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Faculty / Graduate Schoolof Engineering

Welcome to Graduate School / Faculty of EngineeringModern technology has developed very rapidly, inparticular in the fields of new functional material
creation, innovation in production engineering, upgradingof IT technology, and assessment and management of
the human environment. Research in these areas requires
leading-edge facilities. The six departments (Departmentof Architecture, Department of Civil Engineering,
Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering,
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Department ofChemical Science and Engineering, and Departmentof Computer Science and Systems Engineering) are
equipped with unique research facilities which are alsoavailable for educational purposes.
t present, 1000 overseas students study at
Kobe University, 150 of them either in Graduate
School and Faculty of Engineering. Human resources
development from a global perspective is one of thepolicies of Kobe University. It is also one of the mostimportant aims of us. The Faculty offers an excellent
research and education environment and heartily
welcomes students who wish to take on the challenge of
exploring new fields in engineering.

Dean,
Graduate Schoolof Engineering
Professor
Masayuki Morimoto

Architecture ‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥ 8
Civil Engineering‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥ 10
Electrical and Electronic
Engineering ‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥ 12
Mechanical Engineering ‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥ 14AG

raduate School/ Faculty of Engineering of Kobe
University has developed a very wide spectrumof education and research in the fields of natural science
ranging from basic science to applied engineering. In
order that the results of engineering research should be
returned to benefit human society, the Faculty aims to
educate engineers and researchers who have a dual focus
on both basic and applied aspects of engineering.

Chemical Science andEngineering ‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥

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Computer Science andSystems Engineering ‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥

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History
Faculty of EngineeringT

he Faculty of Engineering was established in 1949,
growing out of the former Kobe Technical College,
which was originally established in 1921. Since then, theFaculty has contributed to the development of modern
industrial society in the latter half of the 20th Century
through its education and research. The aim of the Facultyin the new millennium is to educate future researchersand engineers to be able to contribute to the welfare ofhumankind through cutting-edge technologies.

The Faculty now has six departments: Architecture,
Civil Engineering, Electrical and Electronic Engineering,
Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Science andEngineering, and Computer Science and Systems
Engineering, each of which consists of several divisions
areas dedicated to the specific purposes of education andresearch. Approximately two-thirds of students continue
on to Master's program for higher education.

Graduate School of EngineeringThe Graduate School of Engineering was establishedin April 2007 as an educational and research instituteaimed at providing engineering knowledge, fundamental
and applied technologies directly related to a symbiosis
and sustainable development of society, reorganizing of
the Graduate School of Science and Technology which
was established in 1981. Departments in the Graduate
School of Engineering is arranged in a similar way as theFaculty of Engineering to offer a consistent educational
system from undergraduate to graduate school.

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The Graduate School of Engineering offers the following
six departments in both the Master's and Doctor's Degree
Program: Architecture, Civil Engineering, Electrical andElectronic Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Chemical
Science and Engineering, Computer Science and Systems
Engineering. By covering a wide range of interdisciplinary
academic fields (environment, nanomaterial, informationand telecommunication, life science, energy, robot, safetyetc.), these six departments will create new technologies
for the betterment of the society

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Faculty of EngineeringW

ith six courses of study in the Faculty ofEngineering, we seek to nurture the researchersand engineers who will open the path to the next
generation. Students perform original and advanced workon the international stage, in addition to understanding thebasic learning essential in each cutting-edge technologicaland scientific field. After graduation, the road to move
forward to studies at the Graduate School of Engineering
is wide open, allowing students to cultivate an even higher
level of expertise and obtain the abilities needed for selfmotivated research and development.

expertise. To ensure that students are able to comfortably
understand their foundation and major concentration
courses after admission to the faculty, students must be
equipped with an extensive range of basic knowledge
and thoroughly understand the different subjects on
the designated Center Examination and the individual
examinations which serve as the faculty's entrance
selection examinations. The Faculty of Engineering
at Kobe University cherishes those people with lively
curiosity and inquisitive minds with a critical nature
towards those things that cannot be understood merely
by applying common sense, and we offer an environment
where these traits can be taken full advantage of. The
faculty welcomes all who are full of the desire to contributeto the harmonious co-existence of the natural world andhuman society in the near future, through scientific andtechnological fields.

Moreover, since students can choose to go abroad
to study for a fixed period at overseas universities
with partner relationships with the faculty througheducation and research, we have created a system
to enable students to gain an international viewpointat the same time as they study in their chosen field of

Graduate School of EngineeringAlthough policies and standards for student
admission differ depending on the homelandorganization of those students wishing to enter the
Graduate School and the major or field welcoming
the student, we have drawn up the following common
guidelines for prospective students.

