Life Support Science Education and Research Center
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 and technology that aim at supporting human life, assisting with physical functions, and creating a comfortable living environment. We have been investigating life support science research since 1998 under the auspices of the Ibaraki Life Support Consortium. Our goal is to contribute to society's well-being by applying such knowledge and skills as miniaturization, power efficiency improvement, optimization, and intelligent mechatronics in medical care and welfare. These technologies are not only applicable in the medical care and welfare fields but also in broad industrial fields. We aim to utilize our knowledge towards realizing a better society without limitations.
Center Members
| Position | Name | One-page summary | Link | Research field |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Director, Professor | MASUZAWA Toru | One-page summary | Lab | Bio-mechatronics, Magnetically suspended artificial heart, Magnetically levitated motor, Medical engineering |
| Deputy Director, Professor | NAGAYAMA Kazuaki | One-page summary | Lab | Cell Biomechanics, Micro-Nano Manipulation, Mechanobiology, |
| Deputy Director, Professor | MORI Yoshikazu | One-page summary | Lab | Welfare Robotics, KANSEI Robotics, Mechatronics |
| Professor | INAGAKI Terumi | One-page summary | Lab | Thermal Engineering，Infrared Engineering，Fluid Engineering，Environmental Engineering |
| Professor | TANAKA Nobuatsu | One-page summary | Lab | Computational Fluid Dynamics, Environmental and Nuclear Engineering, Parallel Processing |
| Professor | NISHI Yasuyuki | One-page summary | Lab | Fluid Mechanics, Fluid Machinery |
| Professor | FUKUOKA Yasuhiro | One-page summary | Lab | Robot Engineering, Dynamic Robot |
| Professor | FUJITA Masafumi | One-page summary | Lab | Water and Environmental Engineering, Wastewater Treatment Engineering |
| Professor | MICHITSUJI Yohei | One-page summary | Lab | Vehicle Engineering, Control Engineering |
| Professor | MINATO Atsushi | One-page summary | Lab | Applied Optics, Image Processing, Kansei Engineering |
| Professor | YAMAUCHI Satoshi | One-page summary | Semiconductor Devices and Multifunctional Integration | |
| Associate Professor | OSA Masahiro | One-page summary | Machine Mechanics/Control | |
| Associate Professor | KIMURA Takayuki | Imaging Devices, Integrated Circuits | ||
| Associate Professor | SHIMIZU Toshimi | One-page summary | Vibration Control of Distributed Parameter Systems, Robotics | |
| Associate Professor | LI Yanrong | One-page summary | Thermal and Fluid Engineering | |
| Lecturer | Inoue Kousuke | Lab | Intelligent Mechanics and Machine System, Intelligent Informatics, Computer Science, System Engineering | |
| Lecturer | KITAYAMA Fumiya | One-page summary | Lab | Dynamics/Control, Intelligent mechanics/Mechanical systems |
| Assistant Professor | Uesugi Kaoru | One-page summary | Lab | Measurement for mechanical properties of cells and three-dimensional tissues / Development of living-cell used wireless micro force sensor / Clarification of functions of micro-scale structure existed on surface of living things |
| Assistant Professor | Yagi Keisuke | One-page summary | Lab | Human joint impedance, Joint mechanism, Digital Control |