| Specialty / Major Research Fields |
Academic Advisor |
Research Subject |
|
| Department of Biotechnology and Life Science |
| Cell Engineering |
Hideaki Matsuoka |
Femto
injection.
Single-cell gene engineering.
Food safety control and regulatory science. |
| Mikako Saito |
Disease
model cells of diabetes.
Cell regenerative engineering.
Single-cell plant science. |
| Biomolecular and structural informatics |
Tetsuo Asakura |
Structural analysis of peptides and proteins with
NMR. Production of silk-like materials with recombinat DNA technology
and Application to biomaterials. |
| Yutaka Kuroda |
Structural
and functional analysis of proteins at atomic/molecular level using
recombinant DNA technologies, NMR, X-ray Crystallography, and computational
methods. |
| Structure and cellular function of biomolecules |
Shun Nakamura |
Molecular
mechanism of neural cell function and plasticity |
| Molecular biology and pathophysiology |
Chisato Miyaura |
Molecular
biology and pathological analysis for life
|
| Masaki Inada |
Molecular
pathological investigation using gene targeted mice and disease models on
mice. |
| Yoshihiro Ohta |
Development
of novel techniques for organelle imaging and their application to
mitochondrial study. Cell death, Ca2+ signaling and generation of reactive
oxygen species are mainly focused. |
| Plant biotechnology |
Yoshihiro Ozeki |
Molecular
biological and biochemical studies on the enzymes involved in plant secondary
metabolisms. |
| Akiyo Yamada |
Molecular
biological analysis of the genes based on the functin of the proteins related
to salt-tolerance phenotype of the halophyte. |
| Nanobiotechnology |
Kazunori Ikebukuro |
Nucleic
acid engeering of aptamers for the application to diagnosis and novel
bottom-up nanotechnology, |
| Biobusiness |
Koji Sode |
Screening
and protein engineering of the enzymes and proteins which are useful for
industrial applications |
| Wakako Tsugawa |
Development
of sensor and detection system using the engineered enzymes and proteins for
diagnosis and health check |
| Biomolecular engineering |
Tadashi Matsunaga |
Molecular
study on bacterial magnetite synthesis and its application for
biosensing..
Marine biotechnology.
Bioelectronics. |
| Tsuyoshi Tanaka |
Development
of on-chip typed microfluidic devices for biomolecular detection and cell
analysis |
| Tomoko Yoshino |
Development
of novel bio-nanomaterials, through genetic engineering by microorganisms for biosensing and
biomedical applications |
| Bioelectronics |
Hiroyuki Ohno |
Development
of ionic liquids as ion conductors, solvents for biomass extraction and
energy conversion, |
| Nobuhumi Nakamura |
Bioelectrochemistry
and Raman spectroscopy of metalloproteins and construction of biofuel
cells
|
| Synthetic
organic chemistry |
Kazuo Nagasawa |
Total
synthesis of biologically active natural products, Development of
organocatalyst |
| Bioorganic
Chemistry/Chemical Biology |
Kaori Sakurai |
Development
of novel chemical tools to study biological functions of glycolipids and
natural products., |
Biosociety Engineering
Biomolecules and Proteomics |
Masafumi Yohda |
Structure
and function of molecular chaperones. Genetic analysis systems for SNP
genotyping and bioremediation. |
| Masafumi Odaka |
Structure
and function of metalloenzymes. Protein X-ray crystallography. |
| Kazuhiro Yamada |
Characterization
of proteins involved in folic acid, vitamin B-12, and one-carbon metabolism. |
| Human Exercise Systems |
Fuminori Nakiri |
Human
motion systems including the interface between “objects” and humans; the
effect of engineering and medical applications on the human body; and
biomechanics related to motions in playing sports and sporting goods. |
| Yukio Tanaka |
Execise physiology, Microcirculaation and Respiration |
| Human Behaviour Systems |
Hideyuki Tanaka |
Percpetion
and motor control in human (e.g., proprioceptive control of movement, visual
estimation of object motion, posture and gait, etc.) |
|
| Department of Applied Chemistry |
| Inorganic Solid State Chemistry |
NOMA, Tatsuo |
Synthesis
and application of functional ceramic films including ferroelectrics,
dielectrics and photo catalysts.
