Department of Engineering Mechanics and Energy: mchanical engineering, civil and environmental engineering, aeronautical engineering, nuclear engineering, electrical engineering, energy engineering, Japan

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Space Development Engineering

Energy and Environmentology

Disaster Control

Multi-Scale Solid Materials Engineering

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Administrative Staff

Space Development Engineering

Toshihiro Kameda - Ph.D (North Carolina State Univ.), Associate Professor

Major: Solid mechanics, computational mechanics, mecahincal engineering, civil engineering

Computational mechanics which covers mechanical behavior of inelastic and / or inhomogeneous materials. Linking molecular dynamics with finite element method, inverse analysis of materials with unknown constitutive relation.

Dislocations in copper crystal simulated by molecular dynamics-->

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E-mail：kameda***@kz.tsukuba.ac.jp (remove ***)

Hajime Sakakita (National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology) - Dr. Eng (Nagoya Univ.), Associate Professor

Major: Plasma physics and engineering

E-mail：h.sakakita***@aist.go.jp (remove***)

Researches on medical, aerospace, energy and environmental applications using plasma technologies.

Plasma jet under atmospheric pressure -->

Kohei Shimamura - Dr.Sci (Univ. Tokyo), Assistant Professor

Major: Aerospace engineering, Wireless power transfer

Wireless power transfer via electromagnetic beam or
magnetic resonance coupling for the flying objects.

Rocket propulsion by Electromagnetic beam -->

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HP : http://wpp.kz.tsukuba.ac.jp/index.html
E-mail: shimamura***@kz.tsukuba.ac.jp (remove ***)

Hiroyuki Sugita (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) - Dr. Eng (Kyoto Univ.), Professor

Major: Thermal Engineering, Space Cryogenics

Research on active thermal control devices and efficient space cryocoolers for innovative spacecrafts.

Next-generation infrared space telescope SPICA with cryocoolers and effective radiative cooling system -->

HP: http://www.ard.jaxa.jp/eng/research/thermalsg/th-index.html
E-mail：sugita.hiroyuki***@jaxa.jp (remove***)

Makihito Nishioka - Dr.Eng (Nagoya Univ.), Professor

Major: Combustion, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Research on stabilities of fundamental laminar flames, new combustion methods for ultra lean premixed gas, and for ultra low grade fuel.

Temperature distribution of CH₄-N₂ flame computed by numerical simulation with complex chemical reactions-->

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HP : http://fireball.kz.tsukuba.ac.jp/english.html
E-mail: mnisioka***@kz.tsukuba.ac.jp (remove ***)

Takayasu Fujino - Dr.Eng (Tokyo Inst. Tech.), Associate Professor

Major: Plasma engineering, magneto-electric hydro engineering, applied physics

Research on Application of Magnetohydrodynamics and Plasmadynamics to Energy and Aerospace Engineering.

Temperature distribution of plasma surrounding a space shuttle-->

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HP : http://fmm.kz.tsukuba.ac.jp/
E-mail: tfujino***@kz.tsukuba.ac.jp (remove ***)

Satoshi Matsumoto (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency ) - Dr.Eng (Toyo Univ.), Professor

Major: Thermo-Fluid dynamics, Space Engineering

Study on thermo-fluid phenomena utilizing the International Space Station, Non-linear dynamics of levitating drop

Liquid bridge formed in the International Space Station (ISS)-->

HP :http://kibo.jaxa.jp/en/experiment/theme/first/
E-mail:matsumoto.satoshi***@jaxa.jp(remove***)

Tadahito Mizutani (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) - Dr. Sci (Univ. Tokyo), Associate Professor

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E-mail:mizutani.tadahito***@jaxa.jp(remove***)

Shigeru Yokota - Ph.D.(Eng) (Univ. Tokyo), Associate Professor

Major: Space propulsion, Plasma engineering

Advanced space propulsion systems, such as electric propulsion or laser propulsion.

Hall thruster in operation-->

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HP : http://spl.kz.tsukuba.ac.jp/index.html
E-mail: yokota***@kz.tsukuba.ac.jp (remove ***)

Energy and Environmentology

Hirohisa Aki - Ph. D(Eng) (Yokohama Nat. Univ.), Associate Professor

Major: Energy eystems engineering, Power systems, Systems engineering

Power and energy systems: studies on demand-side oriented energy systems and development of integrated-distributed energy management systems.

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HP:http://eclab.kz.tsukuba.ac.jp/english/
E-mail: aki***@kz.tsukuba.ac.jp (remove ***)

Yutaka Abe - Ph.D (Tokyo Inst. Tech.), Professor

Major: Energy system engineering, Thermo-fluid engineering, mechanical engineering

Research and development on active control technique of fluid flow and heat transfer with ultrasonic wave and micro-channel device, and design study of new energy system and safety analysis of large scale power plants.

