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Murayama Akito, Professor
Civil Engineering, Architecture & Urban0 student voices
The Urban Planning Lab studies how to create and maintain cities and the living spaces that extend beyond them. From the standpoint of urban planning, the lab addresses challenges such as reducing environmental impact, disaster prevention and mitigation, and adapting to population decline and a super-aged society. Its main interests include visions of urban space and ways to realize them, changes in land use and urban form and how to influence them, and methods for industry, government, and citizens to collaborate in building and managing cities. The lab also works on how to collect and represent the urban information this requires, as well as digital transformation (DX) for urban and community development.
Kazutaka Nishiyama, Professor
Space, Particle Physics & Aerospace0 student voices
The Electric Propulsion Lab studies propulsion technology that uses plasma to drive spacecraft. The lab brought microwave ion engines into practical use and achieved an asteroid sample return with the asteroid explorer Hayabusa. Currently, the lab is conducting research on the operation of Hayabusa2 and for future missions such as the asteroid explorer DESTINY+. The lab also works on the related plasma physics, measurement techniques, and ground-based applications.
Yuichi Tsuda, Professor
Space, Particle Physics & Aerospace0 student voices
ASSL studies space flight dynamics (astrodynamics) for application to the space exploration missions unique to the Institute of Space and Astronautical Science. The lab works on trajectory design, methods for exploring deep space, spacecraft system design, and guidance, navigation, and control, through both experiments and analysis. Research themes arise from discoveries made through involvement in JAXA projects, and the lab places importance on applying its results to future projects. Students also have opportunities to interact with staff of the Institute of Space and Astronautical Science through research and projects.
Kenji Minesugi, Professor
Space, Particle Physics & Aerospace0 student voices
The Minesugi-Takeuchi-Yasuda Lab studies space structures such as sounding rockets and scientific satellites. The lab works on a wide range of topics, from fundamental mechanics research to applications in real structures. The core of its work is origami-based structures, and the lab develops metamaterials with mechanical properties not found in ordinary materials. The lab welcomes inquiries at any time from students who wish to join or visit. According to the admission guide for the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Graduate School of Engineering, Prof. Minesugi is scheduled to retire in March 2028 and, as a rule, cannot be requested as a supervisor.
Eri Itoh, Professor
Space, Particle Physics & Aerospace0 student voices
Itoh Lab (Aerospace Mobility Lab) conducts research on air traffic management, air traffic control, and air transportation. The lab works on automated systems that support air traffic control to reduce congestion at airports and in the skies, and on flight operations that reduce fuel consumption and the environmental impact of contrails. Together with airlines, air traffic control operations, and research institutions in Japan and abroad, the lab also conducts experiments such as simulations in which air traffic controllers participate. The lab also pursues interdisciplinary research, such as 'geoeconomics of air transportation,' which combines aviation with geoeconomics, a field in the humanities and social sciences.
Takeshi Tsuchiya, Professor
Space, Particle Physics & Aerospace0 student voices
The Tsuchiya-Fujikawa Lab studies the flight dynamics of aircraft and spacecraft and their control. Its main research includes the simultaneous optimization of vehicle shape and flight path, and the human-machine interface in aircraft piloting, meaning how pilots and machines interact. The lab also conducts flight tests of unmanned aerial vehicles such as drones, as well as experiments with pilots.
Saito Hiroaki, Professor
Environment & Sustainability0 student voices
The Saito Lab studies the roles plankton play in marine food webs and in the cycling of biogenic elements such as carbon and nitrogen. Plankton produce organic matter and form the foundation of marine ecosystems, and by being eaten by fish and other animals, they support fisheries production. The lab holds lab seminars, conducts research cruises, and carries out research jointly with the Plankton Group at the Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute. The lab also explores ways to use sustainably the marine ecosystem services that underpin human society.
Jun Hayakawa, Associate Professor
Food & Agriculture0 student voices
The Biological Resource Regeneration Lab was newly established to investigate how the tsunami of the Great East Japan Earthquake affected the coastal ecosystems and biological resources of Sanriku. Through diving surveys and rearing experiments, the lab investigates the relationships between commercially important benthos, such as abalone and sea urchins, and other organisms, as well as how they use seaweed beds. The lab also studies the ecology and taxonomy of crabs that live in seaweed beds, such as kelp crabs. Surveys along the Sanriku coast are based at the Otsuchi Coastal Research Center in Otsuchi, Iwate Prefecture.
Sachihiko Itoh, Professor
Environment & Sustainability0 student voices
Itoh Lab studies how changes in the ocean environment affect ecosystems and fishery resources. Photosynthesis in the ocean is supported by nutrients carried up from deeper layers, and the survival of fish eggs and larvae varies greatly depending on where ocean currents carry them. The lab combines observations made from research vessels in Japan's coastal waters and the North Pacific with computer-based ecosystem modeling and data analysis. Students can also join research cruises and learn while experiencing the ocean as a field site.
Kentaro Sakamoto, Associate Professor
Bio & Life Sciences0 student voices
The Sakamoto Lab studies how marine animals such as seabirds and sea turtles behave and live in the wild. The lab uses biologging, a method in which small data recorders with sensors are attached to animals to record the behavior of freely moving animals. The lab conducts field surveys along the Sanriku coast in Iwate Prefecture, studying streaked shearwaters that gather on uninhabited islands and sea turtles that arrive in summer. The large amount of recorded measurement data is analyzed by computer to interpret animal behavior.
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