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.

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

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

Deformation and strength characteristics of soils. Liquefaction of sandy ground. Behavior of earthstructures during earthquakes.

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.

Experimental study on fluid mechanics and heat transfer to reveal the multi-dimensional structure of turbulence. Development of imaging diagnostics for thermal and fluid flow.

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

Experimental study of the air entraining vortex in a pump sump. Theoretical study of the separated flow through a centrifugal pump in a volute casing.

Heat transfer and fluid dynamics in Superfluid Helium, Cryogenic devices for space use

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

Research of hydrogen energy systems and hydrogen storage materials

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

Study of high efficiency direct energy conversion such as MHD (Magneto-hydro dynamics) power generation, MHD space application and direct energy conversion for D-3He fusion reactors and of very long distance DC power transmission.

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

Next generation of Energy and environment

Research on energy conversion using magnetics and superconductivity. Controlling chaos of Electric power system.

Application of detonation phenomena to aerospace propulsion and power generation. Research and development of pulse detonation engines (PDE). Fundamental research of a steady-state detonation wave and hypersonic flow.

Research on stabilities of fundamental laminar flames, formation mechanisms and reduction methods of pollutants such as NOx in flames, and new ignition method of engines.

Control of hypersonic flows around reentry space vehicles by electromagnetic energy. MHD power generation with plasma flows.

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