Faculty of Engineering

Department of
Industrial Chemistry

Industrial chemistry is related to the entire life cycle of "things", from the development of substances and materials to their manufacturing process, waste disposal, and recycling. Basic education, laboratory works, and discussions are emphasized, and the department aims to cultivate well-qualified researchers and chemical engineers through top level research activities.

Research Groups & Research Areas

  • Inorganic / Analytical Chemistry

    We use various elements appearing in the periodic table, and leverage and analyze the varied potential of chemical substances including covalent bonds, ionic bonds, crystalline and amorphous ones, to obtain desired functions and provide them for the benefit of society. That is inorganic / analytical chemistry.

    Kunimura Research Group / Nagata Research Group / Tanaka Research Group

  • Organic Chemistry

    Organic chemistry is the chemistry of organic compounds and materials containing carbon bonds, including substances that are closely related to living creatures. This interesting area covers a wide range of applications, including fibers, medicines and functional materials and, thanks to the huge number of different organic compounds, allows making new discoveries.

    Hashizume Research Group / Imahori Research Group / Sugimoto Research Group

  • Physical Chemistry

    Aiming to gain an even deeper and more comprehensive understanding of basic problems in fields including organic chemistry and inorganic / analytical chemistry, physical chemistry serves as a theoretical basis for all chemical phenomena and many phenomena related to them.

    Imura Research Group / Kawai Research Group / Kondo Research Group / Uetani Research Group

  • Chemical Engineering

    Many products required for everyday life are made through the application of chemical principles. Their production requires ingenuity in many ways when deciding how to use materials and energy, reduce environmental burden and the like. This ingenuity is chemical engineering.

    Otake Research Group / Shono Research Group

List of Faculty Members

Name Title Research Area Keyword
HASHIZUME Mineo Professor Polymer chemistry
Bio-related chemistry		 Bio-related polymers, Polymer thin films and surfaces
Nanohybrid materials, Biomaterials
KAWAI Takeshi Professor Nanomaterials chemistry Surface, Interface, nano-particle, nano-sheet
KONDO Yukishige Professor Organic and hybrid materials surfactant, solubilization, emulsification, dispersion, self-assembly, micelle, vesicle
OTAKE Katsuto Professor Reaction engineering/Process system Basic physico-chemical properties, Higpressure chemistry, Material chemistry
SHONO Atsushi Professor Properties in chemical engineering process/Transfer operation/Unit operation mixing, dispersion, emulsification
SUGIMOTO Hiroshi Professor Organic chemistry Polymer Synthesis, Asymetric Synthesis
IMAHORI Tatsushi Associate Professor Organic chemistry Synthetic organic chemistry, Functional molecular science
IMURA Yoshiro Associate Professor Nanomaterials chemistry Surface, Interface, Nanoparticle, Nanocatalyst
KUNIMURA Shinsuke Associate Professor Analytical chemistry X-ray spectrometry
NAGATA Morio Associate Professor Functional solid state chemistry Organic Photovoltaics, Artificial Photosynthesis
TANAKA Yumi Associate Professor Inorganic materials/Physical properties Solid electrolyte, electret, Metal catalyst, battery, Vibration power generator
UETANI Kojiro Junior Associate Professor
Wang Ke-Hsuan Junior Associate Professor Inorganic industrial materials Nanomaterials and electrocatalysts, Electrochromic materials and devices
HONDA Masayoshi Assistant Professor Polymer/Textile materials Carbon dioxide, Biomass, Catalyst
MATSUKAWA Hiroaki Assistant Professor Properties in chemical engineering process/Transfer operation/Unit operation Equation of state, Artificial neural network, Phase equilibrium
Murakami Yuya Assistant Professor Properties in chemical engineering process/Transfer operation/Unit operation
Reaction engineering/Process system		 Fluid dynamics, Solid-liquid mixing
Reaction kinetics, Dehydrogenation process
SAGAWA TAKUYA Assistant Professor Synthetic chemistry coordination chemistry, material chemistry, catalytic chemistry

Information on Career Paths

  • Graduate School
    75.0%
  • Information Industry
    6.7%
  • Wholesale and Retail Trade
    1.9%
  • Machinery and Appliances
    1.9%
  • Miscellaneous Services
    1.9%
  • Finance, Insurance
    1.9%
  • Civil Servant
    1.9%
  • Real Estate and Goods Rental and Leasing
    1.0%
  • Textile, Clothing
    1.0%
  • Professional and Technical Services
    1.0%
  • Food
    1.0%
  • Other Industries
    2.9%
  • Other(Persons Planning on Continuing Education, Studying Abroad, etc.)
    1.9%
(As of March 2022)