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Matsuura Lab
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The lab explores high-temperature processes that produce metals and keep resources in circulation.
AboutAbout the lab
High-temperature processes for a society where materials circulate.
The Matsuura Lab studies "high-temperature processes," which handle materials in large quantities at high temperatures.
High-temperature processes are used in many areas of industry, including metal manufacturing, ceramics, and cement.
Focusing on processes for producing steel and nonferrous metals and processes for reusing resources, the lab develops methods that are efficient and place a small burden on the environment.
The lab places importance on creating a flow in which materials circulate smoothly through society, so as not to leave a negative legacy for the next generation.
Key terms
- High-temperature process
- A process that handles materials in large quantities at very high temperatures. It is used in metal manufacturing, waste treatment, and more.
- Smelting and refining
- Extracting metal from ore and other raw materials (smelting), and then removing impurities to improve its quality (refining).
- Non-metallic inclusions
- Fine non-metallic particles contained in steel. They greatly affect the quality of the material.
NewsLab news
Received the Paper Award from the Mining and Materials Processing Institute of Japan (MMIJ)
Associate Professor Matsuura received the Faculty of Engineering Best Teaching Award
ResearchResearch themes
The lab studies how to make metal production and recycling processes, which use high-temperature processes as the site of reaction, efficient and low in environmental impact. Centered on steel smelting and refining, nonferrous metal smelting and refining, and recycling processes, it works to understand existing processes and to propose and realize new ones.
*Illustrative imageToward a Sustainable Society through High-Temperature Processes
The lab works on processes for producing materials with new functions and on technologies that return waste and byproducts to resources at the elemental level. The research focuses on the circulation of elements, substances, materials, and energy.
*Illustrative imageMaking High-Quality Steel Materials
Together with students and researchers, the lab conducts research at various stages, from fundamental studies of steelmaking processes to joint research with steel manufacturers and national projects.
*Illustrative imageControlling Tiny Particles in Iron
When a cross-section of steel is magnified under a microscope, many fine non-metallic particles (non-metallic inclusions) can be seen. The lab aims to skillfully engineer the particles that make a material "tough" and thereby improve its quality.
*Illustrative imageObserving Steel Manufacturing at the Microscopic Scale
The oxide particles mixed into molten iron are extremely small, and much remains unknown about how they form. The lab examines particles in steel prototyped in the laboratory to investigate the mechanisms of their formation.
MembersFaculty
The members of the Matsuura Lab include faculty, technical staff and technical assistants, administrative assistants, joint researchers, temporary agency staff, and students in the doctoral program, master's program, and undergraduate program.As of 2026
- ProfessorHiroyuki MatsuuraPublications ↗
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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: “Allegheny Ludlum steel furnace” Alfred T. Palmer / Public domain (cropped)
- Toward a Sustainable Society through High-Temperature Processes: “Scrap metal yard” Digitura / CC0 (cropped)
- Making High-Quality Steel Materials: “HengereltTekercs10” Szalax
（ハンガリー語版ウィキペディア） / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped) - Controlling Tiny Particles in Iron: “Steel fracture surface” Mykhailo Voron / CC BY 4.0 (cropped)
- Observing Steel Manufacturing at the Microscopic Scale: “Electric-arc-furnace” Er-wei Bai / CC BY 4.0 (cropped)
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- Related lab (Nambu Lab): “EBSD orientation map of ferrous lath martensite” Tiberio / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
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