3) Applicants having logical thinking abilities andpersuasive power when presenting the results ofresearch and in similar situations4) Applicants having ethical standards and the ability tounderstand and question the effects of technology onsociety5) Applicants having a clear awareness of their future
direction (becoming researchers or professionals with ahigh level of expertise)6) Applicants with a strong desire to acquire even higherlevel and more advanced knowledge and technology
among professionals who already have a great deal ofexperience in the world

1) Applicants displaying enthusiasm for clarifying theprinciples behind natural phenomena, as well as
application and development of technology, and having
a strong desire to discover their own problems andattempt to resolve them2) Applicants equipped with creativity and practicalabilities

Education Faculty ofEngineeringUniversity students enrolled in the Faculty ofEngineering are expected to obtain an extensive
education and fundamental knowledge, and be able todevelop technology with an eye on the future of humanity.
To this end, we believe our students, with their youthful,flexible intellects, need to be able to study freely andindependently to become full-fledged members ofsociety, while getting a feel for the advanced, high-leveltechnology around them. Consequently more than 70% of
Faculty of Engineering students go on to graduate school
after completing the undergraduate program. Our faculty
has also prepared a range of course subjects with the aimof training generalists in many differing fields because that
graduates who leave us directly for the business world
do not necessarily proceed in their own field of study,
but rather advance in a wide variety of different fields.
Along with strong grounding in the fields of the corecurriculum, which is based on the central fields of study inEngineering, the Faculty of Engineering at Kobe University

endeavors to instill in our engineers a strong engineering
ethical standard. After passing the graduate research
examination in the fourth year, students are awarded a
Bachelor's degree.
Graduate School of Engineering

Students
entering
university
fromcareers

3yearsDoctoral program dissertation (Doctorate)

2yearsDoctoral program coursework (Master's)

Faculty of Engineering
4th yearTransfer
students

Graduation research

3rd year
2nd year

Major concentration subjects
Basic major concentration subjects

1st year University-wide compulsory subjects**Principles of education, foreign language subjects,
information basics, health and sports sciences

graduate school of EngineeringAt graduate school, students first do the courseworkpart of the graduate program and then thedissertation-writing phase of the doctoral program.
September 2007 saw the reorganization of the existing
Graduate School of Science and Technology and thestart of its new incarnation. In addition to systematicallydeveloping a consistent educational program from thestart of undergraduate studies until the completion of
graduate work, the Graduate School of Engineering
also looks to present a fundamental way of thinking for

education and research that stresses original research
into basic knowledge and the student's specialization.
The framework of the Graduate School of Engineering's
educational program is a curriculum of engineeringcourses thoroughly covering the traditional areas ofengineering scholarship, including a rich variety of
programs (program course , multiple major course,
cooperative education programs) to enhance the level ofgraduate school education.

Staff(As of May 1, 2007)

Professors

International Activities at the Kobe
University Graduate School ofEngineering and Faculty of Engineering

Associate Professors

obe University has concluded several academic
exchange agreements with other educationaland research organizations at universities overseas,
either between the universities themselves or between
departments. We then work together on joint research,
exchanging teaching staff, students and informationin fields of mutual academic and educational concern.
For student exchanges, we have put into place detailed
agreements on the mutual non-collection of tuitionand other fees, and students can go on exchange withthe knowledge that course credits they obtain at theiroverseas university will be accepted at their home
university.

Based on these set programs, many students fromthe Graduate School and Faculty of Engineering go
abroad to study at the partner universities, under a credit
transfer system for the course credits these students
obtain at their overseas universities. We also accept anumber of exchange students coming from overseas topursue their studies in the international atmosphere of thecity of Kobe.

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Total

Assistant Professors
Research Associates
Faculty of Engineering

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Teachers

Sub
Total

Associate Professors

Total of Kobe Univ.

67

Administrative Staff (Including Nurses)

67

3

33

9

179

558 414

83

252

30

1,349

123

46

225

1,180

2,652

Number of Students(As of May 1, 2007)

Undergraduate Students

Graduate Students

Intl. Students

Intl. Students

Total

Faculty of Engineering

2,499

(317)

42

(12)

1,082

(129)

95

(20)

4,196

Total of Kobe Univ.

12,363(4,231)

140

(59)

4,820

(1,506)

788

(386)

24,293

Number of Students( ) : Number of femal students

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Structure and Divisions
Faculty of Engineering /Graduate School of Engineering

Master's Degree Program

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he Graduate School of Engineering's education andresearch is dedicated to cultivate human resources
with a wide range of knowledge in their specialized field,
and interdisciplinary perspectives. The school especially
focuses on fostering researchers and highly specialized
professionals who are rich in creativity, and possess
multifaceted perspectives. Students are granted a
Master's Degree in Engineering when they complete thisprogram.
Highly specialized main courses establishedthrough further development and deepening of theundergraduate engineering courses.
Education in the area of integrated engineering witha number of advanced courses for interdisciplinary
engineering education.
Fostering of human resources educated through multimajor course (a major and several sub-majors).
Medical Engineering Course for people who hold afull time job. (Master program to foster core humanresources for manufacturing)

Departments

Architecture
Staff 30

（Prof.12 / Assoc.Prof.10）

Doctoral's Degree ProgramF

completion of the program.
A strict coursework of research for dissertation.
Finding problems, designing research plans, conducting
research, organizing research results, finding possible
ways to solve unsolved problems and then organizing
and reporting these possibilities.
Fostering of human resources educated through multimajor course (a major and several sub-majors)▼▼ ▼urther developing and deepening of courses offeredin the Master's Degree Program. This programis to foster researchers, academic members of higher
education and research institutions, and highly specialized
professionals who are highly creative, internationalminded, and have an excellent ability to establish, explore,
and solve problems by themselves. A Doctor's Degree,
either a Dr. of Engineering or a PhD will be granted upon

Common-use Facilities

Civil Engineering

Divisions
Spatial Design

Architectural and Urban Design/ Housing and Community Design/
Structural Engineering and Design/ Building Management

