LAB LOGLab reviews by studentsOpen the app
A page on LabLog, a review site (not the lab's official page)
305 labs · 25 student voices
Faculties at Tohoku University ›
Masayoshi Mizutani, Professor
0 student voices
The Mizutani-Kuji Lab studies machining technologies that create fine structures on material surfaces, and their application to medicine. The lab develops machining methods that combine ultra-precision mechanical processes such as cutting and grinding with ultrasonic vibration or laser irradiation. When laser irradiation changes the shape and composition of a surface, the way the surface interacts with cells and bacteria changes as well. Focusing on this change, the lab is working to create bioimplants with surfaces that are "gentle to cells and strong against bacteria."
Hidemasa Takana, Professor
0 student voices
The Takana-Kaneko Lab studies the behavior of flows under electric and magnetic fields through both experiments and numerical simulation. The lab works with functional fluids such as ionic liquids, plasma flows, and magnetorheological (MR) fluids. It investigates the thermal, flow, and chemical properties that appear when the internal structure of a fluid changes under an electromagnetic field. By clarifying the underlying mechanisms, the lab aims to create seeds of technology for energy and environmental applications and for processes that produce new materials.
Atsuki Komiya, Professor
0 student voices
The Komiya-Kanda Lab studies heat and mass transfer in extreme environments such as high-temperature fields, outer space, and the inside of micromachines. Using optical techniques, it visualizes and measures heat and mass transfer in a tiny world that cannot be seen with the naked eye. The lab applies what it learns to energy systems with a low environmental impact and to enhancing heat transfer by using phase change. It also works on controlling heat transfer inside living bodies, as in hyperthermia and cryotherapy.
Kaoru Maruta, Professor
0 student voices
The Maruta Lab studies the behavior of thermal fluids involving combustion and chemical reactions. With heat and mass recirculation as a keyword, the lab works on micro combustion, slow combustion, combustion in microgravity, control of catalytic reactions, and more. While pursuing industry-academia collaboration and joint research with institutions in Japan and abroad, the lab approaches these phenomena through both experiments and numerical computation, with an eye toward technologies based on new concepts. On the lab's website, it is presented under the shared name "Maruta/Morii Lab" together with the lab of Associate Professor Yuhi Morii.
Takehiko Sato, Professor
0 student voices
The Sato-Liu Lab studies the interaction between plasma flow and living organisms. The lab works on elucidating the processes by which cells are activated or inactivated, developing plasma-based sterilization methods, and clarifying the reactions and flow mechanisms of gas-liquid plasma. It aims to build the scientific foundations of "plasma medicine," which is expected to become a next-generation medical technology, and to connect them to applications. The lab also analyzes nanosecond discharges in liquid and cavitation microjets produced by the shock waves that accompany those discharges.
Koji Amezawa, Professor
0 student voices
The Amezawa Lab studies "solid state ionics," in which ions move rapidly within solids. To make fuel cells and lithium-ion batteries that rely on this property widely usable, the lab conducts fundamental research on materials. It investigates the mechanisms of ion transport, reactions at material interfaces, and the structure of crystal defects. The lab also develops analytical techniques for measuring devices while they operate in special environments, such as high temperatures and controlled atmospheres.
Hitoshi Muneoka, Associate Professor
0 student voices
The Muneoka Lab studies what happens when plasma meets fluids in extreme environments. In environments far removed from everyday conditions, such as high pressure, low temperature, and ultrahigh temperature, the lab generates plasma by electrical discharge or laser and measures it using light and electricity. By understanding how plasma interacts with the surrounding fluids and solids, the lab aims to lead to new ways of making materials and environmentally friendly manufacturing processes. On the lab's website, it is presented together with the work of Professor Shigeta and Assistant Professor Sugimoto as the "Fluid Energy Engineering Division (Shigeta-Muneoka-Sugimoto Lab)."
Yuta Kimura, Associate Professor
0 student voices
The Kimura Lab studies materials for solid state ionics, the field concerned with ions moving through solids. The lab precisely measures the amount of defects that form in crystals and investigates how they change the properties of materials. It also focuses on the stress applied to materials inside all-solid-state batteries, and explores whether material properties can be controlled by applying force. Based on the scientific principles obtained, the lab designs material functions and develops materials, working toward environmentally friendly energy conversion devices. On the lab's website, it is presented under the name "Amezawa Lab" (Solid State Ionics and Devices Research Field).
Kaoru Maruta, Professor
0 student voices
The Morii Lab studies the behavior of thermal fluids involving combustion and chemical reactions. With the recirculation of heat and mass as a keyword, the lab approaches the fundamentals of combustion phenomena through both experiments and numerical computation. It also investigates the ignitability of substances used in familiar devices, such as refrigerants and the electrolytes of lithium-ion batteries. The lab's website is shared with the lab of Professor Kaoru Maruta, and the lab is presented there under the name "Maruta/Morii Lab."
Kazuhisa Sato, Professor
0 student voices
The Sato-Yamaguchi Lab studies "energy circulation systems" for achieving carbon neutrality. Using mechanics of materials and strength of materials as its academic foundation, the lab works on fuel cells that generate electricity from hydrogen and batteries that store electricity. It is also developing electrolysis cells that produce hydrogen from steam and all-solid-state batteries for use in space. The lab is also developing evaluation techniques for battery materials, which are essential for bringing new batteries into practical use quickly.
Student voices are for students only. Sign up free with your university email to read student voices for each lab.
Sign up freeLabLog is a lab review app for students only. Student members at each university interview students in labs and publish what they say. Student voices can only be read by students who sign up with a university email address. Operated by bestiee Inc.
Learn more about LabLog ↗Search engines and AI may reference the lab list and basic info on this page and the description of LabLog. Student voices are for student members only. Automated collection by programs (scraping, or input to or training of AI) is prohibited under Article 8 of the Terms of Service. If you need data for research or analysis, please contact us.
LAB LOG