WELCOME TO THE GRADUATE SCHOOL AND FACULTY OF ENGINEERING.

Dean,
Graduate Schoolof Engineering
Professor

OHMURA NaotoTh e Fa c u l t y o f E n g i n e e r i n g c o n s i s t s o f s i x
departments: Architecture, Civil Engineering,
Ele ctric and Ele ctronic Engine e ring, Me chanicalEngineering, Chemical Science and Engineering, andComputer Science and Systems Engineering. The
Graduate School of Engineering consists of the first
five departments, excluding Computer Science andEngineering. We offer a wide variety of education andresearch, ranging from fundamental science and liberalarts to innovative engineering, with the aim of fostering
human resources who can play leading roles in therealization of a sustainable, safe, and secure society.
he Graduate School of Engineering has seveninterdisciplinary research centers. By collaboratingwith these research centers, the Graduate School andFaculty not only provide cutting-edge research facilities
and training for students, but also equip students withT2

a bird's-eye perspective of their fields. Through our
research and educational programs, students are able toacquire the necessary skills to become active engineers
and researchers, including problem-solving abilities,
creativity, design-focused thinking, and communicationand presentation skills.
t present, about 300 overseas students study
in either the Graduate School or the Faculty ofEngineering at Kobe University. Fostering globallyoriented human resources is one of the key missionsof Kobe University and we place great importance oninternationalization in all Engineering disciplines. The
Faculty and Graduate School offer an excellent researchand educational environment and heartily welcome
students from all over the world, especially those whowish to take on the challenge of exploring new corridors
and ﬁelds in engineering.

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Basic major concentration subjects
University-wide compulsory subjects**Liberal arts, foregin language subjects, information basics, health and sports sciences*Most of the classes are offered according to the academic quarter system(As of May 1, 2015)

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Heat Transfer and Fluid
Engineering
Materials Physics andMechanics
System Design
Innovative Materials andNano Engineering

Advanced Fluid Engineering/ Multiphase Fluid Dynamics/ Energy
Conversion Engineering
Structural Safety Evaluation/ Fracture Control Engineering/ Structuraland Functional Materials
Function-Oriented Robotics/ Sensing Device Engineering/ Advanced
Manufacturing Systems
Nano Electro Mechanical Systems/ Materials Design and Fabrication
Engineering
Wisdom-based Manufacturing-

Joint Research Division

Computer Scienceand Systems
Engineering

Systems Science

Systems Planning/ Optimum System Design/ Applied Optics/
Systems Control/ Mathematical System Analysis/ System Analysis/Intelligent Systems

Information Science

Mathematical Logic and Statistics/ Processor Architecture/ Software
Science/ Telecommunications/ Integrated Information Systems/
Knowledge and Information Processing/ Media Informatics/ Emergent
ComputingComputational Science

Basics of Computational Science/ Computational Intelligence/
Computational Fluid Dynamics/ Simulation Techniques/ Computational
Molecular Engineering/ Computational Biology/ Computational
Robotics/ Computational Space Science and Engineering

Cooperative Divisions

Applied Robot Science/ Kansei and Media Art/ Large Scale
Computational Science/ Applied Computational Science7

also to synthesize them for spatial and temporal design
problems. The Department of Architecture aims at rearing
talented professionals who can correspond syntheticallyto contemporary architectural challenges, by providing
education with both specialization and synthesis.

he undergraduate program starts with liberal artsand basic subjects on natural and information
science, followed by basic and applied subjects ofarchitecture covering design and planning, structural
engineering, and environmental engineering, andcontinues to synthetic and practical spatial design
education.
The Master’s program aims at the acquirement of higher
knowledge of design and planning, structural engineering,and environmental engineering, and at the same timetraining for deducing specific answers to spatial andtemporal design problems.
The doctoral program aims at the construction andcultivation of theory associated with design and planning,
structural engineering, and environmental engineering to
produce international talent with sophisticated special
knowledge.

Education and research on the safety of buildings
subjected to earthquakes, improvement of building
materials and structural systems:

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-DIVISION OF HEAT TRANSFER AND FLUIDENGINEERING
Towards realization of sustainable society, complex
phenomena with heat and mass transfer in fluid systems
in human body, natural environment, energy systems
including power and refrigerating systems, and so on,
are being investigated theoretically, experimentally, andnumerically.

-DIVISION OF MATERIALS PHYSICS AND
MECHANICS
The mission of this division is to promote research andeducation of mechanical and physical properties ofmaterials through analytical, numerical, andexperimental evaluation of structures and machinecomponents. Formation of advanced materials is alsostudied in this division.

