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Graduate School of

Science and Engineering(Doctoral Program)

IWATE UNIVERSITY

Graduate School of

Science and Engineering(Doctoral Program)
We seek to foster human resources who have expert knowledge inengineering fields and peripheral areas, and well-rounded human beings who

Graduate School of Science and Engineering

can establish international careers, and further to promote basic and applied

Doctoral Program

research actively in the areas of science and technology, aiming to elucidate
natural laws and promote technological innovation.
In addition, we are trying to promote these qualities in education and researchin coordination with the people of the region, and establish a Graduate school

Division ofFundamental andApplied Sciences

Division ofSystems Innovation
Engineering

Division ofDesign andMedia Technologyof Science and Engineering that can exist in both a regional and aninternational context.

Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
Master's Course

Division ofScience and Engineering

Division ofRegional Innovation andManagement

ChemistryR egional Industry

Biological Sciences

Regional and Community Design

Mathematical Science and Physics
Materials Science and Engineering
Electrical, Electronic, and Communication Engineering
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Computer Science and Intelligent System
Design and Media Technology

Graduate School ofScience and Engineering(Doctoral Program)
Division of Systems Innovation Engineering
The Graduate School of Science and Engineering aims to create a sustainable, safe andsecure society. Our goal is to offer the essential depth of knowledge to explore
specialized field, a broad education, an understanding of the local area, internationality,leadership, and ethical standards, fostering talented personnel with the abilities andexperience necessary for each of their fields who strive to discover new knowledge andcreate new values with an insatiable desire for truth.

In this time of the fourth industrial revolution, our existing
industrial society is continuing to see great change due to theIoT and AI, making it necessary to develop education andresearch that will foster talented personnel who can understandpeople, society, and industry in its entirety as a system rather
than developing and improving existing elemental technology, andhave both highly specialized and extensive knowledge. The
Division of Systems Innovation Engineering carries out researchand education in a wide range of areas related to electrical andelectronic communication, computer science and intelligent

systems, mechanics, civil and environmental engineering,and their interfaces, in order to pioneer cutting-edge newtechnology and integrated technology; we aim to foster highly
specialized engineers and researchers who can contribute to
the shift to a “sustainable society” to solve the environmental
and energy crisis, handle the “ubiquitous society” with a highlevel of digitization, construct the intelligent “mechanical systems”
of the future, and contribute to the maintenance of “civilengineering,” the pillar of safety and stability.

Division of Design and Media Technology
Division of Fundamental and Applied Sciences
This division gives students the ability to cast light on
the true nature of a variety of natural phenomena throughcutting-edge education and research based on core studyof the fundamental sciences: math, physics, chemistry, andbiological sciences. We also foster researchers who contributeto the progress in science as the intellectual asset of humanity.
Our students develop and apply their core studies at a highlevel, gaining the ability to solve a range of problems faced bymodern society, including energy, environmental and medicalissues, and the ability to create innovative technologies thatwill lead to the creation of future industries. Our goal is tofoster highly specialized engineers, and researchers who willcontribute to the development of local and internationalsociety.
The Division of Fundamental and Applied Sciences is made upof four education and research areas: the Chemistry Area,Biological Sciences Area, Mathematical Science and Physics
Area, and Materials Science and Engineering Area. Students
in the Chemistry, Mathematical Science and Physics, andMaterials Science and Engineering Areas study a science andengineering education program. Students in the BiologicalSciences Area study a science education program.

In the Division of Design and Media Technology, we aim to create
safe, comfortable spaces and products and environmentallyfriendly digital content, connecting people, things, andinformation more comfortably, using varied design thinking andhigh-level media technologies that support design thinking,based on the needs of a society seeking spiritual enrichment.
Our goal is to foster talented personnel who have the creativity
to produce advanced designs and the high-level media systemskills to contribute to the realization of those designs, and whocan create cutting-edge digital content and basic media
technology with an international viewpoint and awareness ofproblem-solving in their locality. We provide high-level education
and research on “design” related to “product and content” design,“media” linked to the basic technology of “computer graphics,computer vision and sensing technologies,” and a combination ofthese fields. We aim to foster highly specialized engineers andresearchers who (1) understand the interlinked fields of design
and media, (2) have an awareness of problem-solving in theirlocality alongside an international viewpoint, (3) and have thecapacity to actively carry out research and development in avariety of fields within design and media, based on our programin which the students develop the ability to explore and solve
problems by touching on a variety of issues, including those in
their locality. Students who complete this course receive a degree
in either Engineering or Design.

