Mechanical Systems Engineering

Major	Laboratories	Staff / E-mail	Details of Education / Research Fields
Mechanical Systems Engineering	Mechanics of Materials	Associate Professor Takeshi Iwamoto iwamotot@hiroshima-u.ac.jp	Experimental study on impact transformation-thermo-mechanical behavior of materials with phase transformation and characterization by observation of microstructure/ Design and development of new member with high collision energy absorption for  automobiles by using adhesive joint and new material with high impact energy  absorption based on stress analysis of crash process Development and modification of impact testing method Multi-scale analysis of TRIP steel based on the homogenization technique. Dislocation dynamics simulation by level-set method and coupling with a  transformation-crystal plasticity theory. Simulation of interface motion driven by phase transformation using the level-set method
	Fluid Engineering	Professor Keiya Nishida nishida@hiroshima-u.ac.jp Associate Professor Youichi Ogata yogata@hiroshima-u.ac.jp	earch on engine in-cylinder flow phenomena Liquid fuel atomization, spray evaporation and mixture formation mechanisms Fuel injection technology for combustion and emission control Elucidation of the flow mechanism in engineering applications. Fluid force analysis of such as fish using fluid-structure interaction simulations. Measurment and numerical study on two-phase flow.
	ResReactive Gas Dynamics	Professor Takuma Endo takumaendo@hiroshima-u.ac.jp Associate Professor Tomoyuki Johzaki tjohzaki@hiroshima-u.ac.jp Assistant Professor Wookyung Kim kimwk@hiroshima-u.ac.jp	Fundamental studies of high-speed reactive gas flows such as detonations or explosions. Applied and fundamental investigations on aerospace propulsion devices using detonations or laser-produced plasmas. Development of new internal combustion engines or heat sources using high-speed combustion. Numerical study on laser-plasma physics such as laser fusion or laser detonation. Physics and chemistry of gas explosions
	Machine Dynamics	Associate Professor Yasuhisa Sekiguchi sekiguch@hiroshima-u.ac.jp Assistant Professor Yuji Harata harata@hiroshima-u.ac.jp	Diagnostics and condition monitoring of machines; Machine noise reduction; Damping characteristics of adhesive joints; Analytical and experimental studies on linear and nonlinear vibrations in mechanical deterministic and undeterministic systems; Nolinear vibration analysis of machines and structures; Vibration control of wind turbines; Analytical studies on nonlinear dynamics of biped robot
	Mechanical Design and Systems	Professor Soichi Ibaraki ibaraki@hiroshima-u.ac.jp Assistant Professor Kiyotaka Ikejo ikejo@hiroshima-u.ac.jp	Three-dimensional measurement of the motion of machine tools and its control; Kinematic modelling of machine tools and robots and error diagnosis; Three-dimensional geometric measurement; Monitoring andintelligent control of machining processes. Strength, failure analysis and design of gear drives; Simulation of gear vibration and noise; Development and design of a new-type gear with higher strength and performance than that of the Involute gear; Estimation and improvement of power transmission performance of gear and traction drives; Improvement in performance of gear pumps; Design and tribology of various machine elements.
	Machining and Machining System	Professor Keiji Yamada keiji@hiroshima-u.ac.jp Associate Professor Ryutaro Tanaka ryu-tanaka@hiroshima-u.ac.jp Assistant Professor Katsuhiko Sekiya sekiya@hiroshima-u.ac.jp	The sensing technology and the components for machine tools. Machining for the difficult-to-cut materials. Development of the free-cutting steels and the new cutting tools. Laser assited machining process Laser processing of brittle materials.
	Manufacturing Systems A	Professor Kazuhiro Ohkura kohkura@hiroshima-u.ac.jp	The realization of autonomous artifacts and the collective intelligence based on the concept of autonomous distributed systems by building swarm robotic systems or conducting computer simulations with emerging techniques in the field of computational intelligence.
	Manufacturing Systems B	Associate Professor Toru Eguchi eguchi@hiroshima-u.ac.jp	Research on design, planning and control of manufacturing systems. Research on optimization of production planning and scheduling.
	Control Engineering	Associate Professor Nobutaka Wada nwada@hiroshima-u.ac.jp	Research on control theory and its application to mechanical systems. ・Optimal servo control for constrained control systems ・Control system design based on numerical optimization ・Dynamical control of vehicles ・Control application to human-machine systems

 

