Faculty

Space Development Engineering

Toshihiro Kameda – Ph.D (North Carolina State Univ.), Associate Professor

Major	Solid mechanics, computational mechanics, mechanical engineering, civil engineering
Research	Computational mechanics which covers mechanical behavior of inelastic and / or inhomogeneous materials. Linking molecular dynamics with finite element method, inverse analysis of materials with unknown constitutive relation. Dislocations in copper crystal simulated by molecular dynamics
E-mail	kameda***@kz.tsukuba.ac.jp (remove ***）

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Hajime Sakakita (National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology) – Dr. Eng (Nagoya Univ.), Professor

Major	Plasma physics and engineering
Research	Researches on medical, aerospace, energy and environmental applications using plasma technologies. Plasma jet under atmospheric pressure
E-mail	h.sakakita***@aist.go.jp (remove ***）

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Kohei Shimamura – Dr.Sci (Univ. Tokyo), Assistant Professor

Major	Aerospace engineering, Wireless power transfer
Research	High temperature hydrodynamics with plasma and its applied research. Examples include thermo-aerodynamic design of deep space planetary probes such as Hayabusa, advanced propulsion (microwave transmission, microwave rocket), etc. Hayabusa Capsule Wind Tunnel Test
E-mail	shimamura***@kz.tsukuba.ac.jp (remove ***）

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Hiroyuki Sugita (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) – Dr. Eng (Kyoto Univ.), Professor

Major	Thermal Engineering, Space Cryogenics
Research	Research on active thermal control devices and efficient space cryocoolers for innovative spacecrafts. Next-generation infrared space telescope SPICA with cryocoolers and effective radiative cooling system
E-mail	sugita.hiroyuki***@jaxa.jp (remove ***）

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Makihito Nishioka – Dr.Eng (Nagoya Univ.), Professor

Major	Combustion, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Research	Research on stabilities of fundamental laminar flames, new combustion methods for ultra lean premixed gas, and for ultra low grade fuel. Temperature distribution of CH4-N2 flame computed by numerical simulation with complex chemical reactions
E-mail	mnisioka***@kz.tsukuba.ac.jp (remove ***）

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Takayasu Fujino – Dr.Eng (Tokyo Inst. Tech.), Associate Professor

Major	Plasma engineering, magneto-electric hydro engineering, applied physics
Research	Research on Application of Magnetohydrodynamics and Plasmadynamics to Energy and Aerospace Engineering. Temperature distribution of plasma surrounding a space shuttle
E-mail	tfujino***@kz.tsukuba.ac.jp (remove ***）

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Satoshi Matsumoto (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) – Dr.Eng (Toyo Univ.), Professor

Major	Thermo-Fluid dynamics, Space Engineering
Research	Study on thermo-fluid phenomena utilizing the International Space Station, Non-linear dynamics of levitating drop Liquid bridge formed in the International Space Station (ISS)
E-mail	matsumoto.satoshi***@jaxa.jp(remove ***）

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Tadahito Mizutani (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) – Dr. Sci (Univ. Tokyo), Associate Professor

Major	Spacecraft structural design, structural health monitoring, optical fiber measurement, composite material engineering
Research	Research on smart structure and structural health monitoring of spacecraft and spacecraft using precision measurement technology Highly stable spacecraft structure that requires precision measurement technology (image of large-diameter space telescope)
E-mail	mizutani.tadahito***@jaxa.jp(remove ***）

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Shigeru Yokota – Ph.D.(Eng) (Univ. Tokyo), Associate Professor

Major	Space propulsion, Plasma engineering
Research	Advanced space propulsion systems, such as electric propulsion or laser propulsion. Hall thruster in operation
E-mail	yokota***@kz.tsukuba.ac.jp(remove ***）

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Energy and Environmentology

Hirohisa Aki – Ph. D(Eng) (Yokohama Nat. Univ.), Associate Professor

Major	Energy eystems engineering, Power systems, Systems engineering
Research	Power and energy systems: studies on demand-side oriented energy systems and development of integrated-distributed energy management systems. integrated-distributed energy management systems
E-mail	aki***@kz.tsukuba.ac.jp (remove ***）

