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Miho Asano, Professor
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The Asano Lab studies the geometric design of roads and pedestrian spaces, and how they should be controlled with signals and similar means, in order to make traffic of people and vehicles smooth, safe, and comfortable. The lab works on traffic flow simulation that represents how pedestrians and cars mix, and on analyzing the characteristics of pedestrian flow. Familiar road issues are also research subjects, such as the movement of vehicles picking up and dropping off passengers in front of stations, how pedestrian signals are displayed, and the evaluation of intersection safety.
Takashi Hibino, Professor
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The Hibino-Nagao Lab works on "materials and system design" to make electrochemical devices such as batteries, fuel cells, gas sensors, and reactors highly efficient. The background is that global warming and the depletion of fossil fuels call for the rapid spread of new energy sources and for technologies with a small environmental burden. Recently, the lab has focused on carbon-neutral biomass resources and studies how to extract energy from them with low environmental impact. Its research themes also include hydrogen production from waste biomass and plastics with power generation in fuel cells, and carbon dioxide capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS).
Sho-ichi Iwamatsu, Associate Professor
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The Iwamatsu Lab studies synthetic organic chemistry and the chemistry of carbon-based materials, aiming at sustainable manufacturing. Aiming to make organic chemicals with less environmental burden and less effort, the lab repeats experiments that gradually reduce the wasted resources and cumbersomeness of organic synthesis. The lab also develops efficient methods for making poorly soluble heterocyclic compounds and applies them to environmental problems, and works on the chemical modification of nanocarbon materials such as fullerenes.
Nagahisa Hirayama, Associate Professor
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The Hirayama Lab researches technologies and methods for designing and managing societal systems that minimize the impact of disasters on human lives, health, and the environment. In a disaster, damage to water and sewer systems, water quality risks, huge amounts of disaster waste, and the spread of hazardous substances occur at the same time, calling for environmental management different from that in normal times. The lab pursues both "numerical analysis," using water network analysis software and geographic information systems, and "social implementation," putting the results to use in the field together with water utilities and local governments.
Hideki Nakamura, Professor
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The Nakamura (Hideki) Lab studies road planning and design and traffic operations, aiming to achieve safe and comfortable road traffic. Believing that Japanese roads do not fully deliver the performance appropriate to their functions, the lab pursues rational road structure design and traffic operation methods based on the true functions of roads. The lab values on-site observation, such as video recording from sidewalks and building rooftops and driving surveys with an instrumented vehicle. Many students are international, and in the graduate students' rinko seminar, where members take turns presenting, presentations and discussions are basically held in English.
Toshiyuki Yamamoto, Professor
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The Morikawa-Yamamoto-Miwa Lab conducts research mainly from the perspective of transportation, aiming to make a society where people can live conveniently and comfortably sustainable in terms of the environment and energy. The lab believes that future automobiles will not simply run on roads but will be connected within information and energy networks, and will be required to play a stronger social role. Examples of research topics include autonomous driving, public transportation, mobility services such as car sharing, analysis of people's travel behavior, safety and disaster prevention, and the use of big data. Prof. Yamamoto belongs to the Institute of Materials and Systems for Sustainability and Prof. Miwa belongs to the Institute of Innovation for Future Society, but the lab is run as a single research unit.
Hisashi Komatsu, Professor
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The Komatsu Lab specializes in architectural planning and studies the nature of places where people feel they belong (ibasho), as well as how to make use of buildings that are no longer used. The lab also works on the planning of public buildings and spaces created with citizens taking the lead, and on the design of campuses and towns through collaboration between the university and the local community. In planning schools and similar facilities, the lab has supported projects by holding repeated workshops with local residents.
Masaru Miyawaki, Associate Professor
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The Miyawaki Lab studies urban planning and urban design that make use of landscape. The lab compares landscape planning and urban planning in countries such as Italy, the United Kingdom, and Germany, and investigates the role and methods of landscape. It also works on sustainable cities and landscapes, including community development with resident participation, post-disaster reconstruction and revitalization, and harmony between renewable energy facilities and landscape.
Li Li, Lecturer
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The Li Lab focuses on the spatial form of cities and buildings and studies how it affects people's lives and activities. Using concrete examples of cities and buildings, the lab conducts field-based research to confirm the role of architecture in people's activities. Its research keywords include architectural planning and design, planning of libraries and campus facilities, and the reorganization of public facilities.
Hideki Tanaka, Professor
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The Tanaka Lab studies ways to save energy and reduce environmental impact in cities and buildings. It also aims to support people's quality of life and to improve health, comfort, and intellectual productivity. Centering on air-conditioning systems, the lab works on developing technologies that contribute to ZEB, simulation, and energy management methods that use AI.
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