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Ocean Industry Systems Lab
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The lab shapes ocean industries such as offshore wind and CCS through engineering and data science.
AboutAbout the lab
Building a better future through the use of the ocean
Wada Lab conducts research that uses engineering and data science to solve challenges in industries set in the ocean (ocean industries).
Its subjects include offshore wind power, offshore CCS, methane hydrate development, and the Arctic Sea Route.
Because wave periods and wind strength at sea cannot be known in advance, the lab examines this "uncertainty" and the associated risks from a variety of perspectives.
Working together with experts and stakeholders, the lab proposes systems and concepts that can actually be used in society.
Key terms
- Floating offshore wind power
- A power generation system in which wind turbines are mounted on platforms floating on the sea and anchored to the seabed with chains or similar lines
- CCS
- A technology that captures CO2 emitted by factories and other sources, transports it, and stores it underground to keep it out of the atmosphere
- Multi-agent simulation
- A method that runs many autonomous entities, such as ships and people, simultaneously inside a computer to reproduce the behavior of the whole system
- Mooring line
- A chain or rope that tethers a floating structure to the seabed so that it is not swept away
NewsLab news
A paper on a method that combines existing ship motion models has been accepted by an IEEE journal
A presentation given during the master's program won the Outstanding Presentation Award from the Japan Wind Energy Society
A paper on the economic evaluation of methane hydrate development has been accepted
ResearchResearch themes
The lab views the complex use of the ocean as a system in which technology and society interact, and aims to make it a reality through model-based understanding. It also conducts research that combines knowledge of ocean engineering with data science and statistics to interpret irregular phenomena occurring at sea.
*Illustrative imageOffshore Wind Construction and Vessel Performance
Using multi-agent simulation, the lab reproduces how multiple vessels cooperate during offshore construction for floating offshore wind power. It evaluates how differences in vessel performance affect work efficiency, duration, and cost.
*Illustrative imageSailing Decisions for CO2 Carrier Vessels
For offshore CCS where CO2 is transported by ship, the lab is studying methods for deciding whether to dispatch a vessel, taking into account the uncertainty of weather forecasts. It estimates the probability that an operation succeeds and has evaluated criteria for making the decision.
*Illustrative imageDecision-Making in Methane Hydrate Development
The lab is building models to evaluate various design options for methane hydrate development, which is a huge and complex undertaking. People involved in actual projects use the models, and the lab also analyzes how this affects their decisions.
*Illustrative imageForces on Mooring Lines During Typhoons
This research estimates the forces applied over a long period to the mooring lines of floating offshore wind turbines under strong typhoons. Using a method that generates time series of multiple meteorological and oceanographic variables during typhoons, it makes these estimates with less computation.
MembersFaculty
Wada Lab members consist of faculty, project researchers, doctoral and master's students, special research students, collaborative researchers, and a secretary.As of 2026
- ProfessorRyota WadaPublications ↗
- Assistant ProfessorMotoyasu KanazawaPublications ↗
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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: “Windfloat floating offshore foundation, Póvoa de Varzim, Portugal )” U.S. Department of Energy / Public domain (cropped)
- Offshore Wind Construction and Vessel Performance: “Wind turbine installation vessel MPI Resolution in IJmuiden, Netherlands (1)” Vincent van Zeijst / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Sailing Decisions for CO2 Carrier Vessels: “Cargo naviguant par tempête en mer Méditerranée (Ifremer )” Olivier Dugornay (IFREMER) / CC BY 4.0 (cropped)
- Decision-Making in Methane Hydrate Development: “Gas Hydrate from Mallik Test Well” USGS / Public domain (cropped)
- Forces on Mooring Lines During Typhoons: “Typhoon Soulik off Japan (MODIS )” MODIS Land Rapid Response Team, NASA GSFC / Public domain (cropped)
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