Following is the course description of the doctoral program starting in April 2010:
Outline of Doctoral Program
【Manufacturing Engineering】
Engineering, in the process of development, has segmentized itself while incorporating other fields, and generated new frontiers of technology. Since this process will undoubtedly repeat itself in the future, it is of critical importance to foster engineers who are eager to venture into such frontiers. In this course we will not only focus on fundamental technologies but broaden our horizons to the fields of academic boundaries. We aim at fostering world class researchers who excel in comprehensive judgment and are equipped with creativity, leadership, and planning ability.
Names of the courses, staffs and their Research fields are shown belo.
Research Fields |
Academic Staff |
Main Activities |
Materials Manufacturing Engineering |
Jun-ichi TAMAKI
(Prof.) |
Dressing and truing of super abrasive grinding and micro/nano machining of hard and brittle materials. |
Sharif ULLAH
(Assoc. Prof.) |
Application of artificial intelligence in systems design and
manufacturing. |
Akiyoshi FUJI
(Prof.) |
Study on joining for dissimilar metals and advanced materials. |
Kosaku YOSHIDA
(Prof.) |
Electron transport characteristics in weakly ionized gases.
Ozone synthesis by discharge plasma. |
Yoshio ABE
(Prof.) |
Formation of oxide and nitride thin films by sputtering.
Electrochemical properties of thin films. |
Midori KAWAMURA
(Assoc. Prof.) |
Investigation of sputter-deposition controlling the crystal orientation. Development of the materials for the Ag metallization.
Fabrication of semiconductor nanostructures. |
Masakazu AOYAMA
(Prof.) |
Preparation of functional materials from lignocellulosic biomasses. Chemical structure and utilization of biological active
substances. |
Humihiro ARAI
(Assoc. Prof.) |
Suppression of oxidative stress in vivo by food
factors. |
Nobuo TAKAHASHI
(Prof.) |
Olefin hydroformylation over supported transition metal catalysts. Reaction between olefin and ammonia over transition metal
supported zeolite catalysts. Characterization of supported transition metal catalysts by spectroscopic techniques. |
Hirotsugu MINAMI
(Assoc. Prof.) |
Development of atomic spectroscopic methods for solid sample analysis. |
Atsushi NOYA
(Prof.) |
Thin-films for electronics. LSI process engineering.
Physics and chemistry for metal/semiconductor interfaces. |
Mayumi B. TAKEYAMA
(Assoc. Prof.) |
Masayuki HOSHI
(Prof.) |
Regio-,stereo-,and chemo-selective transformation of organic
compounds. |
Hisayuki NAKATANI
(Assoc. Prof.) |
Synthesis of polymer having high resistance to degradation. |
Shinji WATANABE
(Assoc. Prof.) |
Synthesis of aromatic polyester and polyether. Synthesis of
polymer microsphere having mercapto groups. |
Miki MURATA
(Assoc. Prof.) |
Synthesis of organoboron and - silicon compounds by
transition - metal- catalyzed coupling reactions. |
Hiroyuki HANIU
(Prof.) |
Clarification of vortex formation mechanism by means of
LDV and image processing. Control of Jet diffusion. |
Katsumi MIYAKOSHI
(Assoc. Prof.) |
Passive control of jet diffusion. |
Kazuhiro HAYASHIDA
(Assoc. Prof.) |
Improvement of engine combustion technology and engine
performance under low temperature conditions. |
Yoichi MITO
(Assoc. Prof.) |
Analysis of transport mechanisms in fluid turbulence using
numerical simulation. |
Manufacturing
System Engineering |
Koichi HIRAYAMA
(Prof.) |
Research on numerical analysis and design of microwave
waveguides. |
Tatsuya KASHIWA
(Prof.) |
Numerical analysis of microwave circuits and antennas.
