Labs in Waseda University, School of Fundamental Science and Engineering

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A lab that reads data obtained from people through both ergonomics and data science.

The Banji Lab studies a variety of data obtained from humans. From the perspectives of ergonomics and data science, it deals with human responses ranging from subjective to objective and from conscious to unconscious. The lab is particularly interested in how people respond when they face a new system. It is exploring how "reality" is represented through data obtained from people.

#Ergonomics #Data science #Human interfaces

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河原研究室 (introduction coming soon)

The Kawahara Lab studies how people read others' feelings using facial expressions and tone of voice as cues. It also focuses on how this way of reading emotions differs by age and culture. From the standpoint of experimental psychology, the lab investigates these questions using methods that measure eye movements and bodily responses. Using FACS, a method that describes facial expressions in terms of facial muscle movements, it also studies how emotions are expressed.

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An evolving lab that optimizes energy systems and industrial plants through AI and control.

The Amano Lab studies the optimization of energy systems and industrial processes. By combining control technology with AI technology and digital communication, it aims to build "evolving automation systems." Its research targets span a wide range of fields, including energy systems, industrial plants and devices, and sensors for autonomously moving robots.

#Energy systems #Smart plants #Autonomous mobility

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A lab that experimentally investigates how composite materials in aircraft and spacecraft fail.

Kawada Lab studies how composite materials used in aircraft and spacecraft fail. The lab conducts experiments that apply various environments and loads to composite materials such as carbon fiber reinforced plastic (CFRP) to examine how they fail. The lab also conducts joint research with JAXA and companies, aiming to propose new ways of using materials and new design methods.

#Composite materials #CFRP #FRP

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An aerodynamics lab that studies the safe operation of aircraft and the flow of air around objects.

The Tezuka Lab studies aerodynamics in aerospace engineering, in particular the air flowing around objects (external flow). Its subjects include the wing shapes of micro air vehicles inspired by birds and insects, and the mechanisms that allow aircraft to operate safely. Using both experimental and computational methods, the lab investigates flight performance under a variety of conditions.

#Aerodynamics #External flow #Air operations management

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A lab that uses fluid dynamics to explain everything from engines to the mechanisms of life.

The Naitoh Lab studies a wide range of phenomena, from engines to life, using an approach called quantum statistical fluid physics. The lab proposes operating principles for ultra-high-efficiency engines with enhanced adiabatic insulation, and for engines that use nuclear reactions that emit no radiation. The lab also applies ideas from fluid dynamics to theories that explain how living systems work and how the economy moves.

#Thermofluid dynamics #Engines #Life sciences

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A materials mechanics lab that investigates the strength and fracture of materials through experiments and analysis.

The Hosoi Lab conducts research to make structural materials and functional materials last longer in use. The lab investigates the strength and fracture of materials, from the nanoscale to the visible scale, using both experiments and analysis. It combines experiments using tools such as atomic force microscopes and high-speed cameras with computer-based analysis.

#Fatigue cracks #CFRP #Nanoporous structures

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The lab studies turbomachinery, such as pumps and hydraulic turbines, which convert between fluid flow energy and rotational energy.

The Miyagawa Lab studies turbomachinery, which converts between flow energy and rotational energy. Its subjects include pumps that feed fuel to rocket engines, pumps used in power plants and water supply and sewage systems, and turbines for hydroelectric power generation. Using both simulation and experiments, the lab investigates optimal blade shape design and the mechanisms of internal flow.

#Turbomachinery #Cavitation #Bearings

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The lab elucidates the movement of heat and mass within energy systems and designs those systems optimally.

The Yamaguchi Lab studies the phenomena by which heat and mass move in various energy systems. The lab holds that the performance of an entire system is determined by the movement of heat and mass inside the components that make it up. Its research ranges widely, from elucidating small-scale phenomena to the optimal design and control of whole systems.

#Heat and mass transfer #Absorption and adsorption #Heat pumps

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An applied mathematics lab that reads the motion of thin liquid films through equations.

The Bowen Lab studies the motion of thin liquid films (thin films) using mathematical equations. The lab treats phenomena such as thin film rupture and moving boundaries (free boundary problems) as higher-order partial differential equations, and investigates the properties of their solutions. The lab carries out its analysis by combining perturbation methods, bifurcation theory, and ideas from dynamical systems with numerical computation. These equations and the methods used to solve them can also be applied to a wide range of problems beyond thin films.

#Thin-film equations #Free boundary problems #Perturbation methods