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Tomoyoshi Nozaki, Professor
Bio & Life Sciences0 student voices
The Biomedical Chemistry Lab studies the parasitic protozoa that cause malaria and amoebiasis. The lab investigates, at the molecular level, how these protozoa cause disease and the metabolic pathways unique to them. Its experimental approaches are wide-ranging, including molecular biology, biochemistry, cell biology, and genetics. International students and researchers are always present in the lab, giving it a thoroughly international atmosphere.
Masahiro Umezaki, Professor
Medicine & Healthcare0 student voices
The Human Ecology Lab studies how humans live in relation to their environment. Environmental change affects human health in many ways, such as through chemical pollution and the breakdown of symbiosis with the gut microbiota. The lab conducts fieldwork in places such as Papua New Guinea, Laos, and rural areas of Japan, exploring the ecological and cultural factors behind the health problems of each population. The lab values its guiding principle: "It's fine to fail, so go all in on what you find interesting."
Meng Ling Moi, Professor
Medicine & Healthcare0 student voices
The Developmental Medical Sciences Lab studies mosquito-borne viral infections such as dengue fever and Zika fever. It was founded as the first lab in Japan to study maternal and child health, and in 2021 Prof. Moi became its sixth head professor. The lab's work ranges from field surveys with countries in Asia to the immune mechanisms against viruses and the development of vaccines and therapeutics. International students are also enrolled, and the lab conducts joint research with research institutions in Japan and abroad, mainly in Asia.
Atsutake Kosuge, Associate Professor
Semiconductors & Electronic Devices0 student voices
The Kosuge Lab researches next-generation 3D chip integration technology and low-power circuit design technology for AI processing. While AI enriches society, it requires enormous computing resources, and rising power consumption has become a challenge. To solve this problem, the lab develops hardwired-logic processors modeled on the human cerebrum, as well as 3D packaging technology that stacks chips. The lab also uses AI in chip packaging technology, software, and semiconductor design, pursuing the full potential of semiconductors.
Imamura Taro, Professor
Space, Particle Physics & Aerospace0 student voices
The Imamura Lab (Aircraft Design Lab) studies the analysis and design of the shapes of aircraft and wings, based on aerodynamics. Aircraft are on the verge of a major change in their very form amid decarbonization and digitalization, with hydrogen aircraft, electric aircraft, and new wing shapes. The lab's research rests on three pillars: conceptual design tools for aircraft, its own original flow analysis programs, and the development of aerodynamic devices through wind tunnel testing. By combining theory, numerical analysis, and wind tunnel experiments, the lab aims to create highly practical design methods.
Koji Uenishi, Professor
Structures & Mechanics0 student voices
The Uenishi Lab studies how solid materials break under impact. The lab aims to understand the basic physical phenomenon of objects breaking under impact from a more fundamental standpoint. The research covers not only fracture in homogeneous materials, but also how waves and cracks propagate through heterogeneous materials that contain interfaces, and the effects that impact-induced fracture has on Earth and space environments. Together with research institutions in Japan and abroad, the lab uses high-speed digital video cameras and other equipment to film and analyze phenomena that are too fast to see with the naked eye.
Takeharu Sakai, Professor
Space, Particle Physics & Aerospace0 student voices
The Sakai Lab studies the high-temperature gas flows that form around spacecraft entering planetary atmospheres. Using both numerical analysis and experiments, the lab investigates the heat and aerodynamic forces that act on a flying vehicle. The lab aims to apply its findings to improve the design of spacecraft protection against heat and to explain the flight of meteoroids.
Hiroaki Kobayashi, Professor
Space, Particle Physics & Aerospace0 student voices
Kobayashi Lab conducts research and development on reusable rockets fueled by liquid hydrogen at the JAXA Institute of Space and Astronautical Science. Until now, only parts of rockets have been reused, but the lab aims to realize a fully reusable rocket, in which the entire vehicle is reused. When combined with liquid oxygen, liquid hydrogen gives engines their highest performance, and it also has the advantage of producing no carbon dioxide when burned.
Satoshi Nonaka, Professor
Space, Particle Physics & Aerospace0 student voices
The Nonaka Lab, at the JAXA Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, conducts research on rockets that can be reused at high frequency. For rockets until now, the atmosphere has mostly been an obstacle. The team at the Institute has launched demonstration research on "atmosphere-assisted flight," which aims to renew space transportation systems with rockets that fly by making good use of the atmosphere, and is developing an engine and a small experimental vehicle.
Miho Yoshimura Ohara, Professor
Civil Engineering, Architecture & Urban0 student voices
The Ohara Lab conducts research to reduce disaster risk and enhance society's disaster resilience. To build a society that is resilient to disasters, it is necessary to anticipate both short-term and long-term disaster risks and to design what society should look like. Disaster resilience consists of the following elements: the strength to avoid fatal damage, the flexibility to recover quickly, emergency response, and building back better. Aiming to realize a society that has no regrets about disasters in the future, the lab carries out a variety of activities in Japan and abroad.
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