LAB LOGA page on LabLog, a review site (not the lab's official page)
Urakabe-Harada Lab
Machine-translated · View original
The lab researches power semiconductor and circuit technologies for converting electricity efficiently.
AboutAbout the lab
Core power electronics technologies for using electricity efficiently
The Urakabe-Harada Lab is a joint lab with Mitsubishi Electric Corporation that develops core technologies for power electronics.
The lab researches power electronics technologies for using electricity efficiently and stably, from generation to consumption.
Working together with members of the power electronics labs at Institute of Science Tokyo, the lab advances power semiconductor, electric circuit, and control technologies.
The lab works on electric circuits for making full use of power semiconductor devices, and on circuit configurations that reduce power loss.
Key terms
- Power electronics
- Technology that converts voltage and current with semiconductor switches to control electricity efficiently
- Power semiconductors
- Semiconductor devices that handle large amounts of power. They convert power by switching the flow of electricity on and off at high speed
- SiC
- Silicon carbide. It withstands high voltages and is used as a material for next-generation power semiconductors
NewsLab news
A student received the IEEE IES Japan Chapter Young Researcher Excellent Presentation Award
A master's student received the Technical Committee Encouragement Award from the Electronics, Information and Systems Society of the Institute of Electrical Engineers of Japan
A master's student received the Student Encouragement Award from the Joint Technical Meeting on Electron Devices and Semiconductor Power Converters
ResearchResearch themes
The lab researches electric circuit technologies for making full use of power semiconductor devices, and circuit configurations that reduce power loss. As a joint lab with Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, it advances power semiconductor, electric circuit, and control technologies.
*Illustrative imageModeling power semiconductors
To build and verify power electronics equipment virtually through simulation, the lab creates accurate and easy-to-use models of power semiconductors. The targets are devices such as SiC.
*Illustrative imageTechnology for connecting power semiconductors in series
To reduce the loss and cost of power electronics equipment, the lab researches technology for operating power semiconductor modules connected in series. It proposes drive methods that suppress voltage variation among individual devices.
Detecting equipment anomalies with machine learning
To keep power systems and mobility equipment running without stopping, the lab researches technology that uses machine learning to diagnose anomalies in power electronics equipment. It aims for methods that do not require deep expertise or many additional measuring instruments.
MembersFaculty
The Urakabe-Harada Lab's members consist of faculty and doctoral and master's students.As of 2026
- Project ProfessorTakahiro Urakabe
VoicesStudent voices
Compiled from answers by students who were in the lab. Ratings and reviews reflect individual students' experiences, not the lab's official views.
Students who take part in an interview may receive a thank-you gift worth ¥1,000, regardless of what they say.
On a 4-point scale, ● marks where students' answers fall
Who is this lab for?
What's great about this lab?
What did you learn after joining?
What's the vibe, and what is the professor like?
Where do graduates go?
RelatedLabs similar to Urakabe-Harada Lab
Ohmi LabSchool of Engineering, Department of Electrical and Electronic EngineeringSilicon and organic semiconductor devices, surface physics
Takemoto-Kiyota LabSchool of Engineering, Department of Electrical and Electronic EngineeringMotors, electrical machines, power electronics
Suzuki LabSchool of Engineering, Department of Electrical and Electronic EngineeringTerahertz sensing devices, compound semiconductors
Iino LabSchool of Engineering, Department of Electrical and Electronic EngineeringLiquid-crystalline organic semiconductors, organic thin-film…The information on this page is compiled by the LabLog team from the lab's public information and interviews. For corrections or removal requests, please contact LabLog, not the lab.
Report an errorAbout the images
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: “IGBT 2441” Daniel*D / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)
- Modeling power semiconductors: “SiC wafers 6inch” FDominec / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Technology for connecting power semiconductors in series: “MITSUBISHI IGBT module” Sthdhk / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (大見研究室): “Ehysteresis” Ndthe / CC BY 3.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (竹本・
清田研究室): “Stator Winding of a BLDC Motor” Medvedev / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped) - Related lab (鈴木研究室): “Terahertz freq. metamaterial modulator” Hou-Tong Chen (Los Alamos National Laboratory) / Public domain (cropped)
- Related lab (飯野研究室): “Nematic liquid crystal” Ingo Dierking / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
About LabLog
LabLog is a lab review app for students only. Student members at each university interview students in labs and publish what they say. Student voices can only be read by students who sign up with a university email address. Operated by bestiee Inc.
Learn more about LabLog ↗Search engines and AI may reference the basic lab info and rating summaries on this page and the description of LabLog. Student voices are for student members only. Automated collection by programs (scraping, or input to or training of AI) is prohibited under Article 8 of the Terms of Service. If you need data for research or analysis, please contact us.