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Kishita Lab
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The lab designs sustainable manufacturing and the social systems that go with it.
AboutAbout the lab
Designing the right relationship between society and technology
Kishita Lab studies design methods for sustainable manufacturing and for systems that serve society.
Drawing on life cycle engineering and design engineering, the lab aims to solve real-world problems.
Its work includes scenarios that depict several possible futures, the design of businesses that circulate resources, and the creation of roadmaps.
Research is carried out jointly with Umeda Lab.
Key terms
- Sustainability
- The idea of meeting the needs of the present generation without compromising what future generations need
- Circular economy
- An economic system in which products and resources are kept in use instead of being thrown away, creating economic value while reducing the burden on the environment
- Life cycle
- The entire life of a product, from being made from materials, to being used, to being discarded or reused
NewsLab news
Associate Professor Kishita joins Hitachi-UTokyo Laboratory Phase 4
Joint research with an overseas university wins the International Collaboration Award, part of the Society Awards of the Institute of Life Cycle Assessment, Japan
Associate Professor Kishita receives the Asahi Group Foundation Research Award
Admissions information session and lab tours for the Department of Precision Engineering held at Hongo Campus
ResearchResearch themes
The lab studies how to design the right relationship between technology and society in pursuit of sustainability. It uses computers and digital tools to model and visualize the flow of design thinking, and evaluates design proposals through simulation.
*Illustrative imageDesigning Scenarios for Future Societies
The lab studies methods for designing "scenarios" that depict multiple, different futures by combining stories with simulation. It is also trying new design methods that use VR/AR and large language models.
*Illustrative imageDesigning Circular Businesses
The lab compares various business scenarios through simulation to support the design of circular economy businesses. Its case studies include refurbishing home appliances and circulating automotive batteries.
*Illustrative imageEnvironmental Assessment of Sharing
The lab evaluates how environmental impact changes when consumer behavior shifts through car sharing and bike sharing, by combining models of consumer behavior with product life cycle models. This is an international joint project with overseas universities.
*Illustrative imageRoadmaps for the SDGs
The lab is developing a design support system that builds the scenario approach into "roadmaps," which chart a path connecting a future vision to the present. It aims to support companies and local governments as they consider strategies and policies.
MembersFaculty
The lab's members consist of faculty, academic specialists, and project specialists, along with doctoral, master's, and undergraduate students who belong jointly to Kishita Lab and Umeda Lab.As of 2026
- Associate ProfessorYusuke KishitaPublications ↗
- Project Assistant ProfessorAmy Poh Ai LingPublications ↗
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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: “Greenville Public Works, ECVC Recycling Sorting facility - 14” Greenville, NC / Public domain (cropped)
- Designing Scenarios for Future Societies: “City-of-the-future” Pete Linforth / CC0 (cropped)
- Designing Circular Businesses: “Cellphones being disassembled and sorted for recycling” victorgrigas / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)
- Environmental Assessment of Sharing: “Metrorower - stacja w Dolinie Trzech Stawów, Katowicki Park Leśny, stacja 27717, 25 kwietnia 2024, KP” Krzysztof Popławski / CC BY 4.0 (cropped)
- Roadmaps for the SDGs: “3x3 rondsLamiotWikimediaCommons” Lamiot / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Umeda-Kishita Lab): “Disassembled laptop” Tulumnes / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Hara Lab): “Design Thinking Workshop WMDE 1” Corinna Schuster (WMDE) / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Mimura-Hosobata Lab): “SPring- img pano” en:User:Artorius / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Yamashita-An-Hamada Lab): “Image-Omnidirectional image computer lab” Sgeureka / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)
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