Guide to Graduate School of Science and Technology, Shinshu University 2015

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DEPARTMENTOFMECHANICALENGINEERINGANDROBOTICSDepartment of Mechanical Engineering and Robotics (Functional Machinery and Mechanics)FacultySHINSHU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY MASTER’S PROGRAM027Shock waveMolecular vibrationalrelaxation regionCreating humanlike machines with super-human abilitiesTakahiroWatanabeStarted in 2013 / Dr. Kawamura's LabI research a clothes folding robot. I'm sometimes confronted with various problems in my research. When I go through the effort to come up with a testing equipment or program to solve the problems and it works just as wanted, I feel joy to have grown. I can acquire various knowledge and techniques by make continuous effort daily. The experience will be helpful in the rest of my life to build up my skills.By merging traditional Mechanical Engineering with a focus on functionality, our unique department exploits functionality principles to create novel, multi-functional mechanical systems.We make full use of nanocomposite technique to develop nanocomposite and smart composite materials and research their application. The microscopic photo below shows a nanohollow particle for shielding electromagnetic waves, nanofiber and nanocomposite material.Developing advanced materials such as nanocomposite and smart materialsThe surface of the moon is covered with soft sand called regolith. In addition, the environment thereof is highly severe with no air, radiation and large temperature difference between day and night unlike the Earth. We develop special wheels for a lunar probe robot operating in such an environment and investigate the traveling phenomenon.Developing special wheels for lunar probe robot and investigating traveling phenomenonThe application of single-layered CNT to an atom-level mass sensor is enabled. We aim to investigate vibration characteristics of CNT with micromass added as nanomass can be detected based on the shift of vibration frequency of CNT with atomic mass added.Mass sensor by means of carbon nanotubeWe research on high-efficiency energy conversion and its utilization technology. The photo below is an example of a numerical simulation of the flow around a turbine blade and molecular vibrational relaxation phenomena behind a shock wave. These are important for performance analysis of a turbine blade in a power plant.Research on energy equipment and thermal fluid phenomenon"An autonomous robot" is the robot that can think and shape its an actions by itself like a creature. We aim to create a robot system that can work in a danger zone and the outer space on behalf of a human through the control of various robots including a flight robot.Creating an autonomous robotHajime Konishi, ProfessorElectrical and Electronic EngineeringNew energy vehicles, bio fuel cells, fuel cell catalysts, utilization of biomassLimin Bao, ProfessorFiber Applied Dynamics, Composite Material Engineering and Impact EngineeringResearch on strong, light and recyclable composite materials using superfiberKojiro Iizuka, Associate ProfessorSpace Engineering, Robotics and TerramechanicsResearch on development of traveling system (transport mechanism and wheels) of lunar/planetary probe roverTakashi Kawamura, Associate ProfessorMechanical Dynamics, Robotics and MechatronicsResearch on skills of human and living organisms and application to robots Mechanical dynamics and applicationIck Soo Kim, Associate ProfessorFabrication of Nanofiber and Development of its Use Application Development of nanofiber devices and the application to the electrical/electronic field and the medical field Toshiaki Natsuki, Associate ProfessorComposite Materials and Physical Property and Computational MechanicsAnalysis of mechanical characteristics of carbon nanotube with computational mechanics and its applicationSatoshi Suzuki, Associate ProfessorControl Engineering and RoboticsResearch on autonomous control of robots and unmanned vehiclesKaoru Wakatsuki, Associate ProfessorThermal Engineering, Fire Protection Engineering, Experimental MechanicsThermal analysis of materials and human body behavior by fire and itsapplication on testing methods and fire resistive material designNobuhiro Himeno, ProfessorThermal EngineeringResearch on heat and flow phenomena that are important in energy technology, measurement of physical property of heat and environmental cleanup techniques Qing-Qing Ni, ProfessorComposite Material Engineering, Nanomaterials and Smart MaterialsComposite techniques for nanomaterials, development and evaluation of smart materials and structures and health monitoring RecentCareerPathsToyota Motor, Honda Motor, Suzuki Motor, Isuzu Motors, Hino Motors, Yamaha Motor, Aisin Seiki, Denso, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, IHI, Fuji Heavy Industries, YKK, Murata Machinery, Daikin Industries, Hitachi, Toshiba, Mitsubishi Electric, Fujitsu, NTT, Panasonic, Sharp, Seiko Epson, Brother Industries, Hamamatsu Photonics, Nidec, Chubu Electric Power, Hokuriku Electric Power, Hokkaido Railway, East Japan Railway, Aichi Steel, The Yokohama Rubber, Toyo Tire & Rubber, Shin-Etsu Chemical, Taiyo Nippon Sanso, Idemitsu Kosan

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