Labs in Waseda University

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A lab that explores the connections between people and other living beings through contemporary art.

The Jack Lab works on contingent environmental art expression based on contemporary art and design. Using ecological thinking, collaboration, and an archipelagic approach, the lab focuses on the connections between humans and ecologies. The lab conducts creation and research across national borders, aiming for art that weaves stories of the resilience of more-than-human beings. The lab places stories, the sea, and the land at the center of its contemporary art practice.

#Environmental art #Ecological thinking #More-than-human

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A lab that approaches sound scientifically from many angles, from acoustics to organology, asking why humans make music.

At the Morimoto Lab, students learn to investigate scientifically why humans make music and why music moves them emotionally. Music is an accumulation of human auditory perception and practical know-how, and understanding how it has changed and evolved requires a multifaceted approach. In addition to the methods of modern science such as acoustics and psychoacoustics, the lab also studies musical instruments and compositional methods. By listening closely, working with their hands, and making sound, students think about the future of music and sound culture.

#Music information science #Organology #Music composition

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A lab that uses computers to unravel designers' handcraft skills and builds tools that support creative work.

The Fukusato Lab studies computer graphics and human-computer interaction. Creating 3DCG works and hand-drawn works requires designers' manual work, which takes a great deal of time and effort. The lab therefore works on formalizing the experiential skills that designers have and turning them into systems that can be used. It also focuses on building creative support systems that can easily reflect the user's direction.

#Computer graphics #Human-computer interaction #Creativity support

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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