Mechanical Science and Engineering

Major	Laboratories	Staff / E-mail	Details of Education / Research Fields
Mechanical Material Engineering	Materials Physics	Professor Gen Sasaki gen@hiroshima-u.ac.jp Associate Professor Kenjiro Sugio ksugio@hiroshima-u.ac.jp	Elucidation of physics phenomena in high-functional and highperformance metals,  ceramics and metal matrix composites, and development of these materials; (1)  Material process optimization with nano- and meso-scale texture control, (2) Evaluation of mechanical and functional properties in wide range from nanoscale to mililliscale, (3) Observation and characterization of microstructure with optical, scanning electron and transmission electron microscopes, (4) Modeling with computer simulations (molecular dynamics method, finite element method, etc.)
	Property Control of Materials	Professor Kazuhiro Matsugi matsugi@hiroshima-u.ac.jp Assistant Professor Yongbum Choi ybchoi@hiroshima-u.ac.jp	Analyses and micro-macro modeling for materials fabrication process, and development of materials property control by their techniques; (1) casting using the material control technology, the alloying using the sintering method, and a diplo-phasing and compositing, (2) thermal and mechanical conditions of the material engineering quality of the material by the analysis of a material process, research-and-development, (3) nano-meso scale by the mechanical engineering techniques, such as control of the dynamic or control
	Net Shape Manufacturing	Associate Professor Nobuhiro Nishino nishino@hiroshima-u.ac.jp	Study of the microwave heating/sintering and its application. Development of the application of the plasma-surface interaction. Development of the solver to simulate plasma, gas, liquid, and solid simultaneously.
	Materials Joining Science and Engineering	Professor Kenji Shinozaki kshino@hiroshima-u.ac.jp Associate Professor Motomichi Yamamoto motoyama@hiroshima-u.ac.jp	・Development of high quality / high efficiency welding and blazing processes using hot-wire laser welding, hot-wire GTAW and hot-wire blazing techniques ・Evaluation of hot cracking susceptibility and elucidation of mechanizm of hot cracking during welding using in-situ observation technique ・Prediction method for hot cracking during welding usingcomputational simulation (FEM) ・In-situ temperature measurement using high-speed cameras during welding ・Prediction method for microstructure formation of weld metal during welding using thermodynamics database
	Engineering Elasto-Plasticity	Associate Professor Ryutaro Hino rhino@hiroshima-u.ac.jp Assistant Professor Hiroshi Hamasaki hamahiro@hiroshima-u.ac.jp	Theory of elasto-plasticity and its applications Mechanical properties of materials, and identification of material parameters Numerical simulation and process analysis of cold/hot (warm) metal forming Optimization problems in metal forming Crystal plasticity and micro mechanics
	Strength and Fracture of Materials	Professor Atsushi Sugeta asugeta@hiroshima-u.ac.jp Assistant Professor Hiroyuki Akebono akebono@hiroshima-u.ac.jp	The microscopy of the fatigue crack growth mechanism by using highresolution microscope The evaluation of strength of advanced structural materials The estimation of fatigue strength of spot and laser welded structures.
Energy Engineering	Thermal Engineering	Professor Yukihiko Matsumura mat@hiroshima-u.ac.jp Associate Professor Shuhei Inoue shu18@hiroshima-u.ac.jp Assistant Professor Machi Kanna kanna@hiroshima-u.ac.jp	Chemical humidity control for air conditioning, production of hydrogen from biomass using supercritical water, heat transfer and chemical reactions in supercritical water, structural analysis of nanocrystal, fundamental research of carbon nanotube, hydrothermal  pretreatment of lignocellulosic biomass
	Combustion Engineering	Professor Akira Miyoshi akiramys@hiroshima-u.ac.jp Associate Professor Daisuke Shimokuri cri@hiroshima-u.ac.jp	• Construction of reaction mechanisms for practical combustion • Improvement of IC engine combsution based on detailed kinetc analysis • Measurements of ingition properties of fuel components and mixtures • Improvement of combustion based on the ignition characteristics of fuels • Low NOx, Low SPM tubular combustion • Micro combustor • Fire safety
	Plasma Science	Professor Shinichi Namba namba@hiroshima-u.ac.jp Assistant Professor Leo Matsuoka leo-matsuoka@hiroshima-u.ac.jp	Applications of high-density arc plasmas to scientific and engineering fields Development of plasma window for separation between vacuum and atmosphere Development of coherent/incoherent bright X-ray sources driven by lasers Measurement of spatial structure of plasmas by light Development of efficient isotope separation method by utilizing lightinduced diffusion processes Plasma diagnostics by non-linear laser spectroscopy
	Quantum Energy Applications	Professor Satoru Endo endosa@hiroshima-u.ac.jp Associate Professor Kenichi Tanaka tanakake@hiroshima-u.ac.jp Assistant Professor Tsuyoshi Kajimoto kajimoto@hiroshima-u.ac.jp	Monte Carlo simulation on interactions of radiations with matter. Microdosimetry of radiations. Study of Bron neutron capture therapy and  brachytherapy，Measurement of nuclear reaction cross sections in high and medium energy radiations Measurement of gamma radiations, alpha and beta particles and environmental radioactivities.
	Quantum Materials Science and Engineering	Professor Takayuki Ichikawa tichi@hiroshima-u.ac.jp	・Quantum Effect of Hydrogen in Materials ・Corelation between Electronic States and Functions of Materials which are in particular related to Secondary Battery Materials (Li-Ion and Ni-MH), Fuel Cell with novel  mechanisms, Energy Conversion Systems (Themochemical Hydrogen Production and Electrolysis of NH3 and H2O) and/or Solid State Hydrogen Storage Materials.