Experiment in a airacraft realizing micro gravity-->

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HP : http://www.kz.tsukuba.ac.jp/~abe
E-mail: abe***@kz.tsukuba.ac.jp (remove ***)

Masayoshi Ishida - Dr.Eng (Univ. Tsukuba), Professor

Major: Energy transfer engineering, electrical engineering

Development of high voltage insulation technique at high temperatures and high output generation systems using fuel cells are being studied to improve efficiency on energy conversion and transmission.

Fuel cell stack for development of new hydrogen process-->

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HP : http://eclab.kz.tsukuba.ac.jp/english/
E-mail: ishida***@kz.tsukuba.ac.jp (remove ***)

Hirofumi Ohashi (Japan Atomic Energy Agency) - Dr.Eng (Yokohama Nat. Univ.), Associate Professor

Major: Nuclear engineering, hydrogen energy

Research and development on High Temperature Gas-cooled Reactor (HTGR) and thermochemical water splitting IS process to produce hydrogen using high-temperature nuclear heat from HTGR.

Japanese High Temperature Gas-cooled Reactor with high level safety (HTTR)-->

HP:http:http://www.jaea.go.jp/04/o-arai/nhc/index.html
E-mail:ohashi.hirofumi***@jaea.go.jp(remove ***)

Tetsuya Kanagawa - Dr. Eng (Hokkaido Univ.), Assistant Professor

Major: Mathematical Fluid Dynamics

Theoretical fluid physics, Nonlinear acoustics.

Two types of modes of acoustic waves in bubbly liquids-->

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E-mail: kanagawa***@kz.tsukuba.ac.jp (remove ***)

Akiko Kaneko(Fujiwara) - Ph.D (Keio Univ.), Associate Professor

Major: Fluid engineering, multi-phase flow, mechanical engineering

Study on multiphase flow based on the energy and environmental issue.

Fission of bubbles in venturi tube-->

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HP : http://www.kz.tsukuba.ac.jp/~abe
E-mail: kaneko***@kz.tsukuba.ac.jp (remove ***)

Harumichi Kyotoh - Dr.Eng (Univ. Tsukuba), Professor

Major: Fluid mechanics, civil engineering

Water quality improvement due to micro-bubbles. Micro‐bubble producing devise. Wind wave control by a resonator. Underwater sound generated by bubbles. Instability of a falling liquid curtain.

Micro-bubble generator utilizing vortex breakdown phenomenon-->

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HP : http://surface.kz.tsukuba.ac.jp/~kyotoh/
E-mail: kyotoh***@kz.tsukuba.ac.jp (remove ***)

Naoki Shirakawa -Dr.Eng (Univ. Tokyo), Associate Professor

Major: River engineering, civil engineering

River basin management with engineering and socio-economic approaches. Environmental flow, environmental economics, decision making process.

Field survay in a river-->

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HP : http://surface.kz.tsukuba.ac.jp/
E-mail: naoki-s***@kz.tsukuba.ac.jp (remove ***)

Hao-Shen Zhou (National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology) - Dr.Eng (Univ. Tokyo), Professor

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HP : https://unit.aist.go.jp/energy/energy-int/
E-mail: hs.zhou***@aist.go.jp (remove ***)

Koji Dairaku - Dr.Eng (Univ. Tokyo), Associate Professor

Major: Hydrometeorology, Environmental Disaster Resilience

Hydrometeorological hazard and risk information for climate change adaptation, Regional climate modelling, Probabilistic evaluation of multi-model ensemble simulations

Multi-model regional climate simulations
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Toru Takahashi - Dr.Eng (Univ. Tsukuba), Assistant Professor

Major: Power electronics, Electromagnetic field analysis

Research on power conversion circuits.

EM wave propagation analysis result
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HP : http://www.kz.tsukuba.ac.jp/~takahashi/index.html
E-mail: takahashi***@kz.tsukuba.ac.jp (remove ***)

Satoshi Takewaka - Dr.Eng (Univ. Tsukuba), Professor

Major: Coastal engineering, environmental engineering, civil engineering

Remote sensing, field survey and numerical modeling on coastal environments.

Kashimanada Coast observed by ASTER-->

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HP : http://cecom.kz.tsukuba.ac.jp/
E-mail: takewaka***@kz.tsukuba.ac.jp (remove ***)

Masatoshi Denda (Public Works Research Institute) - Dr.Eng (Nagoya Univ.), Associate Professor

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HP: http://www.pwri.go.jp/team/rrt/
E-mail:denda***@pwri.go.jp (remove ***)

Hideaki Monji - Dr.Eng (Univ. Tsukuba), Professor

Major: Multi-phase flow engineering, Thermo-fluid engineering

Study on characteristics of dispersed two-phase flow : phase distribution of bubbly flow, separation process by centrifugal force for solid-liquid two-phase flow.

