23AssociateProfessorAONOHikaruAssociateprofessorAonotookhiscurrentpositionin2020afterworkingasanassistantprofessoratTokyoUniversityofScience.Hisresearchinterestsincludefluidengineering,bioinspiredrobots,andbioacoustics.AssociateProfessorNAKADATE HiromichiAssociateProfessorNakadatetookhiscurrentpositionin2018afterworkingasanassistantprofessoratTokyoMetropolitanUniversity.Hisresearchfieldisbraininjurybiomechanics.flyingThesophisticatedfunctionsandmechanismsassociatedwiththeflightsofinsectsandbirdsofferpossibilitiesforinnovationandimprovementofaerialrobots,fluidmachinery,andtransportationequipment.Weareanalyzingtheexcellentfunctionsofthewingsandbodyofinsectsandbirdsbasedontheapproachof"biomechanicalengineering",whichdiscussesthestructureandfunctionoflivingthingsfromtheviewpointofmechanicalengineering,andusetheknowledgeobtainedfromthemtoanalyzerobots,fluidmachinery,andtransportationequipment.Repetitivebrainconcussioninplayingfootball,judo,andrugbyinducescognitivedysfunctionssuchasmemorydysfunction.Thebrainbecomesvulnerableandsensitivetostimulibyrepeatedheadcollisions,resultingindecreasingthethresholdofbraininjury.Therapiddeformationofbraintissueistypicallycausedbyheadimpactintrafficaccidentsbecausetheinertiaforceisappliedtothebraintissuebysuddenaccelerationanddecelerationofthehead.Therebyneuronsarestretched,andaxons,whichplayaroleinneurotransmission,areinjuredanddisrupted.Wehavedevelopedthecriteriaofaxonalinjurythroughtheimpactloadingexperimentofbrainneuronalcellstobetterunderstandthemechanismofaxonalinjuryinrepetitivebrainconcussion.Department of Currently,weareworkingondevelopmentofflappingwingrobotsandbiology-inspiredflowcontrolbasedonnumericalsimulations,experiments,anddatascience.Bioinspiredandbioengineeredflappingwingrobotswillhelpustoextendthecapabilityinourlifeintermsofcollectinginformationandsafety.Furthermore,understandingoffunctionalitiesofwingandbodyofbirdsandinsectsalsowillimprovetheperformanceoffluidmachineryandtransportationequipment.Ihavenotmentoredanygraduatesyetinmycurrentposition.Iexpectthatstudentswillhaveflexiblethinkingbecausetheywilllearnbioengineeringthatisoneofmulti-disciplinaryacademicfields.Department of ThemeasuringaccuratelytheconditionandbehaviorofbraincellsexposedtomechanicalstressallowsustopredictbrainneurologicaldamagethatcannotbedetectedthediagnosticimagingsuchasCTandMRIbycomputationalsimulation,andthisstudyleadstoanoveldiagnosissystemandestablishingsafetycriteriaofautomobile.Studentscanlearnthelogicalthinking,theproblemsolvingabilityandcommunicationskillsthroughstudyingautonomously.Theyalsocanenhanceaconnectionwithcollegersthroughthelifeoflaboratory.Sketch of owl’s gliding flight and flow structures around owl’s wing model by numerical simulationExperimental and numerical investigation of flapping wing robotsCell stretching device for reproducing the brain deformation in head impactAxons elongated randomly by normal culture (left) and Axons oriented straight by controlling adherence property of culturing surface (right)Machinery and RoboticsBioengineeringMachinery and RoboticsBioengineeringOutlook for researchOutlook for students after graduationOutlook for researchOutlook for students after graduationBioengineered flapping wing robots and biology-inspired flow controlFrom neurotrauma to neuroregeneration
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