 

System Cybernetics

Major	Laboratories	Staff / E-mail	Details of Education / Research Fields
Fundamentals of System Cybernetics	Social Informatics	Professor Ichiro Nishizaki nisizaki@hiroshima-u.ac.jp Associate Professor Tomohiro Hayashida hayashida@hiroshima-u.ac.jp Assistant Professor Shinya Sekizaki sekizaki@hiroshima-u.ac.jp	Research interest of Social Informatics Lab covers decision analysis for organizations with competitive or cooperative relationships, data analysis of business activities, modeling of artificial agents with psychobehavioral preferences and so forth. Our researches also relate to the following disciplines: game theory, multiattribute utility analysis, simulation analysis, artificial agent modeling, network analysis, nonlinear data analysis, and application for electricity market. We are committed to postgraduate education of working people.
	Production Systems Engineering	Professor Katsuhiko Takahashi takahasi@hiroshima-u.ac.jp Associate Professor Katsumi Morikawa mkatsumi@hiroshima-u.ac.jp Assistant Professor Keisuke Nagasawa nagasa-kei@hiroshima-u.ac.jp	Research on design, planning and control techniques of large-scale, complicated  manufacturing systems and supply chains. Some research topics are the utilization of human capability as a fundamental element of the production system, the development of manufacturing system which adapts to the change of manufacturing environment, and the simulation-based study of production systems.
	Mathematics	Professor Masaru Ikehata ikehata@hiroshima-u.ac.jp Professor Tetsutaro Shibata tshibata@hiroshima-u.ac.jp Professor Masao Hirokawa mhirokaw@hiroshima-u.ac.jp Associate Professor Wakako Kawashita wakawa@hiroshima-u.ac.jp Associate Professor Yasumasa Saisho saisho@hiroshima-u.ac.jp Associate Professor Yong Moo Chung yongmoo@hiroshima-u.ac.jp Associate Professor Hiroyoshi Mitake hiroyoshi-mitake@hiroshima-u.ac.jp Assistant Professor Satoki Uchiyama uchiyama@hiroshima-u.ac.jp	Research on inverse problems and the eigenvalue problems of differential equations. Mathematical analysis of linear PDEs. Stochastic differential equations, stochastic analysis and their applications. Examples: small random perturbations of dynamical systems, stochastic mechanics, probabilistic applications to mathematical biology and quantum theory. Dynamical systems and ergodic theory. Research on nonlinear elliptic and parabolic differential equations, and applications to the dynamical system and phenomenological theory. Statistical physics of neural networks.
Applied Cybernetics	Control Systems Engineering	Professor Toru Yamamoto yama@hiroshima-u.ac.jp Associate Professor Shuichi Ohno ohno@hiroshima-u.ac.jp Specially Appointed Lecturer Shin Wakitani wakitani@hiroshima-u.ac.jp Assistant Professor Masayoshi Nakamoto msy@hiroshima-u.ac.jp	Research and education on system control technology and digital signal processing. Specifically, adaptive & learning control system technology for industrial systems and welfare systems, and digital signal processing for communication systems and image processing.
	Electric Power and Energy System	Professor Naoto Yorino yorino@hiroshima-u.ac.jp Associate Professor Yoshifumi Zoka zo@hiroshima-u.ac.jp Assistant Professor Yutaka Sasaki yusasaki@hiroshima-u.ac.jp Assistant Professor Satoshi Taoka satoshi@hiroshima-u.ac.jp	Research mainly concerned with large-scale, complex and nonlinear electric power systems, including problems of operation and planning, voltage stability, frequency control, reliability, renewable energy, distributed power generation, microgrid/smartgrid, vehicle-to-grid, optimization technique, control system design, artificial intelligence application, analysis technology, algorithm development, etc.
	Biological Systems Engineering	Professor Toshio Tsuji toshiotsuji@hiroshima-u.ac.jp Associate Professor Yuichi Kurita ykurita@hiroshima-u.ac.jp Assistant Professor Zu Soh sozu@hiroshima-u.ac.jp	The main subject of research is the measurement, analysis and modeling of biological functions with its engineering applications. The research area covers human motion analysis, bioelectric signal processing, welfare robotics, artificial life, soft computing, electric circuit design and medical electronics engineering, etc.
	Robotics	Professor Idaku Ishii iishii@hiroshima-u.ac.jp Associate Professor Takashi Takaki takaki@hiroshima-u.ac.jp Specially Appointed Associate Professor Fengwei An anfengwei@hiroshima-u.ac.jp Assistant Professor Yuji Matsumoto yuji-matsumoto@hiroshima-u.ac.jp Specially Appointed Associate Professor Mingjun Jiang akitoshi@hiroshima-u.ac.jp	Research on hyper-human robotics technology exceeding man's capability, and its real world applications. For example, high-speed robot vision, robot mechanism design, mobile robot, sensor-based manipulation, multimedia applications, industrial applications, medical  applications, bio-applications, etc.
	Applications of Cybernetics	Professor Yoshio.Matsumoto Professor Hidehiko Komine Associate Professor Natsuki Miyata	Research on the modeling and application of a complicated phenomenon. For example,　measurement and diagnosis for the living body information and system integration, engineering application, etc.

