Fukuroda
Waterfalls

ItsuuraHitachi Campus

Hitachi St.

Mito Campus
Kodokan martial arts Gym
Mito St.

Kairakuen Park
Mt.Tsukuba
Tsuchiura St.

Lake Kasumigaura

Ami Campus

Ibaraki University, College of Engineering, Education and Research Centers

Ibaraki University, College of Engineering,
Education and Research Centers

Athletic ﬁeld

Odaira Memorial Hall

Machine room

College of Engineering（Hitachi Campus）

Main Gate

Taga Industrial HallTo Takahagi & Iwaki

ACCESS TO THE CAMPUS

To Iwaki & Sendai●fire department

Hitachi-Chuo IC

city hall●●Joban Expressway
Approximately two hours by JR Highway Bus from Yaesu Gate at
Tokyo Station. Direct bus services from Narita Airport andHaneda Airport are also available.

Bank■
Hitachi Sta.

6ChuosenHospital●The citizens stadium●

Nakanarusawa-cho
Post office●College of Engineering●● Citizen movement place

245（Engineering）

Ayukawa Riv.
● School for● Junior
weak children high school●Credit union●Hospital

Sakuragawa-cho

NTaga-cho

Ueno

Post office●

Credit union ■6

Ibaraki Pre.Government
Kairakuen Park
Tsukuba Education City Kodokan Martial Art Gym

JR line■BankSuehiro-cho●JR Joban Line ("Super Hitachi Limited Express Train").
Super Hitachi Express Train directly connects Ibaraki University with central Tokyo.

● High school● Elementary school

To Mito & Tokyo

Tsuchiura

MitoAmi Campus

Mito Campus

Hitachi-taga

HitachiTo Sendai

Hitachi-taga Sta.

National University Corporation

Yamanotesen

Bus route service
Course from the expressway

To Hitachi-minamiota IC

Hitachi
Chuo
IC
Hitachi Campus

Higashinarusawa-cho

Elementary schoolStudent residence

HitachiMinami OtaIC

MisatoJCT

Factory ●Usagidaira

To Tokai & Hitachinaka(College of Agriculture) (Colleges of Humanity, Education & Science)

Hitachi Campus(College of Engineering)

Access Map
When using JR Hitachi Station:
From JR Hitachi Station(central exit),take Hitachi-dentetsu bus for Heiwadai③ or Kosakidai ④ via Chuo-sen and get off at "Ibadai-mae" bus stop.

Ibaraki University, College of Engineering, Education and Research Centers

From JR Hitachi-Taga Station, take Hitachi-dentetsu bus for Hitachi-eki(③ or ④) via Chuo-sen and get off at "Ibadai-mae" bus stop.

National University Corporation
College of Engineering

When using JR Hitachi-Taga Station:

IBARAKI UNIVERSITY

4-12-1 Nakanarusawa-cho, Hitachi City, Ibaraki Japan 316-8511

TEL 0294-38-5004

http://www.eng.ibaraki.ac.jp/

College of Engineering

IBARAKI UNIVERSITY

-We aim to train personnel who will contribute to the worldIn 2004 the reorganization of national universities took place. Since then, the education
and research environment surrounding Ibaraki University has changed remarkably.
Due to the decrease of operating subsidies for universities, the decrease of professors,
the intensification of competition among universities, the decrease of students taking
the entrance examination, the acceleration of internationalization and the increase ofdemands for social contributions inspired Ibaraki University to make various reforms tobecome a national university centering on the community. Thus, in January 2012, theCollege of Engineering established four education and research centers integrating (1)Education (2) Research (3) Contributions to society. Each center integrates the scientificknowledge and skills that have been cultivated at the College of Engineering to support
the development and restoration of society. By strengthening the interactive relationshipamong all in a regional community, it is my hope to enhance the power to utilize the voiceof society through our university’s education and research centers. As we put emphasison training personnel (students and businessmen) who will contend in the world, I believethese centers will serve as an interface between Ibaraki University and society.

