Faculty and Researchers
Department of Energy and Materials
An introduction to faculty staff members and laboratories in the Department of Energy and Materials.
Note: Information on the laboratories is current as of the 2024 academic year. There may be changes to this information in the 2025 academic year.
ATSUMI Hisao
- Position
- Professor
- Laboratory
- Energy Engineering Laboratory
Energy Materials, Energy Conversion, Energy Education
Looking ahead to future energy applications, this laboratory is researching 1) nuclear fusion energy to produce electricity using the same principle that powers the sun, 2) hydrogen storage materials used in hydrogen fuel cells, and 3) thermoelectric conversion to produce electricity directly from heat.
ARITOMO Yoshihiro
- Position
- Professor
- Laboratory
- Laboratory of Nuclear Reaction Energy
Nuclear Engineering, Nuclear Reaction Theory, Synthesis of Super-Heavy Elements
Under the theme of utilizing energy from nuclear reactions, we have taken up the challenge of elucidating the dynamics of nuclear reactions. We are engaged in wide-ranging research on nuclear fusion and fission, transmutation, reprocessing, and synthesis of super-heavy elements.
OKUBO Takashi
- Position
- Professor
- Laboratory
- Opto-Electronic Functional Chemistry Laboratory
Coordination Chemistry, Physical Chemistry, Organic Opto-Electronic Devices
A variety of functional materials are used in electronic products such as televisions, computers, and cell phones, and recently, electronic products using organic materials such as organic EL televisions are becoming more familiar. In our laboratory, we are focusing on metal complexes, and are developing new metal complexes that can be applied to electronic devices, such as thin-film solar cells, field-effect transistors (FETs), and organic light emitting diodes (OLEDs). We are also developing new metal complexes in order to apply them to electronic devices. We are also conducting research to improve the efficiency of organic thin-film solar cells.
OTSUKA Teppei
- Position
- Professor
- Laboratory
- Advanced Energy Environment Application Laboratory
Materials science for energy, Science and technology for hydrogen isotopes, Transport phenomena of elements in materials, Irradiation effects on materials
The research interests are safety confinement, storage and handling of hydrogen isotopes and radioactive elements in materials. Experiments and simulation on transport phenomena of elements in materials and interactions of radiation and materials are conducted.
SUDO Atsushi
- Position
- Professor
- Laboratory
- Polymer Synthesis Laboratory
Polymer Chemistry, Synthetic Organic Chemistry
Aiming to develop materials that contribute to the achievement of the SDGs, we are researching polymer synthesis using natural compounds as raw materials and polymer synthesis using reactions that proceed with visible light irradiation.
NAKAI Hidetaka
- Position
- Professor
- Laboratory
- Organic Materials Laboratory
Organic chemistry, Organometallics, Coordination chemistry
With the aim of contributing to next-generation energy-related technologies, we are designing and synthesizing various "molecules" from the viewpoint of organic materials chemistry to develop "energy conversion materials" that exhibit outstanding performance and new functions.
NOGAMI Masanobu
- Position
- Professor
- Laboratory
- Nuclear Chemistry Laboratory
Separation Chemistry, Radiation Chemistry
We are working to develop new separation technologies and new functional materials using radiation in order to make effective use of radioactive substances not only in atomic energy applications, but also with the aim of expanding into other areas such as healthcare.
FUCHIHATA Manabu
- Position
- Professor
- Laboratory
- Thermal Engineering Laboratory
Combustion Engineering
We give thought to fuels and combustion technologies that minimize emissions of hazardous substances and carbon dioxide. We research small-scale, high-efficiency, and low-pollution technologies to burn various fuels that can be produced from plant-derived biomass.
IKEDA Atsutoshi
- Position
- Associate Professor
Biomechanics, Human sensing, Haptics modeling, Applied Systems
We do research related to measuring and analyzing the “what” and “how” to understand various things in the real world. We develop systems that benefit society by using the knowledge gained in this way.
KAWASHITA Norihito
- Position
- Associate Professor
- Laboratory
- Computational Life Science
Computational Chemistry, Bioinformatics, Machine Learning, Protein-protein interaction, Infections, Molecular Design, Drug Resistance, Molecular Evolution
We aim to elucidate various phenomena in the life sciences, including molecular evolution, drug susceptibility, and protein-protein interactions, using computational chemistry and bioinformatics that utilize computers and supercomputer.
KITOH Hirotaka
- Position
- Associate Professor
KONNO Daijiro
- Position
- Associate Professor
TAKEMURA Yuichiro
- Position
- Associate Professor
- Laboratory
- Plasma Engineering Laboratory
Plasma Engineering
Plasma is variously employed in, for example, plasma TVs and welding, and it has become an absolutely essential industrial technology. We are making practical application of this plasma and conducting research to find uses for it in a variety of other fields.
TANAKA Senku
- Position
- Associate Professor
- Laboratory
- Organic Electronics Laboratory
Organic Electronics, Organic Solar Cells
Our goal is to produce an advanced electronic device using organic semiconductors. We focus on the development of organic solar cells and perovskite solar cells.
NAKAZAWA Naotaka
- Position
- Lecturer