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Takahiro Shimada, Professor
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The Material Properties Lab investigates, from the atomic and electronic level, where the strength and properties of materials come from. The microscopic structure and mechanical state of matter are the key to the diverse functions of materials. By using "force" and "shape," the lab can draw out the advanced functions hidden in matter and reshape them at will. By combining theoretical analyses such as molecular dynamics and first-principles calculations, the lab designs the strength and properties of new materials.
Ryoichi Kurose, Professor
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The Thermophysical Engineering Lab studies how heat and mass are transported and how they react in turbulent flows. Its subjects range from combustion inside aircraft and rocket engines to heat exchange between the atmosphere and the ocean. Using numerical simulation as its main tool, the lab uncovers the mechanisms of complex phenomena and turns them into models that can be used in computation. The lab covers a wide range of subjects, including microscale thermofluid phenomena and how energy is transmitted inside solids.
Masaharu Komori, Professor
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The Mechanism and Motion Engineering Lab studies both the mechanisms of machines and the movements of the humans who use them. For a robot to achieve the motions required of it, it needs a suitable structure and joint mechanism. The lab proposes new mechanisms and deepens its understanding of how they work through theoretical analysis and mechanism synthesis. At the same time, it discovers unknown characteristics hidden in human motion and applies them to the design of machines that are easy to use.
Koh Hosoda, Professor
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The Adaptive Robotics Lab seeks to understand the principles by which intelligent movement arises, by building robots and conducting experiments. The human body is an interface connecting the brain and the outside world, but it does more than simply transmit information. Through the interaction of a soft body with the environment, it creates the very information needed for adaptive movement. Based on this idea, the lab builds robots from soft elements, such as pneumatic artificial muscles and flexible sensors made with ion gels.
Tomoko Hirayama, Professor
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The Functional Machine Elements Engineering Lab studies machine elements such as bearings, gears, screws, and seals. Machine elements are standardized components used in virtually every machine around us. From the perspective of tribology, which deals with friction, wear, and lubrication, the lab uncovers the physical phenomena that occur in them. Based on this knowledge, the lab makes machine elements higher-performing and more functional, and also works on developing new mechanical systems.
Shinji Nishiwaki, Professor
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The Advanced Design Science and Engineering Lab conducts research to create innovative, highly functional products that have never existed before. Its subject is mechanical design in a broad sense, that is, science and engineering covering everything from conceptual design to production. It focuses in particular on structural optimization, especially shape optimization and topology optimization. The lab also studies the optimization of structures and systems involving multiple coupled physical phenomena, as well as development and production systems.
Atsushi Kinomura, Professor
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The Particle Beam Materials Engineering Lab studies the phenomena caused when materials are irradiated with radiation or particle beams. In terms of the interaction between atoms in a solid and particle beams, it is a problem of physics; in terms of developing nuclear reactor materials and aerospace materials, it is a problem of engineering. In particular, the lab aims to carry out fundamental research on defects created inside materials by irradiation, and to develop materials by applying that knowledge. Its home base is the Institute for Integrated Radiation and Nuclear Science in Kumatori, Osaka, where experiments are carried out using facilities such as the Kyoto University Research Reactor (KUR).
Takuo Okuchi, Professor
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The Quantum Beam Materials Analysis Lab uses quantum beams to investigate the types of atoms that make up materials and how they are arranged. Seeing how atoms are arranged requires magnifying space by a factor of 100 million, and quantum beams can do this almost exactly regardless of the type of atom. The lab covers problems from the atomic scale in crystals and glasses to the macroscopic scale, such as residual strain in large components. By combining this with techniques for creating extreme environments such as high temperature, ultrahigh pressure, and ultrahigh strain, the lab creates new materials.
Haruhisa Okuda, Program-Specific Professor
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The Evolving Mechanical Systems Technology Industry-Academia Joint Lab is a joint research chair established by the Kyoto University Graduate School of Engineering and Mitsubishi Electric. It brings together, in an organized way, Kyoto University's expertise and the wide range of electrical products, systems, and devices that Mitsubishi Electric develops. Drawing on interdisciplinary knowledge, the lab advances research and development of "evolving mechanical systems" that solve diverse social problems. The lab also works to develop people who will drive innovation.
Kazuhiro Izui, Professor
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The Structural Materials and Strength Lab conducts research on topology optimization, which uses computation to derive the best possible shape for structures and machines. The lab studies design methods that take advantage of material properties across a range of fields, including mechanics, fluid dynamics, thermodynamics, and electrochemistry. It works on a wide range of subjects, including rubber, metals, carbon fiber reinforced plastics, and all-solid-state batteries. The lab belongs to the Department of Micro Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, and students from the Department of Physical Science and Engineering are also assigned to it.
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