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Munekazu Ohno, Professor
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The Microstructure Control Lab aims to create materials with excellent properties by controlling the nano- and microscale microstructures that make up metallic materials. To bring out the properties of a metal, the microstructure must be shaped as intended during processes such as solidification, precipitation, and grain growth. The lab's main approach is computational materials science, combined with theory, experiments, and data science. By advancing the science of microstructure, the lab works toward developing new high-quality, high-performance materials.
Naoyuki Hashimoto, Professor
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The Functional Materials Lab researches how to bring out the functions and properties inherent in materials and put them to practical use. Using electron microscopes, it examines nanoscale structures and changes in special environments in structural materials for fusion reactors and in hydrogen-storage alloys. The lab also works on improving materials by irradiating them with high-energy particle beams to enhance their performance. The basic knowledge gained is applied to developing and improving materials.
Motohiro Sato, Professor
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The Mechanics of Materials Lab examines a wide variety of objects and mechanisms, from plants to metals, through the lens of mechanics of materials. From the standpoint of structural mechanics, the lab uncovers the mechanical rationality hidden in plant forms, such as the hollow cross-section and nodes of bamboo. For metals, it develops a surface modification technique that refines the surface microstructure by repeatedly applying low compressive loads. The lab also applies mechanics of materials to sports, for example by measuring impact in tennis and baseball.
Shinya Honda, Professor
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The Deformation Control Lab aims to apply the fundamentals of mechanical engineering, namely mechanics of materials, vibration engineering, optimal design, and thermo-fluid dynamics, to a wide range of industrial fields. The lab works on the optimal design of new functional composite materials and of next-generation aerospace equipment using physics-based AI models. Its research themes also include vibration control of smart composites and the development of new manufacturing methods for composites. The lab also conducts biomechanics research, including stents used to treat arteriosclerosis, motion analysis of the knee joint, and the development of artificial joints.
Masahiro Todoh, Professor
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From 2026, the Biomaterial and Biomechanical Design Lab has been organized as two labs: the Biomaterial Design Lab and the Biomechanical Design Lab. The Biomaterial Design Lab analyzes the hierarchical structures of bone, teeth, and cartilage from a biomechanics perspective, and applies the results to clarifying the pathology of bone diseases and joint disorders and to implant design. The lab also develops implant materials using collagen of biological origin and biodegradable plastics that break down in the body. The Biomechanical Design Lab, based on mechanics of materials and mechanical dynamics, investigates how bone strength is determined and works on creating new functional materials that mimic living tissue.
Toshiro Ohashi, Professor
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The Micro Biomechanics Lab, building on biomechanics (the mechanics of living things), works on a variety of themes including cells, tissues, and plants. The lab aims to understand how cells function more deeply from a mechanical engineering perspective, and to create practical devices and technologies useful in medicine. The research is divided into the fields of cell and tissue biomechanics, bio-MEMS, computational biomechanics, and plant biomechanics. Students present their research results and discuss them at a weekly research meeting, and because the lab actively accepts international students, there are regular opportunities to use English.
Yuki Shimizu, Professor
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The Precision Measurement and Robotics Lab studies precision measurement and control that contribute to mechanical engineering, especially production engineering and machining. The lab develops its technologies along the flow of making, measuring, and using micro-scale fine patterns, and builds ultra-high-sensitivity optical angle sensors and sensors that use optical frequency comb lasers. In robotics, the field named in the lab's title, the lab also works on structural analysis and control of robots, as well as dynamic characteristics analysis and motion control of mechanical systems. The lab is relatively new, having been established in autumn 2021.
Itsuro Kajiwara, Professor
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The Intelligent Structural Systems Lab studies "smart structures," which integrate the functions of sensors, actuators, and information processing, and their intelligent control. Controlling the motion, vibration, and sound of machines and structures is another pillar of the lab's research. The lab is also active in industry-academia collaboration, exploring where university seeds meet social needs and considering how to develop its research into practical applications. The lab also welcomes students who are considering graduate school to ask about its research and about life as a graduate student.
Yutaka Tabe, Professor
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The Energy Conversion Systems Lab studies energy conversion technologies for a society in harmony with the environment, as well as ideal social energy systems. The lab aims to solve the crises that humanity faces: the depletion of energy resources and rapid changes in the global environment. Building on thermal engineering in mechanical engineering, especially heat transfer engineering, the lab deals with the conversion, storage, and use of energy. The lab seminar consists of a journal club, where members introduce papers, and a monthly progress report meeting, among other activities. The lab has no core hours.
Gen Shibata, Associate Professor
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The Engine Systems and Next-Generation Fuels Lab studies systems that allow carbon-neutral fuels such as e-fuel to be used in existing engines. From both the fuel composition and the engine system sides, the lab researches and develops systems that improve thermal efficiency and reduce exhaust emissions at the same time. The lab also studies how to use the compression of an engine piston to convert greenhouse gases into syngas, the raw material for e-fuel. Tracing its origins to the prime mover course established when the Faculty of Engineering was founded at Hokkaido Imperial University, it is one of the longest-established internal combustion engine labs in Japan.
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