Tatsuhiro Yonekura
Dean of the College of Engineering,
Department of Science and Engineering
Research Director

Education and Training
for Globalization

ResearchDevelop the core center basedon systematic researchContinuous contributions to the local community through global
education and academic research

Aiming at an Open University

Promotion of research projects
Educate graduate students,andyoung researchers,Re-educate
professional engineers
New seeds created from social
needs under mutual collaboration

It is desirable for people to stay as healthy
as possible, to engage in work, and to spend
a happy and fulfilling life with a higher QOL(Quality of Life) in society. Our center carries
out education and research of science andtechnology that aim at supporting human
life, assisting with physical functions, andcreating a comfortable living environment. We
have been investigating life support science
research since 1998 under the auspices of theToru Masuzawa
Ibaraki Life Support Consortium. Our goal
Center Director
is to contribute to society’s well-being byapplying such knowledge and skills as miniaturization, power efficiency
improvement, optimization, and intelligent mechatronics in medical careand welfare. These technologies are not only applicable in the medical careand welfare fields but also in broad industrial fields. We aim to utilize ourknowledge towards realizing a better society without limitations.

Plastic forming is an environmentallyfriendly process that causes no waste and does
not require high temperature. It is highly
valued as it requires basic knowledge on thecharacteristics of materials as well as on theprocessing itself. Therefore, to maintain ourleading edge technology, we must conductthe research and development on plasticforming, staring ahead in a scientific manner,
not depending merely on the intuition andGoroh Itohexperiences.
Center Director
Compared to other universities, Ibaraki
University, College of Engineering has a greater number of teaching/researchstaffs in this field. We have been carrying out the activity of ‘Forum on
Science-Based Plastic Forming’ since 2010. With the establishment of thiscenter in January 2012, we have been giving priority to education as well as
research, and more actively promoting the education and research activities
on science-based plastic forming. Through the education of graduate students
on joint research projects with industry, visiting lecturers, and the acceptanceof working doctoral course students, we aim to develop this field with local
people, towards a long-term vision.

Needs

Society
Regional enterprises

Seeds

Technology development
Employment of personnelInteractive Relations with Society
Return research results and seeds to society(e.g. Hitachi Manufacturing Salon, etc.)

Education Objective
Train professionals specializing in life support science
who understand the most advanced science andtechnology of life and livelihood support, and who cancontribute to the well-being of society and people’s
QOL through diversified viewpoints and knowledge.

Education Objective
Train engineers to be knowledgeable on materials andplastic forming technologies and who can apply themto environmentally friendly manufacturing.

Contributions to society
Seamless and comprehensive
cooperation with society

Ibaraki University, College of Engineering, Education and Research Centers

College of Engineering
Education and Research Center

Education and Research Center for Science-Based Plastic Forming

Education

Three Roles of Ibaraki University, College of Engineering, Education and Research Centers
1. Educate students and personnel for globalization
Students, young teaching staff, engineers, and researchers
2. Promote the research of leading-edge technologies
A systematic approach to project based research and research resultsthat contribute to society
3. Contribute to the local community
Comprehensive contributions based on joint research and education

Life Support Science Education and Research Center

Research Objectives(1) Magnetically suspended artificial heart(2) Next generation dental implant technology(3) High functional assistive technology for theelderly and the disabled(4) Driving simulator to enhance safety of theelder drivers(5) Environmentally friendly nano and pico
hydraulic turbine system

Basic Transferable Technolgies to Industry(1) Mechatronics technology:Sensing technology, controltechnology, intelligent technology,motor technology,
magnetic levitation technology(2) Miniaturization, advanced and optimization machinetechnology(3) Metal surface modification and biocompatible technology(4) Bio signal sensing, human motion instrumentation,measurement and simulation, environmental instrumentation
technology(5) Low environmental impact technology

Research Objectives(1) Establishment of advanced simulation
technology for thick plate forging(2) Microstructural characterization and strength
evaluation of sheet metal forming products(3) Microstructure control of an Al-Zn
superplastic alloy by rolling processes