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Masayoshi Ishida – Dr.Eng (Univ. Tsukuba), Professor

Major	Energy transfer engineering, electrical engineering
Research	Development of high voltage insulation technique at high temperatures and high output generation systems using fuel cells are being studied to improve efficiency on energy conversion and transmission. Fuel cell stack for development of new hydrogen process
E-mail	ishida***@kz.tsukuba.ac.jp (remove ***）

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Tetsuya Kanagawa – Dr. Eng (Hokkaido Univ.), Assistant Professor

Major	Mathematical Fluid Dynamics
Research	Theoretical fluid physics, Nonlinear acoustics. Two types of weakly nonlinear evolutions of acoustic waves in bubbly liquids
E-mail	kanagawa***@kz.tsukuba.ac.jp (remove ***）

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Akiko Kaneko(Fujiwara) – Ph.D (Keio Univ.), Associate Professor

Major	Fluid engineering, multi-phase flow, mechanical engineering
Research	Study on multiphase flow based on the energy and environmental issue. Fission of bubbles in venturi tube
E-mail	kaneko***@kz.tsukuba.ac.jp (remove ***）

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Harumichi Kyotoh – Dr.Eng (Univ. Tsukuba), Professor

Major	Fluid mechanics, civil engineering
Research	Water quality improvement due to micro-bubbles. Micro‐bubble producing devise. Wind wave control by a resonator. Underwater sound generated by bubbles. Instability of a falling liquid curtain. Micro-bubble generator utilizing vortex breakdown phenomenon
E-mail	kyotoh***@kz.tsukuba.ac.jp (remove ***）

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Hiroyuki Sato (Japan Atomic Energy Agency) – Dr. Eng (Tokyo. Inst. Tech.), Associate Professor

Major	Nuclear system engineering, High Temperature Gas-cooled Reactor (HTGR), Nuclear Hydrogen Production
Research	Researches on HTGR hydrogen electricity cogeneration systems, especially, researches on HTGR renewable hybrid energy systems and safety evaluation technology for coupling a H2 plant to a nuclear reactor Demonstration of CO2-free Cogeneration of Hydrogen and Electricity using the HTTR: Japan’s first HTGR
E-mail	sato.hiroyuki09***@jaea.go.jp (remove ***)

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Biao Shen -Ph. D. (Eng.) (Shanghai Jiap Tong Univ., China), Assistant Professor

Major	Hear Transfer, Thermofluid Engineering
Research	Research and development of high-efficiency boiling surface design based on direct control of bubble nucleation and growth. High-speed image of bubble pinch-off from a wettability-patterned surface
E-mail	shen.biao.fu***@u.tsukuba.ac.jp (remove ***)

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Naoki Shirakawa -Dr.Eng (Univ. Tokyo), Associate Professor

Major	River engineering, civil engineering
Research	River basin management with engineering and socio-economic approaches. Environmental flow, environmental economics, decision making process. Field survay in a river
E-mail	naoki-s***@kz.tsukuba.ac.jp (remove ***）

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Hao-Shen Zhou (National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology) – Dr.Eng (Univ. Tokyo), Professor

Major	Solid physics, energy materials, storage batteries
Research	Development of storage battery technology Lithium air battery
E-mail	hs.zhou***@aist.go.jp (remove ***）

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Koji Dairaku – Dr.Eng (Univ. Tokyo), Associate Professor

Major	Hydrometeorology, Environmental Disaster Resilience
Research	Hydrometeorological hazard and risk information for climate change adaptation, Regional climate modelling, Probabilistic evaluation of multi-model ensemble simulations. Multi-model regional climate simulations
E-mail	dairaku***@kz.tsukuba.ac.jp (remove ***）

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Toru Takahashi – Dr.Eng (Univ. Tsukuba), Assistant Professor

Major	Power electronics, Electromagnetic field analysis
Research	Research on power conversion circuits. EM wave propagation analysis result
E-mail	takahashi***@kz.tsukuba.ac.jp (remove ***）