Architectural Planning,
History and Theory

History and Theory of Architecture, Theory of Historical Environments/
Planning Theory of Built Environment/ Urban and Architectural Safety
Planning

Engineering of Building
Structures

Structural Performance Engineering/ Structural Control in Dynamics/
Structural Systems Engineering

Architectural
Environmental
Engineering

Planning of Acoustical and Lighting Environments/ Thermal
Environmental Planning/ Planning of Urban Environment and M&E
Services

Cooperative Division

Disaster Mitigation Planning

Engineering of Human
SafetyStructural Engineering for Urban Safety/ Geotechnical Engineeringfor Urban Safety/ Transport Systems Engineering/ GeotechnicalEngineering for Disaster Reduction/ Earthquake Disaster Mitigation
Engineering/ Disaster-prevention Engineering for River Basin

Engineering ofEnvironmental Symbiosis

Environmental Fluid Engineering/ Engineering of Hydrospheric
Environment/ Geo-environmental Engineering/ Urban Preservation
Engineering/ Urban Preservation Engineering/ Urban and Transport
Planning and Management

Physical Electronics

Mesoscopic Materials/ Photonic Materials/ Quantum Functional
Engineering/ Nano-Structure Electronics/ Electromagnetic Energy
Physics

Computer and Information

Integrated Circuit Information/ Computer Engineering/ Information andCommunication Engineering/ Algorithms/ Intelligent Learning Theory

Cooperative Division

Functional Thin-Film Engineering

Thermo-Fluid and Energy

Applied Fluid Engineering/ Multiphase Thermo-ﬂuid Dynamics/ Energy
Conversion Engineering/ Energy and Environmental Engineering

Mechanics and Physics ofMaterials

Solid Mechanics/ Fracture Control Engineering / Material Science/
Surface, Interface and Tribology

Design and Manufacturing

Complex Mechanical Engineering/ Machine Dynamics/ Computer
Integrated Manufacturing/ Intelligent Artifacts and Manufacturing
Systems/ Creative Design

Applied Chemistry

Applied PhysicalChemistry/ Applied Inorganic Chemistry/ Applied
Organic Chemistry/ Applied Polymer Chemistry/ Advanced Analytical
Chemistry/ Advanced Polymer Colloids/ Advanced Molecular
Chemistry

Chemical Engineering

Catalysis and Catalytic Reaction Engineering/ Transport Scienceand Engineering / Process System Engineering/ Fluid and Particle
Engineering/ Biochemical Engineering/ Bioprocess Engineering/
Materials Processing Engineering

Cooperative Divisions

Localized Reactions and Physical Properties of Materials/ Chemical
Energy Conversion Process

Informatics

Media Informatics/ Programming Languages/ Intelligent Systems/
Artificial Intelligence/ Intelligent Software/ Intelligent Software/
Mathematics of Informatics

Information Systems

Intelligent Robotics/ Wireless Telecommunication/ Information
Photonics/ Computer System/ Processor Architecture

Systems Design

Systems Planning/ Optimum System Design/ System Control/ System
Informatics/ System Structure Analysis/ Identification Theory forDistributed Parameter Systems and Applied Functional Analysis/
Control of Distributed Parameter Systems and Nonlinear Analysis

Cooperative Divisions

Applied Systems / Kansei and Media Art

Staff 18

（Prof.8 / Assoc.Prof.7）

Electrical andElectronic
Engineering
Staff 27

（Prof.10 / Assoc.Prof.12）-International Student Centerat Kobe University. SOLAC aims to provide languagerelated support to the greater University community byintroducing self-access rooms and CALL facilities forindependent study, as well as developing more effective
curricula, methodologies and teaching materials forlanguage courses. SOLAC, in addition, plays an activerole in promoting research and education at postgraduate levels in the fields of language, culture, andcommunication.
(http://solac.cla.kobe-u.ac.jp/index-e.html)

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he International Student Center is one of university
wide research/teaching facilities established in April
1993. This Center provides international students witheducation in Japanese language and Japanese studies.
It also offers consultations on problems encountered instudying or living in Japan.
In its aim to promote international academic exchange
programs, the Center supports overseas study forJapanese students studying at Kobe University. The local
community is very important for the International Student
Center; therefore, it is actively promoting projects tostrengthen ties between international students and localorganizations, as well as programs to help international
students improve their Japanese language abilities.
(http://www.kobe-u.ac.jp/~kisc/english/i_topics.html)-Medical Center
for Student HealthT

he Medical Center for Student Health wasestablished in April 1970. Services provided by theCenter include annual medical checkup for all students
and staff, special checkups for X-ray and/or radioisotope
users, as well as new overseas students. Emergency
medical treatment is also available. There are doctors
and nurses as well as counselors to provide consultation
or advisory service on physical and mental problems.
(http://www.kobe-u.ac.jp/medicalc/index-j.html)-School of Languages andCommunicationT

he School of Languages and Communication(SOLAC) was established in October 2003 in
response to a call for more international communication

MechanicalEngineering
Staff 35

（Prof.13 / Assoc.Prof.14）

Chemical Scienceand Engineering
Staff 34

（Prof.10 / Assoc.Prof.14）

Computer Scienceand Systems
Engineering
Staff 39

（Prof.16 / Assoc.Prof.15）

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Education/Research Fields

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Architecture

Symbiosis of architecture and environment, Creation of safe and comfortable living space

Exercise of architectural design andplanning at studio

Practice of experiments on structural
materials

Presentation of design projects

http://www.arch.kobe-u.ac.jp

Measurement of thermal environment

Exercise on drawing and painting

Listening test in anechoic room

Messages from International Student

ConceptArchitecture is eminently universal field of learning,
concerning the creation of housing, architectural
facilities, - basis of human life. In order to respond toboth universal and up-to-date architectural problems,
it is necessary not only to study basic fields ofarchitecture (design and planning, structural engineering,

environmental engineering) but also to synthesize themfor spatial and temporal design problems. Departmentof architecture, Kobe University aims to produce talent
who can correspond synthetically to contemporary
architectural challenges by educating with specialty andsynthesis.

