called "flammable ice." Burning it produces half the carbon dioxide of oil or coal, and it is expected to become a new energy source.
*Illustrative imageTurning Coal Spoil Heaps into Resources
Around the world there are spoil heaps piled with low-rank coal. Fires break out inside them, and the methane and hydrogen sulfide they release harm nearby residents. The lab is studying, through combustion analysis and InSAR, whether the methane and heat from these heaps can be used as resources.
MembersFaculty
The members of the Energy Resources Engineering Lab are faculty, technical and administrative staff, researchers, doctoral, master's, and undergraduate students, and research students and international students.As of 2026
- ProfessorYasuhiro Yamada
- Associate ProfessorKosuke Egawa
- Assistant ProfessorKeiichi Ishizu
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The top and research theme images are illustrative and were not taken at the lab. They are cropped from Wikimedia Commons images. Cropped CC BY-SA images are provided under the same CC BY-SA license as the original (version shown on each line).
- Top image: “MARUM Schwarzer Raucher” MARUM − Zentrum für Marine Umweltwissenschaften, Universität Bremen / CC BY 4.0 (cropped)
- Measuring Rock Masses with Remote Sensing: “Autonomous Quadcopter Project 01” Mais Jamal, Youshaa Murhij, Zain Alabiden Ali / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Investigating Nanobubbles: “Bubbles on seawater (Unsplash mxPgL7cG QQ)” Tim Marshall timmarshall / CC0 (cropped)
- Methane Hydrate: “Frozen Methane Bubbles ( )” U.S. Geological Survey from Reston, VA, USA / Public domain (cropped)
- Turning Coal Spoil Heaps into Resources: “Шахта Новогродівська” В.Білецький / Public domain (cropped)
- Related lab (資源開発工学研究室): “Pumpjacks Inglewood Oil Field seen from Baldwin Hills Scenic Overlook” Jengod / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (物理探査学研究室): “Alessio-gusmeroli-uaf-conducts-geophysical-survey-of-patterned-ground-on-the-north-slope-of-alaska o ( )” Oak Ridge National Laboratory / CC BY 2.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (応用地質学研究室): “Quartz-gold hydrothermal vein rock (Neoarchean, 2.67 Ga; Hollinger Mine, Timmins, Ontario, Canada) 3” James St. John / CC BY 2.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (岩盤・開発機械システム工学研究室): “Boron mine pit” Marcin Wichary / CC BY 2.0 (cropped)
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