ESEP-G 2020 List of Host Laboratories | |||||||||
The program period for all laboratories in 2020 will be June 8 to July 17. | |||||||||
@ | Department | Title | Host Professor | Research Topic & Research Description | Special academic conditions required for research | Campus | |||
@ | 1) Prerequisite knowledge and/or special skills and level of proficiency | 2) Required academic background | 3) Academic or research project experiences beneficial during selection process | 4) Other conditions | |||||
1 | Civil Engineering | Associate Professor | Di SU | Bridge
Engineering, Structural Dynamics http://bridge.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp/index_e.html |
Structural mechanics and dynamics, basic programming knowledge | Civil Engineering | None | undergraduate and graduate students | Hongo |
2 | Mechanical Engineering/ Bioengineering | Professor Associate Professor |
Mamoru MITSUISHI and Kanako HARADA |
Microsurgical robots: participant(s) will join one of our projects and study surgical robotic design, control, or simulation. The detailed topic will be determined considering the preference, experience and ability of each participant. http://www.nml.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp/en/research-e.html |
Programming in C++ | Mechanical Engineering or Computer Science | Robotics Image processing |
undergraduate and graduate students | Hongo |
3 | Mechanical Engineering | Distinguished Professor | Shigeo MARUYAMA | The research topic is Synthesis of hetero nanotubes for solar
cells. We will study the synthesis of novel hetero nanotubes such as BN nanotubes and MoS2 nanotubes concentrically grown on single-walled carbon nanotubes. The characterization and application in solar cells would be explored. http://www.photon.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp/index.html |
Basic knowledge of chemistry, physics, materials and engineering | Graduate level in chemistry, physics, materials, or mechanical engineering | Experience in characterization of nano-materials using SEM, TEM, Raman, PL and absorption spectroscopy are preferred. | undergraduate and graduate students | Hongo |
4 | Mechanical Engineering | Professor | Yuji SUZUKI | "Laser diagnostics of flame to wall interaction" The wall effect is crucial for various combustors including internal combustion engines. However, especially, the knowledge on the wall chemical effect, by which the intermediate species in the flame are destructed through the surface reaction on the wall surface, is limited. In this topic, planar laser induced fluorecence will be used to characterize the wall chemical effect in a combustor. http://www.mesl.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp/ |
basic skill in programing optional: combustion phenomena reaction kinetics |
Mechanical engineering Chemical engineering |
Laser-based measurement or Experiments related to heat transfer or Gas chromatography |
graduate students |
Hongo |
5 | Mechanical Engineering | Professor | Junichiro SHIOMI | Thermal energy engineering: Computational design or experimental
improvement of thermoelectric materials or devices http://www.phonon.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp/?lang=en |
Basic skills in programming or heat transfer experiments. | Mechanical Engineering, Physics, Materials Engineering, or Electrical Engineering | Any problem solving experience using computation or measurements | undergraduate and graduate students | Hongo |
6 | Precision Engineering | Professor | Masanori KUNIEDA | Study on micromachining by electrochemical machining and
electrical discharge machining http://www.edm.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp/wpKunieda/ |
Anyone who is interested in material processing technologies is welcome. | Anyone who is interested in micromachining, materials processing technologies, manufacturing, production engineering, etc. is welcome. | Micro-machining in many cases involves multi-physics phnomena. Any students who have fundamental knowledge about physics, mechanical engineering, materials, electrochemistry, and electrical engineering, etc. are welcome.@ | undergraduate and graduate students | Hongo |
7 | Precision Engineering | Professor | Yasuhiko JIMBO | Research Topic:Modeling bilogical system on a chip Research Description: We will model a biological system on a chip with microfabrication techniques, and evaluate functional interaction by electrical recording. (e.g. sympathetic innervation on cardiomyocytes, connection between cerebral cortex and hippocampus ) http://neuron.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp/?page_id=231 |
Anyone who is interested in biological system or microfabrication technologies is welcome. | Not strictly required but better to have biomedical engineering or biological background. | Any project related to biological system would be beneficial. | graduate students |
Hongo |
8 | Systems Innovation | Professor | Jun TAKAHASHI | Advanced Composite Material Technology for Future Society - CFRTP for the Future Transportation Society - Innovative Simulation Technology for New Services - Hybrid Materials for Improving Social Resilience http://j-t.o.oo7.jp/research-e.html |
Mechanics of materials Strength of materials |
Mechanics of materials Strength of materials |
Composite material Carbon fiber reinforced plastics |
undergraduate and graduate students | Hongo |
9 | Systems Innovation | Professor | Seiichi KOSHIZUKA@ | Students will participate in the research activities in the
ongoing projects in Koshizuka- Shibata Laboratory. The projects are of
computer simulation and computer graphics using particle methods: for
example, fluid dynamics, solid dynamics, flow in a mixing tank, rain water
infiltration in a car, flooding, tsunami, etc. http://mps.q.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp/lab/ |
Experience of computer programming using C or other
languages. Knowledge of basics of fluid dynamics. |
None | None | undergraduate and graduate students | Hongo |
10 | Aeronautics and Astronautics | Associate Professor | Taro IMAMURA | Aerodynamic flow analysis around aero-components of an aircraft
using in-house computational fluid dynamics program, UTCart. http://park.itc.u-tokyo.ac.jp/rinoielab/english/index.html |
Windows OS Microsoft Word, Excel, Powerpoint python |
Fluid dynamics (incompressible, compressible) Computer science |
Aircraft Dynamics Aircraft Designing |
undergraduate and
graduate students
