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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.

OKUBO Takashi

Position: Professor
Laboratory: Opto-Electronic Functional Chemistry Laboratory

Coordination Chemistry, Physical Chemistry, Organic Opto-Electronic Devices

A variety of functional materials are used in electronic products such as televisions, computers, and cell phones, and recently, electronic products using organic materials such as organic EL televisions are becoming more familiar. In our laboratory, we are focusing on metal complexes, and are developing new metal complexes that can be applied to electronic devices, such as thin-film solar cells, field-effect transistors (FETs), and organic light emitting diodes (OLEDs). We are also developing new metal complexes in order to apply them to electronic devices. We are also conducting research to improve the efficiency of organic thin-film solar cells.

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.

SUDO Atsushi

Position: Professor
Laboratory: Polymer Synthesis Laboratory

Polymer Chemistry, Synthetic Organic Chemistry

Aiming to develop materials that contribute to the achievement of the SDGs, we are researching polymer synthesis using natural compounds as raw materials and polymer synthesis using reactions that proceed with visible light irradiation.

NAKAI Hidetaka

Position: Professor
Laboratory: Organic Materials Laboratory

Organic chemistry, Organometallics, Coordination chemistry

With the aim of contributing to next-generation energy-related technologies, we are designing and synthesizing various "molecules" from the viewpoint of organic materials chemistry to develop "energy conversion materials" that exhibit outstanding performance and new functions.

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.

FUCHIHATA Manabu

Position: Professor
Laboratory: Thermal Engineering Laboratory

Combustion Engineering

We give thought to fuels and combustion technologies that minimize emissions of hazardous substances and carbon dioxide. We research small-scale, high-efficiency, and low-pollution technologies to burn various fuels that can be produced from plant-derived biomass.

IKEDA Atsutoshi

Position: Associate Professor

Biomechanics, Human sensing, Haptics modeling, Applied Systems

We do research related to measuring and analyzing the “what” and “how” to understand various things in the real world. We develop systems that benefit society by using the knowledge gained in this way.

KAWASHITA Norihito

Position: Associate Professor
Laboratory: Computational Life Science

Computational Chemistry, Bioinformatics, Machine Learning, Protein-protein interaction, Infections, Molecular Design, Drug Resistance, Molecular Evolution

We aim to elucidate various phenomena in the life sciences, including molecular evolution, drug susceptibility, and protein-protein interactions, using computational chemistry and bioinformatics that utilize computers and supercomputer.

KITOH Hirotaka

Position: Associate Professor

KONNO Daijiro

Position: Associate 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.

TANAKA Senku

Position: Associate Professor
Laboratory: Organic Electronics Laboratory

Organic Electronics, Organic Solar Cells, Perovskite solar cell

Our goal is to produce an advanced electronic device using organic semiconductors. We focus on the development of organic solar cells and perovskite solar cells.