38Associate ProfessorFUKUNAGA HiroshiAssociate ProfessorMURAI KazukiOutlook for researchFuel cells are a dream technology that canextract energy efficiently. A growing array ofapplications use fuel cells in large-scale powerplants,in residential and automotive powersystems, and as a power source for portabledevices and artificial organs.Outlook for students after graduationChemical engineering can be put to use in a widerange of domains, including chemicals, electricityand electronics, automobiles, and energy.Outlook for researchOutlook for students after graduationDepartment ofChemistry and MaterialsDepartment ofChemistry and MaterialsAssociateFukunagaProfessortook his current position in 2009after serving in the Faculty ofTextile Science and Technology atShinshu University as an assistantprofessor. His principal areas ofresearchchemicalincludeengineering and electrochemistryasandpolymer electrolyte fuel cells.The development of science and technology based onthe understanding of the structure control technologyof materials that follow biological systems is the nextgeneration of environmentally conscious manufacturingprocesses that exceeds the biomineral and biologicaltissues which are excellentfunctional materials inbiological systems, and it is considered to contribute tothe formation of a safe and secure society of the nextgeneration as a “excellent functional materials”.Through research activities, in addition to “theoreticalthinking” for science, we have “presentation skills” toaccurately convey ideas to people, we are doing“education to nurture people” to understand and polishtheir own philosophy. After graduation I would like toaim for engineers and researchers active in the world.biomineraltheBiominerals (teeth, bones, seashells, and so on) of living things havevery excellentfunctions despite being constructed in a mildenvironment at normal temperature and normal pressure. Therefore,processlearning(biomineralization) are expected to enable the creation of materialswith superior functions like biomineral by a process with a smallenvironmental burden. In addition to research on biomineralization,laboratories are also researching soft materials, aiming at materialsto be bio-inspired from living organisms.I am developing two types of fuel cells that do not useplatinum, which is expensive, as a catalyst. One is a solid oxidefuel cell (SOFC) that operates at high temperatures. The otheris polymer electrolyte fuel cell (PEFC) that uses a non-platinum catalyst, specifically silk-derived activated carbon.Reaction activity and transport phenomena for gas, ions, andelectrons in the electrodes are important in both cases, and Iam working to develop new materials and to optimize theelectrode structure.solid oxideregardsreceived Ph.D inDr. MuraiEngineeringfrom NagoyaInstitute of Technology (2015).He worked as a JSPS researchfellowship for young scientist(DC-2) and then as an assistantprofessor in Tokyo Universityof Science (2015-2018), beforestarting his current position atShinshu University in 2018.landscapeSyntheticofpeptides which are modelmolecules of proteinsAn electrode for a solid polymer fuel cell that my lab createdA power-generating device that uses a solid oxide fuel cellSoft matter (hydrogel) in which 95% of the mass consists of H2OサイズW3.6cm×H4.35cm配置位置横11cm、縦22.2cmstructure ofNanofiberthehybrid materials composed oforganic and inorganic materials.andimitatingformationMaking fuel cells a more familiar energy systemDevelopment of Functional Materials inspired by biomineralization
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