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Onoda-Minesugi Lab
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The lab applies structures born from origami to spacecraft.
AboutAbout the lab
From origami mechanics to space structures
The Minesugi-Takeuchi-Yasuda Lab studies space structures such as sounding rockets and scientific satellites.
The lab works on a wide range of topics, from fundamental mechanics research to applications in real structures.
The core of its work is origami-based structures, and the lab develops metamaterials with mechanical properties not found in ordinary materials.
The lab welcomes inquiries at any time from students who wish to join or visit.
According to the admission guide for the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Graduate School of Engineering, Prof. Minesugi is scheduled to retire in March 2028 and, as a rule, cannot be requested as a supervisor.
Key terms
- Metamaterial
- A structure given unusual properties not through the material itself but through careful design of its shape and assembly
- Solitary wave
- A wave that travels as a single lump without much change in shape
- Metal 3D printer
- A machine that builds three-dimensional objects layer by layer, for example by melting metal powder with a laser and solidifying it
NewsLab news
A student won an Excellence Award at 4DFF2025
A master's student won the highest-ranked Student Excellence Award at the Space Science and Technology Conference
ResearchResearch themes
The lab studies everything from fundamental mechanics to applications in the structures of sounding rockets and scientific satellites. Centered on origami-based structures, it develops metamaterials, aiming to apply them to next-generation space systems.
*Illustrative imageWaves Propagating Through Origami Structures
The lab investigates how waves propagate in origami metamaterials made by connecting folded cylinders. These include solitary waves that travel faster than compression waves, and applications are expected in cushioning the impact on landing legs and reusable rockets.
*Illustrative imageFabrication with a Metal 3D Printer
The lab fabricates origami metamaterials from aluminum alloy using a metal 3D printer. Prototypes undergo compression and impact tests to evaluate their performance as structures.
MembersFaculty
The members of the Minesugi-Takeuchi-Yasuda Lab consist of faculty, researchers, postdoctoral researchers, doctoral, master's, and undergraduate students, and secretaries.As of 2026
- ProfessorKenji Minesugi
- Associate ProfessorShinsuke Takeuchi
- Assistant ProfessorHiromi 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: “First NASA ISINGLASS rocket launch” NASA / Public domain (cropped)
- Waves Propagating Through Origami Structures: “Miura-ori origami tessellations” Origamicke / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Fabrication with a Metal 3D Printer: “FZU 3Dprinting 4” René Volfík / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Minakuchi Lab): “Carbon fiber material” texdata.com / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Yokozeki-Higuchi Lab): “DH-60 Gipsy Moth Wing Structure” Peripitus / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)
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