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Department of Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, and Ocean Engineering

  1. Mechanical Engineering
  2. Materials Science Frontier
  3. Systems Design for Ocean-Space
  4. Aerospace Engineering (Master's Program)
  5. Energy Materials (Doctoral Program)

Mechanical Engineering

This is a comprehensive list of faculty members. Please check "Specialization and research field of supervisors" in the latest application guidelines to see if your intended faculty member can be your supervisor.

Professor

Name Research Fields
AKINIWA Yoshiaki Strength of Materials, Fracture Mechanics, Stress and Strain Analysis
ARAKI Takuto Thermo-fluid Dynamics, Mass and heat Transfer, Fuel Cells, Micro Electro Mechanical Systems
ISHII Kazuhiro Combustion Engineering, Chemical Propulsion
YU Qiang Computational Mechanics, Strength of Materials
OZAKI Shingo Constitutive Equation, Plasticity, Friction, Self-healing materials, Terramechanics
SATO Yasukazu Mechatronics, Electromechanical Systems, Fluid Power Control, Power Transmission
SANADA Kazushi Control Engineering
NISHINO Koichi Turbulence, Flow Visualization and Measurement, Utilization of Digital Image Processing Technique
HYAKUTAKE Toru Computational Fluid Dynamics, Biomechanics, Micro Nano Flow
MAEDA Yusuke Robotics, Manufacturing Systems Engineering
MATSUI Jun Internal Flow in Fluid Machinery , Computational Fluid Dynamics
MATSUMOTO Hiroaki Micro Flow, Rarefied Gas Dynamics, Numerical Simulation
MARUO Shoji Ultrahigh-precision 3D Printing, Micromachine, Micro Total Analysis System

Associate Professor

Name Research Fields
INOUE Fumihiro Advanced Packaging and 3D Integration
OTA Hiroki Micro/Nano Fabrication, Sensor Engineering, Soft Material
KATO Ryu Robotics, Medical Welfare Machine, Rehabilitation Engineering, Brain Machine Interface
KITAMURA Keiichi Aerodynamics, Computational Fluid Dynamics, Hypersonic Flow, Multiphase Flow
SAKAI Seigo Heat Transfer, Numerical Simulation, Radiative Exchange
SHINOZUKA Jun Cutting, FEM, Dynamic Behavior of Material
TAKAO Yoshinori Electric Propulsion, Plasma Application
HARA Kensuke Multibody Dynamics, Fluid-structure Interaction, Nonlinear Vibration
FUCHIWAKI Ohmi Micro Mechanism, Micro Manipulation, Actuator, Precise Mobile Robot

Lecturer

Name Research Fields
SAKAKIDA Akihiro Gasoline ENG, Compressed Hydrogen Container, Fuel Cell System, Fuel Injector
SUGIUCHI Hajime Robotics, Automatic Control, Microcomputer Applications
TAKATO Keiichiro Design Engineering, Fluid Engineering, Machine Elements and Tribology

Assistant Professor

Name Research Fields
ISHIMURA Misa Hydrodynamics, Liquid Bridge, Liquid Film
SANO Marie Software and System Development

Research Fellow

Name Research Fields
MATSUURA Yoshifusa Distance Learning, Skill, Skill Training, Education Engineering, Ergonomics, Welfare Engineering

Materials Science Frontier

This is a comprehensive list of faculty members. Please check "Specialization and research field of supervisors" in the latest application guidelines to see if your intended faculty member can be your supervisor.

Professor

Name Research Fields
UMEZAWA Osamu Physical Metallurgy, Microstructural Design and Control, Deformation and Fracture
NAKAO Wataru Machine Material/Material Mechanics, Inorganic Material/Physical Properties, Structural/Functional Materials
HASEGAWA Makoto Strength of Materials, Fracture Mechanics, Microstructure Control, Composites, Coatings
HIROSAWA Shoichi Structural Materials Design, Microstructural Control of Metals, Computational Materials Science
MUKAI Kohki Semiconductor Nanostructures, Quantum Optical Material, Optoelectronics Materials, Microfabrication of Metals

