Department of Mechanical Engineering | Undergraduate | School of Engineering Graduate School of Engineering

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Aim for high-quality manufacturing in harmony with people and the environment.

Mechanical engineering is a fundamental academic discipline essential to a wide range of industrial fields. This discipline has contributed to the establishment of various technologies that enrich people’s lives, including those related to the environment, robots, materials, aerospace, transportation, and health care. Mechanical engineering not only utilizes existing traditional basic technologies but has also been constantly evolving and developing by incorporating newly created technologies and principles in an attempt to respond to industrial structures and social demands which change with the times.
The Department of Mechanical Engineering covers all “things” included in the category of “machinery”, including machines, equipment, facilities, structures and plants, which support modern society. The Department builds theories for manufacturing that coexists in harmony with people and the environment, and explores the creation, development, design, production and operation of high-quality “things”. At the same time, the Department focuses on developing human resources who have the ability to contribute to the realization of a sustainable society.
First, you will acquire knowledge about a wide range of basic technologies, including those related to materials, systems, the environment, and energy. Then, through research activities, you will recognize and consider issues from a higher multifaceted perspective, from the nano- and micro-scale at the atomic and molecular level, to the macro-scale of society. Through this process, you will acquire the ability to independently come up with solutions to problems and put these solutions into practice. The Department of Mechanical Engineering welcomes students who are interested in manufacturing, physics, mathematics, people, society, and the environment, and those who are motivated to clear a path toward the realization of a sustainable society. Let’s work together to create next-generation mechanical technologies and advanced materials!

