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3DPTec Integrated Center
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A hub for manufacturing and creation centered on 3D printing.
AboutAbout the lab
Toward a near-future ultra-customized society through 3D printing.
The 3DPTec Integrated Center is a center attached to the Graduate School of Engineering, established in April 2026 as a hub for manufacturing and creation centered on 3DP (three-dimensional printing).
To the medical devices, aerospace components, and functional catalysts covered by its predecessor center, it has added future food, artificial organs, large offshore wind turbines, and art.
The center is run with the cooperation of researchers from the Graduate School of Engineering, as well as from SANKEN (The Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research), the University Hospital, the Research Center for Ultra-High Voltage Electron Microscopy, the International Center for Biotechnology, and the Nakanoshima Art Center.
Its mission is to pursue the underlying science, contribute to society, and develop human resources.
Key terms
- 3DP (Three-Dimensional Printing)
- A technology that builds three-dimensional objects by stacking material. Also called Additive Manufacturing (AM).
- Near-future ultra-customized society
- A society in which people can instantly obtain 'the things they want' at 'zero distance,' beyond the limits of space.
- Materials Integration
- A technological platform for materials development (MI). The next-generation version designs materials and processes starting from the desired performance.
NewsLab news
Research on a catalytic reaction tube made with a metal 3D printer by Prof. Mori and colleagues is released as a press release
An explanatory article by Lecturer Okugawa and colleagues is published in the journal Titanium
A presentation involving the center wins an Excellent Poster Award at the lecture meeting of the Japan Society for Additive Manufacturing
Lecturer Ozasa wins the Japan Society for Additive Manufacturing 2026 Encouragement Award (Research Category)
Associate Professor Yachi wins the Achievement Award of the Design Engineering and Systems Division of the Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers
ResearchResearch themes
The center aims to advance the science of 3DP and integrate knowledge from diverse fields to realize properties and shapes never achieved before. Aiming for its results to contribute to public safety and security, it sets the goal of a 'near-future ultra-customized society' in which people can instantly obtain the things they want.
*Illustrative imageDesigning Materials from Desired Performance
In a project the center takes part in, it is developing next-generation Materials Integration that addresses the 'inverse problem' of designing materials and manufacturing methods starting from the desired performance, and is working on innovative CFRP and powder and 3D additive materials.
*Illustrative image3D Additive Manufacturing of Ni-Based Alloys
As an R&D item of SIP Phase 2, the center is working on 3D additive manufacturing of Ni-based alloys, whose process conditions are difficult to optimize. It aims to actually manufacture and validate new Ni-based alloys discovered through process MI, in order to make combustion burners for power-generation gas turbines more durable.
*Illustrative imageBuilding TiAl Alloy Rotor Blades from Powder
As an R&D item of SIP Phase 2, the center is building and validating an MI platform that integrates materials engineering and information engineering, through industry-academia collaboration. The goal is to develop low-pressure turbine rotor blades made of TiAl, for which demand is growing, using a powder process that offers a high degree of design freedom.
Learning from Bone: Controlling Mechanical Functions
In a CREST project, the center studies how bone, with its hierarchical anisotropic structure, delivers optimal strength even in harsh environments. It aims to clarify the strengthening mechanisms at interfaces created by metal 3D printing and to create materials whose mechanical functions are deliberately controlled.
MembersFaculty
The members of the 3DPTec Integrated Center consist of the Director and Deputy Directors; faculty from the Medical, Future Food, Aerospace, Functional Catalyst, On-Site Fabrication, and Art divisions and from new areas; visiting faculty and visiting researchers; Project Professors and Project Researchers; technical specialists and technical staff; and administrative assistants.As of 2026
- ProfessorTakayoshi Nakano
- ProfessorHiroyuki Yasuda
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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: “3D Printing at NASA” Steve Jurvetson / CC BY 2.0 (cropped)
- Designing Materials from Desired Performance: “Material properties of metal powders for use in additive manufacturing ( )” National Institute of Standards and Technology / Public domain (cropped)
- 3D Additive Manufacturing of Ni-Based Alloys: “Austin gas turbine, combustor” Andy Dingley / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)
- Building TiAl Alloy Rotor Blades from Powder: “SEM photo of 316L Stainless Steel metal powder atomized with ATO Lab Plus ultrasonic metal atomizer” Michaltoczko / CC BY 4.0 (cropped)
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