Education

Undergraduate program starts with liberal arts andbasic subjects on natural and information science,
succeeded by basic and applied subjects of architecture
extending over design and planning, structural engineeringand environmental engineering, and continues to synthetic
and practical spatial design education.
Master program aims at acquirement of higher knowledgeof design and planning, structural engineering andenvironmental engineering. And at the same time, training
for deducing specific answer to spatial and temporaldesign problem.
Doctoral program aims at construction and cultivationof theory associated with design and planning, structural
engineering and environmental engineering to produce
international talent who provides sophisticated special
knowledge.

Structure and Divisions-Spatial Design Division-Engineering of
Building Structures Division

Synthetic and practical education and research forthe creation of space:
A rc h i t e c t u r a l a n d U r b a n D e s i g n , H o u s i ng andCommunity Design, Structural Engineering and Design
Building Management

Education and research for the safety of buildingsin the case of earthquakes, improvement of building
materials and structural systems:
Structural Performance Engineering, Structural Control
in Dynamics, Structural Systems Engineering-Architectural Planning, History andTheory Division-Architectural Environmental
Engineering Division

Basic education and research of the architecturaldesign:History and Theory of Architecture, Theory of Historical
Environments, Planning Theory of Built Environment,
Urban and Architectural Safety Planning

Education and research on analysis, control andplanning of architectural and urban environment:
Planning of Acoustical and Lighting Environments,
Thermal Environmental Planning, Planning of Urban
Environment and M & E Servic

Abdul Munir【 from Indonesia 】
It is a great educational
experience for me to be a
graduate student in Kobe
University, which has very
wellorganized
academic
activities and very good official
services. I enjoy the academic
atmospheres in the campus aswell as the daily life in Japan, as a beautiful country,with generous and friendly people, and rich of culturalvalues. Thanks to Kobe University for this opportunity.

Elizabeth Maly 【 from USA 】

My home university, the University of Washington
in Seattle, Washington, USA, has an exchange
program with Kobe University. By taking part inthis exchange program, I gained a very valuable
experience of being a member of a laboratory in
the architecture department of Kobe University.
During my 18 months as a research student at
Kobe University I had the opportunity to work
closely with him and other colleagues in our lab oncollaborative research projects. Thanks to my professor, I felt welcomed
into a very rewarding academic world, and have had so many rich learning
experiences that I had no way of expecting before I came to Japan.

Miao Da Fu【 from China 】

I was interested in architecture before coming toJapan. I applied to Department of Architecture in
Kobe University, which has a long history and has
produced many talents. When I entered, I sometimes
became nervous. However, I have had a happy
school life thanks to friendly Japanese students andkind teachers & staffs. In the specialized subjects, I
could touch the knowledge that I did not know so far
and they were very stimulating. It is unforgettable how
I was pleased when I designed my first architecturalpresentation with my ideas. At the same time, theexperiments and simulations shown in the classes
on structural & environmental engineering were very
interesting. After I belonged to a laboratory at fourth

grade, I took part in many seminars, discussions andinvestigations, and deepened my academic interests.
Of course, not only study. Kobe University has many
chances of exchanging with foreign students. I madefriends with many persons. This is a very blessed
environment to enlarge visions through touching othercultures. My four years in Kobe was very massive. I
enter the master course of Kobe University to raise
my technical knowledge more. Interesting classes,
charming professors, and above all, fun of architecture
which enables to express dreams as a shape… Don't
you realize your dreams in Department of Architecturein Kobe University?

Research Topic

Vibration test with hydraulic damper(Study on structural control by Prof. Fujitani)

Experimental roof forsurface cover technology ofurban structure in Kobe University(Study on urban thermal environment
by Prof. Moriyama)

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Restoration model of
Izumo Shrine(Study on shrine architecture
by Assoc. Prof. Kuroda)Civil Engineering

http://www.shimin.eng.kobe-u.ac.jp

SafetyRisk management seminar for
preventing damage spreading

Field survey for saving human
lives from natural disaster

Symbiosis

Risk management seminar for
preventing damage spreading

Society

Field survey for saving human
lives from natural disasterNatureNew Civil Engineering towards Safety and Symbiosis of Urban and Regional Systems

ConceptCivil Engineering aims at creating a safe society
in harmony with the environment, through theconstruction and preservation of fundamental social
facilities. Civil Engineering Education is about helping thecreation of an environment of cities and territories safe tonatural and social disasters, and living in symbiosis withnature, through the preservation, lifetime management
and revival of city facilities. We accept student’s ambitious
to become the pillars of public service demanded by oursociety, and we develop them into individuals with broad
academic horizons and specialist knowledge, and highlevel practical skills.

