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Fluid Engineering Lab
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A lab that unravels the mechanics of everyday flows, from bubbles to blood flow.
AboutAbout the lab
Seeing everyday flows through the eyes of fluid mechanics.
The Fluid Engineering Lab studies fluids such as air and water, as well as multiphase flows, in which these fluids are mixed together.
From environment and energy to bio and medical fields, the lab approaches a wide range of mechanics problems from the perspective of fluid mechanics.
Using theory, experiments, numerical simulation, and machine learning, the lab explores how to utilize and control flows and how to prevent their harmful effects.
To collect data on large, complex systems, the lab also develops new measurement and prediction techniques.
Key terms
- multiphase flow
- A flow in which materials in different states are mixed together, such as gas and liquid, or liquid and solid particles
- turbulence
- A state in which vortices form irregularly and the flow becomes complex and disordered
- surfactant
- A substance contained in detergents and similar products that changes the properties of the boundary (interface) between water and air
NewsLab news
A master's student won the Department of Bioengineering Chair's Award
A student won the Best CFD Graphics Award at the Computational Fluid Dynamics Symposium
A doctoral student won the Outstanding Young Researcher Presentation Award at the Annual Meeting 2025 of the Japan Society of Fluid Mechanics
Students won Outstanding Poster Awards at events including the Serendipity Workshop
An open lab was held for third-year undergraduate students
ResearchResearch themes
The lab studies a wide range of mechanics problems, from environment and energy to bio and medical fields, from the perspective of fluid mechanics. Using theory, experiments, numerical simulation, and machine learning, it tackles topics ranging from swarms of bubbles in liquids to patterns in beer foam and blood flow simulation.
*Illustrative imageBubble Clusters and Turbulence Control
When countless bubbles rise through a liquid, they can form groups (clusters). The lab studies how clusters form and how they can be used to control flow.
*Illustrative imageInterfacial Contamination and Bubble Motion
Even a small amount of surfactant, such as detergent, in water greatly changes how fast bubbles rise. The lab is deepening its understanding of bubble motion, including the effects of such surfactants.
*Illustrative imagePatterns Formed by Guinness Beer Foam
When Guinness beer is poured, the foam spontaneously forms patterns. Through highly reproducible experiments using a "model Guinness beer," the lab showed that this pattern is a roll wave, a wave caused by the instability of a gravity current.
*Illustrative imagePredicting Vibration in Food Processors
Inside a food processor, liquid repeatedly climbs up and falls back. Using precise velocity measurements, the lab explained the oscillations in which the distribution of gas and liquid changes periodically, and predicted hazardous operating conditions.
MembersFaculty
The members of the Fluid Engineering Lab consist of faculty, postdocs, doctoral, master's, and undergraduate students, research students, professors emeritus, and external collaborators.As of 2026
- ProfessorShu TakagiPublications ↗
- LecturerTomoaki Watamura
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Report an errorAbout the images
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: “Bubble Ring in Sunlight” Joe Burch / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)
- Bubble Clusters and Turbulence Control: “Close up to underwater bubbles” Ahmed elkastawy / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)
- Interfacial Contamination and Bubble Motion: “Burbuja subacuática, Cabo San Lucas, Baja California, México, , DD 27” Diego Delso / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Patterns Formed by Guinness Beer Foam: “Cerveza closeup” Fran Villena / CC BY 2.0 (cropped)
- Predicting Vibration in Food Processors: “Red bell pepper in food processor” Teemeah / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Hasegawa Lab): “A340 wake turbulence simulation” Deutsches Zentrum für Luft und Raumfahrt / CC BY 3.0 de (cropped)
- Related lab (Shiomi-Lee-Asano Lab): “Nutzung von Abwärme für weitere Technische Prozesse” Tlue04 / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Shikazono Lab): “Solid oxide electrolyser cell 2x60cell stack” EERE / Public domain (cropped)
- Related lab (Yamasaki Lab): “Close-up of an engine extracted from a car, with many disassembled parts ( )” Ivan Radic / CC BY 2.0 (cropped)
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