Universities
Division of Materials Science and Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Hokkaido University
Molten salt electrolysis for non-ferrous metal refining, optimization of thermoelectric generation, surface treatment for microscopic structure formation using anodic oxidation
Muroran Institute of Technology
Material Science for Mechanics
We have focused on the deterioration or corrosion mechanism of industrial materials, especially aluminum and its alloys. We have also researched in the field of inorganic synthesis such as alumina nano-particles, mullite,spinels, which is named "Corroison Synthesis"
Faculty of Science and Technology, H.Sato Lab.
We study wide aspects of materials engineering especially in structural materials. Special interests are mainly focused on long term behavior of structural materials at high temperatures. Keywords: Creep, Quantitative evaluation of creep curve, Life prediction, Powder metallurgy, Mechanical Properties and microstructures.
Institute for Materials Research, Tohoku University
Department of Biomaterials Science, Niinomi Laboratory
・Research and development of mechanically biocompatible titanium alloys.
・Design and development of titanium alloys with changeable Young’s moduli for biomedical applications.
・Strengthening of titanium alloys via microstructural control through thermomechanical processes for industrial applications.
・Development of bioactive surface modification processes of titanium alloys.
・Microstructural analysis and improvement of mechanical properties of silver-based alloys for dental applications.
Department of Materials Processing, Biomedical Materials, Narushima Laboratory
Study on the biomedical materials
Tohoku University, Department of Metallurgy, Materials Science, and Materials Processing
Nano-materials Science Structural Materials for Eco-friendly Systems
Weight saving and mechanical property development of materials are very important issues for the reduction of environmental burdens and the construction of infrastructure for the sustainable society. Maruyama group is challenging to create new structural materials with the viewpoint of atomistic approaches of material strength and deformation and lattice defect engineering in crystals.
Ibaraki National College of Technology
Material Engineering Laboratory
The heat treatment of metal material on transformation point is carried out.
Waseda Institute of Advanced Study, Waseda University
Research on fabrication processes for light-weight materials and investigation on physical properties of liquid
Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology
Advanced Material Testing and Modeling
A lot of interesting research subjects are going on:
(1) Solidification mechanism of high-speed twin roll casting,
(2) In-situ fabrication of cladding sheet by tandem twin roll casting,
(3) Similar and dissimilar metal joining using advanced high-speed joining methods,
(4) Improvement of formability of cast products for up-grade aluminum alloy recycling
Tokyo Institute of Technology, Precision and Intelligence Laboratory
Alloy design and development of shape memory alloy based materials for energy and biomedical applications
Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, Yokohama National University
The application of non-ferrous materials over a wide range of structural components requires deep knowledge of relationship
between the mechanical properties and microstructures. The alloy designing, process development and evaluation of
various characteristics are conducted in this laboratory for fabricating new metallic materials with more excellent properties.
The proposal of less environmentally damaging materials is also aimed to meet the demand from industries.
Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Fukui
Metal forming including incremental forming and press forming
Toyohashi University of Technology, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Laboratory for Materials Strength & Characterisation in 3D/4D
Approach to the truth by advanced visualization technology
Toyohashi University of Technology
Interface & Surface Fabrication Laboratory
Development of advanced joining process is a main aim of our laboratory. Current research subjects are as follows; 1) thermal spray, 2) cold spray and aero-sol deposition, 3) solid state joining of dissimilar materials by friction stirring and 4) plasma processing.
Department of Materials Science and Engineering , Metal forming Lab.
Development of high accurate, high functional and light weight parts by metal forming
Nagoya Institute of Technology
We have developed about novel metallic materials such as functionally graded materials. Especially, we fabricate these materials by using centrifugal casting machine, spark plasma sintering machine and so on. As one of the developed materials, we have successfully developed functionally graded grinding wheels for CFRP drilling. In future, we will create novel FGMs by centrifugal casting method and so on.
Mechanical System Engineering Course － Material System Laboratory
My Laboratory is conducting comparison of the properties of new aerospace structural materials and their effective harmonious application.
Gifu University, Faculty of Engineering, Dept. of Mechanical and Systems Engineering
Manufacturing System Engineering Lab.
Our laboratory researches to create innovative products through scientific analysis of die/mold technology. Our research subjects cover various manufacturing fields, such as casting, injection molding, and machining.
Graduate School of Energy Science, Kyoto University
Resources and Energy System Laboratory
Experiments and simulations on magnesium alloys and porous metals are performed in my lab.
Kyoto University, Graduate School of Engineering, Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Laboratory for Structure and Properties of Materials (Tsuji Lab)
Fundamental research studies on correlation between nano-/microstructures and properties of structural metallic materials.
Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University
Our laboratory conducts research on biological tissues and biomaterials that can substitute for or form biological tissues. Our goals are to:
1) evaluate the physical properties of biomaterials;
2) develop biological tissue regeneration techniques; and
3) create novel biomaterials by applying evaluation, analysis, and control techniques, such as crystallography and crystal plasticity, that have been developed by materials science.）
Osaka University [Graduate School of Engineering]
Control of Materials Function and Morphology [Utsunomiya laboratory]
Deformation processing to enhance microstructure and properties
Department of Adaptive Machine Systems, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University
We have investigated the next-generation “multi-functional structural materials” which posses many superior properties simultaneously, such as light-weight, high heat resistance, high strength, good biocompatibility, etc.
Materials Design Optimizing Group
The goal of Materials Design Optimizing Group is the development of new materials based on the concept of both materials design from the first-principles
calculations and multi-scale controlling of microstructure from atomic level to macroscopic level.
Laboratory of Environmental Materials
We have studied environmentally-friendly materials such as low cost beta type titanium alloys for medical and health-care applications. Surface modification of metallic implants was also carried out for controlling bioactivity.
Graduate School of Engineering, University of Hyogo
Materials Design Research Group, Department of Materials Science and Chemistry
Nano materials, bulk metallic glasses, and Ti based biomedical materials are major subject in our laboratory.
Control of Material Properties
English We are developing the low cost titanium alloys which have a new function.
Faculty of Engineering, Hiroshima University
(Our laboratory are elucidating a physics phenomena in high-functional and high-performance metals, ceramics and metal matrix composites, and development of these materials such as (1) Material process optimization with nano- and meso-scale texture control, (2) Evaluation of mechanical and functional propertiesin wide range from nanoscale to mililliscale, (3) Observation and characterization of microstructure with optical, scanning electron and transmission electron microscopes, (4) Modeling with computer simulations.
Faculty of Engineering Sciences, Kyushu University
Deformation mechanism and micro-nano-structural analysis of crystalline materials