Messages from International Student
Minsu Jung【 Ph.D. Student, from Republic of Korea, 2008 】

EducationSolving safety and environmental problems in urban
and regional areas are common interests worldwide.
"New civil engineering in the 21st century" focuses on
various new engineering aspects while enjoying a wellbuilt and established base of civil engineering. The
program also emphasizes on public participation andinternational cooperation.
Courses offered to the students in Undergraduate,
Master's and Doctoral levels enable them to have
deeper knowledge and understanding about the safety

and environmental aspects of the modern society. The
study area covers a wide range in the fields of disasterprevention and mitigation, environmental assessment
and protection, infrastructure planning and management
and geotechnical and structural designs. Students, who
would like to make their career in public services whether
at global or local levels, are very welcome. Currently, we
have more than 10 overseas students from China, Korea,
India and other countries

ivil Engineering is a diverse academic field,
and has supported the civil society ever since
Roman times. In the core of the Curriculum are the Civil
Engineering Subjects, complemented by Subjects dealing
with environmental considerations, the status quo of
public facilities reflecting public opinion, as well as theinternationalization of design codes and standards.
The Department of Civil Engineering consists of the
Human Safety and Security Engineering Lab and theEnvironmental Symbiosis Engineering Lab. The Human
Safety and Security Engineering Lab does teaching andresearch about urban safety against natural disasters andsocial disasters such as terrorism and accidents. The
Environmental Symbiosis Engineering Lab does teaching
and research about the creation of an environment of
cities and territories living in symbiosis with nature, as wellas the preservation, lifetime management and revival ofcity facilities.

Role of public service
1) Safety and security: Save us from natural disaster suchas earthquake and flood and provide safe and secureliving environment2) Natural symbiosis: Improve infrastructure symphonicwith natural environment and succeed earth
environment to future human being

with me and helped me to concentrate on research
so I can study unmindful of cares and worries. Today,
I graduated and leaved Kobe University but I neverforget the moment with Kobe University. Finally, I
really appreciated my advisor professor Shibuya
for his support and guidance. Without his patienceand advice, this research would have never beenachieved.

Research Topic

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Structure and Divisions

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First of all, I would like to express my deepest
thankfulness to Kobe University for bringing me into
the world of profound learning. Some people said
School days are said to be the happiest days of yourlife. The last three years I had been spent in Kobe
University to get Doctoral degree was the most toughtime as well as precious moment in my life because
I can hold on my dream for future through school life
in Kobe University. Kobe University always stayed

ngineering community has long worked to build safeand reliable lifeline systems, that is, those systems
necessary to provide electric power, natural gas, water
and wastewater, and transportation facilities and services
that are essential to the well being of the community
served by these systems. Providing lifeline system
function is especially important in assisting rapid recovery
following natural hazards. Engineering approaches tolimiting damage to lifeline systems from natural hazards
have developed specifically for individual natural hazards
and individual types of lifeline systems.
Division of Earthquake Disaster Mitigation Engineering
has contributed to identifying lifeline system risks

and implementing measures to improve earthquake
performance of the systems. In this regards, several
activities are carrying out as follows: performing fieldsurveys on seismic damage of lifeline systems during each
earthquake; elaboration and verification of underground
conduit analysis; development of models and methods
for reliability analysis of large networks and systems forbusiness interruption analysis; emphasis on measures forlifesaving systems; implementation of an overall seismic
mitigation evaluation considering disaster prevention
investment in community, economy, and social activity
according to function damage of lifelines.

3) Community collaboration: Create urban and regional
space with great individuality involving public comments
4) International cooperation: Support developments ofoversea society with infrastructure improvement anddisaster relief

Field surveys on lifeline damages

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Seismic mitigation prioritizationin lifeline systems

11Electrical and Electr onics Engineering
http://www.eedept.kobe-u.ac.jp

Hardware and software engineers/researchers for high information society

Sputter deposition system

LSI layout design of CAD system

Experimental arrangement for
new materials

ConceptIn recent years, Electrical and Electronic Engineering/Technology has been more expanding with a rapid
advancement in all engineering disciplines which
inherently embrace an ever-widening range of academic
and professional programs. From a global point of view,the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering

he characterized and professionalized education andresearch core courses in the department of electricaland electronic engineering are specifically classified into
two balanced academic divisions; Physical Electronics
and Computer and Information Engineering. Division of
Physical Electronics offers the scientific and technologicaleducation as well as the interdisciplinary and frontier

hysical Electronics Division covers the specialized
education and sectionalized research onelectromagnetic field and waves, solid-state physicalengineering, quantum physics and electronics, electricalan d e l e c t ro n i c m a t e r i a l s c i e n c e , s e m i c o nductor
electronics, sensor devices, nanoelectronics, photonic
devices, surface physics and electronics, superconducting physics and electronics, optics andoptoelectronics, high-energy physics, plasma electronics,
and bio-science and engineering in addition to suchfundamentals as applied mathematics, physics, chemistry
and mechanics.

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ccording to the academic exchange agreementswith overseas universities and institutions, ourdepartment is conducting intensive exchanges foreducation and research. Every year, foreign students

from Korea, Malaysia, etc. enrich the academic andinternational environment on campus. Some labs
cooperate with research institutions of USA, Germany,
New Zealand, Korea, England, France, etc.

