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Hiroshi Nishimasu, Professor
Bio & Life Sciences1 student voices
The Nishimasu Lab studies the molecular mechanisms by which proteins and nucleic acids (DNA and RNA) function, based on their three-dimensional structures. For example, the protein Cas9 pairs with a guide RNA to cut targeted DNA, and it has been applied in technologies such as genome editing. The lab examines the shapes of molecules using methods such as X-ray crystallography and cryo-electron microscopy, and uses that information to create new genome editing tools. The lab is also taking on the search for new enzymes that have not yet been discovered.
Ryozo Ooka, Professor
Civil Engineering, Architecture & Urban1 student voices
The Ooka-Kikumoto Lab studies the wind, thermal, and air environments of cities and buildings, as well as energy systems. The lab works on systems that use renewable energy and on control methods that optimize how energy is used. Using computational fluid dynamics (CFD), deep learning, and wind tunnel experiments, the lab investigates indoor airflow, cough droplets, urban wind, and air pollution. The Ooka Lab and the Kikumoto Lab work together as a joint group at the Institute of Industrial Science on the Komaba Campus.
Kengo Hayashi, Associate Professor
Civil Engineering, Architecture & Urban1 student voices
The Hayashi Lab studies the history of architecture and cities, focusing mainly on Asian cities. It examines how cities and architecture relate to the nature, culture, and history of each place (the regional ecosphere), and works to document, pass on, and renew that relationship. It carries out projects in Japan and abroad, including documenting modern and contemporary architecture in Southeast Asia and restoring and reusing old buildings in Oman and Miyagi Prefecture.
Koizumi Hideki, Professor
Civil Engineering, Architecture & Urban1 student voices
The Machizukuri Lab studies methods of design, planning, and management for regenerating communities and towns. The lab coordinates its own community development projects and builds up its practice-based research through them. The lab's central activity is to explore methodologies, techniques, and the basic theories that support them from many angles, and to apply them to real community development efforts. Students interested in applying technologies such as spatial design and GIS to community development, or in theoretical research, are also welcome.
Muneyoshi Numada, Associate Professor
Civil Engineering, Architecture & Urban1 student voices
Numada Lab specializes in disaster prevention process engineering, studying decision-making processes during disasters and resilience management. The lab focuses on the challenges that government officials face at disaster response sites, and conducts its research in ways that stay close to the field. Building on engineering, it also draws on knowledge from psychology, economics, sociology, and medicine to address complex disaster risks. The lab operates the Disaster Management Training Center (DMTC), affiliated with the Institute of Industrial Science, and also provides specialized education in disaster management.
Yasuo Kuniyoshi, Professor
Robotics & Control1 student voices
The Kuniyoshi-Nakajima Lab (Intelligent Systems and Informatics Lab) studies new theories and technologies toward truly intelligent robotic systems. To understand intelligence scientifically, the lab focuses on embodiment, emergence, cognitive development, and sociality. The lab also develops the machine learning and other methods needed to solve these problems, as well as hardware such as sensors and actuators, and works on applying the technologies in society.
Kuzuoka Hideaki, Professor
Software & Computing1 student voices
The Kuzuoka-Tanikawa-Narumi Lab studies "cybernetic interfaces," which unite humans and computers. Starting from virtual reality (VR) technology, the lab works on technology for creating three-dimensional virtual spaces from live-action video, as well as augmented reality. Its research also covers interfaces that engage not only vision and hearing but also the five senses, including touch, smell, taste, and satiety, as well as lifelogging, which records daily life. The lab's research goes beyond developing technology to applying it in society, such as in museums and public art.
Tatsuya Harada, Professor
AI & Machine Learning1 student voices
The Harada-Kurose-Mukuta Lab conducts research that extracts useful information from the real world and combines it with the vast data and computational power of cyberspace. Its goal is advanced intelligent systems capable of understanding the real world, generating content, and discovering knowledge. The lab carries out its research using computer science in general, including mathematical foundations and robotics. Its research targets include image recognition, 3D information processing, research combining images and language, and intelligent robots.
Yoshiyuki Kawazoe, Associate Professor
Civil Engineering, Architecture & Urban1 student voices
The Kawazoe Lab specializes in architectural design studies and researches sustainable urban and regional development. The lab covers a wide range of fields, including architecture, design, landscape, public space, community development, rural areas, and regional planning. The lab engages in both practical projects and theoretical research, and through the accumulation of this work, it seeks to draw a map of the world as seen through architecture. On its website, the lab presents projects such as the new construction and renovation of the General Library at the University of Tokyo and regional revitalization in Kada, Wakayama Prefecture.
Yurika Yokoyama, Professor
Civil Engineering, Architecture & Urban1 student voices
The Yokoyama Lab studies the relationship between people and the architecture and cities they have built, from the perspectives of cognition and behavior. The lab uses experiments and field surveys to examine how people feel and move, and aims to apply these findings as a foundation for design. It is an interdisciplinary lab for thinking about architecture, where graduate students from the Department of Architecture and the Sub-department of General Systems Studies join in discussions together at the lab seminar.
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