Interest in aeronautics |
Hongo |
11 | Electrical Engineering and Information Systems/ Electrical and Electronic Engineering | Professor | Yoshiaki NAKANO | Semiconductor optoelectronic materials, devices, and
circuits Description: Compound semiconductor material and device technologies for semiconductor lasers, optical modulators/switches, photonic integrated circuits, and high efficiency solar cells are studied. http://www.ee.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp/~nakano/lab/e_index.html |
None | Basic study on optics and semiconductor physics | None | undergraduate and graduate students | Hongo, Komaba |
12 | Materials Engineering | Professor Lecturer |
Yukihiro SHIMOGAKI
and Takeshi MOMOSE |
gThin film deposition and characterization for device
applications.h Nitride semiconductor (GaN/AlN), metallic films (Cu, Ni, Ru, Co), ceramic thin films (AlN, TiN, BN) will be synthesized by Chemical Vapor Deposition (CVD), Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD), or Supercritical Fluid Deposition (SCFD). The chemical bonding states of these materials will be analyzed by XPS (X-ray photo-electron spectroscopy. The surface structure will be observed by AFM (Atomic Force Microscopy), and their crystal structure will be discussed based on XRD (X-ray diffraction) measurements. http://www.dpe.mm.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp/index_e.html |
Special knowledge/skills are not required. | Basics of solid state physics and chemistry are required. | If the applicant has experiences on operating vacuum equipment and knows about the characterization of solid materials, it will be appreciated. | undergraduate and graduate students | Hongo |
13 | Materials Engineering | Professor | Kazuki MORITA | Thermodynamics and/or physical properties on molten
oxides. High temperature physical chemistry on iron and steel making. Development of purification process of solar grade silicon via metallurgical route. http://wood3.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp/index.php/home_en |
Knowledge of Chemical Thermodynamics and Kinetics related to Materials Processing | Materials Science | None | undergraduate and graduate students | Hongo |
14 | Materials Engineering | Professor | Satoshi WATANABE | Development of interatomic potentials for molecular dynamics
simulations via machine-learning: This project aims at establishing methodology to construct interatomic potentials for molecular dynamics (MD simulations using neural network. Examples of specific tasks are improvement of algorithm, improvement of training data sampling, training of neural network potential (including its performance test), and obtaining training data. http://cello.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp/index.php?id=7 |
None | Basic knowledge on solid state physics or materials science. Specifically, on atom dynamics in solids. | Molecular dynamics simulation; Python programming; machine learning; numerial analysis | undergraduate and graduate students | Hongo |
15 | Materials Engineering | Associate Professor | Hirotaka EJIMA | Our research topic is bioinspired materials. Recently, we've
developed a rapid and simple coating method based on the one-step assembly of
metal-polyphenol network (MPN, Science, 2013, 341, 154–157.). Purpose of this
project is to engineer cells and extracellular vesicles' surface by using the
MPN coating. http://biomacro.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp/indexen.html |
The basic knowledge on chemistry and biology. | Not strictly required but better to have chemistry or biochemistry or materials science background. | None | undergraduate and graduate students | Hongo |
16 | Materials/ Engineering |
Professor | Keiichi EDAGAWA | Physical properties of quasicrystals: sample preparation by arc-melting and annealing, sample characterization by X-ray, TEM, etc., and physical property measurements |
Basic knowledge of materials science | Materials science, Solid state physics | Experiments related to materials science | graduate students | Komaba (Institute of Industrial Science) |
17 | Bioengineering/ Precision Engineering |
Lecturer | Keiichi NAKAGAWA | 1) Ultrafast imaging: we will build an optical system and
perform imaging of ultrafast plasma dynamics in laser processing. 2) Biophotonics: we will develop a new photoacoustic method to guide visible light into deep brain site. 3) Mechanobiology: we will conduct the biological experiment to understand acoustic interaction with cells. http://www.bmpe.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp/en/index.html https://sites.google.com/site/keinakagawa6 |
None | None | Optical engineering, and Physics (for topic 1), Brain Science (for topic 2), Cell Biology (for topic 3) |
undergraduate and graduate students | Hongo |
18 | Nuclear Engineering and Management/ Systems Innovation | Professor | Hiroaki ABE | Nuclear materials related fundamental science Irradiation effects in metallic materials Electron microscopic observations Mechanical property measurements http://www.tokai.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp/hit/index_e.html |
Materials science Interests in nuclear engineering |
Materials science | Experiences and safety knowledge in handling chemical solutions | undergraduate and
graduate students Two times experiments are scheduled in Tokai (Ibaraki). The accommodation fee (about 4,000 yen) in Tokai should be paid from the stipend. |
Hongo, Tokai |
19 | Nuclear Engineering and Management | Professor | Yasumasa FUJII | Nuclear Energy Systems Analysis under Long-term
Uncertainty Mathematical programming techniques, such as stochastic dynamic programming, are applied to evaluate the long term optimal development path of energy systems including radioactive waste management for nuclear power generation. http://www.esl.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp/index-e.html |
Nuclear power generation, Nuclear materials and nuclear fuels, Radioactive waste manegement, Programming of Matlab and C language | Nuclear Enegineering, Engineering and Society, Enrionmental Sustainability in Engineering | Project experience in analyzing sustainability of nuclear energy system including radioactive waste management is desirable. Should have solid understanding of relationship between nuclear industry and surrounding communities as well as general society. | Modern knowledge of nuclear policy & nuclear waste policy is desired. |
Hongo |
As of November 8, 2019 | |||||||||