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Michihiko Ike, Professor
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The Biosphere Environmental Engineering Lab studies technologies that use the power of organisms such as microorganisms and plants for environmental protection and remediation, as well as technologies for recovering resources and energy. The lab works on resource production and water purification using aquatic plants and microalgae, metal recovery by microorganisms, remediation of recalcitrant pollutants, and the production of energy and valuable materials from wastewater and waste. In its research on sewage and wastewater treatment and environmental remediation, the lab also conducts joint research with private companies, aiming to put the technologies it develops to practical use. Students in the lab present their research results at academic conferences such as those of the Japan Society on Water Environment.
Yoshiyuki Shimoda, Professor
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The Shimoda Lab studies how energy is used in cities, using simulation to evaluate and optimize it. The lab believes that the root of energy problems lies on the demand side. It treats energy demand as an area-wide system across a city and analyzes and evaluates both the whole and its individual elements. Through modeling and forecasting energy demand, mainly in the residential and commercial sector, evaluating and developing technologies for adjusting the thermal environment, and planning methods for energy-efficient cities, the lab pursues what a sustainable urban energy system should be. The lab carries out interdisciplinary education and research spanning building environmental engineering, energy systems engineering, thermal engineering, power distribution engineering, urban planning, and statistics.
Yuki Yamada, Professor
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The Yamada Lab (Energy Materials) focuses on three processes of energy, namely storing, converting, and using it, and develops materials and technologies that contribute to solving environmental problems. Aiming at lithium-ion batteries with higher performance and greater safety, and at new types of secondary batteries that go beyond them, the lab develops new materials with its own strategy of controlling the connection between ions and solvent molecules in the electrolyte solution (the coordination state). In fuel cells, the lab is taking on the challenge of next-generation low-cost fuel cells that greatly reduce the use of expensive precious metals by creating single-atom catalysts. In Power-to-X devices, which use electricity to synthesize high-value substances, the lab develops new catalysts with a focus on turning carbon dioxide into a resource.
Yuji Ohishi, Professor
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The Systems Quantum Engineering Lab conducts research on new concepts and the safety of energy systems. The lab investigates heat transfer and fluid flow in liquid metal energy systems through experiments. To clarify the underlying physical phenomena, the lab also conducts research using numerical simulation.
Keisuke Shigemori, Professor
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The Shigemori Lab aims to realize laser-driven fusion power generation, and conducts research and development on ignition and burn as well as on laser processing. The lab belongs to the Institute of Laser Engineering at Osaka University, and is a cooperating chair of the Division of Sustainable Energy and Environmental Engineering in the Graduate School of Engineering. It works on laser fusion core plasma, reactor systems and their component technologies, and the development of fuel targets. Its experiments use equipment such as the Gekko XII large laser irradiation facility at the Institute of Laser Engineering.
Nobuhiko Sarukura, Professor
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The Sarukura-Shimizu Lab pursues the possibilities of photonics technology and works on developing next-generation light sources. It aims to open new frontiers in photon science that can grow from the interface between new materials and light, and between science and engineering. Its research results on all-solid-state wavelength-tunable ultraviolet lasers and high-intensity terahertz light sources are introduced as being highly regarded worldwide. The lab also conducts research with nanotechnology and biotechnology in mind, and puts effort into applied research as well as basic research.
Takanori Kitada, Professor
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The Nuclear Energy and Social Engineering Lab (Kitada Lab) studies reactor physics, probabilistic risk assessment, and plant maintenance, aiming to use nuclear technology in harmony with society. In reactor physics, a field at the core of nuclear safety because it concerns the control of nuclear fission, the lab pursues research to improve safety. In probabilistic risk assessment, the lab studies methods to quantify risk in order to examine measures for preventing severe accidents at nuclear power plants. In plant maintenance, the lab develops analytical models that predict how the degradation of plant equipment progresses.
Hiroaki Muta, Professor
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The Environmental and Energy Materials Engineering Lab (Muta Lab) conducts research aimed at developing future resource and energy materials that are kind to the environment and people. In addition to evaluating and analyzing the physical properties of materials using light, sound, heat, and quantum beams, the lab also performs computer simulations such as molecular dynamics calculations. On its research introduction page, the lab broadly divides its research targets into the development of thermoelectric materials, which convert heat directly into electricity, and research on quantum energy materials related to nuclear technology. The lab pursues research every day toward solving global environmental and energy problems such as global warming and energy depletion.
Toshiyuki Fujii, Professor
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The Quantum Systems Chemical Engineering Lab aims to create safe energy systems and conducts chemical research on the processing and disposal of fuel materials. The lab analyzes the dissolved state of rare metals, rare earths, and actinides in liquid systems and works on separating them chemically. Through this research, the lab aims to advance back-end chemistry. The lab belongs to the Energy and Quantum Engineering course of the Department of Environmental and Energy Engineering.
Hisanao Hazama, Associate Professor
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The Quantum Beam Applied Engineering Lab (Hazama Lab) researches medicine using photon beams such as lasers and LEDs. Building on biomedical optics, which theoretically describes how light propagates through biological tissue, the lab works on a broad range of research from basic studies to clinical application. The lab conducts joint research with physicians, dentists, and medical device manufacturers, aiming to develop medical devices that can actually be used in clinical settings. Working with the fields of medicine, dentistry, and pharmacy, the lab aims to narrow the gap between average life expectancy and healthy life expectancy.
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