Materials Design and Engineering

Professor

Research Expertise / Plasticity Engineering, Material Manufacturing and Plasticity Process

We are researching plasticity and processing including molding processing of magnesium alloy and aluminum alloy, microstructure control, injection molding of resin and mold design.

Associate Professor

Research Expertise / Ceramics, Thermodynamic

My research interests include the fabrication and manufacturing processes of ceramic materials. I am also working on thermodynamic measurements of oxidation and reduction reactions of oxides.

Associate Professor

Research Expertise / Corrosion Science, Metal Electrochemical

Recently, we investigated about the effect of Al-rich α phase on corrosion behavior of Mg-Al alloys which are widely used as structural material. In addition, we are interested in solution segregation around defects.

Associate Professor

Research Expertise / Severe Plastic Deformation (SPD), Precipitation Hardening

My lecture focuses on improvement and develops new Al alloys using microstructure controlling. Especially, I am making efforts to a fabrication of high strength Al alloys by means of severe plastic deformation (SPD) and aging treatment.

Professor

Research Expertise / Microstructure Controlling of Light Metals

The scope of my lectures is to understand the structural analysis of aluminum alloy, magnesium alloy, copper alloy using high-resolution electron microscope in atomic level, and to develop the multifunction hybrid aluminum (or magnesium) based composite materials.

Associate Professor

Research Expertise / Condensed Matter Physics, Materials Engineering, Magnetisms, Superconductivity

My main research theme are about electronic properties of condensed matter physics such as magnetism and superconductivity.

Professor

Research Expertise / Solid State and Materials Science

Research targets are exploring new magnetic materials and superconductors, and elucidating natural aging effect on physical properties of aluminum alloys .

Professor

Research Expertise / Materials Science, Computational Science

Computational study of electronic structures and properties for materials. Materials design, structure analysis and function prediction from atomic and nano scales using state-of-the art computational methods.

Professor

Research Expertise / Engineering of Iron and Steel Materials, Engineering at High Temperature Processes

Toward the realization of novel system and structure to support our society, the production of high performance iron and steel materials are designed and created.

Professor

Research Expertise / Casting, Die casting

I develop aluminum and magnesium alloy for casting to lightweight plane and vehicle, the study in improvement of the overall foundry including the die-casting and the new manufacturing method.

Professor

Research Expertise / Ceramics, Thin Films and Functional Materials

Education and synthetic research are conducted on the functional materials of ceramics, electronic devices and new complex materials through designing micro structures, combining additives such as rare earth metals and improving fabrication processes.

Professor

Research Expertise / Metals, Ceramics, Resins, Joining and Welding, Interfaces

Development of novel joining technologies and optimization of joining processes based on interface, micro-structural control, high temperature deformation, and transfer phenomena.

Professor

Research Expertise / Nanomaterials, Photochemistry, Surface Modification and Interface Science

My current research interest is to explore the photofunctionalities of nanohybrid systems, especially, solar fuel production using carbon nanotube photocatalyst.

Assistant Professor

Research Expertise / Microstructure Controlling of Ferrous and Non-Ferrous Casting Alloys

Current research focuses on precipitate controlling in Al alloys fabricated by casting. HRTEM reveals the internal structure of nano- or micron-sized precipitates formed during heat treatment.

Assistant Professor

Research Expertise / Heat, Mass and Fluid Engineering

The purpose of my research is to clarify simultaneous transport phenomena of heat, mass and momentum occurring in the material manufacturing process by using various visualization techniques, and to present process control guidelines.

Associate Professor

Research Expertise / Materials Process Engineering

The purpose is to make a manufacturing process of a material more efficient and to optimize operating conditions of the process through experimental and numerical analysis of heat, mass and momentum transfer occurring throughout the manufacturing process.