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Yoshimi-Sekido-Kaneko Lab
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The lab develops materials that do not break down even at ultra-high temperatures and determines what limits how long materials last.
AboutAbout the lab
What determines the lifetime of a material?
The Yoshimi-Sekido-Kaneko Lab focuses on the strength of materials and high-temperature materials science.
Its subjects are the structural materials that support daily life, from plants, buildings, and bridges to automobiles, Shinkansen trains, passenger aircraft, and rockets.
Because the properties of structural materials change greatly depending on the environment in which they are used, the lab investigates what determines their lifetime from the perspectives of physics, chemistry, and mechanical engineering.
Based on these findings, the lab presents guidelines for materials design and also creates new materials of its own.
Key terms
- Structural materials
- Materials used to keep the shape of a structure, such as a building or vehicle, unchanged over a long period
- Heat-resistant steel
- Steel designed not to lose its strength even at high temperatures. It is used in applications such as thermal power generation
- Superalloy
- An alloy made by combining several elements so that it keeps its strength even at high temperatures
NewsLab news
A doctoral student received the Top Student Poster Prize at Beyond Nickel-Based Superalloys V
A master's student received the Outstanding Poster Award at the Spring Meeting of the Japan Institute of Metals and Materials
A master's student received the Distinguished Paper Award for Young Scientists at the Study Group on Fundamental Functions of Lattice Defects
An undergraduate student received the Outstanding Poster Award at the interim graduation research presentation of the Materials and Development area
ResearchResearch themes
The lab's research areas are the strength of materials and high-temperature materials science, aimed at addressing global environmental and energy resource problems. In recent years, it has focused on heat-resistant steels, refractory metal-based superalloys, and heat-resistant ceramics.
*Illustrative imageUltra-high-temperature materials based on refractory metals and ceramics
The lab develops materials that can be used at ultra-high temperatures, including superalloys based on refractory metals and materials based on ceramics. It works on creating new materials according to materials design guidelines that it has established itself.
*Illustrative imageAdvanced heat-resistant steels for high-efficiency power generation
If thermal power plants can operate at higher temperatures, this leads to energy savings and a lighter burden on the environment. The lab works on increasing the strength of the heat-resistant steels used in power generation and on alloy design to raise their operating temperature.
MembersFaculty
The members of the Yoshimi-Sekido-Kaneko Lab consist of faculty members, research fellows, international researchers, technical assistants, administrative assistants, doctoral and master's students, and undergraduates.As of 2026
- ProfessorKyosuke Yoshimi
- Associate ProfessorNobuaki Sekido
- Project Associate ProfessorKoichi Hatakeyama
- Assistant ProfessorTakahiro Kaneko
- Project Assistant ProfessorXinyu Yan
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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: “Inlet of jet engine” Tony Hisgett from Birmingham, UK / CC BY 2.0 (cropped)
- Ultra-high-temperature materials based on refractory metals and ceramics: “Static Test Firing of Saturn V S-1C Stage - GPN” NASA/photographer unknown / Public domain (cropped)
- Advanced heat-resistant steels for high-efficiency power generation: “CSEB Thermal Power plant Darri, Korba Chimney and Boiler unit view outside of power plant” Mettle30 / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
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