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Satoshi Takewaka – Dr.Eng (Univ. Tsukuba), Professor

Major	Coastal engineering, environmental engineering, civil engineering
Research	Remote sensing, field survey and numerical modeling on coastal environments. Kashimanada Coast observed by ASTER
E-mail	takewaka***@kz.tsukuba.ac.jp (remove ***）

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Masatoshi Denda (Public Works Research Institute) – Dr.Eng (Nagoya Univ.), Associate Professor

Major	River engineering and environmental studies
Research	Research on river ecosystem modeling and future prediction of river ecosystem. Research on river ecosystem modeling and future prediction of river ecosystem.
E-mail	denda***@pwri.go.jp (remove ***）

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Hideaki Monji – Dr.Eng (Univ. Tsukuba), Professor

Major	Multi-phase flow engineering, Thermo-fluid engineering
Research	Study on characteristics of dispersed two-phase flow : phase distribution of bubbly flow, separation process by centrifugal force for solid-liquid two-phase flow. MOFIA (Moving Object-Flow Image Analyzer)
E-mail	denda***@pwri.go.jp (remove ***）

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Hiroyuki Yoshida (Japan Atomic Energy Agency) – Dr. Eng (Kyushu Univ.), Professor

Major	Thermo-fluid engineering, two-phase flow analysis
Research	Development of analytical methods for two-phase flow in terms of thermal design of nuclear plant system Visualization of a simulated two-phase flow in a sub-channel model of nuclear reactor
E-mail	yoshida.hiroyuki***@jaea.go.jp (remove ***)

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Disaster Control

Takehiko Asai – Ph.D. (Univ. Illinois at Urbana-Champaign), Assistant Professor

Major	Structural control
Research	Smart structural control system, self-powered vibration control with energy harvesting technologies. Tuned inertilal mass electromagnetic transducer
E-mail	asai***@kz.tsukuba.ac.jp (remove ***）

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Daigoro Isobe – Dr.Eng (Univ. Tokyo), Professor

Major	Computational mechanics, structural engineering, robotics
Research	Numerical and experimental studies on impact and collapse problems of structures, Parallel control of robotic mechanisms considering dynamics and structural strength, Application of computational mechanics and structural engineering essence to robotics. Blast demolition experimental system
E-mail	isobe***@kz.tsukuba.ac.jp (remove ***）

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Toshiyuki Kanakubo – Dr.Eng (Univ. Tsukuba), Professor

Major	Civil engineering, structual engineering, anti-earthquake engineering
Research	Research on seismic behavior of large scale structures. Concrete structures using FRP or high performance fiber-reinforced cementitious composites, development of isolating and controlling techniques for earthquake motions. Tensil testing on HPFRCC row
E-mail	kanakubo***@kz.tsukuba.ac.jp (remove ***）

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Gaku Shoji – Dr.Eng (Tokyo Inst. of Tech.), Professor

Major	Risk engineering, structual reliability engineering
Research	Structural safety and system reliability assessment for critical lifeline infrastructures such as transportation networks, utilities, and communication networks in view of seismic and tsunami risks, and mathematical modeling of public cognition against functional impairment of critical infrastructures during an event. A bridge collapsed by Tsunami on Sumatra, 2004
E-mail	gshoji***@kz.tsukuba.ac.jp (remove ***）

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Mayuko Nishio – Dr.Eng (Univ. Tokyo), Associate Professor

Major	Structural engineering, Applied mechanics, Civil engineering
Research	Structural health monitoring (SHM), structural dynamics, seismic analysis, data assimilation, and machine learning. Performance evaluation of existing bridge
E-mail	nishio***@kz.tsukuba.ac.jp (remove ***）

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Takashi Matsushima -Dr.Eng (Univ. Tokyo), Professor

Major	Soil engineering, granular engineering
Research	Micro-mechanics of granular and powder materials. Mechanics of liquefaction and debris flow. Visualization of granular material using laser-aided tomography
E-mail	tmatsu***@kz.tsukuba.ac.jp (remove ***）