 

Information Engineering

Major	Laboratories	Staff / E-mail	Details of Education / Research Fields
Information Engineering	Embedded Systems	Associate Professor Yasuaki Ito yasuaki@hiroshima-u.ac.jp	Research on hardware algorithm for combinatorial optimization using FPGAs, concurrent processing systems for big data, web-based lecture supporting system, and development of embedded systems.
	Computer Systems	Professor Koji Nakano nakano@hiroshima-u.ac.jp Assistant Professor Daisuke Takafuji tdaisuke@hiroshima-u.ac.jp	Research on architectures and algorithmic techniques for new computation and network environments including programmable logic devises, GPU, network of workstations, and multi-core systems.
	Distributed Systems	Professor Satoshi Fujita fujita@hiroshima-u.ac.jp Associate Professor Sayaka Kamei s10kamei@hiroshima-u.ac.jp	Theory and practice on parallel and distributed systems, such as secure and efficient resource sharing schemes, real-time file exploration in wide area networks, high-performance computing using PC clusters, contents delivery in service providing networks, and environment monitoring systems based on wireless sensor networks.
	Visual Information Science	Professor Kazufumi Kaneda kin@hiroshima-u.ac.jp Associate Professor Toru Tamaki tamaki@hiroshima-u.ac.jp Assistant Professor Bisser Raytchev bisser@hiroshima-u.ac.jp	Computer graphics, visualization, image processing, image recognition and understanding, computer vision, machine learning, and various applications of these technologies, such as biomedical imaging, optical design, video surveillance and human-computer interaction.
	Learning Engineering	Professor Tsukasa Hirashima tsukasa-hirashima@hiroshima-u.ac.jp Associate Professor Yuusuke Hayashi hay@hiroshima-u.ac.jp	Research on technology-enhanced learning systems designed based on knowledge modeling, implemented with artificial intelligence, multimedia and web technologies, and then practiced from viewpoint of education and psychology.
	Foundation of Computer Science	Professor Toru Nakanishi t-nakanishi@hiroshima-u.ac.jp Associate Professor Teruaki Kitasuka kitasuka@hiroshima-u.ac.jp Assistant Professor Katsunobu Imai imai@hiroshima-u.ac.jp	Cryptography and information security. In particular, privacy-enhancing authentications and network services, and 　implementations based on elliptic curve cryptosystems. Mobile and ubiquitous computing. In particular, communication, activity recognition, and location sensing using wireless devices. Theoretical studies on future computing systems. In particular, cellular automata and reversible computing.
	Dependable Systems	Professor Tadashi Dohi dohi@hiroshima-u.ac.jp Associate Professor Hiroyuki Okamura okamu@hiroshima-u.ac.jp	Dependable computing, Fault tolerant computing, Computer security, Software reliability assessment, Performance evaluation, Reliability and Maintenance, Applied probability, Applied statistics, Operations research, Stochastic modeling.
	Big Data Engineering	Professor Takio Kurita tkurita@hiroshima-u.ac.jp Associate Professor Jun-ichi Miyao miyao@hiroshima-u.ac.jp Associate Professor Yasuhiko Morimoto morimo@hiroshima-u.ac.jp	Pattern recognition and machine learning, Large-scale information processing and data management required for data mining, information retrieval, IoT (Internet Of Things) information processing. Real time processing for multimedia, Embedded media software.
	Informatics and Mathmatical Science	Professor Chuzo Iwamoto chuzo@hiroshima-u.ac.jp Professor Hiroaki Mukaidani mukaida@hiroshima-u.ac.jp Associate Professor Tadashi Shima tadashi@hiroshima-u.ac.jp	Computational complexity theory, hierarchies of complexity classes, and combinatorial computational geometry. System theory and intelligent information processing, Stabilization and optimization for stochastic systems, Numerical analysis and optimal design for mechatoronic systems. Stochastic processes, especially going around fractals. Spectral analysis of the generators associated with the stochastic processes on fractals.

