Faculty of Environmental Engineering and Graduate School of Environmental Engineering, The University of Kitakyushu

TEL +81-93/695-3310 URL http://www.kitakyu-u.ac.jp/env/FAX +81-93/695-3368 E-mail admin-sec@kitakyu-u.ac.jp

Position Name MainThemeofStudyDepartmentofChemicalandEnvironmentalEngineering

ChemicalProcesses

Professor KenjiAsami DevelopmentofNovelProcessesfortheProductionofSyntheticCleanFuelsandtheirUtilization

Professor Xiao-HongLi 1.Woodybiomasstosyngasatlowertemperature2.Thesynthesisofsupercleandieselfuel(Fischer-Tropschsynthesis)3.Thesynthesisofgasoline4.ThesynthesisofLPG5.Eggshellcatalyst

Professor KazuharuYoshizuka 1.Lithiumrecoveryfromvariousresources2.Recyclesystemofraremetalsfromvariouswastes3.Removalsystemofarsenicandboronfromvariousundergroundwaters

Professor SyouheiNishihama 1.Separationandrecoveryprocessofraremetalsfromwastematerials.2.Removalprocessoftoxiccompoundsinwaterenvironment.

AssociateProfessor FumiakiAmano1.Developmentofsemiconductorphotocatalystsandphotoelectrodeswithhighefficiency2.Precisecontrolofcrystallinemorphologyandalignmentofmetaloxides3.Developmentofsystemsforphotochemicalconversionandstorageofsolarlightenergy

AdvancedMaterials

Professor IsamuAkiba 1.Synthesis,PropertiesandStructuresofOrganicPolymers2.MesomorphicPhaseFormationofMulticomponentPolymerMaterials

Professor Seung-WooLee 1.Nano-structuredmaterials2.Fabricationandapplicationofchemicalsensors3.Analysisofdiseaseodors

AssociateProfessor TakuyaSuzuki 1.Titaniumoxidephotocatalyst2.DevelopmentofhighresolutionopticalandX-rayinterferencemicroscopewithoutreferencelight

AssociateProfessor KatsutoshiYamamoto 1.Synthesisandapplicationofnewstructuresofporousmaterials2.Developmentofnewsynthesisroutesforporousmaterials3.Developmentofcatalystsforbio-fuelsynthesis

AssociateProfessor HiroyukiImai1.Developmentofnovelcatalystsforapplicationtocatalyticreactionprocesses2.Synthesisandfunctionalizationofporousmaterialsasasolidcatalystinprocessesofeffectiveutilizationofpetroliumresourcesandproductionofchemicalsfromnon-petroliumresources

EnvironmentalProcesses

Professor YouIto 1.Remediationofsoilcontamination2.MonitoringonCO2geologicalstorage3.Safekeepingtechnologyofradioactivepollutionsoil/waste

Professor HitoshiOhya Developmentofrecyclingtechnologyanditssystemdesign

Professor HidenariYasui 1.ActivatedSludgePopulationDynamics2.AnaerobicDigestion3.NutrientRemovalandRecovery4.PretreatmentofIndustrialWastewaters

Professor MasahideAikawa AtmosphericScience(AcidDeposition(AcidRain,AcidFog),AirPollution(Gaseouscompounds,Particulatematter))

AssociateProfessor MitsuharuTerashima 1.Hydrodynamicsinwastewatertreatmentplant2.Precipitationofinorganicsandbio-faulinginwatersystem

DepartmentofMechanicalSystemsEngineeringEnergySystem

Professor MasaakiIzumi 1.StudyonImprovementofPerformanceandEnduranceofSolidOxideFuelCells2.StudyonDiagnosticsofFuelCellPerformance3.StudyonGasTransferinFuelCells

Professor YoshiakiMiyazato1.MeasurementsofShockTrainOscillationsbyHigh-SpeedMach-ZehnderInteferograms2.Three-DimensionalDensityMeasurementsinSupersonicJetsUsingTomographicRainbowSchlieren3.RANSSimulationsofPseudo-ShockWavesinScramjetEngines

Professor SadamiYoshiyama1.DevelopmentofCombustionDiagnosticsMethodforProductionSIEngineUsingIonSensor2.MeasurementandModelingofTurbulentPremixedFlameinInternalCombustionEngine3.DevelopmentofWasteHeatRecoverySystemforReciproctingInternalCombustionEngines

Professor KoichiInoue 1.Thermalmanagementofhigh-powerLEDlight2.Heatandmasstransferfromnoncondensablegasandvapormixtures3.Condensationheattransferonalargetubebank

AssociateProfessor DaisukeOno 1.Studyonsubsonicflowaroundatwo-dimensionalairfoil2.QuantitativevisualizationofcompressibleflowsusingMach-Zehnderinterferometer

AssociateProfessor ShinichirouNakao 1.Researchonapplyingnon-contactmeasurementtechniquestocompressibleflowfields.2.Researchonmethodstosoupupsmallsizewindturbines.

DesignandManufacturingSystem

Professor TakanoriKiyota1.StudyonMechanicalSystemControlMethodbasedonInherentlySafeDesign2.StudyonSafeandHigh-PerformanceControlofPneumaticSystems3.DevelopmentandApplicationofPowerAssistSystems

Professor RyoichiMatsunaga SplineRollingofDeepDrawnCups

Professor NobuhiroOkada 1.3Dvisualmeasurement2.Robotics3.Systemengineering

AssociateProfessor TakumiSasaki 1.DevelopmentofNonlinearVibrationIsolator2.DevelopmentofVibrationAnalysisMethodforLargeScaleSystems3.DevelopmentofVibrationControlDeviceusingMRFluid

AssociateProfessor ChangheeCho StudyontheWearofUltra-HighMolecularWeightPolyethyleneforArtificialJoints

AssociateProfessor HiroshiMurakami 1.DevelopmentofaSystemfor3-DMicroMetrologyUsinganOpticalFiberProbe2.SimpleandSimultaneousMeasurementofFive-Degrees-of-FreedomErrorMotionsforaMicroHigh-SpeedSpindle

AssociateProfessor HirokiCho1.Researchforperformanceimprovementofshapememoryalloy2.Researchanddevelopmentofactuatorandmedicalequipmentusingshapememoryalloy3.Researchanddevelopmentoftheheat-engineusingshapememoryalloy.

