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Faculty of Environmental Engineering and Graduate School of Environmental Engineering, The University of KitakyushuGraduate School of Life Science and Systems Engineering, Kyushu Institute of TechnologyGraduate School of Information, Production and Systems, Waseda UniversityFukuoka University Graduate School of EngineeringFukuoka Research commercialization Center for Recycling Systems

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Faculty of Environmental Engineering and Graduate School of Environmental Engineering, The University of Kitakyushu

TEL +81-93/695-3310 URL http://www.kitakyu-u.ac.jp/env/FAX +81-93/695-3368 E-mail admin-sec@kitakyu-u.ac.jpPosition Name MainThemeofStudy

DepartmentofChemicalandEnvironmentalEngineeringChemicalProcesses

Professor KenjiAsami DevelopmentofNovelProcessesfortheProductionofSyntheticCleanFuelsandtheirUtilization

Professor Xiao-HongLi 1.Woodybiomasstosyngasatlowertemperature.2.Thesynthesisofsupercleandieselfuel(Fischer-Tropschsynthesis)3.Thesynthesisofgasoline.4.ThesynthesisofLPG5.Eggshellcatalyst

Professor KazuharuYoshizuka 1.Lithiumrecoveryfromvariousresources2.Recyclesystemofraremetalsfromvariouswastes3.Arsenicremovalfromvariousundergroundwaters

AssociateProfessor SyouheiNishihama 1.SeparationandRecoverySystemsfortheMetalIonswithSolventExtractionorIonExchange2.RecoveryofOrganicPollutantsfromWaterEnvironment3.DevelopmentofMicroFlowInjectionAnalysisSystem

AssociateProfessor FumiakiAmano1.Developmentofsemiconductorphotocatalystsandphotoelectrodeswithhighefficiency2.Precisecontrolofcrystallinemorphologyandalignmentofmetaloxides3.Developmentofsystemsforphotochemicalconversionandstorageofsolarlightenergy

AdvancedMaterials

Professor IsamuAkiba 1.Synthesis,PropertiesandStructuresofOrganicPolymers2.MesomorphicPhaseFormationofMulticomponentPolymerMaterials

Professor Seung-WooLee 1.Nano-structuredmaterials2.Fabricationandapplicationofchemicalsensors3.Analysisofdiseaseodors

AssociateProfessor TakuyaSuzuki 1.Titaniumoxidephotocatalyst2.DevelopmentofhighresolutionopticalandX-rayinterferencemicroscopewithoutreferencelight

AssociateProfessor KatsutoshiYamamoto 1.Synthesisandapplicationofnewstructuresofporousmaterials2.Developmentofnewsynthesisroutesforporousmaterials3.Developmentofcatalystsforbio-fuelsynthesis

Lecturer HiroyukiImai1.Developmentofnovelcatalystsforapplicationtocatalyticreactionprocesses2.Synthesisandfunctionalizationofporousmaterialsasasolidcatalystinprocessesofeffectiveutilizationofpetroliumresourcesandproductionofchemicalsfromnon-petroliumresources

EnvironmentalProcesses

Professor KiwaoKadokami

Specialty:Environmentalchemistry,Environmentalanalyticalchemistry,EnvironmentalriskMaintheme:Developmentofautomatedidentificationandquantificationsystemusingdatabase(AIQS-DB)forGC-MSandLC-MS,Developmentofanalyticalmethodsformicro-pollutants,Environmentalsurveyonmicro-pollutantsandriskevaluation,Investigationintofateofmaicro-pollutants

Professor YouIto 1.Safekeepingtechnologyofradioactivepollutionsoil/waste2.MonitoringonCO2geologicalstorage3.Remediationofsoilcontamination

Professor SeiichiIshikawa Environmental Sciences, Environmental Analysis,Wastes, Resources,Water Supply, Sewage,Wastewater Treatment,Foods,Agriculturalchemicals,Chemicalsubstances

Professor HitoshiOhya Developmentofrecyclingtechnologyanditssystemdesign

Professor HidenariYasui 1.ActivatedSludgePopulationDynamics2.AnaerobicDigestion3.NutrientRemovalandRecovery4.PretreatmentofIndustrialWastewaters

Lecturer MitsuharuTerashima 1.Hydrodynamicsinwastewatertreatmentplant,2.Precipitationofinorganicsandbio-faulinginwatersystem

DepartmentofMechanicalSystemsEngineeringEnergySystem

Professor MasaakiIzumi 1.StudyonImprovementofPerformanceandEnduranceofSolidOxideFuelCells2.StudyonDiagnosticsofFuelCellPerformance3.StudyonGasTransferinFuelCells

Professor YoshiakiMiyazato1.StudyonCharacteristicsandOscillationofShockTrainsandPseudo-ShockWavesinInternalGasFlows2.DensityMeasurementsinAxisymmetricSupersonicFlowsbyRainbowSchlierenDeflectometry3.Three-DimensionalDensityMeasurementsinAsymmetricSupersonicFlowsUsingSchlierenComputedTomography

Professor SadamiYoshiyama1.DevelopmentofCombustionDiagnosticsMethodforProductionSIEngineUsingIonSensor2.MeasurementandModelingofTurbulentPremixedFlameinInternalCombustionEngine3.DevelopmentofWasteHeatRecoverySystemforReciproctingInternalCombustionEngines

AssociateProfessor KoichiInoue 1.Thermalmanagementofhigh-powerLEDlight2.Heatandmasstransferfromnoncondensablegasandvapormixtures3.Condensationheattransferonalargetubebank

AssociateProfessor TakumiSasaki 1.DevelopmentofNonlinearVibrationIsolator2.DevelopmentofVibrationAnalysisMethodforLargeScaleSystems3.DevelopmentofVibrationControlDeviceusingMRFluid

