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Masaaki Nishikawa, Associate Professor
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The lab studies how to improve the performance of advanced composite materials used in aerospace and transportation equipment. It investigates where and how materials combining carbon fiber and resin fail, using both in situ observation under an electron microscope and numerical analysis. Spanning fields such as mechanics of materials, fluid dynamics, thermodynamics, and polymer chemistry, the lab clarifies how the way a material is molded determines its strength. The lab also aims to develop smart material systems whose properties change to suit the environment and the required function.
Koji Nagata, Professor
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The lab studies the turbulence that arises in flows and how heat and matter are transported within it. It covers flows across a wide range of speeds, from everyday winds to the flow around aircraft flying at supersonic speeds. Combining wind tunnel and water tank experiments with numerical analysis on supercomputers, the lab examines how vortices are generated, develop, and decay. The lab aims to clarify the mechanisms of turbulence, and to predict and control mixing and heat transport.
Ryuji Yokokawa, Professor
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The Microbiosystem Lab studies biomimetic systems that reproduce the functions of human organs on a small device. Using nano- and microfabrication technology, the lab arranges cells in microfluidic devices etched with narrow channels, creating an environment close to that inside the body. The lab develops models of the kidney, bladder, vascular networks, and organoids, aiming to cover everything from basic research in developmental biology to applications in drug discovery and regenerative medical engineering. Built on a foundation of mechanical engineering, it is an interdisciplinary lab that also connects with biology and pharmacology.
Akihiro Ishizawa, Professor
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The Fundamental Plasma and Fusion Science Lab studies plasma, the most common state of matter in the universe, through theory and numerical simulation. Plasma is a system made up of a great many charged particles, and it is prone to turbulence and behaves in ways that are hard to predict. The lab combines large-scale supercomputer calculations with theories of statistics, turbulence, and chaos to unravel these complex phenomena. Its main subjects are nuclear fusion, which is expected to become a carbon-neutral energy source, and plasmas in space and astrophysical objects.
Toshiya Doi, Professor
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The Fundamental Energy Application Science Lab (Doi Lab) is the lab of Professor Doi and Associate Professor Ikenoue. The lab works on high-temperature superconducting wires, superconducting wires for MRI, thin-film all-solid-state batteries, semiconductor thin films made by mist CVD, and radiation detectors. Drawing on crystal growth and thin-film technology, the lab creates materials for transmitting, storing, and using energy. Undergraduate students can be assigned to the lab from either the Department of Physical Science and Engineering or the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering in the Faculty of Engineering.
Masahiro Hino, Professor
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The Neutron Applied Optics Lab studies techniques for precisely controlling slow neutrons from nuclear reactors and accelerators. Neutrons carry no electric charge, and the slower they are, the more strongly their wave nature appears. Using this property, the lab builds mirrors that reflect neutrons and spectrometers that observe motion inside materials, which are used at facilities in Japan and abroad. Applications range widely, from fundamental particle physics experiments to inspection technology in manufacturing.
Masahiro Shiomi, Professor
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The Mechanical Systems Creation Lab studies theory and technology for smoothing the many activities in which humans and machines are involved. Automation has advanced, as in aircraft autopilots and driver-assistance systems in cars, but human judgment remains essential in complex tasks. Rather than having humans adapt to the logic of machines, the lab believes the machine should adapt to diverse human behavior, and it explores design approaches that make this possible. The lab models what people and organizations perceive and how they make judgments, and builds mechanisms in which humans and machines compensate for each other's shortcomings.
Hiroyuki Hirakata, Professor
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The lab studies how materials deform and fail at the nano- and micrometer scale. At these dimensions, materials deform and fracture differently from the materials we see in everyday life. Because the mechanisms and the laws governing them are not yet understood, the lab develops its own experimental methods to investigate them. What distinguishes the lab is that it examines materials from both mechanics, which governs deformation and fracture, and physical properties, which give rise to functions.
Hiroshi Iwai, Professor
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The Thermal Systems Engineering Lab conducts research to improve technologies that convert, transport, and store energy. Its current work focuses on phenomena that occur inside electrochemical devices, such as high-temperature fuel cells and secondary batteries. The lab also studies catalytic reactions of fuels blended from hydrocarbons and ammonia, approaching them through the mechanical engineering perspective of heat, mass, and charge transport. By elucidating complex phenomena spanning the micro to the macro scale, the lab aims to lead to the creation of new energy systems.
Masahiro Hasuo, Professor
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The Optical Engineering Lab develops new spectroscopic measurement methods for investigating the interaction between matter and light. By examining the light that matter emits, the lab can get at its essential nature, and by acting on matter with light, it can also control its state. In particular, the lab develops new spectroscopic techniques for plasma, a state in which ions and electrons are separated from each other. By rethinking methods from first principles rather than improving conventional ones, the lab discovers phenomena that had not been found before.
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