DepartmentofInformationandMediaEngineeringCommunicationsandMediaProcessing

ExecutiveDirector,Vice-president,Professor

AkihiroKajiwara 1.Radiocommunicationsystems2.Microwave/Millimeterwavepropagation3.Radar4.UWB

Professor SatoshiUehara Sequencedesignforcommunicationsapplications

Professor MasayukiSato Psychophysicsonhumanvisualperception,especiallyondepthperceptionandvisualstabilityduringeyemovements

Professor MasahiroOkuda MultimediaProcessing,SignalProcessing

Professor TakashiSatoh Cryptographyandapplicationsofcryptographicprotocols

AssociateProfessor YasushiYamazaki 1.Biometrics2.Informationsecurity3.Patternrecognition

AssociateProfessor HiroyukiKoga 1.ComputerCommunicationNetworks2.InternetArchitecture

AssociateProfessor SeisukeKyochi Myresearchisfundamentalsignalprocessingtechniqueforefficientaudio/image/videoacquisition,analysis,compressionandtransmission.

AssociateProfessor IsamuMatsunami 1.Developmentofmultipletagetdetection,classificationandstateestimationsystemsforautonomouscarandrobot2.Microwave/MillimeterwaveimagingbyUWBradar3.Sensorfusion

ComputerSystems

Professor LianmingSun 1.Modelingandsystemdesignforcontrolandcommunicationsystems2.Adaptivesignalprocessing

Professor KazumiHoriguchi SystemsandControlTheory

Professor HiroshiMiyashita 1.OptimizationalgorithmsforVLSIphysicaldesign2.AppliedmathematicsrelatedtoelectronicdesignautomationforVLSI

Professor ToruTakahashi 1.Learningcontrol2.Intelligentrobotics

Professor ShigetoshiNakatake 1.VLSIPhysicalDesign2.MixedSignalLSIDesign

AssociateProfessor YasuhiroTakashima AlgorithmstoVLSIsystemlayoutdesign

AssociateProfessor SusumuYamazaki 1.Softwareengineeringeducationbasedoninstructionaldesign2.Interdisciplinaryresearchbetweensoftwareengineeringandmanagementengineering

DepartmentofArchitectureStructureandConstruction

Professor KeigoTsuda SeismicDesignandStabilityDesignofSteelandSteel-ConcreteCompositeStructures

AssociateProfessor MasaeKido SeismicDesignandFrameStabilityofSteelandConcreteFilledSteelTubularStructures

Lecturer KazuakiHoki 1.EvaluationofSeismicPerformanceofOldBuilding2.DevelopmentofSeismicRetrofit

BuildingMaterialsDesign

Professor KojiTakasu

1.Studyonmodificationofrecycledbuildingmaterials2.Studyonhighperformanceconcreteusingrecycledaggregate3.Studyonpropertiesoftheconcreteusinghighvolumeby-productsparticles4.Environmentalimpactassessmentconsideredperformanceofbuildingmaterial5.Studyonanalysisandtestmethodofconcretebyvariousanalysisdevices6.Designofabricklayoutdrawingfordry-masonryandexecutionofdry-masonry

AssociateProfessor HidehiroKoyamada1.Safeteymanagementinbuildings2.Hotweatherconcreting3.Mediumfluidityconcrete4.Propertiesoftheconcreteusingby-productsparticles5.Researchandmaintenanceofexistingandagedbuildings6.Sustainabulesystemofforestresources

AssociateProfessor HirokiSuyama 1.Performanceofconcretecontainingby-productpowder2.Porestructureinconcrete3.Compositionofdifferentconcrete4.Newbuildingmaterialmadefromby-product

BuildingEnvironmentandEnergySystem

Dean,Professor YujiRyu 1.Naturalenergyutilizationtechnologiesinbuildings2.AnalysisonthermalstorageHVACsystems3.FieldstudyonSickHouseintheKyushuDistrict

Professor WeijunGao 1.Architectural/urbanenvironmentplanning/design2.Building/cityenergyandresourceplanning3.StudyonurbanenvironmentinAsia

Professor YasuyukiShiraishi1.Advancedair-conditioningsystemtorealizeenergysavingandcomfort2.Developmentofperformancepredictionmethodofvariouspassiveenvironmentalcontrollsystems3.EnvironmentalcontrolengineeringforlargescalebuildingbasedonCFDanalysis

Lecturer ShintaroAndo 1.Effectofthermalenvironmentonhealth(e.g.bloodpressure,physicalactivity,sleepquality,andbodytemperature)2.Effectofcommunityenvironmentonphysicalactivity

ArchitecturalDesign

Professor HiroatsuFukuda1.ArchitecturalDesign2.DesignofRecyclableHouses,Low-EnergyHouses,RecycleofConstructionMaterials3.High-RiseResidences4.UrbanEnvironment,UrbanDesign,CompactCity5.NewconstructionmethodesofJapaneseceder6.HistricalArchitecture

Professor DEWANCKERBartJulien

1.Researchonurbanplanningandcitizeninvolvementinurbanplanning2.ResearchonSustainableArchitectureandUrbanDesign3.Landscapeplanning,greenbuildings

AssociateProfessor TakaoAkagawa 1.ArchitecturalDesign2.UrbanDesign3.UrbanPlanning