AssociateProfessor DaisukeOno 1.Studyonsubsonicflowaroundatwo-dimensionalairfoil2.QuantitativevisualizationofcompressibleflowsusingMach-Zehnderinterferometer

DesignandManufacturingSystem

Professor TakanoriKiyota1.StudyonMechanicalSystemControlMethod“PDC”basedonInherentlySafeDesign2.StudyonSafeandHigh-PerformanceControlofPneumaticSystems3.DevelopmentofPowerAssistSystemsbaseonPDC

Professor RyoichiMatsunaga SplineRollingofDeepDrawnCups

Professor NobuhiroOkada 1.3Dvisualmeasurement2.Robotics3.Systemengineering

AssociateProfessor ChangheeCho StudyontheWearofUltra-HighMolecularWeightPolyethyleneforArtificialJoints

AssociateProfessor HiroshiMurakami 1.DevelopmentofaSystemfor3-DMicroMetrologyUsinganOpticalFiberProbe2.SimpleandSimultaneousMeasurementofFive-Degrees-of-FreedomErrorMotionsforaMicroHigh-SpeedSpindle

AssociateProfessor HirokiCho1.Researchforperformanceimprovementofshapememoryalloy2.Researchanddevelopmentofactuatorandmedicalequipmentusingshapememoryalloy3.Researchanddevelopmentoftheheat-engineusingshapememoryalloy

DepartmentofInformationandMediaEngineeringCommunicationandMediaProcessing

Professor AkihiroKajiwara 1.Radiocommunicationsystems2.Microwave/Millimeterwavepropagation3.Radarsensor4.UWB

Professor TakashiNishi 1.Developmentofhigh-presence3D-audio2.Audiodigitalsignalprocessing

Professor SatoshiUehara Sequencedesignforcommunicationsapplications

Professor MasayukiSato Psychophysicsonhumanvisualperception,especiallyondepthperceptionandvisualstabilityduringeyemovements

Professor MasahiroOkuda MultimediaProcessing,SignalProcessing

Professor LianmingSun 1.Modelingandsystemdesignforcontrolandcommunicationsystems2.Adaptivesignalprocessing

Professor TakashiSatoh Cryptographyandapplicationsofcryptographicprotocols

AssociateProfessor YasushiYamazaki 1.Biometrics2.Informationsecurity3.Patternrecognition

AssociateProfessor HiroyukiKoga 1.ComputerCommunicationNetworks2.InternetArchitecture

AssociateProfessor IsamuMatsunami 1.Developmentofmultipletagetdetection,classificationandstateestimationsystemsforautonomouscarandrobot2.Microwave/MillimeterwaveimagingbyUWBradar3.Sensorfusion

Lecturer SeisukeKyochi Myresearchisfundamentalsignalprocessingtechniqueforefficientaudio/image/videoacquisition,analysis,compressionandtransmission.

ComputerSystems

Professor GoroSuzuki DeepsubmicronsystemLSIdesignmethodology

Professor KazumiHoriguchi SystemsandControlTheory

Professor HiroshiMiyashita 1.OptimizationalgorithmsforVLSIphysicaldesign2.AppliedmathematicsrelatedtoElectronicdesignautomationforVLSI

Professor ToruTakahashi 1.Learningcontrol2.Intelligentrobotics

Professor ShigetoshiNakatake 1.VLSIPhysicalDesign2.MixedSignalLSIDesign

AssociateProfessor YasuhiroTakashima AlgorithmstoVLSIsystemlayoutdesign

Lecturer SusumuYamazaki softwareengineeringeducationbasedoninstructionaldesign,interdisciplinaryresearchbetweensoftwareengineeringandmanagementengineering

Lecturer QingDong ElectronicDesignAutomationforVLSIPhysicalDesign

DepartmentofArchitectureStructureandConstruction

Professor KeigoTsuda SeismicDesignandStabilityDesignofSteelandSteel-ConcreteCompositeStructures

AssociateProfessor MasaeKido SeismicDesignandFrameStabilityofSteelandConcreteFilledSteelTubularStructures

Lecturer KazuakiHoki 1.EvaluationofSeismicPerformanceofOldBuilding2.DevelopmentofSeismicRetrofit

BuildingMaterialsDesign

Professor KojiTakasu

1.Studyonmodificationofrecycledbuildingmaterials2.Studyonhighperformanceconcreteusingrecycledaggregate3.Studyonpropertiesoftheconcreteusinghighvolumeby-productsparticles4.Environmentalimpactassessmentconsideredperformanceofbuildingmaterial5.Studyonanalysisandtestmethodofconcretebyvariousanalysisdevices6.Designofabricklayoutdrawingfordry-masonryandexecutionofdry-masonry

AssociateProfessor HidehiroKoyamada

1.Safeteymanagementinbuildings2.Reusetechnologiesontemporarybuildings3.Hotweatherconcreting4.Mediumfluidityconcrete5.Propertiesoftheconcreteusingby-productsparticles6.Researchandmaintenanceofexistingandagedbuildings7.StructuraltechnologyandmaterialsofHeritageofIndustrialModernization8.Reusetechnologiesofusedandagedwood

Lecturer HirokiSuyama 1.Performanceofconcretecontainingby-productpowder2.Porestructureinconcrete3.Compositionofdifferentconcrete4.Newbuildingmaterialmadefromby-product

BuildingEnvironmentandEnergySystem

Professor YujiRyu 1.Naturalenergyutilizationtechnologiesinbuildings2.AnalysisonthermalstorageHVACsystems3.FieldstudyonSickHouseintheKyushuDistrict

Professor WeijunGao 1.Architectural/urbanenvironmentplanning/design2.Building/cityenergyandresourceplanning3.StudyonurbanenvironmentinAsia