Basic Transferable Technologies to Industry(1) Visualization technique of plastic forming (forging, sheet metalforming)(2) Creation of high functioning materials utilizing plastic forming
processes(3) Microstructural characterization (utilizing neutron diffraction) and highfunctionalization by microstructural control in metallic materials(4) Clarification of incident factors concerning degradation informability (fracture).
(5) Metallographic investigation on cracking

Green Device Education and Research Center

Education and Research Center for Disaster Prevention and Security(CDPS)

Eco-friendly and highly efficient low
power electron and information devices are
essential to realizing an abundant society. We
practice challenging and advanced research
about nanoscience and its applications. We
strive to create new industries fostering thedevelopment of eco-friendly devices into key
technologies.
Green devices are used in mobile
machinery for computer loading electronic
Jin Oonuki
equipment and electronic equipment forCenter Director
loading motor vehicles (including inverters)
as there is a large market of several trillion yen. We nurture knowledgeable
professional engineers through the education and research on advanced
device and material technologies. Furthermore, our goal is to restore basic
eco-friendly knowledge to the region acquired from our research, and tosupport the development of regional industries.

CDPS addresses key scientific and engineering problems oftechnological significance on disaster prevention and security which
require an approach that transcends traditional disciplines. The center
aggressively pursues system development, demonstration experiments,
and project development through the knowledge and technologies suchas infrastructure management, environment informatics, structuralmonitoring, smart materials, advanced sensors and networking, data
mining and distributed processing, communication technologies, etc.
conducted and explored through the interdisciplinary collaborations
between experimentalists, theorists, computer simulators andWU Zhishen
technology developers from different departments at Ibaraki
University. We also cooperate with local governments within orCenter Director
outside the prefecture and promote the synergistic collaborations with researches and developers from other universities,
industries and research institutions under the banner of disaster prevention and security. Our goal is to establish
sustainable urban built environment with the minimization of different disasters through developing the intelligent
safety and security techniques. One of our recent major focuses is to develop a distributed monitoring, management andearly warning system of urban built environment as a key sub-system of a smart city useable both in normal period andin disasters. For the purpose of visualization of environmental and infrastructural information of a whole city, a conceptof grid sensing has been proposed and all sensing nodes installed with multipurpose sensors for different grids coving
respectively certain areas of a city are being networked. Also, by using information collected from aerial and earth
observation satellite images, we can gather, process and utilize urban geographic information for distribution. Theseadvanced technologies and systems will be also useful for new business development of regional enterprises.

Education Objective
Nurture personnel who understand materials,
processes, devices, and systems, and who can merge
them from the point of view of nanoscience, as wellas create applications that will capture users’ hearts
from a new perspective.

Research Objectives(1) Development of low power, low resistivity for highefficiency LSI and highly reliable copper wiring systems(2) Development of low power magnetic memory, low
noise and high functioning hard disk
(3) Development of high efficiency thermoelectric
conversion element and silicide light receiving element(4) Development of lead free solder material and process
for high temperature semiconductor and process

Basic Transferable Technologies to Industry(1) Process technology and assessment technology aboutnanoscience(2) Intergranuler structure, control technique of impurities,
and new material(3) Power saving methods(4) Exhaust heat recovery methods(5) Creation of a new field by combining (1) ~ (4)Education Objective
Train able professionals who are knowledgeable andexperienced in the technologies necessary to create thedisaster prevention and security system with experts
and research organizations of related fields.

Research Objectives(1) Development and business expansion of thedisaster prevention and security system usefulboth in normal periods and in disasters(2) Development of multipurpose sensing nodes(3) Development of networking systems(4) Development of a distribution information
processing and provision system(5) Development towards smart disaster prevention
and promotion of demonstrative experiments(6) Active participation in national government
office public offerings

Basic Transferable Technologies to Industry(1) Development applications of sensor IC tag(2) Wireless and wire networking applications(3) Various processing, analysis techniques of measured
and observed data
(4) Distributed information processing and provisionapplications in the environmental data center(5) System comprehensive construction verification
techniques based on demonstrative experiments