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Kawasaki Akiyuki, Professor
Environment & Sustainability0 student voices
The Kawasaki Group studies the relationship between water-related disasters, such as floods and typhoons, and poverty and inequality. The effects of disasters are not felt equally by everyone; in Asia and Africa, poverty and inequality have widened in the wake of disasters. Using field surveys, satellite data, and geospatial information (GIS), the group analyzes how disasters affect people's incomes and livelihoods. The group also collaborates with researchers in economics and the social sciences, combining engineering analysis with social perspectives.
Masahide Horita, Professor
Civil Engineering, Architecture & Urban0 student voices
The Construction Management / Development Systems Lab studies the management and operation of construction projects, international development, and social systems. Its subject is not only infrastructure facilities themselves, but also the social mechanisms, organizations, and human activities involved in their development and operation. The lab values the process in which students think for themselves about the problems they tackle in their bachelor's, master's, and doctoral theses. Through presentations and discussions at weekly lab seminars, students work to find out what the real problem truly is.
Anna Sciazko, Lecturer
Energy & Batteries0 student voices
The Sciazko Lab studies the production and use of synthetic fuels, especially the electrochemical reactions that take place in electrolysis and fuel cells. The electrodes and catalytic reactors in these devices are made of porous structures, and their fine microstructure greatly affects performance. To understand how microstructure relates to performance and degradation mechanisms, the lab develops methods for evaluation and prediction using machine learning. The lab aims to advance the development of energy conversion technologies to a higher level and at a faster pace.
Takayuki Yamada, Associate Professor
Structures & Mechanics0 student voices
The Mathematical Design Engineering Lab uses mathematics and information science to study design engineering built on the foundation of mechanics. It is no exaggeration to say that an object's performance is determined by its shape: simply refining the shape can increase strength or give rise to new functions. The lab aims to realize and advance "optimal shape design," in which computers automatically search for the optimal shape for each object. Lab visits are accepted at any time, and the lab also welcomes applicants to graduate school from other departments and other universities.
Eita Tochigi, Associate Professor
Materials & Nanotech0 student voices
The Tochigi Lab focuses on experiments using transmission electron microscopy to study defect structures, atomic structures, and mechanical properties of crystalline materials. The lab builds devices that can apply force to a material inside a microscope, and investigates how materials deform while observing them at the atomic level. The lab uses shared facilities across the university to carry out electron microscopy experiments and fabricate MEMS devices. The lab is recruiting graduate students. Those who wish to join take the entrance examination for the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering.
Yuji Yamakawa, Associate Professor
Robotics & Control0 student voices
The Yamakawa Lab studies high-speed intelligent systems that combine sensors, centered on high-speed vision, with robots to interact quickly with the real world. Sensors such as cameras are connected through a network to recognize the surrounding world at high speed and without gaps. The lab aims to reflect that information in robot motion in real time, enabling dynamic interaction with the real world. Its research covers a wide range of areas, including manipulation of soft objects, human-robot collaboration, applications to automobiles and inspection, and mobile robots.
Jun Yanagimoto, Professor
Materials & Nanotech0 student voices
The Yanagimoto Lab studies metal forming, in which force is applied to metals and other materials to deform them and form shapes. The lab works on "advanced functional forming," which creates a shape while also controlling the internal microstructure of the material to produce its properties. Its basic research includes theoretical analysis of deformation processing, development of new processing systems, and control of material microstructure. The lab also has programs for accepting undergraduate thesis students and master's students from other universities, as well as researchers from companies.
Marie Oshima, Professor
Fluids & Heat0 student voices
The Oshima Lab studies how blood moves through blood vessels (blood flow). Using medical images taken at hospitals, the lab builds 3D models of blood vessel shapes and simulates each patient's blood flow on computers. The lab also carries out measurement experiments that make flow visible, using blood vessel models and microscopes. The lab also conducts research on STEAM education, a way of learning that combines subjects such as science and mathematics.
Nobuhiro Yoshikawa, Professor
Structures & Mechanics0 student voices
Yoshikawa Lab studies methods for evaluating the strength of composite materials such as carbon fiber reinforced plastic (CFRP), as well as methods for optimal design. The finite element method has been of great help in examining the strength of machines and structures made of metal. However, for materials like CFRP whose properties vary from place to place, no established method existed for building strength models from experiments. The lab is therefore working on a method that models carbon fiber bundles and resin separately in fine detail and examines strength by computer.
Fumitoshi Sato, Professor
Bio & Life Sciences0 student voices
Sato Lab studies computational biomolecular science, using computers to calculate large molecules such as proteins. The lab develops ProteinDF, a program based on density functional theory that calculates all the electrons in a protein. The lab is carrying out research and development on an integrated simulation system that uses this program. It aims at applications in industry and society, such as the design of materials and drugs with new functions.
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