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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.
Ryo Teranishi, Professor
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The Thin Film Engineering Lab studies crystalline materials such as rare-earth oxide superconducting thin films and REBCO wires, from the perspectives of crystal growth and microstructure control. Its research also covers joining of crystalline materials, power generation materials, and magnetic field shielding materials. The materials produced are examined through microstructural analysis by electron microscopy and evaluation of properties such as current-carrying, magnetic, and power generation performance.
Kohei Morishita, Professor
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The Solidification Engineering Lab studies how the microstructure of materials forms during solidification, the process in which metals melt and then solidify. Recently, with metal additive manufacturing in mind, the lab has been working to elucidate phenomena that occur under conditions of rapid melting and rapid solidification. Using synchrotron X-ray imaging at the large synchrotron radiation facility SPring-8, the lab observes in situ the moments when melting and solidification proceed, and advances understanding by linking the observations to theory and models. The lab regards itself as a place where, through research, students develop the ability to analyze problems, build solutions, and explain them in a way that third parties can understand.
Katsuro Hayashi, Professor
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The Applied Inorganic Chemistry Lab studies ceramic materials that contribute to the fields of energy, electronics, and the environment, from the broad perspectives of processing, applications, and material functions. The lab works on developing electrolytes and electrode materials for next-generation secondary batteries and creating piezoelectrics and ferroelectrics based on new mechanisms. It also explores ceramics whose functions originate from reactive anions, such as crystals with voids that incorporate anions. On the lab's website, the lab is introduced under the name "Katsuro Hayashi Lab".
Takanori Iwasaki, Professor
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The Organic Functional Molecular Chemistry Lab makes new molecules through organic synthesis and aims to cause targeted reactions to occur selectively through catalyst design. Centered on transition metals, the lab combines a variety of elements across the periodic table to synthesize original molecules. Not bound by the conventional wisdom of organic chemistry, the lab is working on designing catalysts that select and react sites of low reactivity. The lab's website presents it under the name “Iwasaki Lab.”
Keiji Tanaka, Senior Professor
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The Functional Materials Chemistry Lab aims to create new functions by understanding and controlling the structure and properties of organic polymer materials at the molecular level. As materials become smaller and thinner, the structure and properties of their surfaces and interfaces come to differ from those of the interior, so the lab works experimentally on understanding and controlling them. The lab conducts joint research with companies, research institutes, and universities, and uses large facilities such as synchrotron radiation and neutron sources when necessary. The lab's website presents it under the name “Tanaka Lab.”
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