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Environment and Process Design Laboratory
Professor / NAKAYAMA Tadachika
Assistant professor / TAKIMOTO Yuya
URA / FURUNO Hideto
- Next-generation robot control technology using multimodal AI
- Environmental purification and synthesis of useful substances using microorganisms
- Development of new processes for ceramic fabrication
Professor / NAKAYAMA Tadachika
Prof. Nakayama has background knowledge in materials science, power engineering and IT. Furthermore, he has a deep knowledge of microbial technology, food engineering, as well as policy making and social science. We are looking for a wide range of students, not only in mechanical engineering, but also in electrical and electronic engineering, chemistry, IT, environmental engineering, and social sciences.
Research Content
The major research topics in this laboratory include inorganic materials science, ceramic synthesis processes, robot control, AI and other IT technologies, metaverse, transportation engineering, resource engineering, aerospace engineering, food engineering, smart agriculture, and data science-based policy making. Research themes will be decided through discussion after admission. PI Prof. Nakayama is an organizer of many international conferences and will give you many opportunities to present your research.
Next generation manufacturing lab that can be remotely operated from Metaverse
A Day in the Lab
The main research areas of this laboratory include robot control, functional ceramics, ceramic process science, and transportation engineering. Furthermore, one-third of our students are international students, and we have many short-term international students and short-term collaborators from universities and companies in Japan and abroad. Research is supervised in English and careful guidance is provided by many staff members. Independence is valued in the laboratories, and students are free to work part-time and engage in extracurricular activities.
Annual softball practice session at Eco Stadium Niigata
Thesis Subjects
- (D)Proposal of a new thermoelectric cycle and development of a new power generation system based on this cycle
- (D)Development of a new robot control method capable of grasping flexible objects
- (M)Development of a transportation system for reducing traffic congestion using multimodal AI
The number of
PhD Graduates
19
Major employers of Graduates
- Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
- Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
- Panasonic Corporation
- Tohoku University
- Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.
- Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
- Toyama Prefectural University
- Central Japan Railway Company
- Hanyang University, Korea
- Robert Bosch GmbH, Germany