-DIVISION OF SYSTEM DESIGN
The mission of this division is to establish engineeringsolutions required for developing active but sustainable
next generation social systems from the viewpoints ofsystem design. Towards this goal, we conduct
education and research on system analysis and design,intelligent robots, advanced devices, and nextgeneration manufacturing technologies that cover awide range of phenomena at micro and macro levels.

-DIVISION OF INNOVATIVE MATERIALS AND
NANO ENGINEERINGThe mission of this division is to develop novel andadvanced functional mechanical systems for asustainable next generation society from a viewpoint of
nano/micro to macro scale levels; for example,
developments of body implantable mechanical systems
and wearable sensors for health monitoring.

Nor Elora【Undergraduate student from Malaysia】
Kobe University is where my dream was fulfilled. To beable to study here in Kobe University has been thegreatest experience in my life. Now, I am anundergraduate student in my fourth year. I can say
studying here has been a humbling journey. The teachers
here are not only rich in knowledge but also kind, helpful,and down to earth. The community here is very friendly

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and caring too. Kobe University also offers tip top facilities
where you can enjoy studying here with a peace of mind.
Here in Kobe University, I was able to meet a lot of people
and experience cultural exchange. When I graduate fromthis university, I will be returning back to Malaysia with agreat opportunity of applying this invaluable experienceand knowledge that I gained from here.

-DIVISION OF SYSTEM DESIGN-DIVISION OF HEAT TRANSFER AND
FLUID ENGINEERING
Figure 1 shows a bubbly flow in a bubble column. Air is
injected into the liquid-filled column from a bottom plate,forming a complex bubbly flow. Numerical simulation has
been carried out to understand the complex flow
structure in detail. Effects of fine particles, which
drastically change its bubble size distribution in slurry
bubble columns, are also being investigated.

-DIVISION OF MATERIALS PHYSICS AND
MECHANICS-DIVISION OF INNOVATIVE MATERIALS AND
NANO ENGINEERING

Figure 2 shows an example of CT imaging showing
corrosion fatigue crack initiation process in high-strength
aluminum alloy. This image was obtained by ultra-brightsynchrotron radiation X-ray, and clearly shows that
corrosion pit (indicated by red) is formed around inclusion(blue), and grew along it beneath the surface.

Fig. 1 Multiphase Fluid
Dynamics

Fig. 2 CT imaging of corrosion
fatigue crack initiation
process

Machine tool technologies including mechanicalcomponents, motion control technologies and advanced
industrial software technologies play key roles in theindustries. Advanced manufacturing systems laboratory
developed the high-speed and high-precision machining
technology for jet engine parts based on the modelingand control technologies for multi-axis controlledmachining centers (Fig. 3).

This division promotes advanced researches on opticalsensors used for high-capacity information communication (Fig. 4) and analysis of biomolecules such as adetection of single molecule DNA, which integrate
metal nanostructures on micromechanical structures.
Nano and microscale manufacturing technologies canrealize advanced functional sensors.

Fig. 3 High speed and highprecision machining ofparts for jet engines

Advanced Fluid Engineering

Fig. 4 Optical sensor for large
capacity information
communication

Multiphase Fluid Dynamics

Energy Conversion Engineering

Bubble and Drop Dynamics:
Experiments, Simulations and Modeling

Boiling andCondensation
Heat and Mass
Transfer

Structural and Functional Materials

Materials Design and Fabrication
Engineering

Beyond the visible
Development of new
NDE techniques

Structural Safety Evaluation

Fracture Control
Advanced Manufacturing Systems

Function-Oriented Robotics

Sensing Device Engineering

Yoojin Kim【Alumna from Korea】

It has been a great experience for me to study at Kobe
University. During my undergraduate, I met someincredible professors, tutors and friends and they
helped me a lot to expand my experience. Also, theprograms in mechanical engineering are well designed
for students to experience in various field, so it was

Nano Electro Mechanical Systems

possible to find my specific research interests. In
addition, I was influenced by the beautiful landscape ofthe city of Kobe. Mt. Rokko and seaview of the Kobe
are in itself fascinating. It is the most wonderful thing to
be able to study in such a beautiful city.

