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Satoru Yamaguchi, Associate Professor
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The Ship Design and Marine Environmental Informatics Lab studies ship design based on how ships move in the real marine environment, as well as the development of underwater robots for observation and exploration and the control of their motion. For relatively small ships used on remote island routes and for leisure, excessive motion in waves is a problem, and autonomous control of that motion is seen as a challenge for the future. The lab also works on developing glider-type underwater vehicles and fish-like robots that use new types of propulsion mechanisms.
Takashi Tanaka, Associate Professor
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The Functional Systems Engineering Lab studies the design and evaluation needed to make the fullest use of functions such as transportation, production, and artificial structures for utilizing ocean space. The research covers the functional design and environmental design that marine systems should have, and optimal design in which the whole system integrates and harmonizes with the human system. The faculty members' researcher profiles list topics such as ventilation design for engine rooms of ships using alternative fuels, automation of painting processes, noise control in ship accommodation areas, and observation of work in shipyards.
Tomoaki Utsunomiya, Professor
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The Ocean Energy Resources Engineering Lab is advancing technology development (research toward practical application) for floating offshore wind power and floating ocean thermal energy conversion. The potential of offshore wind energy is enormous, and with carbon neutrality by 2050 as the goal, full-scale deployment is about to move forward in Japan as well. Looking overseas, ocean thermal energy conversion also has extremely large potential. The lab belongs to the Marine Systems Design Chair of the Marine Systems Engineering Division.
Akira Imai, Professor
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The Applied Geology Lab studies how metallic ore deposits formed, with the aim of supporting mineral resource exploration and resource assessment. In addition to the genesis of epithermal gold deposits and porphyry copper deposits, the lab also studies how to prevent silica scale formation at geothermal power plants. The research is wide-ranging, from overseas ore deposit surveys in Southeast Asia, Mongolia, and North Africa to microscope observation and chemical analysis. Students from Japan and many other countries belong to the lab, and English is constantly spoken within it.
Yuji Mitsuhata, Professor
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The Exploration Geophysics Lab studies "geophysical exploration," which uses seismic waves, electromagnetic fields, magnetism, gravity, and other means to visualize (image) the invisible subsurface. It is a technology for investigating the subsurface, much as ultrasound and X-rays are used in medicine to visualize the inside of the body. The technology was originally used to explore for oil, geothermal energy, and mineral resources, and is now also used in ground investigation, protection of the subsurface environment, and disaster prevention and mitigation. The lab carries out research and development of these technologies for mountains, plains, coastal waters, the seafloor, and even the Moon.
Yuichi Sugai, Professor
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The Resource Development Engineering Lab researches technologies for efficiently extracting underground hydrocarbon resources, as well as technologies for separating and capturing emitted carbon dioxide and storing it underground. The lab also carries out education and research on advancing the development, design, and production technologies that support new resource frontiers and a sustainable carbon cycle system, and on environmental protection associated with resource extraction. Its themes include enhanced oil recovery (EOR), hydrogen production, CO2 leak detection using machine learning, and energy-saving technologies based on heat reuse. The lab seminar is held once a week, where members present their own research results in English and discuss them together with international students.
Naoko Okibe, Professor
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The Resource Processing and Environmental Remediation Engineering Lab researches resource processing technologies for turning mineral resources and urban mining waste into materials, as well as technologies for remediating water and soil pollution caused by resource development. Through three groups, mineral processing (flotation), hydrometallurgy (leaching), and environmental remediation, the lab carries out research covering metal resource processing from upstream to downstream. The research combines knowledge from many fields, including powder technology, interfacial chemistry, electrochemistry, mineralogy, bioengineering, and molecular biology. With the mission of building a recycling-oriented society, the lab aims to propose new resource processing and environmental remediation technologies with a low environmental burden.
Ryohei Ishikura, Associate Professor
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The Geotechnical Engineering Lab conducts research to solve engineering problems related to the ground, which is where people live and which supports social infrastructure from the foundation up. In addition to fundamental research for building safe and reliable infrastructure, the lab also conducts applied research on disasters and environmental problems that are becoming more severe due to climate change. Research is carried out broadly, from both theoretical and experimental sides and from both fundamental and applied sides. As project research, the lab also works on desertification control technology that supports local self-reliance, through joint surveys with the Mongolian Academy of Sciences, and on ground disasters in Kyushu and Okinawa associated with climate change and measures to adapt to them.
Yoshimi Sonoda, Professor
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The Structural Analysis Lab studies how to calculate the behavior of structures using computer-based numerical analysis (simulation). The lab closely tracks and evaluates how structures behave, and how much load-bearing capacity they have, under natural disasters and external forces such as earthquakes, tsunamis, and impacts. It also works on developing maintenance technologies so that structures can be used safely over the long term.
Shigenobu Kainuma, Professor
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The Construction Design Engineering Lab studies the maintenance of steel and concrete structures against aging deterioration, as well as high-durability design. It is a lab that takes on new research spanning multiple academic fields, including chemistry, electrochemistry, materials science, spatial statistics, and mechanics. Through basic research, the lab clarifies the mechanisms of deterioration and proposes methods to predict the onset of these phenomena and of critical damage. Many of the research themes are carried out as joint research with research institutions and private companies in a variety of industrial fields.
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