Research Units
| Field | Research Unit | Research Subject | Unit Director | Full-time Researcher （Except Unit Director） |
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| Social infrastructure | Research Unit for Geotechnical Engineering in Practices | Search for causes and remedial measures of geo-engineering troubles in practice | Kunio Saito, Professor, Faculty of Science and Engineering |
Hideki Ohta | outline |
| Unit on Adaptation to Climate Change | Project on Development of Innovative Adaptation System and MRV Method for JCM in Mongolia | Tomohiro Shishime, Professor, Faculty of Science and Engineering |
Masataka Watanabe Akihiro Oba |
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| Project for Sustainable Management of River Basin Systems | Technical Development of Sustainable River management | Shoji Fukuoka, Institute Professor, RDI |
Tadashi Yamada Kazuo Kashiyama Tatsuhiko Uchida Tomoo Fukuda Takahisa Gotoh Yoshiharu Takemura Kosuke Tabata |
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| Coastal Disaster Management Research Laboratory | Research on Coastal Disaster Mitigation against Tsunami and Storm surge | Taro Arikawa, Professor, Faculty of Science and Engineering |
Katsumi Seki | outline | |
| Geo-environmental Research Unit | Impact assessment and maintenance of an existing structure for deformation and vibration of ground | Kunio Saito, Professor, Faculty of Science and Engineering |
Takeshi Ishii Kenji Isihara |
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| Unit for Research and Application Solution of Water-Related Disaster Science and Information | A cross-sectional study from a fundamental study on deployment of water related disaster and information solutions using weather sensors such as weather radar in Japan and overseas to the technology demonstration, feasibility study and deployment of them. | Tadashi Yamada, Professor, Faculty of Science and Engineering |
Jun Matsushita Shiori Terai |
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| Research on Sustainable “Water-human Environment” Based on Water Global Circulation | Research on Sustainable “Water-human Environment” Based on Watershed | Mikiko Ishikawa, Professor of Faculty of Science and Engineering |
Tadashi Yamada Hideya Yamashita |
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| Social planning, Legal engineering |
Urban Environment and Transportation Planning for Aged Society | Basic study of " the high density and compact city" about the supper aged society | Shigeru Kashima, Professor, Faculty of Science and Engineering |
Tetsuo Akiyama | outline |
| Legal Engineering for Supporting Lawmakers and Interpreters | Construction of Basis for Creation and Verification of Laws Based on Legal Engineering |
Tadahiko Fukuhara, Professor, Law School |
Nobuyuki Sato Katsuhiko Sakai Mitsunori Makino Tokuyasu Kakuta |
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| Environmental preservation, Sustainablity | Research Unit on Water and Wastewater Treatment Technology | Research and Development of Membrane based water treatment system | Hiroshi Yamamura, Associate Professor, Faculty of Science and Engineering |
Yoshimasa Watanabe Akira Hahuka |
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| Sustainable Eel Unit | Research for conservation and sustainable use of freshwater eels | Kenzo Kaifu, Associate Professor, Faculty of Law |
Ryoshiro Wakiya Miki Yamaoka |
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| Research unit on molecular breeding in microalgae | Genetic improvement of photosynthetic efficiency in a unicellular green alga | Hiroyuki Koike, Professor, Faculty of Science and Engineering |
Shigeaki Harayama Yuki Kasai |
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| Psychology, Neuroscience | Applied cognitive neuroscience research unit | Research on industrial and medical application of neuro-cognitive information | Ippeita Dan, Professor, Faculty of Science and Engineering |
Toshikazu Kato Yasushi Kyutoku Yuta Ujiie |
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| Research unit for medical application of fNIRS-based assessment of ADHD children | Research on medical application of fNIRS-based assessment of ADHD children | Ippeita Dan, Professor, Faculty of Science and Engineering |
Masami Yamaguchi Yasushi Kyutoku Yuta Ujiie |
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| Robotics | Multi-function Transportation System Using Soft Actuators | Multi-function Transportation System Using Soft Actuators | Taro Nakamura, Professor, Faculty of Science and Engineering |
Yasuyuki Yamada | outline |
| Research Project on Smart Actuation for Power Assist Devices | Smart Actuation | Taro Nakamura, Professor, Faculty of Science and Engineering |
Akihiro Kojima | outline | |
| Information and Communication | Data centric computing | Data Centric Computing for IoT/CPS Applications | Ken Takeuchi, Professor, Faculty of Science and Engineering |
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| Nanomaterial | Research Laboratory for Precise Control of Molecular Alignment | Precise control of molecular alignment for high performing optical devices | Masaaki Haga, Professor, Faculty of Science and Engineering |
Kenji Katayama Hiroaki Ozawa Tomiki Ikeda Toru Ube |
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| Invention of Catalytic Technology for Future Organic Synthesis | Novel Activation and Synthetic Transformation of Stable Chemical Bonds by Means of Metal Catalysts | Yoichi Ishii, Professor, Faculty of Science and Engineering |
Shinichi Fukuzawa Tamejiro Hiyama Yasunori Minami |
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| Research Unit on Creation of Catalytic Reactions for Advanced Low Carbon Society | Development of Heterogeneous Catalysis for Achieving Low Carbon Society | Hitoshi Shindo, Professor, Faculty of Science and Engineering |
Masakazu Iwamoto | outline | |
| Laser processing | Research Project for Phenomena in Laser Processing | A studies of laser micro holes processing and high-speed cutting of thin metal using various lasers | Takeji Arai, Institute Professor, RDI |
Ichiro Shoji | outline |
Past Research Units (active until March, 2017)
| Field | Research Unit | Research Subject | Unit Director | Full-time Researcher （Except Unit Director） |
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| Social infrastructure | Research Unit on Future Environmental Industry Initiatives | Research and Development of Biowaste Recycling Business Model coupled with Technological and Socioeconomic Analysis | Tadashi Yamada, Professor, Faculty of Science and Engineering |
Jun Matsushita Shiori Terai |
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| Unit on Adaptation to Climate Change | Project on Development of Innovative Adaptation System and MRV Method for JCM in Mongolia | Tomohiro Shishime, Professor, Faculty of Science and Engineering | Masataka Watanabe Akihiro Oba |
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| Environmental preservation, Sustainability | R&D on Mass Cultivation and Harvesting of Microalgae with high oil content and Hydrotreating Process for biodiesel production | Development of Cultivation, Harvesting and Chemosynthesis processes of high-lipid producing Microalgae | Hiroshi Yamamura, Associate Professor, Faculty of Science and Engineering |
Shigeaki Harayama Yuki Kasai Jun Abe Yoko Ide Pengzhe Sui |
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| Unit for Study of Biodiversity | Development of an information exchange system for collaborative management in nature reserve areas: Amami Oshima Island as a model | Izumi Washitani, Professor, Faculty of Science and Engineering |
Kenzo Kaifu Shinichi Suda Ryoshiro Wakiya Masaru Sakai |
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| Nanomaterial | Development of hybrid-type multi-element synergic molecular catalyst | The project aims to develop unexplored catalytic molecular transformation by using molecular catalyst involving several synergistically working elements | Makoto Yamashita, Professor, Faculty of Science and Engineering |
Kwan huang, Enrique | outline |
