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Yoshihiro Yamazaki, Professor
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The Energy Materials Engineering Lab aims to improve both the efficiency of producing energy and the efficiency of using it by exploring innovative functions of inorganic materials. The key is the behavior of point defects formed inside materials and the chemical reactions that occur on solid surfaces through them. The lab carries out everything in-house, from sample preparation to the measurement of properties and reactions, and combines this with first-principles calculations, machine learning, and electrochemical measurements. The materials it works with are centered on perovskite-type oxides, including proton-conducting electrolytes, fuel cell electrodes, and photocatalysts.
Hiroaki Nakano, Professor
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The Materials Electrochemistry Lab (Nakano-Taninouchi Lab) studies process technologies such as plating, non-ferrous metal smelting, and urban mining recycling, based on an understanding of electrochemical phenomena. Grounded in the fundamentals of electrochemistry, the lab works on wet plating of functional thin films, electrowinning of zinc, copper, and nickel, and wet processing of sulfide minerals. The lab aims to thoroughly understand the key reaction phenomena and to create highly efficient, environmentally friendly technologies.
Noritaka Saito, Professor
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The Molten Materials Physical Chemistry Lab studies the physicochemical properties of high-temperature melts and develops technologies that make metal refining processes more efficient while reducing their environmental impact at the same time. The lab is developing new measurement techniques for viscosity, electrical conductivity, wettability, and surface tension, as well as sensing technologies combined with mathematical models. It also researches technologies for visualizing the “invisible,” such as ultra-high-temperature conditions, and the evaluation of the physical properties of ceramics. Through an interdisciplinary approach that integrates theory and practice, the lab also sees it as its mission to train people who will lead the next generation of materials science.
Masaki Tanaka, Professor
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The Crystal Plasticity Lab studies how materials such as metals deform and break. The lab uses methods such as electron microscopy and micromechanical testing to examine deformation and fracture occurring inside materials. When force is applied to a material, the arrangement of atoms in the crystal shifts slightly and defects move. The lab holds that understanding such microscale behavior leads to the design of stronger, safer, and more reliable materials.
Shinji Munetoh, Professor
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The Semiconductor Engineering Lab researches functional materials that contribute to the energy field, focusing on thermoelectric power generation technology that uses waste heat from industry as electricity. For thermoelectric materials, the lab carries out everything from synthesis to performance evaluation in-house, and aims to develop high-performance materials while also using computer simulation. The lab also researches the creation of high-strength metal materials and functional nanomaterials using electrochemical methods such as electroplating. On the lab’s website, it is introduced under the name “Munetoh Lab.”
Hirofumi Miyahara, Professor
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The Materials Composite Engineering Lab studies solidification, the process by which crystalline substances such as metals and semiconductors change from liquid to solid, as well as the mechanisms of crystal growth. Controlling solidification well produces high-quality materials. The lab therefore deepens the science of crystal growth, solidification, and casting, and aims to develop and apply materials based on it. Its subjects include silicon crystals for solar cells, lightweight aluminum and magnesium alloys used in parts such as automobile components, steel sheets and cast iron, and objects fabricated with metal 3D printers. On the lab's website, it is listed as the "Miyahara Lab."
Kenji Kaneko, Professor
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The Nanomaterials Microstructure Analysis Lab examines the structures of crystalline materials such as metals and ceramics using transmission electron microscopy (TEM). It analyzes the two-dimensional and three-dimensional nanostructures that form in materials at the nano and atomic scales. The lab aims to gain knowledge that improves the performance of materials and thereby contribute to society. On the lab's website, it is listed as the "Kaneko Lab."
Toshihiro Tsuchiyama, Professor
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The Structural Materials Engineering Lab studies structural materials, especially steel, which support the shape and strength of automobiles, ships, buildings, and more. Aiming to create new, next-generation steel materials, the lab works on new alloy design, the development of heat treatment technologies, and the evaluation and control of microstructures at the nanoscale. Using both experimental and computational methods, it also studies how mechanical properties such as strength arise. On the lab's website, it is listed as the "Tsuchiyama Lab."
Ko-ichiro Ohno, Professor
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The Reaction Control Lab (Ohno Lab) studies, from an engineering standpoint, the manufacturing process of iron, a material widely used in modern society. The lab investigates the high-temperature process of making iron from iron ore from the perspectives of reaction kinetics, transport phenomena, and energy control, aiming to clarify its fundamental mechanisms. In recent years, the lab has also focused on low-carbon and decarbonized ironmaking processes, including hydrogen reduction, as well as on microwave-based feedstock modification and resource recycling technologies. Through both experiments and analysis, the lab studies reduction reactions in blast furnace and DRI processes, softening and melting behavior, gas permeability, and slag–metal interfacial reactions.
Makoto Arita, Associate Professor
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The Functional Materials and Property Characterization Lab forms a variety of functional materials, mainly semiconductors, from thin films to bulk, and evaluates their properties. Associate Professor Makoto Arita's research themes include the fabrication of functional semiconductor thin films, the evaluation of semiconductor materials using scanning probe microscopy, and the fabrication and evaluation of thermoelectric power generation materials. Assistant Professor Yoshifumi Ikoma conducts research on semiconductor materials using high-pressure phase transformation, as well as on thin-film formation by chemical vapor deposition.
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