In the Course of Materials Engineering, a total of 11 laboratories conduct education and research activities: 8 laboratories belonging to the Division of Materials Science and Engineering in the Faculty of Engineering, and 3 laboratories affiliated with the Center for Advanced Research of Energy and Materials.
Lab. of Novel Processing
Kazuhiko Iwai
Keywords: Material Processing, Solid-Liquid Mixed Phase
Lab. of Surface Chemistry on Materials
Tatsuya Kikuchi, Masayuki Miyamoto
Keywords: Nanotechnology, Superhydrophilicity/Superhydrophobicity, Water Droplet-Based Electricity Generators, Electrometallurgy, Metal Recycling
Lab. of Materials for Sustainable Engineering
Mikito Ueda, Hisayoshi Matsushima, Takehiko Kumagai, Takuto Miyashita
Keywords: Aluminum, Upgrade Recycling, Ionic Liquid/Molten Salt Electrolysis, Nuclear Fusion Materials, Space Hydrogen Energy
Lab. of Materials Strength Modeling
Seiji Miura, Ken-ichi Ikeda, Satoshi Takizawa
Keywords: Ultra-Light Metallic Material, Heat-Resisting Material, Alloy Design, Grain Boundary and Interface of Materials
Lab. of Microstructure Control
Munekazu Ohno
Keywords: Microstructure Design and Control, Microstructural Simulation, Molecular Dynamics Simulation, Data Assimilation, Machine Learning
Lab. of Novel Materials Hybrid Engineering
Tetsu Yonezawa, Masatoshi Sakairi, Nguyen Thanh Mai
Keywords: Nanoparticles, Copper Joining, Corrosion and Protection, Oxidation and Reduction, Secondary Battery Catalysts
Lab. of Advanced Materials
Naoyuki Hashimoto, Shigehito Isobe, Hiroshi Oka
Keywords: Structure Materials for Fusion Reactor, High Entropy Alloys, Transmission Electron Microscopy, Hydrogen Storage, Ammonia Synthesis
Lab. of Advanced High Temperature Materials
Shigenari Hayashi, Mitsutoshi Ueda, Suzue Yoneda
Keywords: High Temperature Oxidation/Corrosion and Erosion of Heat Resistant Alloys, Materials for Waste-to-Energy Plants, Materials for SOEC, Materials for Gas Turbine
Lab. of Integrated Function Materials
Norihito Sakaguchi, Yuji Kunisada
Keywords: Heat Treatment of Steel Materials, MAX Phases and MXene, Structural Analysis of Semiconductor Materials, Green Transformation (GX), Materials Informatics
Lab. of Photon and Thermal Energy Conversion Materials
Seiichi Watanabe, Noriyuki Okinaka, Lihua Zhang
Keywords: Submerged Photosynthesis of Crystallites, Photo-Functional Materials, Green Energy Conversion, Solar Energy Utilization Technologies, Carbon Dioxide Utilization
Lab. of Energy Media
Takahiro Nomura
Keywords: Thermal Energy Storage, Phase Change Material, Microcapsule, Oxygen Storage Material, Ironmaking