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Material physical chemistry, Thin ﬁlm growth, Organic electronics and optics,
Dipole engineering, Molecular sensor and actuators, Molecular nanotechnology

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-SYSTEMS SCIENCE
provides the student with a systems approach andproblem-solving skills for effectively practicing analysis
and synthesis, with a focus on large-scale complex
systems, and further explores and integrates therespective departmental fields.
2 main divisions & 1 collaborative program– Fundamentals of Systems Science– Innovation of Systems Science– Applied Robot Science (Mitsubishi Electric)
Students： 65 (Master course), 9 (Ph. D course)
Prof. 8 (10), Asoc. Prof. 7 (8), Ass. Prof. 3 (4)-INFORMATION SCIENCE
pursues the new academic fields of information scienceand technology contributing to an advanced informationsociety and presents information technology thatapplies to information systems combining computersand networks, content media, and intelligence.
2 main divisions & 2 collaborative programs– Foundation of Information Sciences– Intelligent Informatics– Kansei and Media Art (ATR)– Integrated Intelligence (RIKEN AIP)
Students： 61 (Master course), 16 (Ph. D course)
Prof. 9 (11), Asoc. Prof. 8 (9), Ass. Prof. 3 (5)-COMPUTATIONAL SCIENCE
promotes research of the basics of computational
science, such as mathematical modeling, simulation,
visualization, and the application using ultra-high-speed,
massively parallel systems.
2 main divisions & 2 collaborative programs– Fundamentals of Computational Science– Innovation of Computational Science– Applied Computational Science (JAMSTEC)– Large-scale Computational Science (RIKEN AICS)
Students：63 (Master course), 15 (Ph. D course)
Prof. 8 (18), Asoc. Prof. 6 (11), Ass. Prof. 3 (8)19

ASSOCIATED RESEARCH CENTERS
Associated Research Centers
The following seven research centers are affiliated with
the Graduate School of Engineering. Serving as bases forcooperation with the Graduate School of Engineering, thesecenters aim to develop industry-university cooperation andalso promote cutting-edge research in interdisciplinary areas.

Integrated Biorefinery Research Center

Bio‐process

Biomass

To build a sustainable and low carbon society, green innovation to move from oil refineries to biorefineries is a highly
important research area. The biorefinery is an ideal technology for producing biofuels, bio-plastics, bio-fibers, andbio-chemicals from biomass using carbon dioxide as a recyclable resource. We promote technological innovation
to produce a variety of chemicals from biomass resources in a collaboration between engineering and agriculturalsciences. We also aim to accelerate the social implementation of new technology in cooperation with a large numberof chemical and food companies. Our activity is not only for the creation of biorefineries, the promising alternative
to conventional oil refineries, but also for improvement of economic efficiency through the parallel productionof high-value-added physiologically active
Systemized bio-refinery process
substances. To promote our international
Impacts
Biomass
Basic targets
Final targets
presence, we are dedicated to creating
and building an international collaboration
Alcohols
Creation ofChemicals
network.
We will continue striving to enhance
Diols
large market
Fuels
our Biorefinery Center, in a collaboration
Organic Acids
Oil-free・bet
ween engineering and agricultural
Diamines
Renewable
Bio-lastics
resources use
Bio-fibers
Amino acids
sciences, in cooperation with industries, for
Aromatics
the economy and securing resources, and forCO2reduction
Origosaccharides
the creation of an international cooperation
Inositols
network.
Bio-finechemicals
Enhancement
PeptidesPhospholipids

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Interface Research CenterIn the fields of nanotechnology and biotechnology, all the interfacial phenomena control functional propertiesof materials themselves. Strategies of manufacturing based on interface are in high demand. In this center,
research teams are organized across various education and research fields in order to research interfaces, develop
fundamental research on interfacial phenomena, and provide research seeds for next-generation manufacturing.
In addition, researchers in the fields of Chemistry, Mechanical Engineering and Electrical & Electronic Engineering
cooperate with each other, reinvestigate from novel perspectives and establish frontier interfacial science andunconventional industrial-academia collaboration. This center encourages collaboration in manufacturing basedon interfacial functional properties, removing
Interface Research Center
barriers between industry and academia and• Hydrophilicity
connecting fundamental research with the• Water repellency
seeds for manufacturing. We are actively• Tribology• Adhesion• Coatinginvolved in national research projects and• Composite• Biomaterial
collaborate with various companies. These• Laminate• Electronic device
national research projects include Grants-inSurface
Aid for Scientific Research, JST Strategic Basic
Research Programs CREST, Advanced Low
Bulk
Carbon Technology Research and Development☆ How is Structure ?
Program ALCA, Cross-ministerial Strategic☆ How to Control?
Innovation Promotion Program SIP, New☆ How about Properties ?
Energy and Industrial Technology Development☆ How to Evaluate ?
Organization NEDO, JST MIRAI Programs.

