Development of Strategic Research Alliances Within INU Member Universities
Hiroshima University is involved in promoting research collaborations utilizing the INU.
The following 21 areas have been identified as possible areas of joint resesarch within the INU and we are seeking to develop research alliances in these areas.
Please add "hiroshima-u.ac.jp" after the contact information listed.
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Research Areas
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Specialties
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Name(s) and Contact Details at Hiroshima University
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| Nanotechnology |
Carbon Nanotube | Shuhei INOUE, Graduate School of Engineering Contact: shu18@ |
| Scanning Tunneling Microscopy/Spectroscopy (STM/S), Superconductivity, Strongly Correlated Electron Systems | Toshikazu EKINO, Graduate School of Integrated Arts and Sciences (Condensed Matter Physics) Contact: ekino@ |
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| Water Research |
Hydraulic and Coastal Engineering, Physical Processes in Estuaries, Flow Measurement and Instrumentation | Kiyoshi KAWANISHI, Graduate School of Engineering (Civil and Environmental Engineering) Contact: kiyosi@ |
| Fluvial Hydraulics, Flood Disaster Mitigation, Hydrological Modelling Airborne Laser Mapping | Yoshihisa KAWAHARA, Graduate School of Engineering (Civil and Environmental Engineering) Contact: kawahr@ |
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| Hydrology, Water Cycle, Water Resources | Ichirou KAIHOTSU, Graduate School of Integrated Arts and Sciences (Environmental Sciences) Contact: kaihotu@ |
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| Environmental Studies | Biomass | Yukihiko MATSUMURA, Graduate School of Engineering Contact: mat@ |
| Coastal Engineering, Port-Harbor Infrastructure, Coastal Environment | Tadashi HIBINO, Graduate School of Engineering (Department of Social and Environmental Engineering) Contact: hibinot@ |
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| Molecular and Cell Biology | Cell Adhesion, ECM, Single Cell Molecular Biology, Cytoglobin, Morphogenesis | Masanobu OBARA, Graduate School of Sciences (Developmental Biology, Molecular Cell Biology) Contact: msobara@ |
| Materials Science | Development of Organic-Inorganic Hybrid Photo- and Electroactive Materials | Ichiro IMAE, Graduate School of Engineering (Department of Applied Chemistry) Contact: imae@ |
| Space Science | Gamma-ray & X-ray Space Astronomy, Optical Observation of Transient Sources, Development of Semiconductor Image Censor | Takashi OHSUGI, Hiroshima Astrophysical Science Center Contact: ohsugi@hirax7.hepl. |
| Biotechnology | Chicken Monoclonal Antibody, Immune Response in Vertebrate | Shuichi FURUSAWA, Graduate School of Biosphere Science (Immunobiology) Contact: sfurusa@ |
| GIS and Disaster Mitigation | Spatial Data Mining, Knowledge Discovery from Spatial Database | Yasuhiko MORIMOTO, Graduate School of Engineering (Information Engineering) Contact: morimo@ |
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| Clinical Science | ||
| Health Informatics | Public Health, Epidemiology, Infectious Disease Control, Clinical Study, Hepatitis Virus and HCC | Junko TANAKA, Graduate School of Biomedical Science (Health and Health Science) Contact: eidcp@ |
| Primary Health Care | ||
| Health of Marginalised Groups | ||
| Disability Studies | Speech-Language Pathology, Fluency Disorders, Language Disorders, Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Articulation/Phonological Disorders, Speech Therapy for People with Parkinson's Disease and Other Movement Disorders, Reading/Learning Disabilities and Other Related Developmental Disabilities | Norimune KAWAI, Ph.D., CCC-SLP The Center for Special Needs Education Research and Practice, Graduate School of Education Contact: nkawai@ |
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| Mathematics and Science Education Research | Content-based Science Education, International Cooperation in Science Education | Hideo IKEDA, Graduate School for International Cooperation and Development Contact: hikeda@ |
| International Cooperation in Mathematics Education, Mathematics Curriculum Development, Socio-Cultural Aspect of Mathematics Education | Takuya BABA, Graduate School for International Development and Cooperation (Division of Educational Development and Cultural and Regional Studies, Educational Culture Course) Contact: takuba@ |
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| Peace | Peace Treaties, International Law, International Organizations | Hajime NISHITANI, Graduate School of Social Sciences Contact: hajime@law. |
| Museum Space Design | Shoichio SENDAI, Graduate School of Engineering (Architectural Design and History) Contact: sendai@ |
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| Ecological Peace Studies | Soho MACHIDA, Graduate School of Integrated Arts and Sciences (Comparative Religion, Bioethics) Contact: soho@ |
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| Cultural Heritage | Conservation of Urban Landscape | Shoichio SENDAI, Graduate School of Engineering (Architectural Design and History) Contact: sendai@ |
| International Relations | International Organizations, Official Development Assistance, International Politics | Hajime NISHITANI, Graduate School of Social Sciences Contact: hajime@law. |
| Migration and Ethnic Studies/Global Human Movement | Migration of Normans in Medieval Europe; Japanese Emigrants to Hawaii /USA | Hiromichi YAMASHIRO, Graduate School of Letters (History) Contact: hyamash@ |
| International Education | International Education | Akira NINOMIYA Contact: animiya@ |
| Content-based Science Education, International Cooperation in Science Education | Hideo IKEDA, Graduate School for International Cooperation and Development Contact: hikeda@ |
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| Development of Higher Education, Studies on Global Student Mobility, Comparative Education | Taiji HOTTA, International Student Center Contact: hotta@ |
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| International Cooperation in Education | Takuya BABA, Graduate School for International Development and Cooperation (Division of Educational Development and Cultural and Regional Studies, Educational Culture Course) Contact: takuba@ |
- The First INU Research Workshop was held October 10-17, 2006 at Ritsumeikan University and Hiroshima University with 29 participants from 8 member universities in attendance. The workshop was held with various goals such as stregnthening research capacity through the INU, seeking areas of possible joint research, laying plans for the execution of joint research, generating opportunities to secure funds, benchmarking analysis in research evaluation, establishing research networks, and more.
- For the 2006 INU Research Workshop Report, please click here.
- For more information about INU research cooperation, please click here
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