Iamstudyingtheswimmingbehaviorofvariousformsofaquaticlifeinordertocreateanewrobotbasedontheadroitswimmingabilityoflivingcreatures.Iamalsostudyingbloodflowinordertoexaminemechanicalvulnerabilitytoatheroscleroticplaquethroughmodelexperimentsusingartificialdiseasedarteriesandnumericalcomputations.Ibelievethatitispossibletoimplementarobotcapableofworkinginmudorinoceansettingswherethereisagreatdealofseaweedordetritus.Intheareaofbloodflowresearch,mygoalistocreateadiagnosticsystemthatcaninstantlyassesstheriskofatheroscleroticplaquebasedonpatient‐specificmedicalimaging,forexamplebymeansofMRI.Graduateshavegoneontoworkinsuchfieldsasmedicaldevices,precisionmachinery,automobiles,electronics,andinformationandcommunications.Somehaveevenpursuedcareersaspublicofficialsorresearchersineducationalresearchorganizations.ProfessorShunichiKobayashiProfessorKobayashitookhiscurrentpositionin2009afterservinginthefacultyofTaxtileScienceandTechnologyatShinshuUniversityasaseniorassistantprofessorandassociateprofessor.Hebeganhisresearchonbloodflowin1996and1997whileworkingasavisitingscholarattheGeorgiaInstituteofTechnology.Hecurrentlycontinuestocarryoutinternationaljointresearch.Thisrobot,whichcanswiminalldirections,wasdevelopedbystudyingtheswimmingmotionoftheragworm.AmodelexperimentandnumericalcomputationofatherosclerosisThestiffnessofthisfin,whosedesignisbasedontheflexiblemovementofthetailsoffish,isalteredinrealtimeinanattempttoincreasepropulsiveperformance.Exploring the biomimetics of aquatic life and medical engineering using biofluid mechanics24Department of Machinery and RoboticsBioengineeringOutlook for researchOutlook for students after graduationOurlaboratoryhasbeenexploringanewresearchfield:biologicalmeasurementbyanalyzingsalivarysampleswith“human”,“noninvasive”,and“biosensor”asresearchkeywords.Noninvasivebiologicalmeasurement,usingavarietyofinformationobtainedpainlesslyfromthehumanbody,isatechnologytomaintainhumanhealthandisusedformedicaldiagnosisandtreatment.Furthermore,ourlabisalsoresearchingothertechnologiesthatcanphysicallycontrolwettabilityofmaterialsurfacesasabiomimetictechnology.Byapplyingengineeringsolutionstothemedicalfield,Ihavebeeninvestigatingameasurementsystemtoobtainbiologicalinformationthatisusefulfordiagnosisandtoassistdailylives.Focusingonasalivaryprotein,whichcanbeaneffectiveindexofsympatheticnervesactivity,aquick,easy‐touseanalyticalmethodasaportabledevicewasproposed.Graduatesworkatmanufacturessuchaspharmaceuticals,biotechnology,automobileandotherindustries.Thehumanscienceandassistivetechnologymightcontributetoanagingsociety.ProfessorMasakiYamaguchiProfessorYamaguchitookhiscurrentpositionin2015afterworkingasanassistantprofessoratTokyoUniversityofAgricultureandtechnology,anassociateprofessoratToyamaUniversity,andaprofessoratIwateUniversity.Portable biosensor of human stress levels by using salivary biomarker.Lotus leaf and superhydrophobicityexpressed by nano‐periodic structure on a solid surface. Human information networks and noninvasive biosensingDepartment of Machinery and RoboticsBioengineeringOutlook for researchOutlook for students after graduation
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