 

Chemical Engineering

Major	Laboratories	Staff / E-mail	Details of Education / Research Fields
Chemical Engineering	Thermal-Fluid Engineering	Professor Akihiro Yabuki ayabuki@hiroshima-u.ac.jp Associate Professor Takashi Ogi ogit@hiroshima-u.ac.jp Assistant Professor Ratna Balgis ratna-balgis@hiroshima-u.ac.jp	Researches on the production of functional fine- and nano-particles and thin films using aerosol and liquid process and the evaluation of related phenomena such as fluid, heat transfer, chemical reaction of the gasliquid, mass transfer inside the  reactor, nucleation/growth, clean technology, self-healing coatings, recovery of rare earth, and alternative materials of rare earth.
	High-Pressure Fluid Property	Professor Shigeki Takishima r736735@hiroshima-u.ac.jp Associate Professor Shinichi Kihara snkihara@hiroshima-u.ac.jp Assistant Professor Ikuo Ushiki iushiki@hiroshima-u.ac.jp	Measurement and modeling of the equilibrium and transport properties for supercritical fluid + polymer systems. Development of innovative material processing technology and functional organic and inorganic materials utilizing particular characteristics of supercritical fluids.
	Polymer Technology	Professor Satoshi Nakai sn4247621@hiroshima-u.ac.jp Associate Professor Takashi Iizawa tiizawa@hiroshima-u.ac.jp Assistant Professor Takehiko Goto tgoto@hiroshima-u.ac.jp	Education and research on wastewater treatment, restoration of water environment and environment evaluation technologies using novel artificial and/or natural materials, utilization of waste to produce valuable materials. Physical chemistry of polymer gel. Development of separation system using stimulus responsive polymers or polymer gels. Research on the structure controlling method of polymer gel. Development of a highly efficient functional polymer and analysis of reaction using polymer.
	Separation Technology	Professor Toshinori Tsuru tsuru@hiroshima-u.ac.jp Associate Professor Masakoto Kanezashi kanezashi@hiroshima-u.ac.jp Assistant Professor Hiroki Nagasawa nagasawa@hiroshima-u.ac.jp	Development and characterization of nano- or subnano-porous ceramic membranes, and their application to gas separation, pervaporation / vapor permeation, nanofiltration / reverse osmotic processes, and catalytic membrane reactors. Transport mechanism of gas/liquid molecules through microporous membranes. Evaluation of membranebased separation processes.
	Fine Particle Technology	Professor Kunihiro Fukui kfukui@hiroshima-u.ac.jp Associate Professor Toru Ishigami ishigami@hiroshima-u.ac.jp Assistant Professor Tomonori Fukasawa fukasawa@hiroshima-u.ac.jp	Education and research on the development of novel high-performance classification system, the development of powder treatment process using microwave heating method, the improvement and life prediction of bag filter system, the analysis of particle dispersed system by CFDDEM simulation, the fabrication of standard particles for ISO, the measurement of physical and chemical particle property, the application of zeta potential measuring device and vibration fluidized bed.
	Equipment Materials Engineering	Professor Manabu Shimada smd@hiroshima-u.ac.jp Associate Professor Yoshinori Isomoto iyoshi@hiroshima-u.ac.jp Assistant Professor Masaru Kubo mkubo@hiroshima-u.ac.jp	Education and research on the fabrication of fine materials and microcontrolled surfaces by the generation and transport of gasborne matter, on the contamination phenomena induced by small particulate and trace amount of gaseous matter, on the development of synthetic process of organic-inorganic hybrid porous materials, and on the plant maintenance introduced by the characteristics, degradation process, risk management, life prediction of various component materials, and environmental and economical benefits.
	Green Process Engineering	Associate Professor Soonchul Kang kang@hiroshima-u.ac.jp Assistant Professor (under consideration)	Education and research on treatment of waste and wastewater, evaluation of environmental impacts of the human activities and its reduction by greenization of chemical processes, and ecological engineering for conservation and restoration of damaged ecosystems.

 