Professor YasuyukiShiraishi1.Hybridair-conditioningbasedonnaturalandmechanicalventilationinofficebuilding2.CoupledsimulationofHVACsystemandCFD3.Passiveenvironmentalcontrolmethodsfordistrictandbuildingscales4.Comprehensiveassessmentforbuildingandcityenvironment5.Healthimpactassessmentforhomeandcommunity

ArchitecturalDesign

Professor SoichiroKuroki 1.Noiseinsulationinbuildings2.Architecturalacoustics3.Thermalenvironmentandenergysavinginhouse4.Dewcondensationprevention

Professor HiroatsuFukuda1.ArchitecturalDesign2.DesignofRecyclableHouses,Low-EnergyHouses,RecycleofConstructionMaterials3.High-RiseResidences4.UrbanEnvironment,UrbanDesign,CompactCity5.NewconstructionmethodesofJapaneseceder.6.HistricalArchitecture

Professor BartDewancker 1.Researchonurbanplanningandcitizeninvolvementinurbanplanning2.ResearchonSustainableArchitectureandUrbanDesign3.Landscapeplanning,greenbuildings

AssociateProfessor TakaoAkagawa ArchitecturalDesign,UrbanDesign,UrbanPlanning

DepartmentofLifeandEnvironmentEngineeringLifeScienceandBiomaterials

Professor KazuoSakurai 1.PolymerPhysics2.Biopolymer3.Biochemistry

Professor KazuyaUezu1.Biosensorsutilizingthestructuresandfunctionsoflivingorganisms2.Biomaterialsforcapturingtheintracellularmessengers3.Designoffunctionalmaterialswithcomputationalchemistry4.Environmentally-friendlyfirefightingfoamforforestfire

Professor KohjiNakazawa 1.Developmentofcellarray2.Developmentofsensingtechnologyofcellfunctions3.Studyoftissueengineeringusingculturedcells

AssociateProfessor TakaakiIsoda 1.Developmentofabio-microsensorforapplicationofbloodandcelldiagnosis2.BasicresearchofintegratedcircuitDevicesequippedwiththebio-microsensor

BiologicalandEcologicalEngineering

Professor AkiraHaraguchi

1.Evaluationofthesoil-water-plantsinteractionintheterrestrialandwetlandecosystemsandtherehabilitationofthedamagedecosystems2.Eco-physiologicalstudyonaquaticplantsandtheirfunctiononenvironmentalprotection3.Chemicalprocessoflimnologicalecosystemswithspecialreferencetoredoxreactionanddecompositionoforganicmaterials

Professor NaokoUeda1.Resolutionofaquaticecosystemmovementintheenclosedseasadjacenttothelargecity2.Developmentofnovelbioremediationtechnologyforimprovementofpooraquaticecosystem3.Developmentofbioassaymethodforsedimentusingthebenthicanimals(polychaetaCapitellasp.)

Professor HiroshiMorita

1.StudyonphysiologicalfunctionofIGUSA2.Studyoncreationofregionalagriculturalproductswithhighphysiologicalfunctions3.ResearchongrowthcontrolofLegionellapneumophila4.Thedevelopmentofbio‐gasificationsystemforstockbreedingwastes5.Researchonbioremediationandbio‐conversionbyoysterhuskandmicroorganisms

AssociateProfessor TomonoriKawano

1.PlantBiologyandMicrobiology2.CellSignaling(Ca2+etc.)3.Redoxbiochemistry(ROS,prion,enzymes)4.EnvironmentalScienceandTechnology(environmentalbiology;eco-toxicity,waterprocessing)5.Metaleco-toxicity(heavymetals,rareearthelements,aluminums)6.Biosensingandmicrobiorobotics(useofprotozoancellsetc.)7.Fire-fightingtechnologiesandbioengineering8.Sciencehistory(French-Japanresearchproject)9.Bloodbiologyandbiochemistry(hemoglobin,lucocytesetc.)10.Fishbioengineering(newlystartedproject)

AssociateProfessor TakanoriKihara 1.Biomineralizationinourbody2.Phenotypicregulationofsmoothmusclecells3.Tissueformationwithstemcells

EnvironmentalManagement

Professor SuehiroOtoma 1.Socio-environmentalsystemstowardssustainablesociety2.Internationalenvironmentalcooperationwithdevelopingcountries

Professor TohruFutawatari Regionalenvironmentalmanagement

Professor AtsushiNogami 1.Computersimulationforenvironmentalassessment2.Developmentofatmosphericmicroparticlessensingsystem

Professor ToruMatsumoto 1.Soundmaterial-cyclesocietyandindustrialsymbiosis2.UrbanenvironmentalmanagementinAsia3.Servicingassustainablebusinessmodels4.Environmentallyconsciouslifestyle

AssociateProfessor TakaakiKato 1.Economicevaluationofenvironmentalpolicyandenergypolicy2.Evaluationandmanagementofrisk

Center for Fundamental Education, Hibikino CampusThe University of Kitakyushu

Position Name MainThemeofStudyEnglishEducation

Professor TetsuyaKashiwagi 1.StudyandAnalysisofLearnerCorpusforPedagogicalApplication2.GrammarTeachingasaCluetoProductivePedagogy3.StudyofLearnerCorpus:VariationandRhetoricalContext

AssociateProfessor KanakoCho1.AppliedCognitiveLinguisticsandSecondLanguageAcquisition2.ResearchontheCognitiveandAffectiveFfactorsinJapaneseLearnersofEnglish3.ResearchontheDevelopmentalEducationforJapaneseCollegeStudents

AssociateProfessor KiyomiOkamoto 1.Englishforspecificpurposes2.Corpuslinguistics3.Learningsystemdesign4.e-learning5.Vocabularyacquisition6.Extensivereading

AssociateProfessor MasanobuUeda VerbSemanticsandConstructions:AComparativeSemanticStudyofVerbsofGivingandReceivinginEnglishandJapanese

AssociateProfessor RogerJ.A.Prior Translationstudies,particularlythepotentialfortranslatingjokesandhumour.

