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    President / Vice President

    NameSpecialized Area
    Hiroshi Yamamoto
    President    		 Medicine
    Research on the cause, pathogenesis and control of diabetic angiopathy
    Megumi Shimura
    Vice President    		 German Studies, Multiple Family Support
    Multiple Family Support, Peer Support for Foreign Citizens in the Community
    Shigeo Kimura
    Vice President，Dean    		 Thermal Engineering
    Buoyancy driven convection and geothermal energy development
    Faculty of Production Systems Engineering and Sciences

    NameSpecialized Area
    Yoshihiro Ueda
    Dean, Head    		 Data Science
    Research on anomaly detection and inspection process automation using AI and IoT technics
    Department of Production Systems Engineering and Sciences

    NameSpecialized Area
    Shinobu Sakai
    Chair    		 Sports Engineering
    Research and development on sports equipment and high-performance training machine
    Yoichi Utanohara
    Professor    		 Thermal and Fluid Engineering
    Flow phenomena and heat and mass transfer in power plants
    Hajime Onishi
    Associate Professor    		 Fluid and Thermal Engineering
    Performance improvement of finless heat exchangers and development of phase-change heat transport devices
    Hiroyuki Kagawa
    Professor    		 Mechanical Engineering and Glaciology
    Development of mechanical devices and measuring systems / Analysis and evaluation of performances, strengths, and other mechanical properties
    Motohiro Kasuya
    Professor    		 Tribology, Surface Science
    Characterization of molecular behavior under mechanical response at the material interfaces
    Yusuke Ueno
    Assistant Professor    		 Machine tool, Robotics
    Study on improving the precision and intelligence of machine tools and robot arms by heuristic and learning
    Jin-Xing Shi
    Professor    		 Design Engineering / CAE
    Structural design optimization of composite structures and nano structures
    Akira Hosokawa
    Professor    		 Precision machining / Production engineering
    Research on precision, high-efficiency, and high-quality machining of various materials by cutting, grinding, and polishing, and development of measurement methods for machining phenomena
    Hyung-Won Park
    Associate Professor    		 Materials Science and Production Engineering
    Research and development of novel structural materials and its processing
    Shinichi Funase
    Associate Professor    		 Mechanical Engineering, Information Technology, Education Technology
    Research on Smart Multi-story Car Parking Support System
    Masatoshi Hikizu
    Associate Professor    		 Mechatronics
    Control of robotics, Development of power assist mechanism
    Kiyoshi Hirose
    Professor    		 Mechanical Dynamics and Instrument and Control
    Robotics and Mechatronics
    Human Dynamics
    Sports Engineering
    Development and Application of 3D Motion Analysis Method by Wearable System Based on Inertial Sensors
    Shinji Ikeda
    Associate Professor    		 Magnetics Engineering
    High frequency devices and precision machining, using magnetic particles
    Kozo Yamashita
    Associate Professor    		 Atmospheric Electricity
    Observational research for lightning and thunderstorm activity based on electromagnetic and electrostatic measurement.
    Yusuke Kajiwara
    Professor    		 Artificial Intelligence
    Predicting the Coping Skills of Older Drivers in the Face of Unexpected Situation
    Kazuma Sakamoto
    Assistant
    Professor    		 Intelligence Science and Technology
    Research for social network user attribute estimation, social event extraction, person recognition and sports information processing
    Tatsuto Murayama
    Professor    		 Mathematical Informatics
    Statistical physics of information processing systems
    Masayuki Fujiwara
    Assistant Professor    		 Knowledge Science, Cognitive Neurodynamics
    Research on human communication in terms of cognitive neurodynamics
    Susumu Shinohara
    Professor    		 Physics
    Wave chaos theory and its application to microcavity lasers
    Akito Suzuki
    Professor    		 Mathematical Physics
    Studying mathematical models such as quantum walks using functional analysis, probability theory, and so on
    Faculty of Health Sciences

    NameSpecialized Area
    Mayumi Tokuda
    Dean, Head    		 Home Care Nursing
    Study on home care nurising / Study on defecation care
    Faculty of Health Sciences Department of Nursing

