Faculty and Researchers

Department of Electrical, Electronic and Communication Engineering

An introduction to faculty staff members and laboratories in the Department of Electrical, Electronic and Communication Engineering.
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.

OHBOSHI Naoki

Position
Professor
Laboratory
Laboratory of Medical Informatics
Medical Informatics

We apply information technology to medical care safely and without imposing a burden on doctors or patients. To this end, we conduct research on ubiquitous computing, advanced image and video processing, and user-friendly interface technologies.

TAKEUCHI Yoshinori

Position
Professor
Laboratory
Integrated System Design Laboratory
Integrated System Design, Embedded Systems

VLSI is a key technology to design integrated systems. In designing integrated systems, we should optimize many metrics such as low power, low energy, high robustness and high performance. This laboratory conducts research concerning integrated system design methodology and design itself.

NAKANO Hitoshi

Position
Professor
Laboratory
Laser Engineering Laboratory
Laser Engineering

We are actively conducting research related to laser and electrical energy control, for example, development of new lasers, new functional materials by laser treatment, laser peening, and development of fast high-voltage switch using power semiconductors.

MATSUTANI Takaomi

Position
Professor
Laboratory
Material Processing Laboratory
Material Science, Material Process Engineering, Instrumentation Engineering

We develop new materials to create new electronic components and also develop technologies to fabricate them easily. We also develop new analytical techniques using these new materials, such as atmospheric analysis and observation of catalyst reactions.

MATSUDA Tokiyoshi

Position
Professor
Sensor, MEMS, Oxide semiconductor

MORIMOTO Takeshi

Position
Professor
Laboratory
Remote Sensing Engineering Laboratory
Atmospheric Electricity, Remote Sensing, Electromagnetic compatibility

We make practical application of remote sensing technologies that measure the nature of objects from a distance using specific properties such as electromagnetic emissions. We also develop equipment and perform observations and analyses on various subjects, such as phenomena that cause disasters to happen, the Earth’s environment, etc.

YUMOTO Masaki

Position
Professor
Laboratory
Information Systems Engineering Laboratory
Information Systems Engineering, Intelligent Information Processing

We are doing research using techniques that fuse information and knowledge processing technologies with system technologies such as simulation and optimization techniques. Our goal is to enable computers to replace humans for intellectual tasks such as identifying problems and formulating solutions to them.

YOSHIDA Minoru

Position
Professor
Laboratory
Fiber Optics Laboratory
Optical Fibers, Fiber Lasers, Laser Engineering

This lab does research on the fundamentals and potential applications of light, revolving not only around optical communications, but also the development of new lasers that use optical fibers. We also promote development of new optical technologies and enjoy discovering previously unknown phenomena involving light.

OHNISHI Kohei

Position
Associate Professor
Nano devices, Superconducting devices, nano-fabrication process

KASHIWAO Tomoaki

Position
Associate Professor
Laboratory
Soft Computing and Optical Design Laboratory
LED Packaging, Soft Computing, Control Theory

My research interests include LED packaging optimal design based on ray-tracing simulation and machine learning, and big-data analysis of a railway telemeter system.

Kengo Sugahara

Position
Associate Professor
Laboratory
Applied Electromagnetics Laboratory
Electromagnetic analysis Accelerator physics Artificial intelligence

NAKAYAMA Keizo

Position
Associate Professor
Laboratory
Optical Information and Optical Materials Laboratory
Liquid Crystals, Optics, Optical Security, Welfare Technology

We are advancing research to make practical application of the liquid crystal materials widely used in displays for optical security device and assist device in color discrimination for color vision defect.

FUJII Mami

Position
Associate Professor

MAEDA Yoshinobu

Position
Associate Professor
Laboratory
Optoelectronics Laboratory
Optoelectronics, Semiconductor Engineering

We are currently doing research on optical triodes needed in the field of optoelectronics to perform various types of signal processing using optical signals. In the future, our goal is to develop optical computers.

MINAMI Masataka

Position
Associate Professor
Laboratory
Electrical Energy Conversion Laboratory

YOSHIDA Shuhei

Position
Associate Professor
Laboratory
Photonics Laboratory
Optical Engineering, Holography, Information Storage Engineering

We are addressing research and development on measurement, display, visualization, and information storage technologies based on holography.

TSUTSUMI Yasuhiro

Position
Lecturer
Optical fiber sensing, optical communication

We engage in research related to optical measurement technology and optical communication technology, such as optical fiber sensing, which uses optical fibers as sensors and also as communication paths for sensor signals, and optical fiber communication.

Miho Tsuyama

Position
Lecturer
Laboratory
Photo Process Engineering Laboratory
Laser Engineering, Laser Applications, Acoustic Engineering

We are involved in R&D on laser equipment, laser application research, as well as laser-related peripheral technologies.

AMANO Ryo

Position
Assistant Professor
Laboratory
Digital Control Laboratory
Control Theory and its Apprication

Making something such as a robot behave as you want can be described as “control.” We are engaged in theoretical research on control. We are also conducting applied research to control actual ones using computers.

KAGEYAMA Kyosuke

Position
Assistant Professor
Laboratory
Hazard-Usersupport Multimedia system
Multimedia data processing, LSI-system

TANIMOTO Hirokazu

Position
Assistant Professor
Laboratory
Electronic Control Engineering Laboratory
Control Engineering

This lab conducts research related to methods to accurately control a diverse range of power systems that use induction motors such as in elevators and high-speed Shinkansen bullet trains. We also study microprocessors embedded in industrial products such as air conditioners.