Department of
Mechanical Engineering

Research Groups & Research Areas

• Thermal / Fluid Engineering

  In addition to research on phenomena related to heat and flows such as the flow of air and water around airplanes, automobiles and ships, as well as the high-speed / high-temperature flows inside gasoline engines, jet engines, power plants and the like, we study their application to energy machinery.

  Gotoda Research Group / Ishikawa Research Group / Motosuke Research Group / Yamamoto Research Group

• Materials / Structural Mechanics

  While learning the properties, strength, etc. of materials such as metal, ceramics, and plastics, we study how to determine durable shapes and sizes by calculating the forces acting on each member, for the production of automobiles, airplanes, robots and the like.

  Arai Research Group / Inoue Research Group / Ushijima Research Group

• Intelligent Machinery / Mechanical Dynamics

  Typical areas of this field are robots and mechatronics. We make things, and cause them to move or analyze their movements. This area is related to the origins and roots of Japan’s technological skills which have been supporting Japan as a technological power.

  Hashimoto Research Group / Hayashi Research Group / Kobayashi Research Group

• Design / Manufacturing Methods

  To produce machinery such as automobiles or robots, it is necessary to consider the mechanisms for obtaining the shapes, strength, and functionality of the required components, and to determine the methods by which these items are manufactured. These processes are called mechanical design and machinery production.

  Miyatake Research Group / Sasaki Research Group