Research Topic:Development of Plasmonics(Division of Physical Electronics, Mesoscopic Materials Laboratory)
research project works, which are mainly concerned withthe sectionalized major education and research programs.
Division of Computer and Information offers the scientificand technological education as well as the sophisticatedhardware and software research project works which areassociated with the sectionalized education and research
programs.

Structure and Divisions

P

Multi-slot antenna and microwave
plasma generator

International Program
basically offers the balanced interdisciplinary core
subjects and studies on both education and researchin the state-of-the-art scientific and technological fieldsof Physical Electronics, Computer and Information
Engineering, and Functional Thin-Film Engineering.

Education

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Face recognition system

Computer and Information Engineering Division includes
the specialized education and sectionalized research onelectric and electronic circuit theory, integrated circuitdesign and systems, computer and communication
systems, wearable computing, ubiquitous and ad-hoc
network, information network, information transmission,
information theory, coding theory, data compression,
digital broadcasting, information and network security,
data structures and algorithms, graph theory, softwared e s i g n , i m a g e p ro c e s s i n g , c o n t ro l e n g i n e e r i n g ,optimization theory, pattern recognition, fuzzy theory andneural networks, intelligent machines.

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B

eautiful colors of glass ornaments and stained
glasses in churches are generated by metallic
fine particles embedded in the glasses. Such coloring
phenomena are due to the absorption of light by collective
oscillation of free electrons in the fine particles, calledsurface plasmons. When metallic nanostructures are
illuminated, surface plasmons are excited and giant
electromagnetic fields are induced in the vicinity of thesurface. Plasmonics utilizes such giant electromagnetic
fields to realize high-performance optical devices
including various sensors. In our laboratory, we are
studying the enhancement of light emission fromsemiconductor nanocrystals and dye molecules in thepresence of metallic nanostructures. The figures show theenhancement of photoluminescence from Rose Bengal
molecules caused by gold particles.

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Mechanical Engineerin g

http://www.mech.kobe-u.ac.jp

A challenge to the breakthrough, "KOBE’S MONODUKURI" DOYA!!

ConceptMechanical engineering embraces very wide aspects
from basic science to application engineeringthat have to do with fluid flow, heat and mass transfer,computational mechanics, solid mechanics, materials
science, micro-machining, intelligent manufacturing,
automatic control, system design, etc. The departmentof mechanical engineering presents many of the basic
disciplines that can be applied for industrial productions
that may enrich human life with environmental friendship.

Education

Applied Fluid EngO

ur educational goal is to train the students as tobecome the engineers who make their dreams
come true. For this purpose, the curriculum is planned
from basics aspects to applications. Educational
programs are arranged from basics of engineering
to advanced courses in engineering. Lectures in thespecialized research fields are also given. Students
at the 4th grade study their graduation theses under
the guidance of faculty staff. Currently, over 70% of
undergraduate students proceed to the graduate school
and continue their studies.

Surface and Interface
Complex Mechanical Eng

Other research topics

Structure and Divisions

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he department of Mechanical Engineering was established in 1921, one of the oldest departments in the University.
The department is producing many leading engineers in mechanical engineering. The department has threedivisions: Thermo-ﬂuid and Energy, Mechanics and Physics of Materials, Design and Manufacturing. Research programs
are offered in 13 fields.

-Division of Thermo-Fluid and Energy
Towards effective use of energy and bettering theenvironment, education and research are conductedon elemental and system. Reliable thermo-ﬂuid energy
machinery and high efficiency energy conversion
systems are being developed by theoretically,
experimentally, and numerically investigating complex
mechanisms governing thermo-ﬂuid phenomena.

interfaces. The division consists of four laboratoriesof "solid mechanics", "fracture control engineering","materials science" and "surface, interface andtribology".

-Division of Design and Manufacturing
The target of the group is establishment of engineering
capabilities required to develop continuous andpowerful next generation social systems from theviewpoints of design, production, operation, and reuseof artifacts. The mission of the group is education
and research in system design, system analysis,
intelligent robots, control theory, emergent systems,
and next generation production technology. We also
focus on synthesis of total systems for a wide range of
micro- and macro- phenomena in machine elements,
mechanical systems, and social systems.

-Division of Mechanics and Physics
of Materials
The mission in this division is to promote researchand education on multi-scaled analyses of structures,
machine components and mechanics of solids,
characterizations of mechanical, physical and chemical
properties of materials, and formations of advanced
materials by designing specific features of surfaces andResearch Topic
Massage from International Student
Choi Ji Sun 【 Undergraduate student from Korea, 2007 】
Studying in Kobe University brought me wonderful
memories. I made my choice to study in Kobe
University because of its internationality, and it
turned out to be a right choice. Teachers and friends
are very kind, so I could study with a peace of mind.
There are tutors who support international students
in their studies. When I was a freshman, the tutors
were very helpful to me.

Kobe University has many circles and clubs. I
enjoyed my participation in the glider club and met
many people that I value very much. Here is a placethat I could realize my long-thought dream. Now I’
m in the fourth grade and doing research activities
freely. I hope to continue on to the Master's programfor higher education in this wonderful place.