AssociateProfessor NorikoOkamoto 1.Predictionofsoundfieldinrooms2.Measurementofacousticpropertiesofmaterials3.Developmentofsoundabsorbers4.Bioacoustics5.Acousticalenvironmentinpublicspaces

DepartmentofLifeandEnvironmentEngineeringLifeScienceandBiomaterials

Professor KazuoSakurai 1.PolymerPhysics2.Biopolymer3.Biochemistry

Professor KazuyaUezu1.Biosensorsutilizingthestructuresandfunctionsoflivingorganisms2.Biomaterialsforcapturingtheintracellularmessengers3.Designoffunctionalmaterialswithcomputationalchemistry4.Environmentally-friendlyfirefightingfoamforforestfire

Professor KohjiNakazawa 1.Developmentofcellarray2.Developmentofsensingtechnologyofcellfunctions3.Studyoftissueengineeringusingculturedcells

AssociateProfessor TakaakiIsoda 1.Developmentofabio-microsensorforapplicationofbloodandcelldiagnosis2.BasicresearchofintegratedcircuitDevicesequippedwiththebio-microsensor

BiologicalandEcologicalEngineering

Professor AkiraHaraguchi

1.Evaluationofthesoil-water-plantsinteractionintheterrestrialandwetlandecosystemsandtherehabilitationofthedamagedecosystems2.Eco-physiologicalstudyonaquaticplantsandtheirfunctiononenvironmentalprotection3.Chemicalprocessoflimnologicalecosystemswithspecialreferencetoredoxreactionanddecompositionoforganicmaterials

Professor NaokoUeda1.Resolutionofaquaticecosystemmovementintheenclosedseasadjacenttothelargecity2.Developmentofnovelbioremediationtechnologyforimprovementofpooraquaticecosystem3.Developmentofbioassaymethodforsedimentusingthebenthicanimals(polychaetaCapitellasp.)

Professor HiroshiMorita1.StudyonphysiologicalfunctionofIGUSA2.Enzymeproductioninsubmergedco-culturesystem3.Bio-controlscienceofmoldsporesbyfattyacidsalts4.Applicationofbamboopowdersasfoodmaterialsinbread-making

Professor TomonoriKawano

1.PlantBiologyandMicrobiology2.CellSignaling(Ca2+etc.)3.Redoxbiochemistry(ROS,prion,enzymes)4.EnvironmentalScienceandTechnology(environmentalbiology;eco-toxicity,waterprocessing)5.Metaleco-toxicity(heavymetals,rareearthelements,aluminums)6.Biosensingandmicrobiorobotics(useofprotozoancellsetc.)7.Fire-fightingtechnologiesandbioengineering8.Sciencehistory(French-Japanresearchproject)9.Bloodbiologyandbiochemistry(hemoglobin,lucocytesetc.)10.Fishbioengineering(newlystartedproject)

AssociateProfessor TakanoriKihara 1.Biomineralizationinourbody2.Phenotypicregulationofsmoothmusclecells3.Tissueformationwithstemcells

EnvironmentalManagement

Professor TohruFutawatari Regionalenvironmentalmanagement

Professor AtsushiNogami 1.Computersimulationforenvironmentalassessment2.Developmentofatmosphericmicroparticlessensingsystem

Professor ToruMatsumoto 1.Soundmaterial-cyclesocietyandindustrialsymbiosis2.UrbanenvironmentalmanagementinAsia3.Servicingassustainablebusinessmodels4.Environmentallyconsciouslifestyle

AssociateProfessor TakaakiKato 1.Economicevaluationofenvironmentalandenergypolicy2.Evaluationandmanagementofrisk

Institute of Environmental Science and Technology, The University of Kitakyushu

TEL +81-93/695-3311 URL http://office.env.kitakyu-u.ac.jp/kangiken/FAX +81-93/695-3368

Position Name MainThemeofStudy

SpeciallyAppointedProfessor KiwaoKadokami 1.Developmentofautomatedidentificationandquantificationsystemusingdatabase(AIQS)forGC-MSandLC-MS

2.Developmentofanalyticalmethodsformicro-pollutants3.Environmentalsurveyonmicro-pollutantsandriskevaluation

Professor TsuruoMatsuda BiomedeicalEng.,andsoon.MagneticandElectricalstimulationoftheHumanBrain,peripheralnervassystemandBloodflowsystem.

Professor MasaakiNagahara My research interestsare fundamental theoryofautomaticcontrol andartificial intelligence,and their applications tovehicles,drones,powersystems,andacoustics.

Professor KatsushiFujii 1.Nature(solarlight)tochemicalenergyconversion2.Naturetochemicalenergyconversionsystem3.Semiconductorphotoelectrochemistry4.Engineeringanfevaluationofcompoundsemiconductors

AssociateProfessor ShinichiMochizuki 1.Biopolymer2.Biomaterial3.Immunotherapy

Center for Fundamental Education, Hibikino CampusThe University of Kitakyushu

Position Name MainThemeofStudyEnglishEducation

Professor TetsuyaKashiwagi 1.LearnerCorpusCompilationandAnalysisforPedagogicalApplicationinMitigatingL1Interference2.GrammarTeachingasaCluetoOutputPedagogy3.ContrastiveRhetoricStudyinVariationandContext

AssociateProfessor KiyomiOkamoto 1.Extensivereading2.Englishteachingatcompanies3.Developmentofinstructionamodels4.e-learning5.Corpuslinguistics6.Vocabularyacquisition7.Englishforspecificpurposes

AssociateProfessor MasanobuUeda VerbSemanticsandConstructions:AComparativeSemanticStudyofVerbsofGivingandReceiving inEnglishandJapanese