Applied Chemistry

Major	Laboratories	Staff / E-mail	Details of Education / Research Fields
Applied Chemistry	Applied Organic Chemistry	Professor Atsushi Ikeda aikeda@hiroshima-u.ac.jp Assistant Professor Kouta Sugikawa sugikawa@hiroshima-u.ac.jp	Education and research on development of synthetic reactions and supamolecular complexes applied for creating useful organic molecules in everyday life and high technology.
	Organic Materials Chemistry	Professor Joji Ohshita jo@hiroshima-u.ac.jp Assistant Professor Yohei Adachi yadachi@hiroshima-u.ac.jp	Education and research on organosilicon compounds, in particular synthesis of polysilane derivatives containing π-conjugated systems and their applications to organic electronic materials, and development of functional dye materials with epoch-making optoelectronic characteristics.
	Functional Polymer Chemistry	Professor Takeshi Shiono tshiono@hiroshima-u.ac.jp Associate Professor Yuushou Nakayama yuushou@hiroshima-u.ac.jp Assistant Professor Ryo Tanaka rytanaka@hiroshima-u.ac.jp	Education and research on polymer chemistry, especially, precision polymerization catalyzed by transition metal complex and development of new polymers from renewable biomass.
	Reaction Design Chemistry	Professor Itaru Osaka iosaka@hiroshima-u.ac.jp Associate Professor Hiroto Yoshida yhiroto@hiroshima-u.ac.jp Assistant Professor Kimihiro Komeyama kkome@hiroshima-u.ac.jp	Our research aims at an exploitation of new synthetic reactions and reagents that can be used for the selective and environmentally benign transformation of various organic compounds with high efficiency in energy and atom-economy. Particularly, heterofunctionalization of carbon-carbon multiple bonds with transition metal catalysts, and photochemical generation of active intermediates and their use for cyclization reactions are currently under investigation. Moreover, new aryne chemistry to provide unprecedentedly substituted arenes is growing up in our laboratory.
	Analytical Chemistry	Professor Shinjiro Hayakawa hayakawa@hiroshima-u.ac.jp Associate Professor Kenji Komaguchi okoma@hiroshima-u.ac.jp	Education and research on analytical chemistry, especially, development and application of new methods in x-ray spectroscopy.
	Materials Physical Chemistry	Professor Yousuke Ooyama yooyama@hiroshima-u.ac.jp Associate Professor Ichiro Imae imae@hiroshima-u.ac.jp	Development of novel functional dye materials with epoch-making optoelectronic characteristics, fluorescence sensing ability and therapeutic activity. Education and research on new functions of organic/inorganic materials and their applications to novel electronic/optoelectronic devices.
	Inorganic Materials Chemistry	Professor Kei Inumaru inumaru@hiroshima-u.ac.jp Associate Professor Kiyofumi Katagiri kktgr@hiroshima-u.ac.jp Assistant Professor Hiroshi Fukuoka hfukuoka@hiroshima-u.ac.jp	Research and education on ceramics, with main interests on molecular design, synthesis, characterization, and applications of new inorganic or inorganic-organic hybrid materials having functional nano-structures.
	Environmental Catalyst Chemistry	Professor Tsuneji Sano tsano@hiroshima-u.ac.jp Associate Professor Masahiro Sadakane sadakane09@hiroshima-u.ac.jp Assistant Professor Nao Tsunoji tnao7373@hiroshima-u.ac.jp	Synthesis of inorganic microporous and mesoporous materials such as zeolites and related materials, and their application to catalysts and adsorbents in environmental and energy research fields.

 

