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Design Engineering Lab
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The lab studies theories and methods for carrying out product design rationally.

AboutAbout the lab
Aiming for innovative design through theory and methodology.
The Design Engineering Lab researches design theory, methodology, and computer-aided technologies, with the aim of realizing excellent, innovative designs.
The lab explores ways to carry out product development and design rationally, by considering factors such as value, cost, and time comprehensively and systematically.
On the lab's website, it is introduced as the "Fujita-Nomaguchi-Yaji Lab."
Key terms
- Design engineering
- A field that deals with theories and methods for carrying out product development and design rationally, while considering factors such as value, cost, and time.
- Computer-aided technology
- Technology that uses computers to support work such as design.
ResearchResearch themes
The lab researches theories, methodologies, and computer-aided technologies for carrying out product development and design rationally, with the aim of realizing excellent, innovative designs. Its research page lists themes such as ideation support for conceptual design, topology optimization, and risk assessment and schedule management for design projects.
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Members of the Design Engineering Lab include faculty members, visiting researchers, administrative assistants, students in the doctoral program, the master's program, and the undergraduate program, and special research students.As of 2026
- ProfessorKikuo Fujita
- Associate ProfessorYutaka Nomaguchi
- Associate ProfessorKentaro Yaji
- Project Associate ProfessorMusaddiq Al Ali
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