繊維学部研究紹介_2018_英語版

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Advanced Textile EngineeringScience of silkworms, cocoons, and silk: Fashion apparel and textile designDepartment of Advanced Textile and Kansei EngineeringI am pursuing a wide array of research related to silk science, including silkworms, cocoons, raw silk thread, silk fabric, fashion, and market research, and my work draws on such disciplines as management engineering, systems engineering, multivariate analysis, and textile processing technology. I also conduct research related to textile design, for example on topics such as image analysis of fashion apparel.Hideaki MorikawaProfessorImage analysis of fashion apparelScience of silkworms, cocoons, and silkAfter graduating from Shinshu University Graduate School, Professor Morikawa worked at in the private sector at Kao, at Niigata Women's College, and then as an associate professor in the Faculty of Textile Science and Technology at Shinshu University before taking his current position. His areas of specialization are textile engineering, management engineering, and statistics.While the silk generated by silkworms is an important ber material in the eld of high fashion, applications are expected to extend to biometrics as well as utilization of silk protein as a medical material, and the development of silk science is moving forward through combination with leading-edge technologies.Outlook for researcGraduates are likely to work as engineers involved in product development in the fashion, apparel, and textile industries.Outlook for students after graduationAdvanced Textile EngineeringBringing the wonder of interior textile products to the worldDepartment of Advanced Textile and Kansei EngineeringThe key slogan of Kimura H lab is “Research on the Living Environment and Textiles”. The performances of interior products such as textile floor coverings or safety assessments for working clothes are researched. For instance, the quantity of house dust mite scattered in our living room by walking action or static electrical propensity of working clothes are investigated. Our work also includes proposing new testing methods to international standard bodies through research into testing and evaluation methods for accurately determining the properties of these products.Hirokazu KimuraProfessorA photograph of House dust mite scattered from oor covering by walking action observed by a visible ray.Structures of novel spun yarns(a) Cross section of sheath-core structure spun yarn(b) Cross section of side by side type triplet spun yarnProfessor Kimura took his position with the Faculty of Textile Science and Technology at Shinshu University in 2013 after working at the Technology Research Institute of Osaka Prefecture. Principal areas of research include evaluation of the performance safety, and comfort of interior products; evaluation of electrostatic properties of bers and high-polymer materials; and industrial standardization of textile oor coverings.Through the research and development of ooring materials that are elderly-friendly and easy on the feet, I hope to help create safe and comfortable living environments that also contribute to human knowledge by communicating my ndings to the world.Outlook for researchGraduates strive to participate in research and development work carried out by textile manufacturers and research institutes and ocial business corporations.Outlook for students after graduation09ab