-Division of Thermo-Fluid and Energy:
Figure 1 shows the Aeolian tone generated from acylinder placed in a uniform ﬂow. The detailed structureof the sound wave is clarified by direct numericalsimulations of the unsteady motion of ﬂuids using thelattice Boltzmann method.

-Division of Mechanics and Physics
of Materials:

Microscope) to observe individual surface atoms as wellas their atomic masses. The design of carbon nanotube
field emitter devices is one of the research targets.

-Division of Design and
Manufacturing:
Figure 3 shows a robot “MOIRA2” to find injured
persons in disaster area and the carrying car “BENKEI.”
These robots are exhibited at 2005 Aichi-Expo.

Figure 2 shows the AP-FIM (Atom Probe Field Ion

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Chemical Science and Engineering
The Department of Chemical Science and Engineering - Helping the dreams of the 21st century

http://www.cx.kobe-u.ac.jpcome true

ConceptO

ur department consists of two divisions: The
Division of Applied Chemistry and the Divisionof Chemical Engineering. Research/education within
the Division of Applied Chemistry include generation offunctionality of chemicals and materials and elucidationof mechanisms involved, as well as development oftechniques for new material production from atomic/
molecular level to nano/meso/macro level to attain awide range of functionality on a macroscopic level byaccumulation of molecules into novel materials. Research/education in the Division of Chemical Engineering include
development of useful materials and reaction catalysis,
establishment of controlled processes involving reaction
and mass transfer and development of new production
processes based on the clarification of interaction
between molecules, functionality of biomaterials andenergy and mass transport phenomena. The ultimate
goal is the development of new production processes
with both high efficiency of material and energy and low
environmental impact.

International ActivitiesT

he Department of Chemical Science and Engineering
at Kobe University has played a leading role in theestablishment of a world-wide academic and educational
network of chemical scientists and engineers for global
sustainability, focusing on production of novel materials
and development of chemical production processes with
reduced environmental impact. Several faculty members
visited Christian-Albrechts University in Kiel (Germany) in2006 as well as Texas University in Austin (U.S.A.) in 2007
in order to establish our collaboration with researchers atthese universities. Additional related activities include theorganization of an international workshop on Developmentof Novel Functional Materials and Production Processes
with Reduced Environmental Impact in 2006, withparticipation by Asian and Australian scientists.

Division of Applied Chemisty▼

Y. Ueda, K. Ishida, Y. Koshiba

S. Deki, M. Mizuhata, A. Kajinami, I. Ayabe

Structure/properties of highly concentrated solutions,analysis and application of heterophase effects.
Preparation of metal nanoparticles and metal oxidethin films based on inorganic materials chemistry andelectrochemistry.

-CX-3 Applied Organic Chemistry▼▼-CX-2 Applied Inorganic Chemistry

A. Mori, E. Okada, Y. Kamitori

Synthesis, reactions and structures of novel organic
compounds and molecular orbital calculations.
Synthesis and evaluation of biologically active

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T. Takeuchi, T. Hishiya

Design and synthesis of functional supramolecularmaterials by tailor-made molecular assembly using
intra- and/or intermolecular interactions, which possess
molecular recognition ability, catalytic activity, and otherbiomimetic functionalities.

H. Nariai, H. Maki

Synthetic methods, specificr e a c t i v i t y, s t r u c t u r a l
specificity, surface physicalproperties, polyelectrolyte
effects and hydrophobic

Division of Chemical Engineering-CX-8 Catalysis and Catalytic
Reaction Engineering-CX-12 Biochemical Engineering▼

Structure and Divisions-CX-7 Advanced Molecular Chemistry-CX-5 Advanced Analytical Chemistry▼

to a wide range of chemical products and processes,
to be able to analyze and synthesize chemicals, and todesign environmentally friendly chemical and biochemicalsystems. In this vein, the mission of the Department is toprovide the students with the skills required to satisfy theneeds of the chemical industry and the society in general
as chemical researchers and engineers, with an emphasis
on fundamental science, analysis, applications andcreativity.

M. Okubo, H. Minami, P. B. Zetterlund, T. Suzuki

Preparation of intelligent polymer particles using
environmentally friendly heterogeneous radical
polymerization processes. Precise design of smart
polymer particles based on colloid chemistry.

T. Nishino, M. Kotera

Microstructure and mechanical, surface and thermal
properties of polymeric materials towards productionof high performance polymer materials and polymer
composites.

H. Fukuda, A. Kondo, T. Fujiwara, C. Ogino, T. Tanaka

Development of efficient bioprocesses using enzymes,
antibodies, microbial, insect, and animal cells by
application of molecularb i o t e c h n o l o g y, e n z y m eengineering, industrial
m i c ro b i o l o g y, c e l lculture engineering, andi m m o b i l i z e d b i o re a c t o rtechnology.

S. Nishiyama, Y. Ichihashi, N. Kumagai

Utilization and application of catalysis with regards toenvironmental/energy problems and industrial chemical
processes. Selective oxidation, catalyst reduction andphotocatalysis for energy/resources conservation.

-CX-9 Transport Scienceand Engineering▼n recent years, significant technological developments
and innovations have resulted in rapid and marked
changes in the way highly functionalized chemicals andmaterials are produced, as well as in the chemicals/
materials themselves. Thus, it is essential for the
future chemical researcher to not only have a soundfundamental knowledge of chemistry, physics, andbiology from an engineering viewpoint, but also to havethe skills and ability to apply this knowledge with respect

Advanced functional
materials based on
physical/analytical/
quantum chemistry.
Preparation andcharacterization oforganic thin films
and inorganic fineparticles, basic research of molecular nano-technology
and development of organic semiconductor lasers.