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Naoto Mitsume – Dr.Eng (Univ. Tokyo), Assistant Professor

Major	Computational mechanics, Continuum mechanics
Research	Development of coupled models and analysis systems for simulation of multi-physics phenomena, Multi-physics simulation for solving real-world problems. Wave-structure interaction simulation
E-mail	mitsume***@kz.tsukuba.ac.jp (remove ***）

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Akira Yasojima -Dr.Eng (Univ. Tsukuba), Associate Professor

Major	Civil engineering, structual engineering, anti-earthquake engineering
Research	Reseach on seismic performance and disaster prevention technology of reinforced concrete structure and structural material with environmental issues, maintenance and recycle technology. Reseach of Historical Brick Masonry Buildings
E-mail	yasojima***@kz.tsukuba.ac.jp (remove ***）

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Kyosuke Yamamoto -Dr.Eng (Kyoto Univ.), Assistant Professor

Major	Structure engineering
Research	SHM(Structure Health Monitoring), Structural design. Management for civil structures
E-mail	yamamoto_k***@kz.tsukuba.ac.jp (remove ***）

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Multi-Scale Solid Materials Engineering

Kazuhiro Enami – Dr.Eng (Univ. Tokyo), Associate Professor

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Masamichi Kawai – Dr.Eng (Univ. Nagoya), Professor

Major	Composite materials and structures, mechanical engineering, aerospace engineering, energy structure engineering
Research	Experimental studies of the deformation, strength and durability (creep, fatigue) of carbon fiber-reinforced polymer matrix composites in aerospace and new energy structures, and of the inelasticity and damage of high temperature materials in gas turbine engine systems, together with investigations into their engineering modeling and application to numerical design analysis Plain woven fabric composite
E-mail	mkawai***@kz.tsukuba.ac.jp (remove ***）

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Yuichi Shintaku – Ph. D. (Eng.) (Tohoku Univ.), Assistant Professor

Major	Computational mechanics, material engineering, fracture mechanics
Research	Numerical and experimental study on fracture mechanism of materials and its application for structure evaluation Crack propagation with material degradation due to local chemical action of hydrogen in polycrystalline metals
E-mail	shintaku***@kz.tsukuba.ac.jp (remove ***）

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Yoshihisa Harada (National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology) – Dr.Eng(Nagoya Univ.), Professor

Major	Materials Science, Damage Evaluation
Research	Research and development of materials reliability performance based on damage evaluation for structural and processing components such as electric power plants or transportation. Multi-purpose materials testing machine and result of damage evaluation
E-mail	harada.y***@aist.go.jp (remove ***）

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Akihiro Matsuda – Dr.Eng (Univ. Tsukuba), Associate Professor

Major	Polymer engineering, mechanical engineering, computational engineering
Research	Thermodynamic coupled simulation of mechanical-thermal-chemical properties of vulcanized rubber to evaluate sealing performance and aging behavior of O-rings or rubber-seals. Large deformation analysis of laminated rubber bearings and metal dampers for seismic isolation. Diformation of rubber bearing by loading test and numerical simulation
E-mail	a_matsuda***@kz.tsukuba.ac.jp (remove ***）

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Tetsuya Matsuda – Dr.Eng (Univ. Nagoya), Associate Professor

Major	Solid mechanics, computational mechanics
Research	Study of multi-scale simulation techniques. Evaluation of properties of solids which consist of microscopic structures using homogenization theory/FEM. Multi-scale inelastic analysis of textile composites
E-mail	matsuda***@kz.tsukuba.ac.jp (remove ***）

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Naoki Morita – Dr. Env. (Univ. Tokyo), Assistant Professor

Major	Computational mechanics, Solid mechanics, High performance computing
Research	A study on the strength evaluation method of structures using multi-scale simulation. Development of analysis systems and parallel computing libraries for numerical simulation. Domain decomposition for parallel FEM
E-mail	nmorita***@kz.tsukuba.ac.jp (remove ***)

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Administrative Staff

Yuko Sugiura

Kazue Yoshinuma