Complex Fluid and Thermal Engineering Research Center (COFTEC)
Complex fluid and thermal phenomena coexist and are
utilized in many industrial fields. They include multiphaseflow containing gas, liquid and solid phases, viscoelastic fluid
flow, complex flow with vortices, eddies, fluctuation andwaves interacting with structures, thermo-fluid flow withchemical reaction, phase change and transport phenomena,and thermo-fluid control concerning the environment andhuman life. Since the phenomena are studied separately
in each industrial field, knowledge of them is fragmented
and technical. There is little comprehensive engineeringknowledge from a multidisciplinary scientific viewpoint.
COFTEC is a multidisciplinary research group covering a wide range of research fields, mainly in the Graduate
School of Engineering. It aims to promote fundamental education and state-of-the-art research, and to create nextgeneration research fields by means of integration and comprehensive promotion of research on complex thermofluid phenomena in a wide range of engineering fields.
We take another look at the framework dividing research fields into the conventional engineering fields, i.e.
Architecture, Civil Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Chemical Engineering. By examining these divisions
from new viewpoints, we create new research fields to build comprehensive engineering fundamentals oncomplex thermo-fluid dynamics. The purpose of COFTEC is to contribute to the construction of a next-generation
sustainable society. Our researchers will achieve this by working together to create innovative technologies andnovel seeds of academic-industrial collaborations.

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Research Center for Advanced Smart Materials
Technologies in current engineering can be effectively combined with different fields. The resulting novel academic
fields can create new, advanced, highly functional smart materials. In particular, RCASM strongly promotesinterdisciplinary research between engineering fields and data science, medical science, and agriculture. Materials aresynthesized by controlling substances on an atomic level, creating new properties and qualities. The interface effects
and quantum effects controlled by nano-scale hetero-structures produce unique, novel functions. For example,
RCASM deals with mesoscopic andResearch Center for Advanced Smart Materials
plasmonic materials, metal biomaterials,(RCASM)
radiosensitizers, functional supramolecular  Interdisciplinary research of engineering mixed with data science,science, and agriculturehydrogel, and produces various devices  medical• Human adaptive devices
Global open engineering• Bio-production• Biomaterials
for application such as photonic materials• Bio-complex• Biocompatible materials• Artificial Intelligence (AI)•
Efficientproduction
and devices, organic thin-film devices,• Molecular targeted• Internet-of-things (IoT）
sensitizer and treatment• Materials Informatics
MEMS micro-devices, and ultra-low-power• Medical equipment• Sensinganalog and digital circuits. Additionally,
we have started studying material designand synthesis based on artificial intelligent
learning theory to create materials we have
not yet encountered.
Functional films

Data Science

Medical Science

Agriculture

Resilient Structure Research Center (ReSRC)
Creation of Future Resilience Cities Resistant to Disaster
Huge earthquakes, mega typhoons and tsunami have high potential
Monitoring System for Building and Urban Facility
Maintaining Function
for damaging the human environment in the near future. To protect Earthquake‐
Resistant Design
Maintainingof Important
High
Robustness ofImportant
Facilities
Performance
Urban Infra‐
Functionbuildings, infrastructures and important facilities in urban areas
Resilient
structure
Disaster
Structure
Mitigation
against extreme disasters, the required countermeasure is not only
damage reduction but also ensuring resilience in order to recover
Earthquake
urban facilitiesʼ functions rapidly after the disasters. The Resilient
ControlEngineering
SystemEngineering
Advanced
Metrology
Structure Research Center (ReSRC) of Kobe University has been
Seismic
structural control
Engineering
Structuralassessment
Engineering
operating since June 2016 to enhance urban resilience research
Structural healthHigh performance
Material
monitoring
Science andstructural systemfrom the structural engineering viewpoint. The Graduate School
Engineering
Architectural Engineering
Civil Engineering Systems Engineeringof Engineering at Kobe University has recently installed two kindsof high performance experimental apparatus to estimate the ultimate behavior of various kinds of structuralelements: “Shaking table” and “High-speed actuator”. ReSRC has a mission to maximize these research resources,
to collaborate with many research counterparts in Japan and abroad, and to advance our activities on resilient
structure research. Our research objectives are to embody a global standard for the performance evaluation ofresilient structure systems/devices/designs and to
propose a common international evaluation method
through international collaborative research.
ReSRC aims for advanced research outcomes that
contribute to the urban formation of resilience androbustness against disasters.