Designing of processing method using high electric field at elevated
temperatures. |
| Process Systems Engineering |
YAMASHITA, Yoshiyuki |
Design and
application of dependable process control systems, fault diagnosis systems,
process simulators, and intelligent global optimization of process systems. |
| SAKURAI, Makoto |
Studies on
energy conversion process and micro chemical process for clean energy
production and energy conservation. |
| KAMEYAMA, Hideo |
Research
and development of reforming technologies for fuel cell and catalytic
cleaning technologies of various kinds of, flue gas |
| Molecular Chemical Engineering |
ISO, Mamoru |
Development
of polymer optical waveguide devices. Preparation of organic-inorganic hybrid
fine particles by sol-gel method. Immobilization of enzyme by microcapsule. |
| Environmental Bio-Engineering |
HOSOMI, Masaaki |
Development
of non-combustion technologies for persistent organic pollutants
(mechanochmical, chemical dehalogenation, photodegradation), and remediation
technologies for contaminated soil and groundwater |
| Chemical Energy Systems Engineering |
QIAN, Eika |
Catalytic
chemistry and reaction engineering to manufacture clean energy and materials
from natural gas, petroleum, coal, and lignobiomass. |
|
| Department of Mechanical System Engineering |
| Fluid Dynamics |
Norio ARAI |
Interaction
of separated flows compressible and incompressible flow,
Fluid-structure interaction(Active and/or passive control of oscillated
bodies), Numerical simulation, and Bio-fluid dynamics (Aneurysm,
effects of stent)., |
| Fluid
Dynamics |
Masaharu KAMEDA |
Bubbe dynamics,
high-speed aerodynamics, and fluid measurements. Current research topics are
(1) dissolution of microbubbles in turbulent flow, (2) fast responding
pressure-sensitive paint for unsteady aerodyanmics, (3) fragmentation of
vesicular magma in volcanic eruption, (4) supersonic air-intakes, and (5)
dynamics of bubbles in acoustic fields. |
| Materials
Engineering for Machinery |
Tohru TAKAHASHI |
Major
interest of this laboratory is concerning a basic understanding of mechanical
behavior of inorganic matters, especially at elevated temperatures. Research
projects are under way about the microstructure, strength, deformation,
performance and their interrelationship in metals, alloys and intermetallics.
Mechanisms of high temperature creep and grain boundary sliding are
experimentally investigated with relevance to dislocation theory., |
| Strength of Materials |
Shigeru NAGAKI |
Constitutive
theory on inelastic in material. Formulation and application of mechanical
models for materials comprising microscopic structures such as porous
mateirals and polycrystals. Deformation analysis concerning heat treatment
processes. |
| Atushi SAKUMA |
Analysis
on deformation behavior in living bodies. Experiment and simulation
concerning motion control. Theoretical analysis and simulation of non-linear
deformation of materials. Research in thermal processes for metals.
Development of computation algorithms for a large scale computation. |
| Elasto-Plasticity
and Material Forming, |
Toshihiko KUWABARA |
Numerical
simulation of material forming, Constitutive modeling of metals based on
multi-axial stress tests, Development of experimental methods for evaluating
the formability of metals, Development of novel material forming techniques,
Intellectualization of forming machines and dies |
| Analysis of Mechanical
Components |
Koji IKEDA |
Modeling
of tribological mechanisms in metals, ceramics, polymers and composites and
development of its application. Development of mechanical components with
improved functions and a longer life. Reserch on analysis and evaluation of
defect processes under vibaration in polymers, metals and computation. |
| Mechanical Systems Design |
Shigeki TOYAMA
|
Softwares
for dynamic systems are developed to analyze and control multi-body systems
such as vehicles and robots. Tools for discussing complicated motions in
machine parts coupled with rotational and translational joints. Algorithms
are newly developed whose computation time is proportional to the number of
moving bodies. This can compute comlex motion of machines much faster than
oridinary methods whose computation time is proportional to the cube of
member numbers. |
| Thermal and Fluid Systems |
Akira MURATA
|
Heat and fluid
flow related to gas turbines, Numerical simulation of turbulent heat
transfer, Flow visualization, Heat and fluid flow related to surface tension,
Marangoni force, and wettability, Molecular dynamics simulation of thermal
problems |
| Kaoru Iwamoto
|
Efficient
thermal-fluid control techniques for energy saving and environment impact
mitigation will be developed., E.g., efficient turbulence control techniques for drag reduction of
airplanes, those for material engineering (efficient production of
high-quality materials), those for bioengineering (effect of fluid pulsation)
and those for chemical engineering (efficient production of hydrogen). |
| Simulation Engineering |
Masao NAGAI
|
Research
interests include Intelligent motion and vibration control in mechanical
systems, especially, automotive, locomotive, magnetically levitated, and
other ground vehicles., Safety and
security problem is one of the major research interests related to vehicle
dynamics and control, active and preventive safety, driver assistance system,
human-machine interface, and intelligent transportation system., |
| Takayoshi KAMADA
|
Active
vibration control, Smart structure, Health monitoring, Earthquake resistance
technology, Base isolation and vibration vcontrol of building, Vehicle
control, Elevator technology |
| Pongsathorn RAKSINCHAROENSAK
|
Research
interests include the development of active vehicle control technologies with
integrated sensing of human driver, vehicle motion and road surroundings for
safety and security of motorized society, e.g. the safety devices for
personal mobility, vehicle dynamics and control, and human-centered driver
assistance systems., |
| |
Osamu HIRAYAMA
|
Physics of
complex systems. Simulation and Experiment on friction-induced vibrations.