AssociateProfessor EiichiroTsutsui 1.Englisheducation2.EFLwithinformationandcommunicationtechnology3.CreatingwebappsforJapaneselearnersofEnglish4.Analyzingcomputer-mediatedcommunicationdata

AssociateProfessor RogerJ.A.Prior Translationstudies,particularlythepotentialfortranslatingjokesandhumour

AssociateProfessor Crescini,AnneMarie

1.ResearchontheEffectivenessofUsingStudyAbroadasOneWaytoImproveLanguageAbilityandIncreaseCulturalAwareness2.ResearchontheRelationshipbetweenForeignloanwordsandtheEnglishPronunciationofNativeJapaneseSpeakers

JapaneseEducation

Professor RyusukeIkeda 1.JapaneseforSpecificPurpose2.AnalysisofTheFeaturesofLanguageAdjustmentofJapaneseNativeSpeakers3.DevelopmentofLearningResousesforInternationalStudentsMajoringinEnvironmentalEngineering

LiberalArts

Professor TsukasaMorimoto 1.PhilosophyofLife(Hermeneutics,EvolutionaryEpistemology,Problem-SolvingThinking)2.EnvironmentalEthics

AssociateProfessor HiroyukiTsujii ManagementforSustainability1.CorporateEnvironmentalManagement2.EngineeringEthicsEducation3.BusinessEducation

AssociateProfessor MiyukiNakaokaIamengagedinacomparativestudyofurbanmechanismsandurbanstructuresinAsiancountries,focusingespeciallyonChina.IamalsointerestedinthedifferencesbetweentheJapaneseeconomyduringitsrapidgrowthperiodandthepresentChineseeconomy.

Graduate School of Life Science and Systems Engineering, Kyushu Institute of Technology

TEL +81-93/695-6000 URL http://www.lsse.kyutech.ac.jp/FAX +81-93/695-6008 E-mail sei-soumu@jimu.kyutech.ac.jp

Position Name MainThemeofStudyDepartmentofBiologicalFunctionsEngineering

GreenElectronics

Dean,Professor TsuyoshiHanamoto Studyonintelligentcontrolofmotors.Developmentofthemotorcontrolandpowerconversionsystems

ExecutiveDirector,Vice-president,Professor

ShujiHayase Printablesolarcells,perovskitesolarcells,dyesensitizedsolarcells,hybridsolatcells,Photovoltaiccells,smallfuelcellsandapplicationoforganicmaterialtoelectronics

Professor MasamichiNaitoh 1.CarbonNanotubes2.Graphene3.SphericalCarbonParticles4.Nano-wires5.FluorescentProteins

Professor TingliＭa 1.Developmentoffunctionalnanomaterials2.Organicandinorganicmoleculardevices3.FuelCell4.NaandLiionbattery5.Supercapacitor

AssociateProfessor PANDEYShyamSdhir Dye-sensitizedsolarcells,bulkheterojunction,organicsensitizer,organicelectronics,Soft-ActuatorandBiosensor

AssociateProfessor WataruTakashima 1.pi-conjugatedPolymer2.SoftDevice3.AnisotropicElectronics4.OrganicSensor5.ElectrochemicalActuator

AssociateProfessor SeiyaAbe Developmentofcircuitandcontroltechnologyforswitchmodepowersupply

AssistantProfessor KazunoriHasegawa Researchofhighlyefficientandreliablepowerelectronicconverters

AssistantProfessor YuuheiOgomi Researchanddevelopmentoforganic-inorganichybridsolarcells

ResearchAssistantProfessor

TeresaRipolles-Sanchis Investigationandpreparationofthirdgenerationphotovoltaicscells

BiologicalMechanics

Professor HiroshiIshiguro1.Biothermalengineeringandbiothermaltechnology2.Biomedicalengineering3.Investigationandapplicationofbioheatandmasstransferinlivingsystems(Biotransport)4.Measurement,Mathematicalmodeling,Designofprocessanddevice

Professor MasaakiTamagawa

1.DrugDeliverySystemsbyShockWaves2.BioprocessbyShockWaves3.PredictionofHaemolysisandThrombusinBloodPumps4.Applicationtotissueengineeringbyshockwaves5.Developmentofshockwavegenerator6.Multi-fractalanalysisforbranchflowofbloodpipeusingmedicalimagedata7.WaterTreatmentSystemsbyshockwavesandcavitationflows

Professor TakashiYasuda

1.Cellstimulationdevicesforregenerativemedicineanddrugdiscovery2.Microliquidhandlingusingwettabilitycontrolofdevicesurfaces3.Bloodplasmaextractiondevicesforpoint-of-caretesting4.Electrochemicalbio-sensingformedicaldiagnosis5.Derivationandseparationofliposomesfromhumancells6.NanowireformationusingDNAmetallization

Professor HiroshiYamada1.Mechanicalevaulationonhumanatherosclerosisandothervasculardiseases2.Experimenalandnumericalstudiestodelaypressureulcers,mechanicalevaluationofpressureredistributionmattresses3.Computersimulationtoimprovethetoothrepairtechnique

AssociateProfessor KazutoTakashima 1.Developmentofsofttactilesensor2.Developmentofdeviceplacementsimulatorforendovasculartreatment3.Applicationsofshape-memorypolymerandartificialmuscletohuman-interactiverobot

Professor ToshikiMiyazaki Developmentoffunctionalbiomaterialsfortissuerepairing

AssociateProfessor SatoshiIikubo 1.Novelsuperconductors2.Magnetismoftheitinerantelectronsystem3.Neutronscatteringstudyofthefunctionalmaterials

Environmentally-ConsciousChemistryandBioengineering

Professor YoshihitoShirai 1.Developmentofruralareabyrecylcingofnotusedmaterialsandenergyandresultinginyeildingusefulhumanresources2.ZerodischargefromMalaysiapalmoilindustryandcreationofgreenindustriesbyusingexcessbiomass

