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Sensing Engineering Lab
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The lab studies sensing engineering, taking on ultra-precision machines through technologies that measure the nanoscale world.
AboutAbout the lab
Building new machines by "measuring."
The Fukuzawa Lab studies sensing engineering, which creates new technologies through "measuring."
The lab develops technologies for measuring with high precision, measuring with ultra-small sensors, and measuring intelligently.
It also incorporates advances in information science such as machine learning and AI, and conducts joint research with labs in the Graduate School of Informatics.
Its applications are wide-ranging, including precision machines such as hard disks, automobile engines, artificial joints, DNA analysis chips, and micromachines.
Key terms
- Sensing engineering
- A research field that creates new technologies by measuring the shape, force, flow, and other properties of things
- Tribology
- The study of friction, wear, and lubrication that occur between two surfaces in contact and in motion
- Molecular dynamics simulation
- A method that reproduces real phenomena by computing the motion of each individual atom and molecule on a computer
ResearchResearch themes
The lab builds sensing instruments and devices based on its own ideas, and reveals nanoscale phenomena that were difficult to investigate until now. Based on these results, it aims to realize ultra-precision machines and micromachines that operate on new principles.
*Illustrative imageInstruments for measuring the nanoscale world
The lab designs and develops its own measurement instruments, such as an ellipsometric microscope that observes the motion of nanoscale fluids in real time and probes that are mounted on an atomic force microscope to measure mechanical properties at the nanoscale.
*Illustrative imageBiosensing that examines DNA one molecule at a time
The lab aims to realize chips that analyze DNA at the single-molecule level by building its own micro- and nanostructures inside tiny channels. It also studies thin biocompatible polymer films for use on the surfaces of artificial joints and medical devices.
*Illustrative imageNanotribology
Using its own nanosensing technologies, the lab works on creating surfaces with very low friction and long life, starting from the molecular level. Its targets include lubrication in hard disks and automobile engines, and processing technologies such as nanoimprinting.
*Illustrative imageMolecular dynamics simulation
In joint research with labs in the Graduate School of Informatics, the lab reproduces the motion of molecules on computers to clarify nanoscale phenomena. It uses machine learning to determine simulation conditions, and performs analyses that include chemical reactions between molecules.
MembersFaculty
The members of the Fukuzawa Lab are faculty, administrative staff, collaborators, and doctoral, master's, and undergraduate students.As of 2026
- ProfessorKenji Fukuzawa
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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: “Atomic Force Microscope 01” Gannu03 / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Instruments for measuring the nanoscale world: “Scanning probe microscope ( )” Oak Ridge National Laboratory / CC BY 2.0 (cropped)
- Biosensing that examines DNA one molecule at a time: “Microfluidic chip for point-of-care medical devices” FMNLab / CC BY 4.0 (cropped)
- Nanotribology: “Hard disk drive platter, Samsung MP0402H” Mk2010 / CC BY 4.0 (cropped)
- Molecular dynamics simulation: “Visual Molecular Dynamics visualization” Toughpkh / Public domain (cropped)
- Related lab (Fluid System Engineering Lab): “Microfluidic Chip iX-factory” IX-factory STK / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Computational Mechanics Lab): “Meshing in Finite Element Analysis” Abhiram vs 24 / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Micro-Nano Process Engineering Lab): “MEMS ( )” Christopher/NIST (National Institute of Standards and Technology) / Public domain (cropped)
- Related lab (Intelligent Robotics Lab): “Pepper the Robot” Softbank Robotics Europe / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
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