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15Kansei EngineeringThe science of heat and thermal perception: Creating individually preferred thermal environments by adjusting airflow and clothingDepartment of Advanced Textile and Kansei EngineeringHeating, ventilation, air-conditioning, and refrigeration (HVAC&R) systems consume energy. Since the thermal environment is an important factor in determining the productivity of occupants, it is desirable to develop effective HVAC&R systems. I am working to develop numerical simulation methods and experimental devices to analyze the thermophysiological state of the human body and the surrounding thermal environment. Simultaneously, I am developing new personal HVAC&R systems based on various methods and devices.Tomonori SakoiAssociate ProfessorThis human subject experiment is being carried out to validate the cooling clothing that my lab developed. The clothing provided an adequate cooling eect, even in a warm and humid environment, when a convection fan was simultaneously used.Dr. Sakoi came to Shinshu University as an assistant professor after work experience at the University of Tokyo and the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, and he assumed his current position in 2013. He has won nine awards, including three “Best Paper” awards from the Society of Heating, Air-Conditioning and Sanitary Engineers of Japan (2001, 2004, and 2009) and one “Best Paper” award from ASHRAE HVAC&R Research (2014).Outlook for researchGraduates work for major homebuilders, insurance companies, part manufacturing companies, and textile development companies.Outlook for students after graduationThis device is used to determine the heat transfer characteristics of body segments in a non-uniform thermal environment.Numerical simulation is used to analyze air and body temperature distributions.Based on the results of analysis of thermophysiological state and the surrounding environment, I intend to propose reasonable ways to form a comfortable microclimate around the human body, especially by adjusting clothing and airow. As an example, my lab has developed clothing with adjustable cooling capability that utilizes water evaporation.Kansei EngineeringSearching for the future potential of high-polymer materials: The 21st century as the age of soft materialsDepartment of Advanced Textile and Kansei EngineeringIt is likely that soft materials such as high-polymer materials will continue to increase in importance in manufacturing. High-polymer materials exhibit diverse properties because the shapes of their molecules change in diverse ways. Further, they are not harmful to the body and have significant potential for use in not only industrial, but also biomedical, applications. Masato TakahashiAssociate ProfessorAssociate Professor Takahashi took his current position in 1991 after earning his Doctorate of Engineering in 1986 and attending Tokyo Metropolitan University. His principal area of research centers on controlling the structure of high-polymer materials (including forming and controlling the structure of natural polysaccharides, controlling the structure of polymer blends, and forming and controlling the structure of amphiphilic polymers).It may be possible to create materials with a variety of properties by controlling the polymer-blend structures such as sea-island structures (left) and bicontinuous structures (right).Gels such as carrageenan gel (left) and calcium alginate gel (right) may be used as vulnerary covering materials in biomedical science.I hope to contribute to the future development of high polymer materials through research into topics such as environmentally friendly polymers like polysaccharides that can be obtained from living things and new polymer-blend materials created by combining other high-polymer materials.Outlook for researchGraduates work at chemical-related companies, which have a high level of need for students who have studied high-polymer materials.Outlook for students after graduationCag type1CaAlg gel

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