Faculty and Researchers
Electric, Information and Mechanical Engineering
Engineering and Atomic Energy, Radiation
An introduction to faculty staff members and laboratories in the Engineering and Atomic Energy, Radiation.
Note: Information on the laboratories is current as of the 2024 academic year. There may be changes to this information in the 2025 academic year.
ATSUMI Hisao
- Position
- Professor
- Laboratory
- Energy Engineering Laboratory
Energy Materials, Energy Conversion, Energy Education
Looking ahead to future energy applications, this laboratory is researching 1) nuclear fusion energy to produce electricity using the same principle that powers the sun, 2) hydrogen storage materials used in hydrogen fuel cells, and 3) thermoelectric conversion to produce electricity directly from heat.
ARITOMO Yoshihiro
- Position
- Professor
- Laboratory
- Laboratory of Nuclear Reaction Energy
Nuclear Engineering, Nuclear Reaction Theory, Synthesis of Super-Heavy Elements
Under the theme of utilizing energy from nuclear reactions, we have taken up the challenge of elucidating the dynamics of nuclear reactions. We are engaged in wide-ranging research on nuclear fusion and fission, transmutation, reprocessing, and synthesis of super-heavy elements.
OTSUKA Teppei
- Position
- Professor
- Laboratory
- Advanced Energy Environment Application Laboratory
Materials science for energy, Science and technology for hydrogen isotopes, Transport phenomena of elements in materials, Irradiation effects on materials
The research interests are safety confinement, storage and handling of hydrogen isotopes and radioactive elements in materials. Experiments and simulation on transport phenomena of elements in materials and interactions of radiation and materials are conducted.
NOGAMI Masanobu
- Position
- Professor
- Laboratory
- Nuclear Chemistry Laboratory
Separation Chemistry, Radiation Chemistry
We are working to develop new separation technologies and new functional materials using radiation in order to make effective use of radioactive substances not only in atomic energy applications, but also with the aim of expanding into other areas such as healthcare.
MATSUDA Toshiro
- Position
- Professor
YAMADA Takahiro
- Position
- Professor
YAMANISI Hirokuni
- Position
- Professor
Environmental ionizing radiation, Evaluation of radiation dose, Radiation protection
WAKABAYASHI Genichiro
- Position
- Professor
TAKEMURA Yuichiro
- Position
- Associate Professor
- Laboratory
- Plasma Engineering Laboratory
Plasma Engineering
Plasma is variously employed in, for example, plasma TVs and welding, and it has become an absolutely essential industrial technology. We are making practical application of this plasma and conducting research to find uses for it in a variety of other fields.
HOHARA Shinya
- Position
- Associate Professor