ResearchTopics

Division of Fundamental and Applied Sciences

Division of Systems Innovation Engineering

Division of Design and Media Technology

Professor

Associate Professor

Professor

Shinya Miyajima

Nao Ishikawa

Takamitsu Tanaka

Numerical computation

Environmental scienceDesignMatrix theory

Soil science

Art Engineering

Interval analysis

Verified numerical computation in matrix problems.

In science and engineering, mathematical models are developed for understanding
phenomena. By solving these models, forecasting unknown phenomena anddesigning new industrial goods are possible. These models are frequently solved
by numerical computations, since solving them analytically is difficult.
In general, results of numerical computations do not coincide with exact solutions,since some kinds of errors are included. In order to obtain exact conclusions fromthe numerical results, we need to estimate the errors and compute sets enclosing
the exact solutions. The numerical verification algorithms have been developed
for this purpose. These algorithms enable us to compute the sets rigorously
enclosing the exact solutions via floating point computations.
Our main research interest is to establish new numerical verification algorithms
for solutions of matrix problems. In order to develop these algorithms, we prove
theorems for verifying local existence and uniqueness of the solutions using
floating point operations. These algorithms can be applied for guaranteeing
accuracy of the numerical results.

Understanding the pollutant behavior in soil andwater environments for developing effective
environmental conservation measures

Developing a product with Kuji Amber, with thesensibility of young people̶both the students
and the corporations feel the benefit of that.

Pollutants transfer from their sources to various soil and waterenvironments, resulting in water and soil pollution, which areinterlinked. Moreover, pollution affects the organisms inhabiting theseenvironments; thus, understanding the behavior of these pollutants inthe environments is important for environmental conservation.
In this study, the behavior of various pollutants, such as radioactive
substances and antibiotics, in soil and water environments has beenexplained. The major research objective includes studying the effect ofsoil organic matter on cesium (Cs) fixation by soil. Radiocesium, aradionuclide, widely dispersed in the environment after the nuclear
accidents in Fukushima, Japan. The wastes containing radiocesium areenclosed in soil and subsequently, buried in landfills because clay
minerals in the soil can effectively fix radiocesium. However, adsorptionof soil organic matter on the clay minerals prevents radiocesium accessto the adsorption sites of clay minerals. The study aimed to understandthe relationships between the soil organic matter and its masking effecton Cs adsorption by the clay minerals using different soil samples.
Therefore, this study has important implications for safe radiocesium
disposal measures to prevent the dispersion of radiocesium from thelandfills.

We at the Industrial Design Laboratory have been lucky enough to workwith the Kuji Kohaku Co., Ltd. (Kuji Kohaku) for many years, and haveworked with them to develop various amber-themed products. Of theseproducts, the ones that have received the most praise and are even now
popular products are the “amber-embellished wallet” and the “cardcase.” Joint development for these products began when Kuji Kohaku
asked us if we could design and develop a product that was not jewelry,
but that would still be used every day. Because most of the students had
never seen or touched amber, they actually went to Kuji City to learn
more about it, listening to lectures at the museum and engaging in theactual excavation process. Afterwards, they began the design process.
About 20 students participated in the project, and each student madeabout 10 designs, so we ended up with about 300 sketches. We
submitted these to Kuji Kohaku and also conducted a survey at ourexhibition at a department store. The wallet and the card case seemed tohave the most support across a wide range of ages, and so we began
production of those. Through this project, Kuji Kohaku was able totranscend its usual fixed ideas and create a product with younger, fresher
ideas, and the students were able to simulate a real-world experience,and get a sense of what kind of design ability is required of design
professionals. The project, which was also praised for its contribution tothe regional community, was a meaningful one for both sides.

About Iwate Prefecture■Access to Morioka【Tohoku Shinkansen/Akita Shinkansen】

Tokyo
SendaiShin-Aomori

Morioka CityIwate●Iwate University●【Plane/Iwate Hanamaki Airport [JAL]】

Morioka StationAkita

Osaka (Itami)
New Chitose Airport (Sapporo)
Nagoya (Komaki)

Iwate Hanamaki
AirportTohoku Area

Morioka 2 hrs. 10 min. (Hayabusa)
Morioka 39 min. (Hayabusa)
Morioka 49 min. (Hayabusa)
Hanamaki
Hanamaki
Hanamaki

1 hr. 25 min.
55 min.
1 hr. 15 min.

Iwate Hanamaki Airport⇔

Iwate Prefecture is located 500 kilometers to the north ofTokyo, in the nature-rich North Tohoku Area (39 degrees
north latitude, 141 degrees east longitude), and with anarea approximately seven times that of Tokyo, is thesecond largest prefecture in Japan.
Located in various locations throughout the prefecture
are famous nature sites like Mount Iwate (known as the“Southern Fuji”), the ria coast (a number of beautiful
coastlines formed when deep valleys, eroded by rivers,
sunk into the ocean), as well as historical and culturalsites, the most well-known being the town of Hiraizumi,
and some of the most well-known hot springs and ski
resorts in Japan.

