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Minakuchi Shu, Associate Professor
Materials & Nanotech2 student voices
The Minakuchi Lab studies advanced composite materials, represented by carbon fiber reinforced plastics (CFRP). Building on mechanics of materials and centered on making materials intelligent, the lab aims to develop new material system technologies for creating next-generation aerospace structures. The lab works on optical fiber sensors embedded in materials, measurement and simulation of deformation during manufacturing, and the design of new fiber architectures that also draw on lessons from living organisms. Research is carried out in collaboration with research institutions in Japan and abroad.
Mitsuhiro Tsue, Professor
Fluids & Heat2 student voices
The Tsue-Nakaya Lab studies combustion phenomena in propulsion systems used in the aerospace field. Its scope ranges from internal combustion engines and environmentally compatible technologies to the use of the space environment and environmental science. The lab tackles heat and flow phenomena involving combustion and chemical reactions through both experiments and numerical analysis.
Himeno Takehiro, Professor
Space, Particle Physics & Aerospace2 student voices
The Himeno Lab studies flow and heat phenomena that occur inside jet engines and rocket engines. Its subjects include jet engines in use today, future supersonic and hypersonic engines, gas turbines, and liquid rocket engines. Using a wide range of experiments, numerical analysis, and theoretical analysis, the lab investigates how flows become unstable and how flow relates to engine performance. The lab aims to apply the fundamental knowledge gained in this way to engine design.
Hiroyuki Ogawa, Professor
Space, Particle Physics & Aerospace1 student voices
The Ogawa-Odagiri Lab studies spacecraft thermal control technology and the thermal design of systems. The role of a thermal control system is to keep onboard equipment at appropriate temperatures in the harsh thermal environment of space. Faculty members and research and development staff of the lab have been responsible for the thermal design of many spacecraft, including the Mercury exploration mission BepiColombo and the X-ray spectroscopic imaging satellite XRISM. A distinctive feature of the lab is its "real-world setting," where members can work consistently from basic research and applied research to the thermal design of actual projects.
Akira Oyama, Professor
Fluids & Heat1 student voices
The Oyama Lab studies aerodynamics and design in space engineering. Its main themes are airplanes and helicopters that fly in Mars's thin atmosphere, and the lab has also conducted flight tests of a Mars airplane using a high-altitude balloon. The lab also works on sample-return capsules, the flight of rockets launched from Mars, multi-objective design of rockets and spacecraft, and flow control. Students can conduct research directly connected to JAXA space science projects, and JAXA's supercomputers and wind tunnels are also available to them.
Takehisa Yairi, Professor
AI & Machine Learning1 student voices
The Yairi-Takeishi Lab (Intelligent Systems Engineering) conducts fundamental research on artificial intelligence in the broad sense, as well as research on its applications in fields such as aerospace. The lab pursues both research that explores "what intelligence is" and research that considers "how artificial intelligence can be put to use." Its wide range of machine learning and artificial intelligence topics includes research on detecting anomalies in data from satellites and other systems, and research on robot control. In addition to the topics introduced here, the lab welcomes research proposals based on free-thinking ideas.
Tomohiro Yokozeki, Professor
Structures & Mechanics1 student voices
The Yokozeki-Higuchi Lab studies structural mechanics related to aerospace. Its work centers on the mechanics of components and structures made of composite materials such as carbon fiber reinforced plastic (CFRP), and it tackles fundamental problems in this area. The lab carries out both numerical analysis, such as the finite element method, and experiments using test specimens. It also works on structural elements and cryogenic fuel tanks intended for space transportation vehicles and future aircraft, as well as large, flexible space structures that use membranes.
Katsuhiro Nishinari, Professor
Structures & Mechanics1 student voices
The Nishinari Lab studies the mechanisms behind the many kinds of "jams" found in everyday life, from the perspectives of physics and engineering. Its subjects are not limited to cars on roads: they range widely, from crowds of people and ants to proteins inside cells and logistics. By combining experiments, observation, mathematical models, and computer simulation, the lab works to understand these phenomena and to find ways to control them. Through joint research with companies and public transport operators, the lab also works to resolve real-world congestion problems.
Susumu Teramoto, Professor
Fluids & Heat1 student voices
The Teramoto-Okamoto Lab studies heat and flow inside rocket engines and jet engines. The lab combines experiments with numerical analysis, in which flows are calculated on computers. It is a joint lab of the Teramoto Lab in the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Graduate School of Engineering, and the Okamoto Lab in the Department of Advanced Energy, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences.
Kimiya Komurasaki, Professor
Space, Particle Physics & Aerospace1 student voices
The Komurasaki-Koizumi Lab studies new space propulsion systems that move satellites and rockets. Chemical rockets, which burn fuel, have a limitation: they can carry only a small payload into space. The lab therefore works on electric propulsion, which uses electric power to accelerate plasma, and beamed propulsion, which flies on microwave or laser energy transmitted from a distance. By combining diverse fields such as electromagnetic and optical energy, plasma acceleration, and wireless power transfer, the lab aims to create its own original technologies.
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