Civil and Environmental Engineering

Major	Laboratories	Staff / E-mail	Details of Education / Research Fields
Structural Engineering	Structural Materials and Concrete Structures	Professor Kenji Kawai kkawai@hiroshima-u.ac.jp Assistant Professor Yuko Ogawa ogaway@hiroshima-u.ac.jp	Education and research on the physicochemical characteristics of cementitious materials, the mechanical and durability performance evaluation of plain, reinforced and prestressed concretes, effective　utilization of resources, environmental impact evaluation of concrete, and maintenance of concrete structures.
	Structural Engineering	Associate Professor Kenichiro Nakarai nakarai@hiroshima-u.ac.jp Assistant Professor Ichiro Ario mario@hiroshima-u.ac.jp	Education and research on performance-based design on steel, concrete, and composite structures, earthquake and wind resistance design and vibration control, natural disaster prevention, remaining strength of aged　deteriorated existing structures, maintenance and asset management of bridges, and various couputer simulation technologies.
	Geotechnical Engineering	Professor Takashi Tsuchida ttuchida@hiroshima-u.ac.jp Assistant Professor Ryota Hashimoto ryotahashimoto@hiroshima-u.ac.jp	Evaluation of mechanical property of soft ground, Ground improvement techniques, Engineering properties of cement treated clay and recycled geo-materials, Development of new construction technology for waste disposal facility in coastal areas, In-situ testing of weathered granite soil and the application on disaster prevention of natural slopes in heavy rainfall, Estimation and countermeasures of sand liquefaction by earthquakes, Evaluation of seismic site response of ground, Earthquake resistant design of geotechnical works, Maintenance and　condition evaluation method for road pavement and geotechnical structures, Conservation of historic structures based on geotechnical engineering.
Environmental Engineering	Global Environment and Planning	Associate Professor Makoto Tsukai mtukai@hiroshima-u.ac.jp Associate Professor Masaaki Fuse masa-fuse@hiroshima-u.ac.jp Assistant Professor Lam Chi Yung cylam@hiroshima-u.ac.jp	Development of planning methodology, and analysis for following themes; recycling and low-carbon society, urban transportation system by making full use of a economical evaluation, a statistical model, and a mathematical  planning, a travel behavior model, or network scinence. Researches on material flows for scarce metals, market share forecast on low emission vehicles, development of statistical model for "big-data" , on consensus building by statistical approach for text data, and safety assessment for infrastructures.
	Environmental Preservation Engineering	Professor Akiyoshi Ohashi ecoakiyo@hiroshima-u.ac.jp Associate Professor Noriatsu Ozaki ojaki@hiroshima-u.ac.jp Assistant Professor Tomonori Kindaichi tomokin@hiroshima-u.ac.jp	Biological wastewater treatment. Energy recovery from biomass by microbes. Nitrogen and Phosphorous removal. Microbial community analysis. Analysis and modelling of behavior of trace toxic chemicals in air and water environments. Application of membrane filtration technique on wastewater treatment.
	Hydraulic Engineering	Professor Yoshihisa Kawahara kawahr@hiroshima-u.ac.jp Associate Professor Tatsuhiko Uchida utida@hiroshima-u.ac.jp	Monitoring river environment using autonomous UAV Numerical prediction of localized heavy rains using meteorological radars Modeling of interactions among flood flow, vegetation and morphology in rivers Study on multi-scale phenomena of flow and sediment transport in a dynamic fluvial system Transport and sorting mechanism of sediment mixture in gravel bed river Flow, sediment transport and topographical changes in rivers due to tsunami Multi-phase flows with sediment transport around river structures
	Coastal Engineering	Associate Professor Kiyoshi Kawanishi kiyosi@hiroshima-u.ac.jp Associate Professor Tadashi Hibino hibinot@hiroshima-u.ac.jp Assistant Professor Shinya Nakashita nakashita@hiroshima-u.ac.jp	Acoustic measurement of wash road 2-D mapping of velocity and salinity fields using fluvial acoustic tomography Monitoring of ascending tsunami/tidal bore Development of technology to improve environment in river bank Practical use of "sediment microbial fuel cells" more than solar batteries Research on groundwater and tidal flat environment in tidal estuaries

 

Transportation and Environmental Systems

Major	Laboratories	Staff / E-mail	Details of Education / Research Fields
Transportation and Environmental Systems	Structural Systems	Associate Professor Yoshikazu Tanaka tanakazu@hiroshima-u.ac.jp Assistant Professor Satoyuki Tanaka satoyuki@hiroshima-u.ac.jp	Buckling and ultimate strength evaluations Fracture and fatigue strength evaluations Computational Mechanics, Applied Mechanics, Solid/Structural Analysis Research on a floating structure for offshore wind power generation Energy harvesting using mechanical vibration Nondestructive inspection, Numerical electromagnetic field analysis
	Structural Design	Professor Mitsuru Kitamura kitamura@hiroshima-u.ac.jp Associate Professor Akihiro Takezawa akihiro@hiroshima-u.ac.jp	Design technologies and optimization methods for large-scale structures such as vehicles. Topology optimization method and its application. Computational method for structural analysis.
	System Safety	Professor Yukio Fujimoto fujimotoyukio@hiroshima-u.ac.jp Associate Professor Eiji Shintaku eshin@hiroshima-u.ac.jp	Research on the development of sheet type sensors for dynamic load measurement, impact force measurement, deformation measurement, stress measurement, and structural monitoring. Structural reliability　analysis and inspection planning of aging structures. Automatic cotrol and planning of ship equipments and systems.
	Integrated Engineering for Vehicle and Environmental Systems	Professor Kunihiro Hamada hamada@hiroshima-u.ac.jp Assistant Professor Noritaka Hirata nhirata@hiroshima-u.ac.jp	Design technologies and optimization methods for large-scale structures such as 　vehicles. Topology optimization method and its application. Computational method for structural analysis.
	Marine Transportation System	Professor Hironori Yasukawa yasukawa@hiroshima-u.ac.jp Associate Professor Susumu Tanaka stana@hiroshima-u.ac.jp Assistant Professor Masaaki Sano masaaki-sano@hiroshima-u.ac.jp	Development of an environment friendly marine vehicle Research on prediction of performances of marine vehicle Research on marine navigation safety Research on a new energy transportation
	Fluid Dynamics for Vehicle and Environmental Systems	Professor Yasuaki Doi ydoi@hiroshima-u.ac.jp Associate Professor Hidemi Mutsuda mutsuda@hiroshima-u.ac.jp Assistant Professor Takuji Nakashima nakashita@hiroshima-u.ac.jp	Research on passive/active stall control of aerofoil, Research on the reduction of wind resistance acting on a bridge of ship, Research on seakeeping performance of a ship in nonlinear wave, Research on CFD technology for aerodynamics and vehicle performance, Assessment and prediction of ocean-atmosphere environment due to vehicle transportation, Research on advanced technology of electrical energy generated by renewable energy (wind, ocean power, vibration) Research on a technology of energy harvesting Research on interaction between tsunami and structure
	Airworthiness and Seakeeping for Vehicles	Professor Hidetsugu Iwashita iwashita@hiroshima-u.ac.jp Associate Professor Yuji Sakuno sakuno@hiroshima-u.ac.jp	Research on the aerodynamic properties of WIG flying over the waves, Research on the passive control of the wind turbine with elastic composit material, Research on the human-powered aircraft, Research on the theoretical estimation of the seakeeping of high-speed ship, Research on the remote sensing of marine environment, Research on the remote sensing of PM2.5 measurement
	Ocean-Atmosphere Systems	Assistant Professor Masazumi Arai marai@hiroshima-u.ac.jp	Study of the Kuroshio effect to Seto Inland Sea environments, Study of anomalous sea levels generated in Hiroshima Bay by large internal waves, Study of the spreading process of Ota River water discharged into Hiroshima Bay , Study of horizontal fish finding by the mono-static sonar, Study of seiches, Study of tidal mixing and tidal front

