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Saito Lab
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A lab that examines how heat is transferred and applies it to the electrification of construction machinery.
AboutAbout the lab
Controlling how heat flows, toward electrified construction machinery
Saito Lab studies thermal management, based on heat transfer engineering, to help improve the efficiency and electrification of construction machinery.
Working on "advanced energy utilization" and "elucidation of transport phenomena," the lab aims to apply techniques for combining various materials to heat transfer devices.
The lab is part of the Komatsu Innovative Technology Co-creation Research Institute, a collaborative research hub jointly established by Komatsu and the university, and Prof. Saito serves as the head of the hub.
Key terms
- Thermal management
- Technology for controlling temperature by dissipating or moving the heat generated inside a device
- Thermal resistance
- How hard it is for heat to pass through something. It increases when there are gaps or air at the boundary between objects
- Wettability
- The property describing how well a liquid adheres to and spreads over a solid surface
NewsLab news
Held a hands-on infrared camera exhibit at Suzukake Science Day 2026
Held a joint lab tour of mechanical engineering labs for graduate school applicants
Opened the lab to visitors at Suzukake Science Day 2025
Prof. Saito became head of the Komatsu Innovative Technology Co-creation Research Institute
Opened the lab to visitors at Suzukake Science Day 2024
ResearchResearch themes
The lab studies thermal management, based on heat transfer engineering, to improve the efficiency and electrification of construction machinery. It works on heat dissipation design techniques, analysis of heat flow across material interfaces, and techniques that use nanomaterials to control how heat is transferred.
*Illustrative imageDesigning heat dissipation for electrified equipment
In electrified equipment, a key challenge is how to remove the heat generated by factors such as energy conversion losses. The lab develops thermal design techniques that achieve excellent heat dissipation, targeting heat generation problems specific to construction machinery.
*Illustrative imageInvestigating heat flow across material interfaces
The boundary (interface) where two objects meet has thermal resistance, which is said to vary with factors such as the size and shape of gaps. The lab seeks to identify, through experiments and simulation, the factors that govern how heat passes through.
*Illustrative imageControlling heat transfer with nanoparticles
The lab heat-treats a layer of copper nanoparticles to change the wettability of the surface, and investigates how this affects heat transfer through phase changes such as boiling and condensation.
MembersFaculty
The members of Saito Lab are faculty members, doctoral, master's, and undergraduate students, and research students.As of 2026
- ProfessorTakushi SaitoPublications ↗
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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: “Natural-convection-heat-sink-fluid-WBG” User:Isofilm / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)
- Designing heat dissipation for electrified equipment: “CPU socket heat sink made of copper” Gohnarch / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)
- Investigating heat flow across material interfaces: “Heat sink 1” Srokebep / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)
- Controlling heat transfer with nanoparticles: “Boiling water” GRAN / CC BY 3.0 (cropped)
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