-CX-6 Advanced Polymer Colloids

N. Ohmura, H. Imakoma

Elucidation and modeling of complex transportphenomena (fluid flow, heat and mass transfer) inchemical processes, as well as development of novel
environmentally friendly chemical processes.

-CX-13 Bioprocess Engineering
H. Yamaji,T. Katsuda

Development of production/
separation processes basedon biological functions,p ro d u c t i o n m e t h o d s o f
biofunctional materials incell culture, bioremediationby use of microorganisms,
and utilization of biorecognition between biomolecules
for purification and high sensitivity detection methods.

-CX-10 Process System Engineering▼Iinteractions in complex formation of phosphates fordevelopment of novel materials.

-CX-4 Applied Polymer Chemistry

S. Matsuo, K. Nambara

P ro c e s s S y s t e m s E n g i n e e r i n g ( P S E ) a i m e d a t
development of methodology for sustainable production
as a means of solving environmental problems,
focusing on process control and chemometrics.

-CX-11 Fluid and Particle Engineering▼

Education-CX-1 Applied Physical Chemistrycompounds for medical and agrochemical purposes,
and development of new functional heterocyclic
compounds.

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department cover the fields of fundamental science on
the microscopic and molecular level, addition of specificfunctionality to chemicals and materials, engineering
applications of biofunctional materials and processdevelopment in industrial scale material production.

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he overall mission of the Department of Chemical
Science and Engineering is to foster the next
generation of researchers and engineers of chemicalengineering on a global scale by education andresearch to meet the needs of industry and society ingeneral. The research and educational activities in our-CX-14 Materials Processing
Engineering

H. Usui, H. Suzuki, Y. Komoda

Rheological characteristics of complex fluids suchas non-Newtonian fluids, suspensions etc. Energy
saving air-conditioning systems, highly efficient mixing
systems and highly efficient functional thin films.

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H. Matuyama, T. Maruyama, T. Sotani

Application of membrane-based separation technology
to environmental protection and drinking-waterproduction. Development of new separation techniques
using molecular recognition of biomolecules.

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Realization of Intellectualized Novel Information Systems ―Toward an Actualization of Creative Processes―

http://www.cs.kobe-u.ac.jp

Computer and Systems Laboratory and PracticeConcept

Structure and Divisions

epartment of Computer Science and Systems
Engineering is devoted to such themes as "pursuitof creative process through intelligence" and "creation of
the next generation intellectualized information systems".
The department aims at one of the newest academic
disciplines by integrating not only the fields of computerscience and information technology, but also various
scientific and engineering fields including electronics,
mechanical engineering, life science, social science, andso on. The multi-disciplinary nature of computer scienceand systems engineering offers an exciting challenge forstudents thinking of embarking on a career in almost allscientific and engineering fields as well as information-The Division of Informatics

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The Division of Informatics is responsible for education
and research on computer science, information
processing, and applied informatics. The current research
activities cover a wide range of subjects, including
information media, programming language, intelligent
systems, artificial intelligence, intelligent software,mathematical information science, and art media
engineering.

technology fields in advanced and more computerizedsociety.

-The Division of Information Systems

EducationT

he course structure aims at the wide and deep
exploration of education and research relating
to computer science and systems engineering. The
undergraduate program structure of the department is
carefully designed for students to study multi-disciplinary
major courses as well as liberal arts. Freshman students
start fundamental courses of computer science andsystems engineering, such as mathematics, physics, logic
circuits, and computer engineering. Sophomore students
study both the fundamental and advanced courses
including programming languages, spectrum analysis,

The Division of Information Systems is responsible
for education and research on core technologies foradvanced information processing and intellectualized
information systems. The research projects cover awide range of subjects, including intelligent robotics,
wireless communication, information photonics,
computer systems, and processor architecture.

and system analysis. Further junior students mainly takeadvanced such as database systems, sensing technology,
and robotics. All senior students are engaged in research
projects. Four-year Bachelor's degrees are awarded toundergraduate students. Master's and Doctoral degrees
are awarded to students who have successfully completed
the required subjects of an authorized graduate program.
We have accepted many foreign students and young
researchers from more than twenty countries around theworld.

Massage from International Student
Augusto Foronda【 2nd grade of the Doctoral Course 】

Hi, my name is Augusto Foronda and I am from
Brazil. I came to Japan in 2005 to study in adoctoral course in Kobe University and it has beena wonderful experience to live in Japan. I could
improve the knowledge in my area of research andat the same time I had the chance to study theJapanese language and to learn about Japaneseculture, which allowed me to understand much more

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about Japan. The life in Japan is really interesting andeveryday day is a new opportunity to learn something
different. Particularly, I like the Japanese organized
life style. For example, they have the more complex
and punctual train system in the world, which isamazing. I think my experience here will help me a lot
in my future in terms of personal and professional life.

-The Division of Systems Design
The Division of Systems Design is for education andresearch on analysis and synthesis of intelligent systems
and problem-solving processes. The research projects
focus on various issues, including systems planning,systems design, control systems theory, systems
informatics, systems structure, mathematics of systems,
and advanced mechatronics.

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