AssociateProfessor AnneMCrescini1.ResearchontheEffectivenessofUsingStudyAbroadasOneWaytoImproveLanguageAbilityandIncreaseCulturalAwareness2.ResearchontheRelationshipbetweenForeignloanwordsandtheEnglishPronunciationofNativeJapaneseSpeakers

JapaneseEducation

Professor TerumiMizumoto1. Research on theDevelopment of an Educational Environment for StudyingMultimedia andMultilingual TechnicalJapanesefortheEnvironmentalEngineersoftheNextGeneration2.LanguageUsageintheMassMediaandJapaneseLanguageEducation:ResearchonGenderFilters

AssociateProfessor RyusukeIkeda 1.JapaneseforSpecificPurpose2.AnalysisofTheFeaturesofLanguageAdjustmentofJapaneseNativeSpeakers3.DevelopmentofLearningResousesforInternationalStudentsMajoringinEnvironmentalEngineering

LiberalArts

Professor TsukasaMorimoto 1.PhilosophyofLife(Hermeneutics,EvolutionaryEpistemology,Problem-SolvingThinking)2.EnvironmentalEthics3.EthicsforEngineers

AssociateProfessor HiroyukiTsujii ManagementforSustainability;CorporateEnvironmentalManagement,EngineeringEthicsEducation,BusinessEducation.

AssociateProfessor MiyukiNakaoka

IamengagedinacomparativestudyofurbanmechanismsandurbanstructuresinAsiancountries,focusingespeciallyonChina.IamalsointerestedinthedifferencesbetweentheJapaneseeconomyduringitsrapidgrowthperiodandthepresentChineseeconomy.

Graduate School of Life Science and Systems Engineering, Kyushu Institute of Technology

TEL +81-93/695-6000 URL http://www.lsse.kyutech.ac.jp/FAX +81-93/695-6005 E-mail sei-soumu@jimu.kyutech.ac.jpPosition Name MainThemeofStudy

DepartmentofBiologicalFunctionsEngineeringGreenElectronics

Professor TsuyoshiHanamoto Studyonintelligentcontrolofmotors.Developmentofthemotorcontrolandpowerconversionsystems

Dean,Professor ShujiHayase Printablesolarcells,perovskitesolarcells,dyesensitizedsolarcells,hybridsolatcells,Photovoltaiccells,smallfuelcellsandapplicationoforganicmaterialtoelectronics

Professor MasamichiＮaitoh 1.CarbonNanotubes2.Graphene3.SphericalCarbonParticles4.Nano-wires5.FluorescentProteins

Professor TingliMa 1.Developmentoffunctionalnanomaterials2.Organicandinorganicmoleculardevices3.Water-spilttingbysolarenergy

AssociateProfessor PandeyShyamSdhirDye-sensitizedsolarcells,bulkheterojunction,organicsensitizer,organicelectronics,Soft-ActuatorandBiosensor

AssociateProfessor WataruTakashima ResearchandDevelopmentofSoftMatterDeviceswithpi-conjugatedMaterials

AssistantProfessor KazunoriHasegawa 1.Next-generationpowerelectronicconverters2.Reliabilityevaluationofpowersemiconductordevices

AssistantProfessor YuuheiOgomi Researchanddevelopmentoforganic-inorganichybridsolarcells

BiologicalMechanics

Professor HiroshiIshiguro

1.Biothermalengineeringandbiothermaltechnology2.Biomedicalengineering3.Investigationandapplicationofbioheatandmasstransferinlivingsystems(Biotransport)4.Measurement,Mathematicalmodeling,Designofprocessanddevice

Professor NobuyaShinozaki Studyoninterfacialphenomenaformakingmaterialsgentletolifebodyandenvironment

Professor MasaakiTamagawa

1.DrugDeliverySystemsbyShockWaves2.BioprocessbyShockWaves3.PredictionofHaemolysisandThrombusinBloodPumps4.Applicationtotissueengineeringbyshockwaves5.Developmentofshockwavegenerator6.Multi-fractalanalysisforbranchflowofbloodpipeusingmedicalimagedata7.WaterTreatmentSystemsbyshockwavesandcavitationflows

Professor TakashiYasuda

1.Cellstimulationdevicesforregenerativemedicineanddrugdiscovery2.Microliquidhandlingusingwettabilitycontrolofdevicesurfaces3.Bloodplasmaextractiondevicesforpoint-of-caretesting4.Electrochemicalbio-sensingformedicaldiagnosis5.Derivationandseparationofliposomesfromhumancells6.NanowireformationusingDNAmetallization

Professor HiroshiYamada1.Mechanicalevaulationonhumanatherosclerosisandaneurysm2.Experimenalandnumericalmodelstudiesandprototypingforthedelayofpressureulcer3.Computersimulationtoimprovethetoothrepairtechnique

AssociateProfessor KazutoTakashima1.Developmentofsofttactilesensor2.Developmentofcomputer-basedsurgicalsimulationsystemforguidewirenavigationinbloodvessels3.Applicationsofshape-memorypolymerandartificialmuscletohuman-interactiverobot

AssociateProfessor ToshikiMiyazaki Developmentoffunctionalbiomaterialsfortissuerepairing

AssociateProfessor SatoshiIikubo1.Novelsuperconductors2.Magnetismoftheitinerantelectronsystem3.Neutronscatteringstudyofthefunctionalmaterials

