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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.
Ryu Funase, Associate Professor
Space, Particle Physics & Aerospace1 student voices
The Funase-Ikari Lab researches new space systems, starting with microsatellites. From 1 kg microsatellites to 1 km-scale "furoshiki satellites" (named after the Japanese wrapping cloth), the lab pursues research and development with ideas that are not bound by the conventions of traditional space development. With microsatellites, for which it has accumulated experience in launch and operation, the lab focuses on developing the technology needed for practical use and on finding new ways to use them. The lab also conducts research in control engineering and artificial intelligence to operate space systems more effectively.
Yasunori Akashi, Professor
Civil Engineering, Architecture & Urban1 student voices
Akashi Lab researches how to make the energy systems used in buildings and communities energy-efficient and decarbonized. A distinctive feature of the lab is its use of information technologies, such as large volumes of sensor data (big data) and machine learning. The lab also works on the use of renewable energy and on creating healthy, comfortable indoor thermal and air environments. Together with Taniguchi Lab and Miyata Lab, the lab forms the "Building GX (Green Transformation) Research Group" and carries out joint activities.
Ippei Maruyama, Professor
Civil Engineering, Architecture & Urban1 student voices
The Maruyama Lab studies construction materials such as concrete from the perspectives of chemistry and physics. The lab aims to understand and predict how materials change over time, so that their performance over many years can be foreseen and put to good use. The lab also takes part in national projects, including technology for making new concrete from waste concrete and CO₂. The lab works together with the Noguchi Lab and the Yoshioka Lab as the "Building Materials Laboratories."
Yoshihide Sekimoto, Professor
Civil Engineering, Architecture & Urban1 student voices
The Sekimoto-Nakai Lab studies urban information technology that is centered on people. The lab estimates the flow of people from data such as smartphone location data, and detects road deterioration using images and machine learning. It also designs mechanisms for how information flows across countries and regions, and works with citizens to run cities together. The lab places importance on an international perspective, and makes it a rule that students present at an international conference every year.
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