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Medical Device Fabrication Engineering Center
The Medical Device Fabrication Engineering Center (MeDFEC) aims to develop novel medical devices and systems
for medical care. Developments pass through three stages: (i) cutting-edge basic research, (ii) applied research,and (iii) application prototype through close cooperation with medical doctors / researchers. MeDFEC is mainlycomposed of researchers from the Department of Mechanical Engineering and the Department of Chemical
Science and Engineering. In order to monitor the direction of research and development, the Center cooperates
closely with researchers belonging to the Graduate School of Medicine, especially in the field of surgery andrelated areas. Individual researchers inthis center have their own seeds basedon mechanical engineering and chemicalengineering, as shown in the diagram.
From several seeds, cutting-edge researchoutcomes are introduced to the medical
researchers, and then advance to theapplied research stage to be adapted asa new medical device. The developed
prototype is examined in vivo to check thesafety requirements and effectiveness. Of
course, the final goal is actual applicationof the individual research outcomes.

Center for Resilient Design (CResD)-Towards A Resilient SocietyA flexible city that can demonstrate resilience against disasters must be a livable city at the same time. In orderto realize such a social environment, not only the physical environment that forms the urban space, but also an
integrated perspective including people's behavior, norms, institutions, etc. are necessary. In order to show sucha perspective, “design” is required to implement academic knowledge and research results. We will develop amethod to implement various knowledge for achieving a safe and comfortable society that has been cultivatedand accumulated at Kobe University into society through “design”. For this reason, we collaborate with domestic
and overseas institutions, establish a network for the realization of a safe and secure world from an international
perspective, and establish a research base. This center also participate in “Multidisciplinary Integration for
Resilience And Innovation (MIRAI)” research unit of Kobe University which is one of our university function
enhancement project.

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78 Environmental Genomics Research Center & Biosignal Research Center

92 Faculty of Agriculture & Graduate School of Agricultural Science - D

45 Center for Supports to Research and Education Activities

79 Faculty & Graduate School of Science - C

93 Faculty of Agriculture & Graduate School of Agricultural Science - E

80 Center for Environmental Management

94 Faculty of Agriculture & Graduate School of Agricultural Science - F(Instrumental Analysis Division)

46 Information Science and Technology Center (Annex)
47 Faculty & Graduate School of Engineering - 5E, 5W, C4
48 Faculty & Graduate School of Engineering - LR
49 Faculty & Graduate School of Engineering - 4E, 4W, C3
50 Faculty & Graduate School of Engineering - 3E, 3W, C2
51 Faculty & Graduate School of Engineering - D1, D2
52 Faculty & Graduate School of Engineering - 2E, 2W, C1
53 Faculty & Graduate School of Engineering - B
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55 Faculty & Graduate School of Engineering - A
56 Faculty & Graduate School of Engineering - Disaster Prevention Laboratory
57 Faculty & Graduate School of Engineering - Structural Elements Laboratory

81 Central Research Laboratory (Shared Facilities)
82 Faculty & Graduate School of Science - Y, Z

95 Faculty of Agriculture & Graduate School of Agricultural

Science - Animal Housing Facility

83 Faculty & Graduate School of Science - B

96 Faculty of Letters & Graduate School of Humanities - A

84 Faculty & Graduate School of Science - X

97 Faculty of Letters & Graduate School of Humanities - C & Library for Humanities

85 Faculty & Graduate School of Science - A

98 Faculty of Letters & Graduate School of Humanities - B

86 Center for Supports to Research and Education Activities (Cryogenic Division)
87 Faculty of Agriculture & Graduate School of Agricultural

Science - Agricultural Engineering Workshop

88 Faculty of Agriculture & Graduate School of Agricultural

Science - Meat Processing Center

89 Faculty of Agriculture & Graduate School of Agricultural Science - A
90 Faculty of Agriculture & Graduate School of Agricultural Science - B

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100 Takigawa Memorial Hall
101 Canteen (LANS BOX)
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Center/ University Archives/ Seishi & Hatsujo Haiku Library)

103 Yamaguchi Seishi Memorial House

58 Faculty & Graduate School of Engineering - Structural Dynamics Laboratory
59 Faculty & Graduate School of Engineering - Wind Tunnel Laboratory
60 Faculty & Graduate School of Engineering - Acoustics Laboratory
61 Faculty & Graduate School of Engineering - Psychoacoustics Laboratory
62 Faculty & Graduate School of Engineering - Manufacturing Technology Center
63 Faculty & Graduate School of Engineering - Biorefinery Center
64 Research Center for Advanced Membrane and Film Technology
65 Science and Technology Research Building 3
66 Canteen (T-BOX Cafeteria)
67 Faculty & Graduate School of Engineering - Campus Hall
68 Center for Collaborative Research and Technology Development
69 Science and Technology Research Building 2
70 Science and Technology Research Building 1
71 Science and Technology Research Building 4
72 Life-Science Laboratory
73 Center for Supports to Research and Education Activities (Radioisotope Division)
74 Administration Offices (Secretariat/ Medical Center for Student Health)
75 Library for Science and Technology
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