Academic Staff and Fellows

ASANO Kazunori: Professor Doctor; Department/Mechanical Engineering　 Graduate school/Mechanical Engineering

We are actively involved in research on heat-resistant and wear-resistant composite materials in which metals are reinforced using ceramic particles or fibers. We are also doing R&D on environmentally benign melting and solidification technologies aimed at saving energy, conserving resources, and recycling.

SEM photograph of longitudinal fracture surface of carbon continuous fiber-reinforced magnesium alloy composite after tensile test at room temperat

Research Area	Foundry Engineering, Composite Materials Engineering
Research Interests	1. Fabrication of metal matrix composite and its properties 2. Fabrication of cast metals with high performance
Selected Publications	(1)T. Nagase, T. Maruyama, K. Asano and Y. Igarashi, Electron Microscopy on Cu Element Distribution in Spheroidal Graphite Cast Iron, J. JFS, Vol.91, No.8(2019)pp. 512-520. DOI:10.11279/jfes.91.512 (2)K. Asano, Thermal conductivity and mechanical properties of pitch-based carbon fibre reinforced aluminium composites fabricated by squeeze casting, International Journal of Cast Metals Research Vol.31 (2018)pp.29-36. (3)K. Asano, Mechanical Properties of Aluminum Composites Reinforced with PAN- and Pitch-based Short Carbon Fibers, Materials Transactions Vol.58 (2017) pp.906-913.
Research and Achievements	https://www.kindai.ac.jp/science-engineering/education/teachers/data/pdf/pdf_06_asano_kazunori.pdf
Education (Undergraduate Course)	KINDAI UNIVERSITY

Composite Materials Laboratory

E-mail	asano（at）mech.kindai.ac.jp Note that this e-mail address has replaced the "@" with "(at)" to prevent spam. When e-mailing, replace the "(at)" with "@".