MOFIA (Moving Object-Flow Image Analyzer)-->

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HP : http://www.kz.tsukuba.ac.jp/~monji/
E-mail: monji***@kz.tsukuba.ac.jp (remove ***)

Hiroyuki Yoshida (Japan Atomic Energy Agency) - Dr. Eng (Kyushu Univ.), Professor

Major: Thermo-fluid engineering, two-phase flow analysis

Development of analytical methods for two-phase flow in terms of thermal design of nuclear plant system

Visualization of a simulated two-phase flow
in a sub-channel model of nuclear reactor-->

HP : http://nsec.jaea.go.jp/ndre/ndre2/tfg/en/index.html/
E-mail: yoshida.hiroyuki@jaea.go.jp (remove ***)

Disaster Control

Takehiko Asai - Ph.D. (Univ. Illinois at Urbana-Champaign), Assistant Professor

Major: Structural control

Smart structural control system, self-powered vibration control with energy harvesting technologies.

Tuned inertilal mass electromagnetic transducer
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HP : http://www.kz.tsukuba.ac.jp/~asai//
E-mail: asai***@kz.tsukuba.ac.jp (remove ***)

Daigoro Isobe - Dr.Eng (Univ. Tokyo), Professor

Major: Computational mechanics, structural engineering, robotics

Numerical and experimental studies on impact and collapse problems of structures, Parallel control of robotic mechanisms considering dynamics and structural strength, Application of computational mechanics and structural engineering essence to robotics.

Blast demolition experimental system-->

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HP: http://www.kz.tsukuba.ac.jp/~isobe/index.html
E-mail: isobe***@kz.tsukuba.ac.jp (remove ***)

Toshiyuki Kanakubo - Dr.Eng (Univ. Tsukuba), Professor

Major: Civil engineering, structual engineering, anti-earthquake engineering

Research on seismic behavior of large scale structures. Concrete structures using FRP or high performance fiber-reinforced cementitious composites, development of isolating and controlling techniques for earthquake motions.

Tensil testing on HPFRCC row-->

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HP : http://www.kz.tsukuba.ac.jp/~kanakubo/
E-mail: kanakubo***@kz.tsukuba.ac.jp (remove ***)

Yuki Sakai - Dr.Eng (Univ. Tokyo), Professor

Major: Disaster controle, anti-earthqake engineering

Studies on relationship between characteristics of strong ground motions and damage to structures and its application to earthquake damage mitigation.

Seismic intensity distribution
(2004 Niigata-chuetu Earthquake)-->

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HP : http://www.kz.tsukuba.ac.jp/~sakai/jsd.htm
E-mail: sakai***@kz.tsukuba.ac.jp (remove ***)

Gaku Shoji - Dr.Eng (Tokyo Inst. of Tech.), Associate Professor

Major: Risk engineering, structual reliability engineering

Structural safety and system reliability assessment for critical lifeline infrastructures such as transportation networks, utilities, and communication networks in view of seismic and tsunami risks, and mathematical modeling of public cognition against functional impairment of critical infrastructures during an event.

A bridge collapsed by Tsunami on Sumatra, 2004-->

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HP : http://www.kz.tsukuba.ac.jp/~gshoji/
E-mail: gshoji***@kz.tsukuba.ac.jp (remove ***)

Seizo Tanaka - Dr.(Eng.) (Chuo Univ.), Assistant Professor

Major: Computational mechanics, Disaster prevention engineering

Studies on development of numerical simulation methods for natural disaster prevention and reduction with high performance computing technologies

Computed result of seismic responses of structure with strain distribution.-->

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HP : http://www.kz.tsukuba.ac.jp/~stanaka/
E-mail: stanaka***@kz.tsukuba.ac.jp (remove ***)

Mayuko Nishio - Dr.Eng (Univ. Tokyo), Associate Professor

Major: Structural engineering, Applied mechanics, Civil engineering

Structural health monitoring (SHM), structural dynamics, seismic analysis, data assimilation, and machine learning

Performance evaluation of existing bridge -->

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HP : https://sites.google.com/view/mayukonishiojp/cv-english
E-mail:nishio***@kz.tsukuba.ac.jp (remove ***)

Takashi Matsushima -Dr.Eng (Univ. Tokyo), Professor

Major: Soil engineering, granular engineering

Micro-mechanics of granular and powder materials. Mechanics of liquefaction and debris flow.