Staff list

Nakamozu campus

Research Group	Title	Name	Research Fields
1. Fluid Physics	Professor	WAKIMOTO Tatsuro	Drag reduction of fluid flow by adding surfactant, Development of wave-power generation system, Stability of soap film, Removement of fine particles on a wall by air jet
1. Fluid Physics	Associate Professor	OMORI Takeshi	Micro- and nano-fluid mechanics, Mechanics of solid-liquid wetting and friction, Molecular dynamics, Computational fluid dynamics
2. Fluid Mechanics	Professor	TAKAHIRA Hiroyuki**	Fluid Mechanics, Cavitation, Bubble Dynamics, Gas-Liquid Two-Phase Flow, Focused Ultrasound
2. Fluid Mechanics	Associate Professor	OGASAWARA Toshiyuki	Fluid Mechanics, Gas-Liquid Two-Phase Flow, Bubble Dynamics, Flow Measurement
3. Thermal Processing and Engineering	Professor	IYOTA Hiroyuki	Heat Transfer, Measurement Engineering, Drying, Color Science, Advanced Use of Superheated Steam, Food Process Engineering, Food Management
3. Thermal Processing and Engineering	Associate Professor	MASUDA Hayato	Transport phenomena, Heat transfer, Complex fluid, Food engineering
4. Heat Transfer	Associate Professor	KANEDA Masayuki	Natural Convection, Computational Fluid Dynamics, Sessile Droplet, Magnetizing Convection, Magnetohydrodynamics
4. Heat Transfer	Associate Professor	KUWATA Yusuke	Modeling and Understanding of Turbulent Heat Transfer over Rough and Permeable walls, Heat Transfer Control by Roughness and Porous Media, Simulations and Measurements of Complex Turbulent Heat Transfer
5. Appled Mathematics	Professor	MATSUOKA Chihiro	Fluid Dynamics, Pattern formation, Nonlinear Science, Dynamical systems, Numerical analysis of nonlinear motion of vortex sheets
6. Engine and Combustion Engineering	Professor	SEGAWA Daisuke	Combustion, Combustion Diagnostics, Internal Combustion Engines, Space Environment Experiments
6. Engine and Combustion Engineering	Lecturer	KATAOKA Hidefumi	Detonation, Combustion, Shock Wave, Internal Combustion Engines
7. Energy Systems Analysis	Professor	WAKUI Tetsuya	Energy Systems Engineering, Mathematical Optimization, Energy Management, Cycle Simulation, Zero-Carbon Energy Network, Renewable Energy
8. Thermal Environment Systems	Professor	KINOSHITA Shinichi	Environmental Engineering, Countermeasure to Urban Heat Island, Thermophysical Properties, Thermal Science in Human Physiology, Radiative Heat Transfer
8. Thermal Environment Systems	Assistant Professor	YASUDA Ryusuke*	Environmental Engineering, Atmospheric Diffusion, Air Pollution, Local Climate
9. Environmental Protection Engineering	Professor	OKUBO Masaaki*	Environmental protection engineering, Plasmas for environmental improvement, Zero-carbon energy conversion, Plasma material processing
	Associate Professor	KUROKI Tomoyuki	Environmental protection engineering, Application of nonthermal plasma technology, Exhaust gas treatment, Waste water treatment
	Associate Professor	YAMASAKI Haruhiko	Environmental protection engineering, Energy conversions with low environmental load, Magnetic functional fluid, Carbon dioxide cycle
10. Applied Mechanics and Design	Professor	ISHIHARA Masayuki	Mathematical analysis of solid mechanics, Hygrothermoelasticity, Electroelasticity, Solid mechanics in green materials
10. Applied Mechanics and Design	Lecturer	YAMADA Kaori	Engineering Design, Kansei Engineering, Creativity, Human behavior, Product development, Design Thinking
11. Measurement Engineering	Lecturer	MIZUTANI Akio	Measurement Engineering, Applied Optics, Nanophotonic Devices
12. Bioproduction Systems Engineering	Professor	FUKUDA Hirokazu	Agricultural Digital Twin, Agricultural XR Robotics, Biological Rhythm Control Engineering, Plant Factory
12. Bioproduction Systems Engineering	Assistant Professor	FUJINAGA Takuya	Field Robotics, Agricultural Robots (Harvesting and Pruning of Crops such as Tomatoes and Strawberries, Multifunctional and Compact), Marine Robots (Underwater and Surface), Digital Twin
13. Intelligent Systems	Lecturer	IMADU Atsushi	Assistive robotics, Mobile robotics, Tethered multicopter,
13. Intelligent Systems	Assistant Professor	TAKAI Asuka	Human movement analysis and assistive engineering, Musculoskeletal rehabilitation system, Human-human and human-robot interaction
14. Mechanical Dynamics	Professor	SHINTANI Atsuhiko	Vibration Engineering, Seismic Engineering, Fluid-Structure Interaction, Active Vibration Control, Human Engineering, Application of Vibration
15. Dynamics Design	Professor	NAKAGAWA Chihiro	Kinematics of Mechanical Systems, Mobile Vehicle System, Kinematics-related System
16. Robotics	Professor	TAKADA Yogo	Researching and developing compact mobile robots which can be used in inspections in hard-to-reach places such as underwater as well as under bridges. Analysis on underwater robots is performed using numerical fluid dynamics to improve driving thrust
17. Systems and Control	Lecturer	KOBAYASHI Tomoaki	Systems and Control, Real-Time Control, Optimal Control, Control Theory and Applications, Mechatronics
18. Smart Composites Engineering	Associate Professor	NAKATANI Hayato	Composite Materials Engineering, Fracture Mechanics, Carbon Fiber Composites, Molding Process, Damage Tolerance, Joining of Dissimilar Materials, Multi-material Design
19. Mechanics of Materials	Associate Professor	UMEDA Tsutomu	Mechanics of Materials, Solid Mechanics, Impact Engineering, Dynamic Structural Analysis, Damage Mechanics
20. Materials Modeling and Evaluation	Professor	YAMASAKI Tomohiro*	Nondestructive Evaluation of Materials, Mechanics of Materials, Strength of Materials
20. Materials Modeling and Evaluation	Assistant Professor	OSHIMA Nobuo	Functional fluid, Control devices, Vibration control
21. Solid Mechanics	Professor	UCHIDA Makoto	Solid Mechanics, Continuum Mechanics, Computational Mechanics, Experimental Mechanics, Finite Element Method, Digital Image Correlation
22. Materials Phyisics and Mechanics	Professor	KANEKO Yoshihisa	Materials Engineering, Fatigue, Advanced scanning electron microscopy, Electrodeposition of nanostructured films, Stacking structures
23. Production Engineering	Professor	KANASAKI Junichi**	Solid state analysis based on surface science and optical science, Optical control of material structure at the atom level to create novel structural phase
23. Production Engineering	Associate Professor	KAWAKAMI Hiroshi	Antibacterial metals, Microbial control, Microbiologically influenced corrosion, Microbial fuel cells
24. Materials Phyisics and Engineering	Lecturer	MIYOSHI Eisuke	Engineering Materials, Computational Mechanics, Microstructural Control, Phase-Field Method, Molecular Dynamics
25. Materials Advancing Engineering	Lecturer	KUWAHARA Takuya	Multiscale Materials Modeling, Tribology of Carbon Materials, Ceramics, and Metals, Mechanochemistry

The staff(s) marked with * are scheduled to retire in March 2026.
The staff(s) marked with ** are scheduled to retire in March 2027.