工学部_研究紹介_2020_英語版

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Ourlaboratoryaimsatunderstandingmaterialpropertiesandphenomenafromelectronicandatomiclevels.Ourstudiesdevelopcomputationaldesignofadvancedmaterialsbyutilizingstate-of-the-artcomputers,andinventinnovativetechnologiesforenergy-savingandsustainable.Currentresearchtopicsare(i)deformationmechanismandfirst-principlesdesignofMgalloys,(ii)hetero-interfaceanalysisformulti-materialproducts,and(iii)atomisticdynamicsanalysisofsurfacereactionandthinfilmgrowth.Materialsconsistofelectronsandnucleus.Basedonquantummechanicsdescribingtheirstates,20th-centurycondensedmatterphysicspromotesanunderstandingofvariousphenomena.However,itisstillachallengingproblemtolinkmicroscopicbehaviortomacroscopicproperties.Westudymaterialpropertiesfromthemulti-scaleviewpoint,towardafuturemanufacturingtechnologytodesignnewmaterialsfromelectronicandatomiclevels.AssociateProfessorResearcharea:Computational materials science, Solid mechanics, Theoretical condensed matterMolecular dynamics simulations of deformation twinning of Mg and first-principles calculations of effects of alloying elementsMulti-scale Modeling of Mechanical Behavior and Materials Design from Electronic and Atomic LevelsInterfacial bonding and atomic configuration of metal-oxide hetero-interface by first-principles calculationsAllmembersinourlaboratoryarepromisingcandidatesofresearcherandengineerdevelopingnewmaterialsandutilizingmaterialsforfunctionalproducts,duetotheirskillsandknowledgeacquiredthroughresearchactivities.Daisuke MatsunakaIn the FutureMechanical Systems EngineeringAfter GraduationThereisanincreasingdemandforautonomousrobotsworkingindailyindoorandoutdoorenvironmentsanddisaster-affectedenvironments.Becausetheseenvironmentsarenotstructuredforautomatedmachines,robotsshouldbeabletoanalyzetheenvironmentsandplantheirmotionsaccordinglytoconductvarioususefulworks.Thusweareconductingfundamentalandempiricalresearchestodevelophigh-levelautonomoussystems.Recently,variousrobotsareseeinthemedia,buttheserobotsoftodayarestillfarfromachievinghuman-likeintelligence.We,roboticsresearchers,mustsolvealotofproblemsinordertocreaterobotsthatfunctioninourdailylives.Therefore,wearedevelopingintelligentsystemswhicheveryrobotinthefuturewillbeequippedwith.AssociateProfessorHe recievedPh.D. degrees from Univ. of Tsukuba. Until 2012, he was joined at Univ. of Tokyo, Japan. His current research interests are in intelligent robots, robot vision, and motion planning.Robots with Intelligence!Toward beneficial autonomous systemsWevaluereal-worldrobotics.Throughexperimentsusingrealrobots,youwillfindvaluableresultsandwillgainvaluableexperiences.Youmayworkasengineersofproductdevelopmentforpublicconsumersorresearchersatuniversities.KimitoshiYamazakiIn the FutureMechanical Systems EngineeringAfter GraduationLeftfigure:anexperimentthatthedual-armrobotmanipulatesapieceofclothing.Rightfigure:researchcolleaguesandourwheeledmobilerobot.Wehavelife-sizeddual-armedrobots,smallhumanoidrobots,andwheeledmobilerobotsasresearchplatform.Exampleofsensorinformationprocessing.Theleftimageistheinputimageandtherightimageistheresultofsegmentation.Theareaiscolor-codedforeachobject.Suchadivisionfunctionisautomaticallylearnedbyamechanismofaconvolutionautoencoder,andbycombiningthiswithhumanknowledge,anobjectrecognizercanbequicklyconstructed.59