Analysis of digital communication systems. |
Kenji TAGUCHI
(Assoc. Prof.) |
Yasuhide TSUJI
(Assoc. Prof.) |
Research on numerical analysis and design of optical
waveguide devices. |
Hiroshi TANIMOTO
(Prof.) |
Analysis and design of analog LSIs. |
Shun-ichi KAMEMARU
(Prof.) |
Study of optical computing based on methods of optical
information processing. |
Masakiyo SUZUKI
(Prof.) |
Sensor array signal processing, development of a system of
automaticallychasing a salmon, modeling of wave functions in a
semiconductor, modeling of FM-FM neurons in auditory cortex of a bat. |
Noriaki MIURA
(Prof.) |
Development of image restoration methods and their
applications. |
Kenji HARADA
(Assoc. Prof.) |
Holographic recording using organic materials and its
application. |
Akira KAWAMURA
(Prof.) |
Study on evaluation of road surfaces and traffic characteristics. |
Kiyoshi TAKAHASHI
(Assoc. Prof.) |
Evaluation of transportation project. |
Toshio EISAKA
(Prof.) |
Control system design and its application. Robot Informatics. |
Yoshiharu OZAKI
(Prof.) |
Study on visualization and measurement of phase objects. |
Takao UEDA
(Assoc. Prof.) |
Power systems operation, analysis, control. Renewable energy conversion. Application of knowledge engineering and computer engineering to power systems. |
Atsuro SANNAMI
(Prof.) |
Dynamical systems. |
Masaharu KOUNO
(Prof.) |
Study of 3 dimensional manifolds by means of graphs. |
Hiroshi YAMADA
(Prof.) |
Lie ring and singular points. |
Humihiko WATANABE
(Assoc. Prof.) |
Study on analytic differential equations |
Fumito MASUI
(Assoc. Prof.) |
Natural Language Processing and its application. |
Hiroshi MASUI
(Assoc. Prof.) |
Study of scientific database and application. |
【Cold Regions Environmental and Energy Engineering】
Our institute is located in a cold region surrounded by a rich natural environment. To make the best of such surroundings, we promote research in social infrastructure and have started the effective development of new energy. Such community based research has seen great results. Through education and research in cold regions environmental and energy engineering that are unique to the region, we nurture highly specialized engineers with comprehensive knowledge, multilateral perspectives, creativity and planning ability.
Names of the courses, staffs and their Research fields are shown below.
Research Fields |
Academic Staff |
Main Activities |
Cold Regions
Engineering |
Satoshi YAMASHITA
(Prof.) |
Evaluation of stress-strain testing of geomaterial. |
Akira HORI
(Assoc. Prof.) |
Environmental conservation and physical properties of ice in
cold regions. |
Shuichi MIKAMI
(Prof.) |
Damage evaluation on civil engineering structures by
ultrasonic wave. |
Yasunori MIYAMORI
(Assoc. Prof.) |
Seismic safety of infrastructures. |
Keisuke NAKAYAMA
(Prof.) |
Environmental fluid mechanics in estuarine and coastal areas |
Yasuharu WATANABE
(Prof.) |
Channel formation process and river disaster prevention. |
Hideaki NAGARE
(Assoc. Prof.) |
Water and wastewater treatment, and management of water
environment. |
Takashi NAKAO
(Assoc. Prof.) |
Analysis of water environment using satellite data. |
Shuhei TAKAHASHI
(Prof.) |
Heat balance on snow and ice surfaces, glaciological studies
of polar glaciers. |
Hiroyuki ENOMOTO
(Prof.) |
Researches on sea ice, snow cover and climate in cold
regions. |
Takao KAMEDA
(Assoc. Prof.) |
Physical properties of snow and ice in cold regions,
Glaciological studies of Antarctic ice sheet and glaciers. |
Environmental and
Energy Engineering |
Tsutomu SUZUKI
(Prof.) |
Nickel- and iron-catalyzed low temperature hydrogasification of woody biomass. Preparation of highly functional wood carbon-metal complex. Effective utilization of wood pyrolysis tar. |
Hidenobu ITOH
(Assoc. Prof.) |
Developments of new sol-gel method using propylene oxide as a gelation promoter. Synthesis and characterization of Bi-based superconducting oxides. Preparation of multi-functional ceramic thin film by frame spray technique. |
Jun-ichi HORIUCHI
(Prof.) |
Knowledge-based control and optimization of biological processes.