Environmentally-ConsciousChemistryandBioengineering

Professor YoshihitoShirai 1.Developmentofruralareabyusingbiomass2.ZerodischargefromMalaysiapalmoilindustryandcreationofgreenindustriesbyusingexcessbiomass

Professor HaruoNishida1.Biomass/plasticcomposites2.Circulativeutilizationofrenewablematerials3.Kineticanalysisusingcomputersimulationmethods4.Chemicalrecyclingofpoly(L-lacticacid)5.Vapor-phaselivingpolymerization

Professor TetsuyaHaruyama

Ourresearchactivitiesinaconsistentmanner,frombasicresearchtoappliedresearch, inordertodesignandcreatevariousfunctional(molecularfunctionalized)interfaceswhichcanrecognizemoleculesandconvertthemintoinformation(signals)orenergy.Basicresearchandpracticalappliedresearchhasbeendevelopedinparallel.TypicalexamplesofourstudiesarebrieflyshowninWEBpage.Indetail,seehttp://www.life.kyutech.ac.jp/~haruyama/

AssociateProfessor ShinyaIkeno1.NanoparticlesmodifiedwithreceptorfunctionforHTA2.Sporedetectionbyusingfunctionalnanoparticles3.Biomolecularengineeringforbioprocess

AssociateProfessor TamakiKato Studyonthefunctioningstructuresofbiopolymersandthebuildingsuperstructures

AssociateProfessor ToshinariMaeda

1.Studyonbiodegradationof2,4,6-trinitrotoluenebybacteria2.ConstructionofsimpleTNTbioassay3.Metabolicandproteinengineeringtoenhancebacterialhydrogenproduction4.Studyonreductionandrecyclingofexcesssludgetoconstructenvironmentally-friendlytechnology

AssociateProfessor MinatoWakisaka SustainableUtilizationofBiomass

AssistantProfessor HirokazuNagata DevelopmentofGlobalHumanResourceEducationPrograminSouth-EastAsia

PhysiologicalandBiochemicalAdaptation

Professor MasafumiTorii ThermalPhysiology:HumanAdaptation

Professor KojiHirakoba

1.Estimationformusclemetabolismandbufferingcapacityduringmusclecontractions2.Effectsofinternalandexternalworkonmuscularefficiencyduringexercise3.Developmentofhealth-relatedfitnessfromoxygenuptakekineticsduringconstant-loadexercise4.AnalysesofhierarchicalorderofmusclefibersduringexercisefromEMGandNIRS

AssociateProfessor ShokichiOhuchi 1.BioorganicChemistry2.ProteinEngineering3.BioinformaticsandChemoinformatics4.MicrowaveAssistedChemistry

AssociateProfessor NaoyaMurakami 1.Developmentofphoto-functionalnanomaterialsforphotocatalystandphotovoltaiccell2.Spectroscopicanalysisforelucidationofphotoreactionmechanismoversemiconductors

GreenTechnology

Professor IwaoSasaki Researchontheoptimizationofthecontrolmechanismsformechatronicssystemsandhuman-friendlysupportingdevices.

Professor HidekiHonda My interestofa researchareMechatronics,SystemIdentification,ControlengineeringandDevelopmentofaHuman-FriendlySystem

Professor ShigenoriMatsushima Clarification of functionality appearance mechanism, physical properties evaluation, and application development ofinorganicmaterials

ProActiveMaintenance(TAKADA)

Professor ToshioAnzai MicrobecorrosionofmetalmaterialsandCreationofantibacterialmetalmaterials

AssociateProfessor KouichiNakano

1.PhysicalpropertiesofmetalmatrixFGM2.StatictensileandfatiguepropertiesofCu/Mocompositematerials3.Mechanicalproperties,corrosionresistanceandcytocompatibilityoftungstenshortfiberreinforcedTi-6Al-4Valloy4.Fatiguepropertiesoffilletweldedjointsinpipingsystem5.Evaluationofdiffusionbondingstrengthbetweenmolybdenumandcupper6.Studyonmicrobiallyinfluencedcorrosion

ECOHybridWelding(SANKYU)

Professor YojiWada1.DevelopmentonHybridWeldingforenergy-savingandenvironmentalsafeguard2.Developmentonweldingrepair3.Developmentonevaluationforfailureanddeteriorationofplantmaterials4.Visualobservationformeltingmetalbehavior

AssociateProfessor TatsuyaYoshimoto

1.DevelopmentonHybridWeldingforenergy-savingandenvironmentalsafeguard2.Developmentonweldingrepair3.Developmentonevaluationforfailureanddeteriorationofplantmaterials4.Visualobservationformeltingmetalbehavior

DepartmentofHumanintelligenceSystemsHumanIntelligenceandMachines

Professor TakashiMorie 1.VLSIdesignforbrain-likecomputersanditsapplicationtoimagerecognitionsystems2.Informationprocessingcircuitsusingnanostructures

Professor KazuoIshii 1.Robotics2.IntelligentMobileRobot3.ControlSystembasedonNeuralNetwork

Professor HirofumiTanaka1.Fabricationofartificialretinausingphoto-assistedatomicswitchshowingsynapticbehavior2.Brainsignalreproducingusingnanocarbonnetworkdevices3.Single-molecularelectricpropertiesformoleculararchitectonics

AssociateProfessor HiroyukiMiyamoto Generationofarmmovementtrajectorybasedonminimizationprinciple,Robotlearningbywatching

AssociateProfessor ChikamuneWada 1.Researchonhumancharacteristicsinordertodevelopassistivedevicesforthedisabled2.Applicationoftheresultstohumaninterface,virtualrealityandrobotics

AssociateProfessor AmirAliForoughNassiraeiDevelopmentofautonomousandself-sufficientpracticalroboticsystemsincludingdesignofnovelactuatorsandsensors.Designingpracticalservicerobotsfor indoorandoutdoorenvironments,marinevesselsandunderwaterfacilities,pipeinspectionandmanipulation,renewableandnewenergyfacilities,healthcareandmedicalapplications.

