Master's Program Faculty, Graduate School of Engineering, Kitami Institute of Technology
Engineering
Programs

Academic Year 2024
Faculty

Research Fields

Research Topics(Prof.)HAYASHIDA Kazuhiro

Improvement of engine combustion technology and engine
performance under low temperature conditions.

(Prof.)MORITA Shinichi

Latent heat storage system, Heat transfer enhancement of fluidincluding nano-sized dispersoid

Thermal and Fluid Energy(Assoc. Prof.) UENISHI Toru
Engineering

Electrical and Chemical
Energy Engineering

Mechanical andElectricalEngineering

Design and Manufacturing
Systems Engineering

Carbon dioxide capture and recycling technology, Fuel cells, Exhaustgas aftertreatment systems(Assoc. Prof.) TAKAI Kazunori

Flow-Induced Vibration, Fluid-Structure Interactions.

(Assoc. Prof.) MITO Yoichi

Analysis of transport mechanisms in fluid turbulence using numericalsimulation.

(Prof.)OHNO Tomoya

All solid state Li-ion battery.
Ceramis Nano-coating on Nano-particles.

(Prof.)OBARA Shinya

Hydrogen energy, Distributed power supply, Microgrid, Gas hydrate
power system, Operation planning.

(Prof.)TAKEYAMA Mayumi

3D-Integration, Ultra-power-saving next-generation device(Assoc. Prof.) UMEMURA Atsushi

Design and analysis of wind energy conversion system,Analysis ofpower system dynamics, Analysis and control of rotating electricalmachines. Control of power electronic equipments.

(Assoc. Prof.) SAKAGAMI Hirotoshi

Manufacture of turquoise hydrogen and nanocarbon, Study on
effective utilization of underutilized energy resources(Assoc. Prof.) SATO Masaru

2.5D/3D LSI process engineering(Assoc. Prof.) TAKAHASHI Rion

Design and analysis of wind energy conversion system,Analysis ofpower system dynamics, Analysis and control of rotating electricalmachines.

(Assoc. Prof.) HIRAI Shigeto

Development and characterization of electrocatalysts for theactivation of next generation energy conversion technologies(Prof.)URA Sharifu

3D Printing, Industry 4.0, Remanufacturing, Sustainable ProductDevelopment(Prof.)SATO Michihiro

Turn motion analysis and skill evaluation of alpine ski athletes.

(Prof.)YOSHIDA Yutaka

Evaluation of defects in materials using electron microscope(Assoc. Prof.) KAWANO Yoshiki

Development of numerical methods and systems to evaluatemechanical propeties in materials and their application to metals andbones
Artificial intelligence in medicine
Public health informatics
Health crisis management
Policy assessment for healthcare information systems(Prof.)OKUMURA Takashi(Prof.)SUZUKI Soichiro

Automatic control systems based on human skill(Prof.)HOSHINO Yohei

Study on vibration analysis and control for higher efficiency
mechanical systems and application of robot technology

Computational Intelligence (Assoc. Prof.) KAGAYA Katsushi
and Biomechanical
Systems Engineering(Assoc. Prof.) KANEKIYO Yasumasa

Cybernetics and biomimetics of organisms as adaptive systems
evolved in extreme and real enviromentments
Design and synthesis of stimuli-responsive molecular recognitionsystems.

(Assoc. Prof.) SUZUKI Ikuo

Emergence of information based on complex systems.

(Assoc. Prof.) Liangliang YANG

Agricultual machinery, field vehicle type robots, Machine vision andAI in agriculture.

(Assoc. Prof.) RAVANKAR Abhijeet

Study of autonomous mobile robots, Artificial Intelligence (AI),Deep Learning, Machine Learning, Computer Vision, Robotics & AI
in service, automation, and healthcare.

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Programs

Academic Year 2024
Faculty

Research Fields

Research Topics(Prof.)INOUE Masumi

Study on durability and workability of cold weather concrete.

Structural Engineering and(Prof.)
Structural Materials

CHOI Heesup

Study on behavior prediction and self-healing of cracks in concretestructure.

(Assoc. Prof.) SAITO Takehiko

Study on seismic isolation devices and disaster prevention in coldregions.

