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Ken'Ichi Kawaguchi, Professor
Structures & Mechanics0 student voices
The Kawaguchi Lab researches and develops a variety of structures that take advantage of the strengths of three-dimensional structures. Three-dimensional structures are lightweight and resistant to deformation, and they make efficient use of materials. At the same time, their shape strongly affects their mechanical performance, and they often show complex behavior. The lab works on tension structures such as membrane structures and tensegrity, deployable structures that can be folded and unfolded, and the safety of large venues that attract many visitors.
Mikio Koshihara, Professor
Structures & Mechanics0 student voices
Koshihara Lab studies, from a structural perspective, the potential of using natural materials such as wood, stone, and earth in architecture, with a focus on timber buildings. Its work ranges widely, from developing new timber technologies using materials such as CLT to the seismic performance of wooden houses and wooden school buildings. The lab also works on traditional timber architecture such as five-story pagodas and Noh stages, and on the seismic retrofitting of buildings that are cultural properties.
Yoshiaki Nakano, Professor
Structures & Mechanics0 student voices
The Nakano Lab conducts research with the goal of improving the seismic performance of buildings made of materials such as reinforced concrete. Through experiments and simulations, the lab investigates how buildings behave and what kind of damage they suffer when hit by earthquakes and tsunamis. The results of its research have been adopted in laws, design standards, and guidelines for judging damage. In an international joint project in Bangladesh, the lab held seminars using a manual for seismic evaluation that reflects its research results.
Mariko Higaki, Associate Professor
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The Higaki-Yamanaka Lab studies the design of products and services under the keyword "product design that connects people and technology." By building prototypes, the lab learns about people and explores what society and daily life need. While designing products and services, the lab also studies how design methods can be applied and how ornamental design works. Based at the Institute of Industrial Science, the University of Tokyo, the lab also conducts joint research with companies.
Pang-Jo Chun, Project Professor
Civil Engineering, Architecture & Urban0 student voices
The i-Construction Systems Lab researches systems that use information and communication technology and robotics to raise productivity in construction. The lab aims to bring technologies such as AI, IoT, blockchain, and 5G communications into the construction industry. Civil Engineering and Precision Engineering work as one in the lab, which carries out research with researchers accepted from a wide range of industries. The lab also works on developing educational systems to train engineers who can make full use of the systems it develops.
Yuki Koyama, Associate Professor
Software & Computing0 student voices
The Graphics and Interaction Lab studies computer graphics and interaction. In particular, the lab focuses on research into systems that support people's design work. A newly established lab, it works closely with Prof. Otake's lab and operates as the "Otake-Koyama Lab."
Hiroshi Masai, Associate Professor
Chemistry & Catalysis0 student voices
The Organic Functional Design Lab creates new molecules and studies the reactions and functions unique to them. By combining new molecular shapes with new elements, the lab creates reactions, molecules, and functions that have never existed before. Through molecular design, the lab realizes reactions and functions that were long considered impossible, aiming to solve a wide range of academic and societal problems with the power of molecules.
Shinsuke Sando, Professor
Bio & Life Sciences0 student voices
The Sando Lab produces a wide variety of biomolecules on a large scale, examines them all at once, and studies how a molecule's shape relates to its role in living organisms. It clarifies the "design principles" that determine abilities such as passing through cell membranes and distinguishing diseases, and connects them to next-generation therapeutics. The lab focuses in particular on disease chemical biology, which explores disease mechanisms through chemistry, and on drug discovery using mid-sized molecules.
Takuzo Aida, Distinguished Professor
Materials & Nanotech0 student voices
The Aida Lab researches new materials based on “supramolecules,” which form when molecules assemble through weak forces. Its goal is to connect new molecules and materials to solutions for real-world problems in areas such as energy and medicine. In addition to knowledge of organic chemistry and molecular assemblies, the lab draws on ideas from photochemistry and electrochemistry. It also learns a great deal from the functions of living organisms. The lab at Hongo Campus began as an endowed chair funded by Kao Corporation, and it also conducts basic research that leads to products such as hair care and skin care.
Naoko Yoshie, Professor
Materials & Nanotech0 student voices
The Yoshie Lab studies the structure and dynamics of polymers and how to control them in order to give materials new functions. Polymers move far more slowly than small molecules, and the multilevel structures that arise from this slow motion are the source of their wide range of properties. The lab has developed polymers that heal damage with water or mild heating, as well as materials with uniform network structures. The lab also places importance on developing technologies that keep plastics in circulation, including materials made from bio-based raw materials, materials that degrade in the ocean, and chemical recycling.
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