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Kaori Sugihara, Associate Professor
Bio & Life Sciences1 student voices
The Sugihara Lab studies "biophysical engineering," which applies knowledge of biophysics and physical chemistry to engineering. Through the development of new antibacterial drugs and biosensors, the lab aims to bring new technologies to drug development and disease diagnosis. Its work includes antimicrobial peptides that tackle drug-resistant bacteria, which are not killed by existing drugs, and materials that make force visible as color. The lab is located in the Institute of Industrial Science, and most of its members are people who moved from other universities at the master's or PhD stage.
Yasunori Kikuchi, Professor
Economics & Social Systems1 student voices
The Kikuchi Lab studies the environment and sustainability, building on systems thinking and systems engineering. Its research targets include energy, resource circulation, materials, and industrial systems. By combining technology assessment methods such as life cycle assessment (LCA) with systems design approaches, the lab supports analysis and decision-making that look ahead to future society. The lab has no experimental facilities. Instead, it emphasizes analytical thinking skills, such as mathematical modeling, data analysis, and the design of evaluation indicators.
Masaru Ogura, Professor
Chemistry & Catalysis1 student voices
The Ogura Lab studies the synthesis of porous materials, including zeolites, and ways of using them that take advantage of their characteristics. Its goal is materials that are truly usable and can help solve environmental, resource, and energy problems. The lab works on catalysts that clean automobile exhaust and on materials that adsorb and collect substances present at low concentrations. The lab is located in the Institute of Industrial Science, and it recruits and accepts graduate students.
Hiroto Habu, Professor
Space, Particle Physics & Aerospace0 student voices
The Habu Lab studies fuels (space propellants) that propel rockets and space probes. Propellants often use substances with large amounts of energy, so knowledge of how to handle them safely is essential, not just performance. The lab broadly investigates the chemical properties, combustion behavior, and stability of fuels and their raw materials, aiming to apply the results to space science exploration and space development. The lab is located at the JAXA Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, and graduate students are enrolled in the University of Tokyo's graduate school, where they receive research supervision.
Akira Nakayama, Professor
Chemistry & Catalysis0 student voices
The Nakayama Lab specializes in theoretical chemistry and computational molecular engineering, studying molecules and chemical reactions through computer calculations. Based on theories of electronic states and reactions, the lab develops quantum simulation methods that reproduce the motion and reactions of molecules. Using these methods, the lab designs catalysts and materials with optical functions, aiming to address environmental and energy problems. The lab also actively conducts joint research with groups in spectroscopic measurement, organic synthesis, and materials development.
Vincent Tung, Professor
Semiconductors & Electronic Devices0 student voices
The Tung Lab researches how to turn two-dimensional materials, extremely thin materials made of atomic layers, into technologies that can actually be used. By gaining a deep understanding of epitaxy, a method of growing crystals, the lab investigates how materials grow on a substrate and finely controls their synthesis. The lab creates new p-type two-dimensional semiconductors, expanding the range of materials available for atomically thin devices. Drawing on chemical engineering principles, the lab aims to develop guidelines for designing semiconductor materials, interfaces, and manufacturing processes.
Yoshito Oshima, Professor
Environment & Sustainability0 student voices
Oshima-Akizuki Lab studies laboratory safety and the engineering use of supercritical fluids. At Oshima Lab, the laboratory is viewed as a system made up of people, objects, and places, and safety is approached through human cognition and behavior. At Akizuki Lab, researchers use supercritical water and other substances that have special properties at high temperature and high pressure to develop environmentally friendly chemical processes. After joining the lab, undergraduate students have an interview and, taking their preferences into account, work in one of the two fields.
Kenta Iyoki, Associate Professor
Materials & Nanotech0 student voices
The Iyoki Lab creates new materials that help solve environmental problems, and studies them from their synthesis processes through to their applications. It is particularly strong in the synthesis and application of zeolites, porous materials used as catalysts and adsorbents. To address challenges such as carbon neutrality and the circular economy, the lab will extend its research to other materials and to evaluation at the level of whole systems. Lab visits are accepted at any time.
Koki Muraoka, Associate Professor
AI & Machine Learning0 student voices
The Muraoka Lab studies the synthesis of materials using computation and data science. Obtaining high-performance materials requires painstaking trial-and-error synthesis experiments to control the positions of atoms. The lab streamlines this trial and error with materials informatics methods, and creates materials with unusual atomic positions and compositions. It focuses in particular on zeolites, which are porous crystalline materials.
Yasuki Kansha, Professor
Energy & Batteries0 student voices
The Kansha Lab studies process design for building a sustainable energy society. From the perspectives of both energy and the environment, the lab develops new processes and systems for industry and local communities. Its work ranges from designing processes that recycle energy, to control for process operation, to data-driven optimization.
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