(Prof.)KAWAGUCHI Takayuki Study on ground behavior in cold regions and ground reinforcement.

(Prof.)NAKAMURA Dai

Study on changes in physical properties of rock due to freeze.

(Prof.)YAMASHITA Satoshi

Study on deformation and strength characteristics of geomaterials.

Geosphere Engineering

Mobility Management
Engineering

Civil andEnvironmentalEngineering(Assoc. Prof.) WATANABE Tatsuya

Study on periglacial processes and mass movement.

(Prof.)

Evaluation of transportation project.

TAKAHASHI Kiyoshi(Assoc. Prof.) TOMIYAMA Kazuya

Human factor-based evaluation of transportation infrastructure(Prof.)KOMAI Katsuaki

Modeling on water resources management, water pollution, aquatic
ecosysytem, and blue carbon(Prof.)YOSHIKAWA Yasuhiro

Study on flood control, water-utilization and environment of river incold regions.

(Prof.)WATANABE Yasuharu

Channel formation process and river disaster prevention.

Hydraulic Engineering

Glaciology and Gas
Hydrate Engineering(Assoc. Prof.) SHIRAI Hidekazu

Study on waves and current flows in estuarine and constal regions.

(Prof.)KAMEDA TakaoClarifying the impact of global warming on the Cryosphere (lake ice,snow depth and etc.), research on curling (analysis of trajectory of acurling stone, clarifying the sweeping mechanism), study on thestalagmites in Hyakujoujiki Cave, Hokkaido, Japan(Prof.)

HACHIKUBO Akihiro

Thermal properties of snow, ice and gas hydrate.

(Prof.)MINAMI Hirotsugu

Development of analytical methods for the determination of traceelements in material and environmental samples.

(Assoc. Prof.) OHNO Hiroshi

Physicochemical properties of ice and gas hydrate(Assoc. Prof.) KIDA MasatoStudy on clathrate hydrate-based technologies(Assoc. Prof.) SHIRAKAWA Tatsuo

Changes in snow and ice environments associated with climatechange and its impact on transport.

(Assoc. Prof.) TATEYAMA Kazutaka

Glaciological studies in the ice covered seas using satellite and in-situ
data.

(Assoc. Prof.) HORI Akira

Environmental conservation and physical properties of ice in coldregions.

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Programs

Academic Year 2024
Faculty

Research Fields

Wave Informatics andCommunications

Research Topics(Prof.)KASHIWA Tatsuya

Numerical analysis of microwave circuits and antennas,Analysis ofdigital communication systems.

(Prof.)HIRAYAMA Koichi

Research on numerical analysis and design of optical and microwave
waveguide devices.

(Prof.)YOSHIZAWA Shingo

Underwater acoustic communication and localization.

(Assoc. Prof.) SUGISAKA Jun-ichiro(Assoc. Prof.) TAGUCHI Kenji(Assoc. Prof.) YASUI Takashi

Numerical analysis and design of optical waveguide devices.

(Prof.)

MAEDA Yasunari

Knowledge information processing and its applications.

(Prof.)MASUI Hiroshi

Study of scientific database and application.

(Prof.)MASUI Fumito

Natural Language Processing and its application, Curling Informatics
and Tourism Informatics.

Data Science

Information andCommunication
Engineering

Information Optics

Hybrid artificial intelligence using holograms and computers, designof computer-generated hologram, and application of numericalscattering simulation
Study on biomedical EMC and optimal design of electromagnetic
device using numerical simulation(Assoc. Prof.) KAWAMURA Takeshi

Stability analysis and synthesis for control system, Robotics,Intelligent Transport Systems(ITS), and Forest Engineering.

(Assoc. Prof.) KIRIHARA Takanobu

Numerical astronomy, Nearby Universe, Formation and evolution ofgalaxies, Big data analysis for astronomy(Assoc. Prof.)

PTASZYNSKI
Michal Edmund

General: Natural Language Processing, Artificial Intelligence,
Affective Computing, Specific: Cyberbullying Detection, Depression
Detection, Affect Analysis, Ainu Language Processing(Prof.)KUROKAWA Kenji

Reliability of optical fiber when exposed to high-power light for ultrahigh capacity optical communication(Prof.)

HARADA Kenji

Holographic recording using organic materials and its application.