Professor HaruoNishida1.Biomass/plasticcomposites2.Circulativeutilizationofrenewablematerials3.Kineticanalysisusingcomputersimulationmethods4.ChemicalrecyclingofBiomass-basedpolymers5.Precisesurfacemodificationbyvapor-phaseassistedsurfacelivingpolymerization

Professor TetsuyaHaruyama

Ourresearchactivitiesinaconsistentmanner,frombasicresearchtoappliedresearch, inordertodesignandcreatevariousfunctional(molecularfunctionalized)interfaceswhichcanrecognizemoleculesandconvertthemintoinformation(signals)orenergy.Basicresearchandpracticalappliedresearchhasbeendevelopedinparallel.TypicalexamplesofourstudiesarebrieflyshowninWEBpage.Indetail,seehttp://www.life.kyutech.ac.jp/~haruyama/

AssociateProfessor ShinyaIkeno 1.Bioassaybyusingfunctinalgoldnanoparticles2.SporedetectionusingnanoparticlestoenhancetheRamansignal3.Boostproteinexpressionsystembyco-expressionoffunctionalpeptide

AssociateProfessor TamakiKato Studyonthefunctioningstructuresofbiopolymersandthebuildingsuperstructures

AssociateProfessor ToshinariMaeda

1.Microbialbiodegradationofenvironmentalpollutants2.Metabolicandproteinengineeringtoenhancebacterialhydrogenproduction3.Reductionandrecyclingofexcesssludgetoconstructenvironmentally-friendlytechnology4.Probioticsforperiodontalpathogens

AssociateProfessor MinatoWakisaka SustainableUtilizationofBiomass

PhysiologicalandBiochemicalAdaptation

Professor KojiHirakoba

1.Estimationformusclemetabolismandbufferingcapacityduringmusclecontractions2.Effectsofinternalandexternalworkonmuscularefficiencyduringexercise3.Developmentofhealth-relatedfitnessfromoxygenuptakekineticsduringconstant-loadexercise.4.AnalysesofhierarchicalorderofmusclefibersduringexercisefromEMGandNIRS

AssociateProfessor ShokichiOhuchi 1.BioorganicChemistry2.ProteinEngineering3.BioinformaticsandChemoinformatics4.MicrowaveAssistedChemistry

AssociateProfessor NaoyaMurakami 1.Developmentofphoto-functionalnanomaterialsforphotocatalystandphotovoltaiccell2.Spectroscopicanalysisforelucidationofphotoreactionmechanismoversemiconductors

GreenTechnology

VisitingProfessor IwaoSasaki Researchontheoptimizationofthecontrolmechanismsformechatronicssystemsandhuman-friendlysupportingdevices.

VisitingProfessor HidekiHonda Realizationofhigh-performanceMechatronicscontrolsystem.

ProActiveMaintenance(TAKADA)

VisitingProfessor ToshioAnzai MicrobecorrosionofmetalmaterialsandCreationofantibacterialmetalmaterials

ResearchProfessor KouichiNakano

1.PhysicalpropertiesofmetalmatrixFGM2.StatictensileandfatiguepropertiesofCu/Mocompositematerials3.Mechanicalproperties,corrosionresistanceandcytocompatibilityoftungstenshortfiberreinforcedTi-6Al-4Valloy4.Fatiguepropertiesoffilletweldedjointsinpipingsystem5.Evaluationofdiffusionbondingstrengthbetweenmolybdenumandcupper6.Studyonmicrobiallyinfluencedcorrosion

ECOHybridWelding(SANKYU)

ResearchProfessor YojiWada1.DevelopmentonHybridWeldingforenergy-savingandenvironmentalsafeguard2.Developmentonweldingrepair3.Developmentonevaluationforfailureanddeteriorationofplantmaterials4.Visualobservationformeltingmetalbehavior

ResearchAssociateProfessor TatsuyaYoshimoto

1.DevelopmentonHybridWeldingforenergy-savingandenvironmentalsafeguard2.Developmentonweldingrepair3.Developmentonevaluationforfailureanddeteriorationofplantmaterials4.Visualobservationformeltingmetalbehavior

DepartmentofHumanintelligenceSystemsHumanIntelligenceandMachines

Professor TakashiMorie 1.VLSIdesignforbrain-likecomputersanditsapplicationtoimagerecognitionsystems2.Informationprocessingcircuitsusingnanostructures

Professor KazuoIshii 1.Robotics2.IntelligentMobileRobot3.ControlSystembasedonNeuralNetwork

Professor HirofumiTanaka1.Fabricationofartificialretinausingphoto-assistedatomicswitchshowingsynapticbehavior2.Brainsignalreproducingusingnanocarbonnetworkdevices3.Single-molecularelectricpropertiesformoleculararchitectonics4.Hapticsensorforrobotandartificialskin

AssociateProfessor HiroyukiMiyamoto Generationofarmmovementtrajectorybasedonminimizationprinciple,Robotlearningbywatching

Professor ChikamuneWada 1.Researchonhumancharacteristicsinordertodevelopassistivedevicesforthedisabled2.Applicationoftheresultstohumaninterface,virtualrealityandrobotics

AssociateProfessorFOROUGHNASSIRAEIAmirali

Developmentofautonomousandself-sufficientpracticalroboticsystemsincludingdesignofnovelactuatorsandsensors.Designingpracticalservicerobotsfor indoorandoutdoorenvironments,marinevesselsandunderwaterfacilities,pipeinspectionandmanipulation,renewableandnewenergyfacilities,healthcareandmedicalapplications.

