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Yoshihiro Shimomura, Professor
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The Humanomics Lab studies a wide range of human characteristics physiologically, psychologically, and morphologically, from the perspectives of ergonomics and physiological anthropology. Human life engineering (Humanomics) builds equipment and environments suited to people, based on what is learned from this research. The lab takes the position that understanding people is indispensable when designing. It conducts both basic and applied research, and uses the results to propose better designs.
Akira Ueda, Professor
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The Design Culture Planning Lab studies in detail the cultures unique to particular regions and ethnic groups, and conducts research on designing their future. The lab believes that a society's richness is measured by how diversely cultures, the sum of people's ways of life, coexist. With coexistence with region, history, and nature as its keywords, the lab examines the past and present of culture. It works closely with local communities in Japan and abroad, rediscovers local resources, and proposes designs for building a sustainable society.
Takayuki Higuchi, Professor
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The Contextual Design Lab explores new approaches to design in today's increasingly complex society. Contextual design, which gives the lab its name, is design carried out by interpreting the relationship between human activity and design within social and historical contexts. So that people can live better in harmony with nature and culture, the lab proposes ways of creating places and ways of shaping the culture of people's behavior and experience. The purpose of design is expanding from dealing only with objects to thinking about ways of living and tackling public issues with design thinking.
Edilson Ueda, Associate Professor
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The Sustainable Design Lab explores ways of building sustainable practices into design. To do so, the lab draws on business methods, design strategy, and the principles of sustainable education. The lab aims to contribute to sustainable societies locally and globally, and to improve overall environmental performance and quality of life.
Takaomi Itoi, Professor
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The Materials Engineering Lab studies the relationship between the microstructure of metallic materials and properties such as strength. Its recent themes are two: magnesium alloys, a lightweight structural material, and solid-state joining by magnetic pulse welding. The lab handles everything from fabricating materials to evaluating them and observing their microstructure. Based on what the experiments reveal, members repeatedly think through why it happens and how it can be improved.
Yasuhiro Yamazaki, Professor
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The Materials Strength Lab studies how structural materials fracture, with the aim of improving their strength, durability, and reliability. The lab clarifies how heat-resistant materials used in jet engines and power-generation gas turbines are damaged at high temperatures. Its research also covers the strength of interfaces bonded by coatings or adhesives, and the fatigue of polymers. Centered on experiments and combined with numerical analysis, the lab aims to elucidate new mechanisms and build a new mechanics.
Hirofumi Hidai, Professor
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The Processing Physics Lab (CATs-Lab) studies the physical phenomena that occur during processing, with microfabrication as its core. Using special lasers such as femtosecond lasers, the lab develops ultrafast, high-precision microfabrication techniques. It also works on processing hard-to-machine materials such as diamond and glass with high efficiency and precision. The lab aims to give functions to the surface and interior of glass, leading to applications in areas such as semiconductors.
Yasuhito Matsubayashi, Associate Professor
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The Matsubayashi Lab studies the phenomenon of plastic deformation in ceramics and its engineering applications. Ceramics excel in heat resistance and electrical insulation, but the view that they are hard and brittle has long limited their applications. The central topic is aerosol deposition, a method in which fine particles are shot at a substrate at high speed to form a dense thick film at room temperature. Using its own single-crystal growth techniques as well, the lab combines experiment and theory to expand what can be done with ceramics.
Hao Liu, Professor
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The Biomechanical Engineering Lab studies biomechanics, which uses mechanics to understand how the bodies of living things move. It investigates complex phenomena such as the flight of insects and birds, swimming of aquatic animals, and the human cardiovascular system, combining computation, experiments, and measurement. The lab uses biomimetics, the approach of imitating or taking as models the forms and functions that living things have acquired through evolution. It is also developing ultra-small flapping-wing flying robots, next-generation drones, and small wind turbines modeled on biological wings.
Kenichi Tsubota, Professor
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The Biomechanics Lab studies the structure and function of biological tissues and cells from a mechanical perspective. Its themes include thrombosis, the filtration mechanism of the kidney, cell motion and deformation, and the microcirculation. The lab approaches problems of blood clots and cells through both experiments and computational modeling. It aims to create new foundational technologies that can solve problems in medicine and engineering.
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