Environmental biotechnology, Biological utilization of local resources. |
Noriyasu OKAZAKI
(Assoc. Prof.) |
Environmental Catalysis |
Hitoshi SHOJI
(Prof.) |
Formation processes and physical properties of snow, ice and gas hydrate |
Akihiro HACHIKUBO
(Assoc. Prof.) |
Formation processes and thermal properties of snow, ice and gas hydrate. |
Junji TAMURA
(Prof.) |
Design and analysis of wind energy conversion system. |
Rion TAKAHASHI
(Assoc. Prof.) |
Masafumi SASAKI
(Prof.) |
Environmental assessment of methane-hydrate. Solar and renewable energy system. |
Takeshi MATSUDA
(Prof.) |
Development of catalysts for effective utilization of natural resources. |
Kazuhiro ISHIKAWA
(Assoc. Prof.) |
Alloy design and microstructural control of multi-phase hydrogenpermeation alloys. Development of rolling technique for preparation of hydrogen permeation membrane. Investigation of phase
equilibria and order-disorder transitions for intermetallic compounds. |
Shin’ya OBARA
(Prof.) |
Distributed power supply, Compound energy system,
Optimal design, Operation plan. |
Takanobu YAMADA
(Assoc. Prof.) |
Combustion & heat transfer, μGT co-generation system, Heat exchanger, Heat analysis for gas hydrate. |
【Medical Engineering】
One of the roles of our institute that is expected by the community is to develop and expand engineering technology that will improve the quality of life (QOL) of the local people. In recent years, demands in medical engineering have been increasing, and we consider it as one of our responsibilities to meet such expectations. In this course we will promote education and research, based on what we have achieved, by collaborating with local healthcare professionals. We will foster highly specialized engineers who can contribute to the medical front from a medical engineering point of view.
Names of the courses, staffs and their Research fields are shown below.
Research Fields |
Academic Staff |
Main Activities |
Biomechanical and
Biomedical Engineering |
Jun-ichi SHIBANO
(Prof.) |
Study on mechanical properties of bone and biomaterials.
Non-destructive evaluation of solid materials using synchrotron radiation white X-ray. |
Michiaki KOBAYASHI
(Prof.) |
Non-linear wave propagation. Ultrasonic non-destructive evaluation of solid materials. Evaluation of born mechanical property. |
Soichiro SUZUKI
(Assoc. Prof.) |
Control of automatic systems based on human skill. |
Michiko WATANABE
(Assoc. Prof.) |
Emergence on autonomous behavior and acquisition of
knowledge episode for autonomous agents. |
Tadatoshi TANIFUJI
(Prof.) |
Study on optical sensing and the signal processing technologies. |
Yasumasa KANEKIYO
(Assoc. Prof.) |
Design and synthesis of stimuli-responsive molecular recognition
systems. |
Masayuki UTO
(Assoc. Prof.) |
Design and development of chemical sensors mimicking
biological functions. |
Takashi YOSHIDA
(Prof.) |
Chemical synthesis of polysaccharides having specific biological
activity. Elucidation of structure and biological activity relationshipof natural polysaccharides. Enzymatic polymerization. Zeroemission. |
Toru KANNO
(Assoc. Prof.) |
Application of ceramic material to biomaterial and environmental material. |
Toshitsugu SATO
(Assoc. Prof.) |
Molecular breeding of food microbe (shiitake mushroom and
koji mold), and bioremediation by waste water from shiitake mushroom sawdust culture |
Tetsuya OHASHI
(Prof.) |
Numerical analysis and simulations of mechanical properties in microstructure of solids. |
Yoshihiko HAYAKAWA
(Assoc. Prof.) |
Medical 3D visualization and the application, Computer-aided detection and recognition in medical imaging. |