AssociateProfessor HakaruTamukoh

Abrain-likecomputersystemlaboratoryaimstorealizeabrain-likecomputeranditsapplicationtohuman-friendlysystems.Weintegratestate-of-the-artdevices,suchasfieldprogrammablegatearrays,many-corecentralprocessingunits,andInternet,toachievehighperformance,low-powerconsumption,andflexibleprocessing.Toenableabrain-likecomputer,we integrate itwithanartificialmodelof learningandgrowingstructures.Furthermore,wewidelyapply thebrain-likecomputertoanautonomousrobotforsupportingdailylifeandahuman-friendlyinterfacesystemincludingintelligentimageprocessingandrecognition.

IntelligenceSystemsandEmergentDesign

Professor TetsuoFurukawa

1.Multi-perspectivebigdataanalysisandvisualizationmethods2.Learningtheoryoffindingoutessencefromexperiencesforbrain-likeintelligence3.Developoingbrain-likeartificialintelligencewhichlearnsoneselfthroughinteractionwithothers4.Theoreticalstudyonstatisticallearning,manifoldlearning

Professor TomohiroShibata

UnderstandingandAssistinghumansandsocietiesfromtheviewpointoflearning/adaptivesystems.1.MotorSkillTransfertoRobotsanditsApplicationtoAssistiveRobots2.AdaptiveAsssistanceofHumanMotorLearningandItsApplicationtoAssistiveRehabilitationSystems3.RapidPrototypinganditsApplicationtoIn-homeNursinngCaringInnovation4.UnderstandingthePurchaseDecision-MakingProcessandItsApplicationtoMarketing5.UnderstandingDrivingSkillanditsApplicationtoAdaptiveAssistanceofLearningDrivingSkill

AssociateProfessor KeiichiHorio IntelligentInformationProcessingInspiredbyHumanExpertanditsApplicationto1.AnalysisofRelationalData,2.ImageProcessing,3.OptimizationProblem

AssociateProfessor HiroakiWagatsuma

1.Mathematicaldescriptionsandmodeldatabaseonneurodynamicsandhumankineticsandkinematics.2.Flexibleandhybriddynamicalsystemsbridgingbetweenembodimentandlearningapproaches,asbrain-basedcontroltheory.3.Developingbrain-inspiredartificialintelligencewhichprovidesanautonomyandaffectiveneuralmechanismsforsocialinteractions.4.Theoreticalstudyonmathematicalanalysis,numericalanalysis,manifoldsanddifferentialgeometry.

AssociateProfessor KaoriYoshida 1.Human-ComputerInteraction2.KanseiInformationProcessing3.VisualPerception

Lecture EiichiInohira 1.Controlofamyoelectricarmprosthesisforsupportingtwo-handedtasks2.Acquisitionandteachingofnewactionsofanautonomousrobotviahuman-robotcommunication

AssistantProfessor HiroshiSho 1.Dynamicmodelselectionbasedonevolutionarycomputation2.Datainterpretationbyinverseoptimization3.Technicaldevelopmentformulti-objectiveoptimization4.Patternanalysis

HumanInteractionandBrainFunctions

Professor ShujiAou Integrativeｂrainmechanismsforindividualandsocialdynamichomeostasisundertheinfluenceofchemicalenvironments:functionalanalysisofhomeostatic-emotional-socialbrainnetworksanditsapplication

Professor KiyohisaNatsume

1.Electrophysiologicalandcomputersimulationstudiesontheroleofbrainrhythmorneuronaloscillationintheinformationprocessing2.Glial[Ca2+]Ioscillationandwave3.BrainSimulator4.E-learningsystemforEnglishrhythmusingBrainComputerInterface.

Professor DoosubJahng OccupationalHealthMarketing,HealthResourcesManagement,TeamManagement,Communication

AssociateProfessor SatoruIshizuka 1.Rhythmgenerationandfeedbackregulationofhippocampalneuralnetworks2.Morphologyandelectrophysiologyofasinglehippocampalneuron

AssociateProfessor KatsumiTateno 1.Neurodynamics2.Chemicalsensorarrayinspiredbymousetastebuds

AssociateProfessor YoshitakaOtsubo Researchfortastetransductionmechanisms

HumanBehavioralSciences

Professor TakashiToyoshima1.Economyprinciplesandthecomputationalcomplexityforgenerationofsyntacticstructuresinnaturallanguage2.Differencesbetweentheparallelserialmodelandtheneural-networkmodelincomputationofstructuredsymbols3.Mappingsystemfromsyntacticstructurestolinearmorphophonemesinnaturallanguage

AssociateProfessor HirohisaIsogai Mechanismsofhumanmotorbehavior

HumanTechnology

AssociateProfessor MakotoKato Processingofvisualinformationandeyemovementcontrolinhumanbrain

Professor SatoruMiyauchi Non-invasivemeasurementsofhumanbrainactivity,Psychophysiology

Kyushu Institute of Technology Collaboration Center Wakamatsu-branch (HIT Center)

TEL +81-93/695-6150 URL http://www.lsse.kyutech.ac.jp/~hit/FAX +81-93/695-6151 E-mail hit-ml@lsse.kyutech.ac.jpPosition Name MainThemeofStudy

Professor YasushiSato

ControllingofDeviceInstalledArtificialIntelligence,SoundCompressionandNoiseRemovalbySoundSignalProcess,NoiseRemovalbyArraymicrophone,HighQualitySoundandLosslessCompressionbySoundSignalProcess,InterfacebyDialogueSystem,HighQualityimageandSearchSystembyimageProcessingTechnology,DevelopmentofMicrowavePartsUsingDielectric