(Prof.)MIURA Noriaki

Development of image restoration methods.

(Assoc. Prof.) SAKAI Daisuke

Holography, Optical property around tranparent medium, Display
technique for optical information.

(Assoc. Prof.) SHIBUYA Takatoshi

Extragalactic Astronomy, Observational Astronomy, Early Universe,
Big Data Analysis, Digital Image Processing, Artificial Intelligence(Assoc. Prof.) SONE Hiroyasu

Optical information processing using optical device.

(Assoc. Prof.) HARADA Yasuhiro

Optical instrumentation and manipulation of micro objects based onlight scattering phenomena and its application.

(Prof.)

Theories of Partial Differential Equations

SAWADA Okihiro(Assoc. Prof.) KABAYA Yuichi

Hyperbolic geometry and topology.

(Assoc. Prof.) NAKAMURA Fumihiko

Ergodic theory and Random dynamical systems(Assoc. Prof.) MATSUDA Kazunori

Commutative ring theory and CombinatoricsMathematical Science3

Engineering
Programs

Academic Year 2024

Advanced Materials
Chemistry

Advanced Materials
Engineering

Applied Chemistry

Biotechnology and FoodEngineering

Resource andEnvironment ChemistryManagement
Engineering

Faculty

Research Fields

Research and Development
SystemManagement for Social
Implementation

Research Topics(Prof.)

MATSUDA Takeshi

Development of catalysts for effective utilization of natural resources
and for hydrogen production.

(Prof.)MURATA Miki

Synthesis of organoboron and - silicon compounds by transition metal - catalyzed coupling reactions.

(Prof.)WATANABE Shinji

Synthesis of aromatic polyester and polyether. Synthesis of polymer
microsphere having mercapto groups.

(Assoc. Prof.) UTO Masayuki

Design and development of chemical sensors mimicking biologicalfunctions.

(Assoc. Prof.) NAMIKOSHI Takeshi

Synthesis of functional polymeric materials by living polymerization.

(Prof.)OHTSU Naohumi

Development of biofunctional metallic implants for medicalapplication, Analysis of bio/biomaterial interface reaction(Prof.)KAWAMURA Midori

Black metal films for chemical sensor application, Development of
ultra-pure metal film deposition process, High-performance thin-film
materials utilizing nanolayers(Prof.)KIM Kyung Ho

Optoelectronic devices based on nanostructures.

(Prof.)SHIBATA Hiroyuki

Development of superconducing sensor and its application(Assoc. Prof.) KIBA Takayuki

Development and characterization of metal/semiconductor
nanostructured materials and their application to optical devices(Prof.)

ARAI Hirofumi

Suppression of allergy and inflammation by food factors using celllines.

(Prof.)KONISHI Masaaki

Investigation and application for environmental microorganisums,
development of bioprocess.

(Prof.)SATO Toshitsugu

Molecular breeding of edible mushrooms (shiitake mushroom etc.),
and analysis of agricultural products fermented by mushrooms(Assoc. Prof.) CHIOU Tai-Ying

Analysis and application of food microorganisms, and developmentof novel fermented food.

(Assoc. Prof.) KONDO Hiroko

Computational biophysics and bioinformatics(Assoc. Prof.) YOKAWA Ken

Bioengineering of plant environmental adaptation and metabolism(Prof.)KANNO Toru

Application of ceramic material to drug delivery and environmentalmaterial.

(Prof.)SAITOH Tohru

Development of separation methods for environmental analysis,environmental technology, and resource recovery.

(Assoc. Prof.) SHIMOTORI Yasutaka

Stereoselective synthesis of functional organic compounds andevalutation of their properties.

(Assoc. Prof.) HATTORI Kazuyuki

Synthesis and analysis of biomolecules, especially carbohydrates andcarbohydrate polymers.

(Assoc. Prof.) MIYAZAKI Kensuke

Development of environmentally friendly polymer materials.

(Prof.)

Industry/Academia/Government cooperation,
Corporate identity, Public relations

UCHIJIMA Fumiko(Assoc. Prof.) SAEGUSA Atsuhiro

Intellectual property(Assoc. Prof.) YU YatingMethods proposed for employee productivity improvement from theviewpoint of industrial engineering

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