AomoriShin-Aomori
StationYamagata

Morioka Station (Iwateken Kotsu Bus)
50 min.

MiyagiSendaiSendai Airport

Fukushima

Foreign Countries

Area of Iwate Prefecture

野球場
Baseball Field

Campus Map≒
Iwate Prefecture
Approx.

15,279㎢

Narita International
AirportTokyo Station

HawaiiApprox. 16,634㎢

Haneda Airport

理工学部

国際交流会館International House

Faculty of Science and Engineering

自然観察園
Nature Garden第一体育館
GymnasiumⅠ

Climate data
MoriokaBerlin(1991-2020)(1981-2010)

10.6℃

9.3℃

average annual
temperature
average annual
precipitation

1279.9mm 515.2mm

Köppen Köppen climateclassification

Cfa

人文社会科学部
Faculty of HumanitiesandSocial Sciences

Cfb

Prefectural Capital: Morioka City
Population
Approx.

実習地
Experimental Nursery ofFaculty of Agriculture

300,000

岩手大学・岩手銀行保育所
Iwate University-Bank ofIwate Child Care Center

教育学部

第二体育館
GymnasiumⅡ

運動場
Track and Field

中央学生食堂球技場
Cafeteria
Rugby and Soccer Field
大学会館
University Student Union

図書館
University Library

事務局棟
Administration Bureau

同袍寮Doho-ryo
自啓寮
Jikei-ryoFestival

テニスコートTennis Courts

農学部

岩手大学前Bus Stop Iwate Daigaku mae

Faculty of Agriculture
正門
Main Gate
Sansa Festival

Chagu Chagu Umakko Festival

農学部
学生食堂
Cafeteria

Famous Items

Nambu Ironware

Remen

百年記念館
Centennial Hall

Nambu Senbei (Crackers)

植物園
Botanical Garden

理工学部東口Bus Stop Rikogakubu higashiguchi
上田四丁目
Bus Stop Ueda yonchome

Faculty of Education
グローバル教育センター
国際連携室
International Liaison Center

理工学部学生食堂
Cafeteria■Campus Area

Ueda

426,592㎡

Elementary School Attached to the Faculty of Education
Kindergarten Attached to the Faculty of Education
動物病院新棟VeterinaryTeachingHospital
動物病院
VeterinaryTeaching
Hospital

北水の池
Hokusui no ike

Junior High School Attached to the Faculty of Education
Takizawa Farm
Takizawa Research Forest
Omyojin Pasture
Omyojin Research Forest
Kamaishi Satellite Office
Other

ミュージアム本館
Museum Main Building

14,719,739㎡

一高前
Bus Stop Ichiko mae

1,4293,147㎡

Interviews with International Students
Graduate School ofScience and Engineering(Doctoral Program)

Q.

SOPACHITWATANASUPASUMOND

Iwate University offers me a wide-range of interesting things which《Thailand》

technical tools but also a critical thinking process including data analysis

What do you study?
Why did you choose Iwate University?

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involves both design and engineering. I can guarantee that I’ll get not only
along with a confidence to solve problems. In the future I have to return to
my country and become a teacher in a university. With a wide application, I

Biography
High-school in Wattana Wittaya Academy (Thai)strongly believe that this university’s Ph.D. degree would help me achieve
the depth of knowledge necessary to become a strong contributor to theSilpakorn University (Thai)

field of both design and engineering. Moreover, I will gain more confidence

Kingston University (England)to guide my future students, carry them with the intellectual skills that I
have learnt, and help them develop from critical to creative thinking.

Q.

How do you feel about Iwate University?
How do you like here?

After spending almost half a year in Morioka, I clearly see that it was indeed
a professional program, not only my doctoral class but also other classes
too. I am joining the Japanese class in which I can develop my Japanese skill
and experience Japanese culture. Besides learning, I’ve made many friends
from all around the world and I appreciated that.

Q.

What do you like about Morioka and/or

Events and Activities Near Morioka City

Iwate prefecture?
Before I came to Morioka, I was advised that the winter in Morioka is verycold. But if you have the right clothes, and go to the right places, you will befine. I begin to appreciate the snowy days and the beautiful scenery in thecity of Morioka. A lot of nature, good food and reasonable prices on every
corner. I am really enjoying my year in Morioka and warmly recommend itto prospective students

Support available in Japanese, English, Chinese, and Korean

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Information

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Website3-18-34 Ueda, Morioka-shi, Iwate 020-8550 Japan

Iwate University Graduate School of Science and Engineering

Japanese

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