Graduate School of Information, Production and Systems, Waseda University

TEL +81-93/692-5017 URL http://www.waseda.jp/ips/FAX +81-93/692-5021 E-mail gsips@list.waseda.jpPosition Name MainThemeofStudy

InformationArchitectureField

Professor SeiichiroKamata 1.ImageProcessing2.PatternRecognitionandComputerVision3.ApplicationsofSpace-fillingcurves4.Image&VideoRetrieval5.VisualInformationProcessing

Professor KeiichiKoyanagi 1.Forstudying'ThinkingNetworks',wedevelop2.Bottom-upIntelligentNetworks,'StreamingGridComputing'and'GlobalIPNetworkManagement'

Professor OsamuYoshie

1.GlobalmachinediagnosisserviceusingtheInternettechnologies2.EnvironmentalInformationProcessing3.Control,Designandtrainingofmanufacturingprocessbyvirtualrealitytechniques4.Cybermanufacturinge-learningsystems5.Knowledgelogistics6.MethodologyforincreaseofproductionefficiencybyTPM

Professor ShigeruFujimura 1.ProductionPlanningandScheduling2.ProductionManagement3.ProjectManagement4.BusinessProcessModeling

Professor JingluHU NeurocomputingSystemsandtheirApplicationstoIdentificationandControlofNonlinearSystems

Professor MizuhoIwaihara 1.DatabaseQueryProcessing2.WebInformationSystems3.WebMining,4.XMLDocumentProcessing5.SecurityandPrivacy

Professor Lepage,YvesNaturallanguageprocessing.Artificialintelligence.Informationtheory.Example-basedandstatisticalmachinetranslation.Studyofanalogyandapplicationtomorphology,syntaxandsemantics.Useofanalogyinmachinetranslationandparaphrasing.Multilingualwordalignement.

Professor MakotoTsubokawa1.Opticalnetworkarchitecture(Survivableaccessnetworkarchitecture,Maintenancetechniques)2.Fiber-opticsensingtechnologies(Fiber-opticdistributionsensingtechnology,Opticalmeasurementtechniques)3.Opticalwaveguidedevices(Opticalfibertextile,Lightconcentrator,Nanodevice)

Professor TakafumiMatsumaru

Bio-Robotics&Human-Mechatronics1.RemoteOperationSystemofMobileRobot2.PreliminaryAnnouncementofMobileRobot’sIntention3.FormandMovementofHumanSynergeticRobot4.InteractionwithHumanSymbioticRobot5.MeasurementandAnalysisofHumanMotionandBehavior6.SystematicLearningonMechatronics

AssistantProfessor WENG,Wei Planningandlogistics;schedulingandproductioncontrol;operationsresearch;jobshopandflowshopproblems;just-in-timeproduciton;multi-agentsystems;cellularmanufacturing;greenproduction;refineryscheduling

ProductionSystemsField

Professor HiroshiInujima Plantdiagnosistechnologies

Professor Hee-HyolLee

1.DevelopmentofBinaryPowerGenerationPlant2.BayesianNetworkandProduction&InventoryControl3.CellularAutomatonandTrafficFlowModeling4.TrafficSignalControl5.CooperativeActionLearningofCarrierRobotSwarn6.DesignofDecouplingControlSystemforMIMOLarge-ScaleSystems7.DesignofSlidingModeControlSystemandItsApplicationstoServo-SystemsandProcessSystems8.IntelligentControl9.StochasticControl

Professor SusumuMatsumoto 1.AdvancedTribology2.AdvancedMachineElement3.AdvancedMechanicalSystems

Professor TomohiroMurata Researchonmodeling,analysisandsynthesisofDiscreteEventSystemsanditsapplicationfordesign

Professor HarutoshiOgai

1.Seelprocessmodeling,SimulatorbuildingandControlsystemdesign2.OperationpredictionandControlofWastecombuster3.Microorganismapplicationforenvironmentcontrol4.AutomobileEngineControl,AutonomousDrivingControl5.Bridgediagnosistechniqueusingsensornetwork6.Officelightingcontrolusingsensornetwork7.Popeinspectionrobotusingwirelesscommunication8.ModelingoflaborfatigueandMedicalImformationProcessing

Professor ToshituguUeda Research on sensors and sensing systems based onmicro/nanomachining (Tilt sensor,Hydrogen gas sensor,Odorsensor,Pressuresesor,Temperaturesesoretc.)

Professor JunzoWatada[ManagementEngineering]Weareworkingoncorporateproblemssuchas1.Finance,2.Management,3.Brand,and4.MOT,[SoftComputingTechnology]Wearemoreconcerningwithhumans’thinkingwayssuchas5.Human-centeredcomputing,6.HumanTracking,and7.Emotion-basedEngineering

Professor KoheiTatsumi 1.SemiconductorPackagingMaterialsandTechnologies2.ElectronicsMaterials3.MicrostructureinCrystallineMaterials4.MarerialsEngineeringforenergyandenvironmentfield

AssociateProfessor ShigeyukiTateno1.Developmentoffaultdetectionanddiagnosissystemsforchemicalplants2.EstimationofCorrosionRatesforCorrosionUnderInsulationinPetrochemicalPlants3.WirelessCommunicationsupportsystemforrescueactions4.Developmentofon-demaidPCBTOsystems

AssistantProfessor SatoshiIkezawa1.Sensor2.SensingSystem3.ParticleMeasurement4.Laser5.Laser-inducedPlasma6.Laser-inducedBreakdownSpectroscopy(LIBS)7.Laser-inducedIncandescenceTechnique8.ApplicationofInk-jetTechnology