experimant and simulation of fluidized bed and vibrated bed. Fluctuation in
human standing pose. Motion tracking of paramecia. Analysis on sturucture of
ant holes. |
| Wataru NATSU
|
Management
of Machinery Safety, Electrical Machining, Abrasive Machining, Precision
Measurement |
| Control
Systems |
Yasutaka TAGAWA
|
Research is
under way in developping novel devices for modeling and controling of
mechanical systems. Basic research and device development are performed for
vibrational testing systems for the next generation, advanced motion
simulato, and power assist systems for man-machine cooperative motion. Design
method is studied for controling systems based on transfer functions. |
| Mechatronics |
Masanori KUNIEDA
|
Main
research interest is nontraditional machining such as: electrical discharge
machining (EDM), electrochemical machining (ECM), laser processing, and rapid
manufacturing. Manufacturing dies and molds, and precision measurement are
other research topics. |
| Hiroshi ISHIDA
|
Hiroshi
Ishida's research interests are in the development of biomimetic robotic
systems with the emphasis on olfactory sensing on mobile robot platforms. The
ongoing research projects include the developments of mobile robots for
gas/odor source localization, blimp robots for three-dimensional
gas-distribution mapping, crayfish robots for underwater chemical-source
localization, as well as the development of biochemical sensors for mobile
robot olfaction. |
| Mechanical Information
Engineering |
Norihiro UMEDA
|
Main
activity of this laboratory is research and development of new generation of
technoogies by merging optics and nanomechanics. Researches are performed
concerning nano-actuators by means of photon mechanics, surface plasmon
sensors, nano-observation and nano-processing utilizing near-field lights,
and bio-photonics. |
| Yukitoshi OTANI
|
Optomechtoronics.
Major research projects include three-dimensional profilometry,
nano-metrology, polarimetry, birefringence mapping, bio-sensor, optical
actuator, optical manipulator, and laser processing |
| Geometric Mechanical Engineering |
Jiro SEKIGUCHI
|
Representation
of semisimple Lie groups, Analysis on symmetric spaces |
| Hironobu MAEDA
|
Study
of geometric structures and arithmetic of the singularity on algebraic
varieties of mixed characteristic |
| Algebraic Mechanical Engineering |
Kunio YAMAGATA
|
Representation
theory of associative algebras and its application
|
| Intelligent Systems for Mechanical Engineering |
Kyoichiro TOKI
|
Research
in space propulsion systems, energy storage, and space utilization;
Small GH2/G2 rocket,
Electromagnetic acceleration of plasmas, Innovative space propulsion system,
Hydrogen storage and Space plantation. |
|
| Department of
Electrical and Electronic Engineering |
| Electronic System Engineering |
SAMESHIMA, Toshiyuki
|
Electrical
properties of crystalline and amorphous semiconductor thin films, insulating
materials and thin film transistors |
| Power
Electronics |
KAMISAKO, Koichi
|
Fabrication
process of solar cells for clean energy conversion technology, high
efficiency crystalline silicon solar cells and semiconductor process
utilising hydrogen |
| Radio communication system
engineering |
Kamiya, Yukihiro
|
Wireless
ad hoc network based on multi-dimensional signal processing |
| Intelligent
Systems and Informatics |
KOBAYASHI, Yuuichi |
Enviromental
adaptive intelligent robots. Robotic motion learning and image recognition
using reinforcement learning, optimization, autonomous decentralized system
theory, and statistical processing., |
|
| Department of Computer and Information Sciences |
| Representation theory of finite groups |
WADA, Tomoyuki
|
Group
algebra, character theory, modules, blocks, defect groups, Cartan matrices,
several conjectures |
| MORIFUJI, Takayuki
|
|
| NAKAMORI, Mario
|
|
| Systems optimization |
SHINANO, Yuji
|
Discrete
optimization. application of optimization technology to industrial
engineering. |
| KOTANI, Yoshiyuki
|
|
| Systems
Software |
NAMIKI, Mitaro | Operating
systems, compiler, interpreter, protocol stack, window system, parallel
processing, distributed systems, embedded systems |
| System
evaluation |
KAWASHIMA, Konosuke
|
System
configuration and evaluation studies for next generation network, new
wireless network etc. |
| System design |
KANEKO, Keiichi
|
Algorithms
for interconnection networks, parallel/distributed processing, dependable
computing |
| Virtual reality |
FUJITA, Kinya
|
Virtual reality, cyberspace communication, human Interface |
| Image and vision computing |
SHIMIZU, Ikuko
|
Computer vision, shape and appearance modeling, image recognition. |
| Computer
networks |
TERADA, Matsuaki
|
New generation internet, ubiquitous network and their applications |
| Computer architecture |
NAKAJO, Hironori
|
Processor micro-architecture, parallel processing, VLSI design, high performance
computing, network interface |
| Cognitive interaction technology |
NAKAGAWA, Masaki
|
Human interfaces, pattern recognition, handwriting recognition, pen-based
interfaces, natural language processing, web applications. |
| Statistical classification and retrieval |
HOTTA, Seiji
|
Classification
and clustering, invariances in recognition, information retrieval |
| KITAJIMA, Katsuhiro
|
|
| Biologically-inspired computing |
KONDO Toshiyuki
|
Neurocomputing,
evolutionary computation, cognitive robotics, cognitive interface design |
| Ubiquitous computing |
FUJINAMI Kaori
|
Human-computer
interaction, distributed smart sensing and context sensing, embedded
interaction |
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