Labs in Kyushu University

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A lab that co-designs public spaces, starting from the perspective of social minorities.

The lab works on the co-design of public spaces, starting from the perspective of social minorities. It thinks about public spaces together with people with lived experience, and carries out practical research that brings disability and inclusion into real places. The lab also looks at civil engineering heritage and everyday local landscapes, and studies the philosophy of civil engineering design.

#Social inclusion #Public space #Civil engineering design

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The lab explores how contemporary art intersects with artists from overseas who live and work in Japan.

Led by Lecturer Ariane Beyn, the lab specializes in curation and contemporary art. The lab studies how migration and cultural exchange have intersected with contemporary art in Japan since 2000. It focuses on artists from overseas who live and work in Japan, examining their works, the backgrounds of their production, their artist networks, and their connections and collaborations with local communities. Lecturer Beyn belongs to the Future Coexistence Design Division of the Faculty of Design, Graduate School.

#Curation #Contemporary art #Cultural exchange

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グラフィックデザイン（応 夢） (introduction coming soon)

Graphic design, information visualization

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生物リズム（大原 隆之） (introduction coming soon)

Biological rhythms and mathematical biology

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認知心理学（CHEE Zhong Jian） (introduction coming soon)

Cognitive psychology, texture and tactile perception, affective touch

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教育デザイン（YAO Yaya） (introduction coming soon)

Educational design, applied linguistics, foreign language education

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The lab develops next-generation secondary batteries that make use of molecular crowding.

The lab of Associate Professor Masato Ito applies the changes in water activity and the unusual ion conduction phenomena that arise from molecular crowding effects inside cells to the development of energy devices. In particular, for secondary batteries, it aims to solve rate capability, durability, and safety, which have tended to be put aside until now, from the perspective of biomimetics (an approach that takes living systems as a model). Its method is to rethink material selection, molecular assembly, and interface control.

#Secondary batteries #Molecular crowding effect #Ion conduction

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The lab aims to build fuel cells that operate at intermediate temperatures using ceramics that conduct hydrogen ions.

The Hyodo Lab develops ceramic materials that conduct hydrogen ions and electrons. Its goal is to realize proton-conducting ceramic fuel cells that operate in an intermediate temperature range of about 200 to 400°C. Fuel cells currently in practical use are expensive, so there is an urgent need to lower the operating temperature to an intermediate range, reduce material and maintenance costs, and make inexpensive fuel cells widely available. The lab belongs to the Energy System Design Research Center of the International Institute for Carbon-Neutral Energy Research (I2CNER), Kyushu University.

#Proton-conducting ceramics #Fuel cells #Machine learning

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The lab aims to make perovskite solar cells more efficient and more durable.

The Matsushima Lab studies solar cells, which convert solar energy into electrical energy. In particular, the lab aims to establish the science and technology for making solution-processed perovskite solar cells more efficient, more durable, and larger in area. Driving a perovskite solar cell in reverse makes it emit light, so LEDs and lasers are also important research topics. The lab belongs to the Energy Conversion Science Unit of the International Institute for Carbon-Neutral Energy Research at Kyushu University, and its graduate students belong to the Department of Automotive Science in the Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Engineering Sciences.

#Perovskite solar cells #LEDs and lasers #Hybrid materials

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The lab develops organic materials and applies them to photocatalysts and organic devices.

The Watanabe Lab develops new organic materials and conducts research on functional organic devices. Its goal is to bring out the properties of organic materials and combine them with inorganic materials to create devices with unprecedented properties. Toward photocatalytic water splitting, the lab studies the design and synthesis of organic dyes and interactions at the surfaces and interfaces of materials. People interested in research or study, and those who would like to visit the lab, are invited to get in touch.

#Photocatalysis #Water splitting #Organic semiconductors