ResearchAssociateProfessor TakashiSonoda 1.DevelopmentofRobotPracticalTechniquesforAnalyzingandSolvingProblems

2.Designandanalysisforrobotmechanisms

AssociateProfessor HakaruTamukoh

Abrain-likecomputersystemlaboratoryaimstorealizeabrain-likecomputeranditsapplicationtohuman-friendlysystems.Weintegratestate-of-the-artdevices,suchasfieldprogrammablegatearrays,many-corecentralprocessingunits,andInternet,toachievehighperformance,low-powerconsumption,andflexibleprocessing.Toenableabrain-likecomputer,we integrate itwithanartificialmodelof learningandgrowingstructures.Furthermore,wewidelyapply thebrain-likecomputertoanautonomousrobotforsupportingdailylifeandahuman-friendlyinterfacesystemincludingintelligentimageprocessingandrecognition.

IntelligenceSystemsandEmergentDesign

Professor TetsuoFurukawa

1.Multi-perspectivebigdataanalysisandvisualizationmethods.2.Learningtheoryoffindingoutessencefromexperiencesforbrain-likeintelligence.3.Developoingbrain-likeartificialintelligencewhichlearnsoneselfthroughinteractionwithothers.4.Theoreticalstudyonstatisticallearning,manifoldlearning.

Professor TomohiroShibata

UnderstandingandAssistinghumansandsocietiesfromtheviewpointoflearning/adaptivesystems.1.MotorSkillTransfertoRobotsanditsApplicationtoAssistiveRobots2.AdaptiveAsssistanceofHumanMotorLearningandItsApplicationtoAssistiveRehabilitationSystems3.RapidPrototypinganditsApplicationtoIn-homeNursinngCaringInnovation4.UnderstandingthePurchaseDecision-MakingProcessandItsApplicationtoMarketing5.UnderstandingDrivingSkillanditsApplicationtoAdaptiveAssistanceofLearningDrivingSkill

AssociateProfessor KeiichiHorio IntelligentInformationProcessingInspiredbyHumanExpertanditsApplicationto1.AnalysisofRelationalData,2.ImageProcessing,3.OptimizationProblem

AssociateProfessor HiroakiWagatsuma

1.Bio-medicalsignalprocessing,efficientsparsecodingandtheapplications2. Artificial intelligence, system design, rehabilitation supports inspired from non-linear dynamics in the brain-body-environmentcoordination3.Sportdynamicsandsynergyanalysisbasedonmathematicalmethodsfocusingonthenon-linearity4.Computationalneurosciencebasedonthetaphasecodingandbrain-inspiredrobotics

AssociateProfessor KaoriYoshida 1.Human-ComputerInteraction2.KanseiInformationProcessing3.VisualPerception

Lecture EiichiInohira 1.Controlofamyoelectricarmprosthesisforsupportingtwo-handedtasks2.Acquisitionandteachingofnewactionsofanautonomousrobotviahuman-robotcommunication

AssistantProfessor HiroshiSho 1.Dynamicmodelselectionbasedonevolutionarycomputation2.Datainterpretationbyinverseoptimization3.Technicaldevelopmentformulti-objectiveoptimization4.Patternanalysis

HumanInteractionandBrainFunctions

Professor KiyohisaNatsume

1.Electrophysiologicalandcomputersimulationstudiesontheroleofbrainrhythmorneuronaloscillationintheinformationprocessing2.Glial[Ca2+]ioscillationandwave3.BrainSimulator4.E-learningsystemforEnglishrhythmusingBrainComputerInterface.

Professor DoosubJahng OccupationalHealthMarketing,HealthResourcesManagement,TeamManagement,Communication

AssociateProfessor KatsumiTateno 1.Neurodynamics2.Chemicalsensorarrayinspiredbymousetastebuds

AssociateProfessor YoshitakaOtsubo Researchfortastetransductionmechanisms

HumanBehavioralSciences

Professor TakashiToyoshima1.Economyprinciplesandthecomputationalcomplexityforgenerationofsyntacticstructuresinnaturallanguage2.Differencesbetweentheparallelserialmodelandtheneural-networkmodelincomputationofstructuredsymbols3.Mappingsystemfromsyntacticstructurestolinearmorphophonemesinnaturallanguage

AssociateProfessor HirohisaIsogai Mechanismsofhumanmotorbehavior

HumanTechnologyVisitingAssociateProfessor MakotoKato Processingofvisualinformationandeyemovementcontrolinhumanbrain

VisitingProfessor SatoruMiyauchi Non-invasivemeasurementsofhumanbrainactivity,Psychophysiology

Kyushu Institute of Technology Organization fir Promotion of Research and innovation Wakamatsu-branch

TEL +81-93/695-6150 URL http://www.lsse.kyutech.ac.jp/~hit/FAX +81-93/695-6151

Position Name MainThemeofStudy

Professor YasushiSato

1.ControllingofDeviceInstalledArtificialIntelligence2.SoundCompressionandNoiseRemovalbySoundSignalProcess3.NoiseRemovalbyArraymicrophone4.HighQualitySoundandLosslessCompressionbySoundSignalProcess5.InterfacebyDialogueSystem6.HighQualityimageandSearchSystembyimageProcessingTechnology7.DevelopmentofMicrowavePartsUsingDielectric

Graduate School of Information, Production and Systems, Waseda University

TEL +81-93/692-5017 URL http://www.waseda.jp/fsci/gips/FAX +81-93/692-5021 E-mail gsips@list.waseda.jp

Position Name MainThemeofStudyInformationArchitectureField

Professor ShigeruFujimura 1.ProductionPlanningandScheduling2.ProductionManagement3.ProjectManagement4.BusinessProcessModeling

Professor JingluHU NeurocomputingSystemsandtheirApplicationstoIdentificationandControlofNonlinearSystems

Professor MizuhoIwaihara 1.DatabaseQueryProcessing2.WebInformationSystems3.WebMining4.XMLDocumentProcessing5.SecurityandPrivacy