Visualization of granular material
using laser-aided tomography-->

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HP : http://geotech.kz.tsukuba.ac.jp
E-mail: tmatsu***@kz.tsukuba.ac.jp (remove ***)

Naoto Mitsume - Dr.Eng (Univ. Tokyo), Assistant Professor

Major: Computational mechanics, Continuum mechanics

Development of coupled models and analysis systems for simulation of multi-physics phenomena, Multi-physics simulation for solving real-world problems

Wave-structure interaction simulation -->

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HP : http://save.sys.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp/~mitsume/mitsumelab/index.html
E-mail:mitsume***@kz.tsukuba.ac.jp (remove ***)

Akira Yasojima -Dr.Eng (Univ. Tsukuba), Associate Professor

Major:Civil engineering, structual engineering, anti-earthquake engineering

Reseach on seismic performance and disaster prevention technology of reinforced concrete structure and structural material with environmental issues, maintenance and recycle technology.

Reseach of Historical Brick Masonry Buildings-->

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HP : http://www.kz.tsukuba.ac.jp/~yasojima/
E-mail: yasojima***@kz.tsukuba.ac.jp (remove ***)

Kyosuke Yamamoto -Dr.Eng (Kyoto Univ.), Assistant Professor

Major: Structure engineering

SHM(Structure Health Monitoring), Structural design.

Management for civil structures-->

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E-mail: yamamoto_k***@kz.tsukuba.ac.jp (remove ***)

Multi-Scale Solid Materials Engineering

Masamichi Kawai - Dr.Eng (Univ. Nagoya), Professor

Major: Composite materials and structures, mechanical engineering, aerospace engineering, energy structure engineering

Experimental studies of the deformation, strength and durability (creep, fatigue) of carbon fiber-reinforced polymer matrix composites in aerospace and new energy structures, and of the inelasticity and damage of high temperature materials in gas turbine engine systems, together with investigations into their engineering modeling and application to numerical design analysis

Plain woven fabric composite-->

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E-mail: mkawai***@kz.tsukuba.ac.jp (remove ***)

Yuichi Shintaku - Ph. D. (Eng.) (Tohoku Univ.), Assistant Professor

Major: Computational mechanics, material engineering, fracture mechanics

Numerical and experimental study on fracture mechanism of materials and its application for structure evaluation

Crack propagation with material degradation due to local chemical action of hydrogen in polycrystalline metals-->

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Yoshihisa Harada (National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology) - Dr.Eng(Nagoya Univ.), Professor

Materials Science, Damage Evaluation

Research and development of materials reliability performance based on damage evaluation for structural and processing components such as electric power plants or transportation.

Multi-purpose materials testing machine and result of damage evaluation-->

E-mail: harada.y***@aist.go.jp (remove ***)

Sankei Hori - Dr.Eng (Tokyo Univ. Agr. & Technol.), Associate Professor

Major: Machine Tool, Machining, Ultrasonic Technique

Research on machine tool , machining, and in-process measurement using ultrasonic technique.

In-process measurement system using ultrasonic technique-->

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E-mail: hori.sankei.fn***@u.tsukuba.ac.jp (remove ***)

Akihiro Matsuda - Dr.Eng (Univ. Tsukuba), Associate Professor

Major: Polymer engineering, mechanical engineering, computational engineering

Thermodynamic coupled simulation of mechanical-thermal-chemical properties of vulcanized rubber to evaluate sealing performance and aging behavior of O-rings or rubber-seals.
Large deformation analysis of laminated rubber bearings and metal dampers for seismic isolation.

Diformation of rubber bearing by loading test and numerical
simulation-->

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HP : http://poly.kz.tsukuba.ac.jp/
E-mail: a_matsuda***@kz.tsukuba.ac.jp (remove ***)

Tetsuya Matsuda - Dr.Eng (Univ. Nagoya), Associate Professor

Major: Solid mechanics, computational mechanics

Study of multi-scale simulation techniques. Evaluation of properties of solids which consist of microscopic structures using homogenization theory/FEM.

Multi-scale inelastic analysis of textile composites-->

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HP : http://www.kz.tsukuba.ac.jp/~matsuda/
E-mail: matsuda***@kz.tsukuba.ac.jp (remove ***)

Administrative Staff

Kazue Yoshinuma
	Office: 3F300 Tel: 81-29-853-5203 E-mail: yoshinuma*@kz.tsukuba.ac.jp (remove *)

Yuko Sugiura
	Office: 3F300 Tel: 81-29-853-5059 E-mail: hoshino.sachiko.gp*@un.tsukuba.ac.jp (remove *)

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