IntegratedSystemsField

Professor TakaakiBaba MobileSystemanditsLSIApplication

Professor SatoshiGoto MultimediaSystemDesignandSoCDesignMethodology

Professor YasuakiInoue Analog/DigitalLSIDesignandCADsystems,CircuitLevelVerification

Professor ShinjiKimura HighLevelSystemLSIDesignandVerification,DesignforTestability

【Contact】

August2014

Industry-Academia Cooperation General CenterKitakyushu Foundation for the Advancement of Industry,Science and Technology2-1 Hibikino,Wakamatsu-ku,Kitakyushu,808-0135,JapanTEL +81-93/695-3006 FAX +81-93/695-3018URL http://www.ksrp.or.jp/fais/iac/ E-mail iac@ksrp.or.jp

Professor TakahiroWatanabe 1.DesignAutomationforASIC2.IP-reusedDesignMethodology3.Network-on-Chip4.FPGAapplication5.ProcessorDesign

Professor NoriyoshiYamauchi 1.Low-energycostdevicetechnologies2.Advancedrehablitation

Professor TsutomuYoshihara Analog/DigitalLSIDesignandOn-chipMemory

Professor ToshihikoYoshimasu 1.RFICcircuitdesignmethodologiessuchaspoweramplifiers,VCOs,filters,andsoon2.RFtransistormodelingforSiGeHBTs,SiCMOS,andsoon

Professor TakeshiYoshimura 1.DesignAutomationforSystemLSI2.OptimizationTechnologiesusingGraphandNetworkAlgorithms

Professor TakeshiIkenaga Videocompression,videofilterandvideorecognitionsystems

AssistantProfessor DajiangZhou VLSIArchitecturesforMultimediaandCommunication;VideoCoding(H.264,HEVC,...);LowPowerComputerArchitecture.

Information, Production and Systems Research Center, Waseda University

TEL +81-93/692-5396 URL http://www.waseda.jp/ipsrc/FAX +81-93/692-5021 E-mail ipsrc@list.waseda.jpPosition Name MainThemeofStudy

JuniorResearcherZHOU,Jinjia 1.Videocodingalgorithms;2.VLSIarchitecturesformultimediasignalprocessing.

JuniorResearcherLI,Xianneng 1.Informatics–SoftComputing,IntelligentInformatics2.Engineering–SystemEngineering

ResearchAssociate TomonoriIizuka 1.Nano/Micro-CompositeInsulatorMaterialsforElectronicsDevicePackaging2.VoltageEnduranceImprovementandHighThermalConductivityCharacteristicsbyNano/Micro-compositeTechnologies

ResearchAssociate CHEN,Kui-Ting 1.Studyonparticleswarmoptimizationandithardwaredevelopment2.SmartGrid3.Wirelesssensornetwork

ResearchAssociate JI,Jing 1.QuartzMEMSDevices2.FiniteElementMethod

ResearchAssociate XU,Jiu 1.ComputerVision2.PatternRecognition3.MachineLearning

ResearchAssociate ZHANG,Qieshi 1.ImageProcessing2.PatternRecognition3.MultimediaTechnology4.SignalProcessing

ResearchAssociate WU,Jianmin

Wikipediahasservedasthemostreliableonlineencyclopediaforlong.Theprocedureandmechanismofhowmassiveuserscultivateofgreatvaluetocollaborativesystem,groupdynamicsandsocialmediaresearch.OurresearchaimatrevealingtheunderlyingfeaturesthroughouttheedithistoryofWikipediabyaccurateextractionofrevisiongraphandeditsummarization.

ResearchAssociate WU,Nan autonomousdrivingsystem,platooning

ResearchAssociate ZHU,Jianyi 1.Videocompression(H.264,HEVC)algorithms2.VLSIArchitectureforMultimedia

Fukuoka University Graduate School of Engineering

TEL +81-93/695-3059 URL http://www.fukuoka-u.ac.jp/english/indexe.html/FAX +81-93/692-5312 E-mail nojiri@adm.fukuoka-u.ac.jpPosition Name MainThemeofStudy

RecyclingandEco-Technology

Professor SotaroHiguchi MunicipalSolidWasteManagementSystem

Professor ChoeiKonda

1.CorporateEnvironmentalManagementAnalysisandevaluationoftherelationshipbetweenenvironmentalmanagementandeconomicbenefit,cooperationandcollaborationwithotherstakeholders,andothers;and2.PublicEnvironmentalManagementEffectivenessandlimitationofenvironmentalplanningandenvironmentalimpactassessment,andothers.

Fukuoka Research Commercialization Center for Recycling Systems

TEL +81-93/695-3068 URL http://www.recycle-ken.or.jp/FAX +81-93/692-3066 E-mail http://www.recycle-ken.or.jp/toiawase.html

Fundamentalfunction

◇ResearchanddevelopmentfunctionStudies improving social system concerning waste disposal, such as separate collection, recycling technology, are carried out synthetically bycooperatingwithindustries,governments,universities,andcitizens.◇PracticesupportfunctionRegionaldevelopmentandmakingtheresultoftheresearchachievedbyajointresearcharesupported.◇EnvironmentalinformationfunctionInformationonrecyclingtechnologyandthesocialsystemaresent,andthemeasureofrelatedeachsubjectfortheconstructionoftherecyclingsocietyissupported.◇InternationalenvironmentalcapacitydevelopmentfunctionWewillfurtherenhanceourcontributionstotheAsiancountriesfortheirrealizationofaresource-recyclingsocietybyinvitingadministrativeofficerswhoareplayingacentralrollinenvironmentalmeasuresinAsiancountriestoactaslecturersforourtrainingprograms.