Professor SeiichiroKamata 1.ImageProcessing2.PatternRecognitionandComputerVision3.ApplicationsofSpace-fillingcurves4.Image&VideoRetrieval5.VisualInformationProcessing

Professor KeiichiKoyanagi Forstudying‘ThinkingNetworks’,wedevelop‘Bottom-upIntelligentNetworks’,‘StreamingGridComputing’and‘GlobalIPNetworkManagement’

Professor LEPAGE,Yves1.Naturallanguageprocessing2.Artificialintelligence3.Informationtheory4.Example-basedandstatisticalmachinetranslation5.Studyofanalogyandapplicationtomorphology,syntaxandsemantics6.Useofanalogyinmachinetranslationandparaphrasing7.Multilingualwordalignement

Professor TakafumiMatsumaru

Bio-Robotics&Human-Mechatronics1.RemoteOperationSystemofMobileRobot2.PreliminaryAnnouncementofMobileRobot’sIntention3.FormandMovementofHumanSynergeticRobot4.InteractionwithHumanSymbioticRobot5.MeasurementandAnalysisofHumanMotionandBehavior6.SystematicLearningonMechatronics

Professor MakotoTsubokawa1.Opticalnetworkarchitecture(Survivableaccessnetworkarchitecture,Maintenancetechniques)2.Fiber-opticsensingtechnologies(Fiber-opticdistributionsensingtechnology,Opticalmeasurementtechniques)3.Opticalwaveguidedevices(Opticalfibertextile,Lightconcentrator,Nanodevice)

Dean,Professor OsamuYoshie 1.GlobalmachinediagnosisserviceusingtheInternettechnologies2.EnvironmentalInformationProcessing3.IoTapplicationtomanufacturing4.Analysisofconsensusbuilding5.Knowledgelogistics

Professor JiroTanakaWe are interested in future computing environment, ubiquitous computing, programming languages and softwareengineering.Thecurrent research topics include lifelogsystem, fusionof the realworldand thevirtualworld, remotecommunicationsupportsystem,gestureinterface,andaugmentedreality.

AssistantProfessor Wei,WENG Planningandlogistics;schedulingandproductioncontrol;operationsresearch;jobshopandflowshopproblems;just-in-timeproduciton;multi-agentsystems;cellularmanufacturing;greenproduction;refineryscheduling

ProductionSystemsField

Professor HiroshiInujima Plantdiagnosistechnologies

Professor Hee-HyolLee

1.DevelopmentofBinaryPowerGenerationPlant2.BayesianNetworkandProduction&InventoryControl3.CellularAutomatonandTrafficFlowModeling4.TrafficSignalControl5.CooperativeActionLearningofCarrierRobotSwarn6.DesignofDecouplingControlSystemforMIMOLarge-ScaleSystems7.DesignofSlidingModeControlSystemandItsApplicationstoServo-SystemsandProcessSystems8.IntelligentControl9.StochasticControl

Professor TomohiroMurata Researchonmodeling,analysisandsynthesisofDiscreteEventSystemsanditsapplicationfordesign

Professor HarutoshiOgai

1.Seelprocessmodeling,SimulatorbuildingandControlsystemdesign2.OperationpredictionandControlofWastecombuster3.Microorganismapplicationforenvironmentcontrol4.AutomobileEngineControl,AutonomousDrivingControl5.Bridgediagnosistechniqueusingsensornetwork6.Officelightingcontrolusingsensornetwork7.Popeinspectionrobotusingwirelesscommunication8.ModelingoflaborfatigueandMedicalImformationProcessing

Professor EiichiroTanaka1.AutomaticRemoteDiagnosisofGearDrivingSystemUsingaSmallLaserSensor2.DevelopmentofaWalkingAssistanceDeviceforGaitTrainingofPatientsandPromotionExerciseoftheElderly3.DevelopmentofVariousAssistanceDevicesforADL,liftingupandstandingup,etc.

Professor KoheiTatsumi 1.SemiconductorPackagingMaterialsandTechnologies2.ElectronicsMaterials3.MicrostructureinCrystallineMaterials4.Marerialsandtechnologiesforenergyandenvironmentfield

AssociateProfessor TakeoMiyake 1.Smartcontactlensusingintegratedcircuits2.Wearablebiofuelcellusingenzymecatalysts3.H+-mediatedcontrolofbiofunctionwithelectrochemicalpHmodulation4.DDSsystemwithnanostrawmembrane

AssociateProfessor ShigeyukiTateno1.Developmentoffaultdetectionanddiagnosissystemsforchemicalplants2.EstimationofCorrosionRatesforCorrosionUnderInsulationinPetrochemicalPlants3.WirelessCommunicationsupportsystemforrescueactions4.Developmentofon-demandPCBTOsystems

Professor MasahideInuishi 1.Powerelectronics(Conversioncircuit)2.Powersemiconductordevices①Structuredesignandprocess②Reliabilitystudy3.Modelingofadvancedpowerdevicesforcircuitsimulation

Professor KoichiShimizuBiomedicalapplicationofoptical techniques: 1.Tranillumination imagingofanimalbody(Opticalscatteringanalysis,Opticaltrans-bodyimaging,OpticalCT,etc.),2.Opticalnoninvasivemeasurementofphysiologicalinformationin vivo,3.Remotemeasurementandtransmissionofbiomedicaldata(Opticalbiotelemetry,Opticalbody-area-network,etc.)

