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Izato Lab
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The lab studies everything from the reactions of energetic materials to the safety of energy systems.
AboutAbout the lab
The science and technology of safety for controlling energy systems.
The Izato Lab aims to build a systematic body of safety science and technology needed to control energy systems that are safe, environmentally sound, and sustainable.
Its research ranges from developing the fundamental theory of reactions in energetic materials to social implementation, such as risk management of energy systems.
The lab conducts research to protect safety in the chemical industry.
The lab belongs to the Applied Chemistry EP in the Department of Chemistry and Life Science, Faculty of Engineering Science, and to the Department of Artificial Environment, Graduate School of Environment and Information Sciences.
Key terms
- Energetic material
- A substance that stores a large amount of energy within its molecular structure and can be used in engineering. Gunpowder and explosives are examples
- Thruster
- A propulsion device used to control the attitude of a satellite
- Risk assessment
- Estimating and evaluating the magnitude of possible hazards
ResearchResearch themes
The lab aims to build a systematic body of safety science and technology for controlling energy systems that are safe, environmentally sound, and sustainable. Its research mainly takes three perspectives: the fundamental science of reactions in energetic materials, process safety, and energy system safety.
*Illustrative imageFundamental Science of Reactions in Energetic Materials
Drawing on knowledge gained from studying the ignition and detonation characteristics of gunpowder and explosives, the lab conducts research toward the practical use of low-toxicity propellants for thrusters used in satellite attitude control. It carries out joint research with JAXA and others.
*Illustrative imageChemical Process Safety
Based on the fundamentals of chemical reaction theory, the lab establishes risk assessment methods for chemical processes that create high added value, and studies the optimization of processes that are both safe and competitive. By combining instrumental analysis and computational chemistry, it emphasizes both measurement and theory.
*Illustrative imageEnergy System Safety
The lab studies risk assessment and social implementation for hydrogen stations and large-scale battery storage systems. It also develops comprehensive societal risk assessment techniques that incorporate the impact on daily life into physical risks such as fire, explosion, and exposure to toxic gas.
MembersFaculty
The members of the Izato Lab consist of faculty members, project faculty members, secretaries, and doctoral, master's, and undergraduate students.As of 2025
- Associate ProfessorYuichiro Izato
- Project Faculty Member (Associate Professor)Minoru Nakayama
- Specially Appointed Faculty (Assistant Professor)Tomoya Suzuki
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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: “Destroyed Trailers and Blowdown Stack” U.S. Chemical Safety Board / Public domain (cropped)
- Fundamental Science of Reactions in Energetic Materials: “Combustion du bois” Salsero35 / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Chemical Process Safety: “Altona Oil Refinery Victoria” Sgroey / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Energy System Safety: “View on the abandoned power plant and boat on the Lower Rhine, Voerde, Germany” Steppeland / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
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