Associate Professor

Name Research Fields
OHTAKE Mitsuru Nanomaterials, Crystal Growth, Magnetism
OONO-HORI Naoko Reactor Structural Materials, Extreme Materials, Microstructure Analysis
NAKATSUGAWA Hiroshi Functional Material Engineering, Solid State Physics, Thermoelectric Materials, First Principles Calculation
MAENO Tomoyoshi Manufacturing Processes, Forming Processes

Assistant Professor

Name Research Fields
THIRATHIPVIWAT Pramote High Entropy Alloys, Quantum Beam Science, Mechanical Properties, Alloy Microstructure Control

Systems Design for Ocean-Space

This is a comprehensive list of faculty members. Please check "Specialization and research field of supervisors" in the latest application guidelines to see if your intended faculty member can be your supervisor.

Professor

Name Research Fields
OKADA Tetsuo Ship Structural Design, Structural Analysis
KAWAMURA Yasumi Structural Mechanics, Computer Aided Engineering, Structural Reliability
NISHI Yoshiki Marine Resource, Deepsea Development, Seawater Desalination
MIYAJI Koji High Speed Aerodynamics, Computational Fluid Dynamics, Aircraft Design
MURAI Motohiko Design of Ocean Structures, Hydroelastic Responses of Huge Floating Structures, Hydrodynamics, Ocean Environmental Engineering, Ocean Energy

Associate Professor

Name Research Fields
TAKAGI Youhei Computational Fluid Dynamics, Drag Reduction, Multiphase Flow
HIGUCHI Takehiro Attitude Control / Guidance and Control of Aerspace Vehicles, Aerospace Systems Design, Optimal Control, Unmmanned Aerial Vehicles
HIRAKAWA Yoshiaki Ship Motion, Ocean Wave, Experiments in Towing Tank and Actual Sea
MITSUYUKI Taiga Complex Systems Design, Systems Engineering
LI Qiao Surface Vehicles Technology, Aquaculture Technology, Ocean Engineering, Marine Renewable energy

Assistant Professor

Name Research Fields
HAN Jialin Model Experiment, Wave Energy Converter, Suspension Ship, Motion Reduction

Aerospace Engineering (Master's Program)

This is a comprehensive list of faculty members. Please check "Specialization and research field of supervisors" in the latest application guidelines to see if your intended faculty member can be your supervisor.

Professor

Name Research Fields
ISHII Kazuhiro Combustion Engineering, Chemical Propulsion
HASEGAWA Makoto Strength of Materials, Fracture Mechanics, Microstructure Control, Composites, Coatings
MIYAJI Koji High Speed Aerodynamics, Computational Fluid Dynamics, Aircraft Design

Associate Professor

Name Research Fields
KITAMURA Keiichi Aerodynamics, Computational Fluid Dynamics, Hypersonic Flow, Multiphase Flow
TAKAO Yoshinori Electric Propulsion, Plasma Application
HIGUCHI Takehiro Attitude Control / Guidance and Control of Aerspace Vehicles, Aerospace Systems Design, Optimal Control, Unmmanned Aerial Vehicles

Energy Materials (Doctoral Program)

This is a comprehensive list of faculty members. Please check "Specialization and research field of supervisors" in the latest application guidelines to see if your intended faculty member can be your supervisor.

Professor

Name Research Fields
ARAKI Takuto Thermo-fluid Dynamics, Mass and heat Transfer, Fuel Cells, Micro Electro Mechanical Systems
OZAKI Shingo Constitutive Equation, Plasticity, Friction, Self-healing materials, Terramechanics
UMEZAWA Osamu Physical Metallurgy, Microstructural Design and Control, Deformation and Fracture
NAKAO Wataru Machine material/material mechanics, Inorganic material/physical properties, Structural/functional materials
HIROSAWA Shoichi Structural Materials Design, Microstructural Control of Metals, Computational Materials Science

Associate Professor

Name Research Fields
OHTAKE Mitsuru Nanomaterials, Crystal Growth, Magnetism

Visiting Professor

Name Research Fields
OSADA Toshio High Temperature Structural Materials, Microstructure of Materials, Strength of Materials, Fracture Mechanics