AssistantProfessor SatoshiIkezawa1.Sensor2.SensingSystem3.ParticleMeasurement4.Laser5.Laser-inducedPlasma6.Laser-inducedBreakdownSpectroscopy(LIBS)7.Laser-inducedIncandescenceTechnique8.ApplicationofInk-jetTechnology

IntegratedSystemsField

Professor TakaakiBaba IntelligentMobileSystemanditsApplication

Professor TakeshiIkenaga Videocompression,videofilterandvideorecognitionsystems

Professor ShinjiKimura HighLevelSystemLSIDesignandVerification,DesignforTestability

【Contact】

August 2016

Industry-Academia Cooperation General CenterKitakyushu Foundation for the Advancement of Industry,Science and Technology2-1 Hibikino,Wakamatsu-ku,Kitakyushu,808-0135,JapanTEL +81-93/695-3006 FAX +81-93/695-3018URL http://www.ksrp.or.jp/fais/iac/ E-mail iac@ksrp.or.jp

Professor TakahiroWatanabe 1.DesignAutomationforASIC2.IP-reusedDesignMethodology3.Network-on-Chip4.FPGAapplication5.ProcessorDesign

Professor NoriyoshiYamauchi WearableBodySensorNetwork(WBSN)

Professor TsutomuYoshihara Analog/DigitalLSIDesignandOn-chipMemory

Professor ToshihikoYoshimasu 1.RFICcircuitdesignmethodologiessuchaspoweramplifiers,VCOs,filters,andsoon2.RFtransistormodelingforSiGeHBTs,SiCMOS,andsoon

Professor TakeshiYoshimura 1.DesignAutomationforSystemLSI2.OptimizationTechnologiesusingGraphandNetworkAlgorithms

AssociateProfessor KiyotoTakahataIntegrationofopticaldevicesandLSIs1.Opto-electronicintegratedcircuits2.High-speedopticaltransmitter/receivermodules3.Photonicmicrowave/millimeter-wavedevices

Professor HirofumiShinohara 1.Hardwaresecurity2.Neuroinformationprocessing3.EnergyEfficientcircuitsandsystems

AssistantProfessor DajiangZhou VLSIArchitecturesforMultimediaandCommunication;VideoCoding(H.264,HEVC,...);LowPowerComputerArchitecture.

Information, Production and Systems Research Center, Waseda University

TEL +81-93/692-5396 URL http://www.waseda.jp/fsci/ipsrc/FAX +81-93/692-5021 E-mail ipsrc@list.waseda.jp

Position Name MainThemeofStudy

ResearchAssociate KenjiroSugimoto Imageprocessingandpatternrecognitionbasedonfastandaccuratedigitalfilteringalgorithms

SeniorResearcher MasakazuInagaki1.Semiconductorinterconnectiontechnologydevelopmentbyuseofelectroplatingandelectrolessmethod2.Advancedsemiconductorpackagingtechnologydevelopment3.ReliabilityimprovementofSiCpowerdevice4.Microplatingtechnologydevelopment

SeniorResearcher KazuhitoKamei 1.Research&developmentofhightemperaturepackagingtechnologyforSiCpowerdevices2.Crystalgrowthofwidebandgapsemiconductorfocusingonsolutiongrowthtechnique

ResearchAssociate YasunoriTanaka StudyonhightemperatureresistantpackagingforSiCpowerdevices

ResearchAssociate WaSI Real-timeModel-basedLightingControlbyImprovedPSOandLambertian-RBFNN

ResearchAssociate Nan,WU, autonomousdrivingsystem,platooning

ResearchAssociate TomonoriIizuka 1.Nano/Micro-CompositeInsulatorMaterialsforElectronicsDevicePackaging2.VoltageEnduranceImprovementandHighThermalConductivityCharacteristicsbyNano/Micro-compositeTechnologies

JuniorResearcherJinjia,ZHOU Videocodingalgorithms;VLSIarchitecturesformultimediasignalprocessing.

JuniorResearcherKui-TingCHEN AResearchonHighPerformanceHardwareforReal-TimeBigDataApplication.

ResearchAssociate Tieyuan,PAN Placement&RoutingAlgorithmandtheApplicationonDynamicReconfigurableDevice

ResearchAssociate Xin,JIANG ArchitectureandRoutingoptimizationonTSVbased3DNoC

ResearchAssociate LianZENG TheoptimizationofrouterarchitectureandroutingalgorithmforNetwork-on-Chip

ResearchAssociate Yun-TingLIAO ControlSystemEngineering

ResearchAssociate Jiayi,ZHU 1.Videocompression(H.264,HEVC)algorithms2.VLSIArchitectureforMultimedia

Fukuoka University Graduate School of Engineering

TEL +81-93/695-3061 URL http://www.fukuoka-u.ac.jp/english/FAX +81-93/695-3047 E-mail kogaku@adm.fukuoka-u.ac.jp

Position Name MainThemeofStudyRecyclingandEco-Technology

Professor SotaroHiguchi MunicipalSolidWasteManagementSystem

Professor ChoeiKonda

(1)CorporateEnvironmentalManagementAnalysisandevaluationoftherelationshipbetweenenvironmentalmanagementandeconomicbenefit,cooperationandcollaborationwithotherstakeholders,andothers;and(2)PublicEnvironmentalManagementEffectivenessandlimitationofenvironmentalplanningandenvironmentalimpactassessment,andothers.

Fukuoka Research Commercialization Center for Recycling Systems

TEL +81-93/695-3068 URL http://www.recycle-ken.or.jp/FAX +81-93/692-3066 E-mail http://www.recycle-ken.or.jp/toiawase.html

Fundamentalfunction

◇ResearchanddevelopmentfunctionStudies improving social system concerning waste disposal, such as separate collection, recycling technology, are carried out synthetically bycooperatingwithindustries,governments,universities,andcitizens.

◇PracticesupportfunctionRegionaldevelopmentandmakingtheresultoftheresearchachievedbyajointresearcharesupported.◇EnvironmentalinformationfunctionInformationonrecyclingtechnologyandthesocialsystemaresent,andthemeasureofrelatedeachsubjectfortheconstructionoftherecyclingsocietyissupported.