 

Architecture

Major	Laboratories	Staff / E-mail	Details of Education / Research Fields
Building Engineering	Building Materials and Compornents	Professor Takaaki Okubo ohkubotk@hiroshima-u.ac.jp Assistant Professor Atsushi Teramoto a-teramoto@hiroshima-u.ac.jp	Applying technologies of RFID for the building life-cycle support Durability design for reinforced concrete buildings Repairing method for buildings, materials and components for sustainable buildings Applying wireles sensor technology for maintenance of building elements Control technology of cracking in concrete Evaluation for aesthetic quality of concrete texture
	Structural Mechanics of Building	Associate Professor Takuro Mori moritaku@hiroshima-u.ac.jp	Study on large-scale wooden construction using wooden materials including CLT Research on development of wooden rigid frame structure Evaluating method of residual seismic performance of existing wooden construction Long term performance evaluation of wooden buildings and materials
	Building Structures	Professor Hiroshi Tagawa htagawa@hiroshima-u.ac.jp Assistant Professor (under consideration)	Seismic design of steel structures Vibration control system of steel structures Beam-to-column connections and column-bases of steel structures Buckling analysis and design of steel frames Seismic retrofit of existing structures
	Disaster Prevention Engineering	Professor Naohiro Nakamura naohiro3@hiroshima-u.ac.jp Associate Professor Hiroyuki Miura hmiura@hiroshima-u.ac.jp Assistant Professor Yuji Miyazu http://miyazu@hiroshima-u.ac.jp	Seismic response and risk analyses of earthquake resistant, vibration controled and isolated buildings Estimation of soil-structure interaction effects shock-resistant design of buildings Earthquake ground motion evaluation Building damage estimation Spatial data analysis for risk evaluation and damage identification Seismic control system of buildings
	Earthquake and Structural Engineering	Associate Professor Yo Hibino hibino@hiroshima-u.ac.jp	Seismic design of reinforced concrete members Seismic performance evaluation of reinforced concrete buildings Seismic retrofit and repairing methods of reinforced concrete buildings Damage estimation of reinforced concrete buildings
	Architectural Planning	Professor Takahiro Tanaka ttanaka@hiroshima-u.ac.jp Associate Professor Hideaki Sumikura sumikura@hiroshima-u.ac.jp Assistant Professor Aya Ishigaki isgkay@hiroshima-u.ac.jp	Housings in urban and local area, The planning of social welfare and community facilities, The region-based housing supply system and The planning and the management of building production processes
	Architectural History and Design Theory	Associate Professor Shoichiro Sendai sendai@hiroshima-u.ac.jp Assistant Professor Susumu Mizuta smizuta@hiroshima-u.ac.jp	Theory on peace architecture and urban design. Theory on environment and landscape design. History of modern architecture and modern urbanism in Japan and World. Research and planning for the conservation of buildings and towns.
	Architectural Environment	Professor Daisaku Nishina nishina@hiroshima-u.ac.jp Assistant Professor Sayaka Kindaichi kindaichi@hiroshima-u.ac.jp	The planning of regional water environment, The efficient use of energy in buildings, The evaluation techniques for regional living environment and landscape, and The problems concerning with human behavior and/or environmental psychology. Urban environmental planning (green space, climate, built environment). Compact city. Sustainable community design.
	Architectural Project	Associate Professor Mitsugu Okagawa okagawa@hiroshima-u.ac.jp	Theoretical research of architectural design method and theoretical projection. Research on architectural space as information.Research on urban space. Construction the design method which present-day society and technical progress demand through critical analysis of the design method of modern architecture.