    NameSpecialized Area
    Yuko Matsui
    Chair    		 Adult Nursing
    Reserch on skin disorders related to chemotherapy
    Yusuke Takagi
    President Adviser    		 Public health, Physiology, Nutrition, Psychology
    Changes in physiological and psychological response during diet and physical activities under the several meteorological environments
    Michiko Ito
    Professor    		 Fundamental Nursing
    Research on safe management of medical supplies used by nurses in infection control
    Terumi Ueda
    Associate Professor    		 Fundamental Nursing
    Development of new outcome indicators and treatments for leg edema of older adults
    Chinatsu Kato
    Lecturer    		 Fundamental Nursing
    Nursing support for people with sleep apnea syndrome under CPAP therapy
    Yuiko Suzuki
    Assistant Professor    		 Fundamental Nursing
    Basic research on self-care of lymphedema
    Miho Katayama
    Associate Professor    		 Mental Health Nursing
    Study on support using Strengh-based approach
    Ritsuko Aijo
    Assistant Professor    		 Mental Health Nursing
    Study on Cognitive Rehabilitation
    Keiko Kimori
    Professor    		 Adults Nursing
    Visualized Nursing for invisible peripheral veins and elderly people using echocardiography
    Natsuko Yamada
    Assistant Professor    		 Adult Nursing
    Study on Nursing Assessment for Critically Ill Patients
    Yumi Koizumi
    Professor    		 Older Adults Nursing
    Study on tactile massage/Study on nursing support of older adults with dementia and caregiving families
    Eri Konda
    Assistant Professor    		 Older Adults Nursing
    Study on oral frailty and meal support in senior citizens with type 2 diabetes
    Hiroko Tsuda
    Assistant Professor    		 Older Adults Nursing
    Research on drug therapy and support for elimination in the elderly
    Azusa Oda
    Assistant Professor    		 Pediatric Nursing
    Blood glucose-sleep monitoring in children with type 1 diabetes
    Akemi Maeda
    Assistant Professor    		 Pediatric Nursing
    Research on Support for Developmentally Characteristic Children and Their Families
    Megumi Sakamoto
    Professor    		 Maternal Nursing
    Health care and nutrition education in perinatal women and infants
    Takayo Yamada
    Lecturer    		 Maternity nursing
    Study of midwifery sutdent performance during antenatal health cheack
    Ruriko Kyuji
    Assistant Professor    		 Maternal Nursing
    Research on support for high-risk pregnant women
    Kiyomi Hiko
    Professor    		 Home Care Nursing
    Study on ｍale family caregiver / Study on end of life care
    Kazumi Yaguchi
    Assistant Professor    		 Home Care Nursing
    A study on the support of older and family caregivers living in the community and the usefulness of robot care devices
    Akie Nakada
    Professor    		 Public Health Nursing
    Research on evaluation of community health projects/ Research using community health data, Research on evaluation of education using Active learning
    Michiko Ikeda
    Assistant Professor    		 Public Health Nursing
    Study on the effects of environmental pollution of dioxins on children
    Toshihiro Tsukatani
    Assistant Professor    		 Public Health Nursing
    Study on the use of real-world data for health promotion
    Faculty of Health Sciences Department of Clinical Engineering

    NameSpecialized Area
    Tetsuji Yamaoka
    Chair    		 Biomaterials
    Research on the highly functional biomaterials that support stem cell growth/differentiation in the body
    Hiroki Kitaura
    Professor    		 Pathophysiology on epilepsy
    Physiological and pathological studies on human and animal model of epilepsy
    Hiroki Nakata
    Professor    		 Histology
    Morphology of reproductive organs
    Kazuhisa Fujita
    Associate Professor    		 Artificial intelligence
    Developing and pursuing artificial intelligence from an interdisciplinary perspective
    Junko Izawa
    Lecturer    		 Information Science (Image Analysis)
    Computer Vision, Medical Image Analysis, Macine Learning
    Yoshihisa Yamaoka
    Professor    		 Medical and biological engineering
    Biological optical imaging, Biophotonics, Precise optical measurement, Nonlinear optics
    Jongho Lee
    Professor    		 Human Biomedical Engineering
    Study on health care and medical assistance of the elderly based on analysis of motor control in the brain
    Yasunari Hashimoto
    Professor    		 Biomedical Engineering
    Clinical application of brain-machine interface using electroencephalogram
    Masamichi Nogawa
    Associate Professor    		 Biomedical Engineering
    Healthcare, welfare, and therapeutic technology
    Akihiro Yamada
    Associate Professor    		 Cardiovascular Engineering
    Hemodynamic analysis of congenital heart disease and development of Fontan circulation assist device
    Yoshinori Sato
    Associate Professor    		 Biomedical engineering
    Research on dialysis membrane material
    Hideo Sakamoto
    Lecturer    		 Medical Engineering
    Research on construction of intracircuit blood coagulation detection system in extracorporeal circulation
    Ikuto Suzuki
    Assistant Professor    		 Biomedical engineering
    Study on optical measurement methods and devices for health care
    Faculty of Intercultural Communication

    NameSpecialized Area
    Toru Okamura
    Dean，Head    		 Sociolinguistics
    Pidgin and Creole Linguistics
    Department of Intercultural Communication

    NameSpecialized Area
    Shigeki Shakuya
    Chair    		 Anthropology of Tourism
    Studies on local society participation in tourism development of Maya archaeological parks
    Bunei Kohara
    President Advisor    		 Film Studies and Literature
    Psychoanalytic, Aesthetic, and Historical Approaches to American Films
    Fukiko Nakako
    Professor    		 Tourism,Tourism Sociology
    Accessible Tourism, Local Tourism development,Social Capital
    Yuki Asakura
    Associate Professor    		 Cultural Policy
    International comparison of cultural policy, Value of arts and culture
    Takeharu Kiyoshi
    Associate Professor    		 Regional Innovation System
    Regional Advantage in a Global Economy
    Makoto Kimura
    Associate Professor    		 Psychology
    Development of psychological test, Human environmental adaptation and behavioral change
    Chin-Kuang Chen
    Associate Professor    		 Tourism Studies, Sport Tourism, Smart Tourism
    Regional revitalization through sport tourism, The utilization and role of ICT (Information and Communication Technology) in tourism
    Yijiang Zhong
    Professor    		 Modern Japanese and East Asian History
    History and culture of Japan and East Asia
    Kaoru Nishijima
    Lecturer    		 Area Studies, Cultural anthropology, Political Anthropology
    A Study on Kingships in Indonesian rural societies in Democratic period
    Aoi Mochizuki
    Lecturer    		 Area Studies, Refugee Studies
    Social inclusion of Syrian refugees in the Middle East and Europe
    Tadayuki Ichinowatari
    Associate Professor    		 International Policical Economy and Trade
    Studies on Globalization and emerging economies
    Satoshi Nishimura
    Professor    		 Japanese Literature
    Japanese Classical Literature and History of Noh
    Miyuki Nagatsuji
    Associate Professor    		 Linguistics
    Research on English and Japanese clause-linking structures in utterance interpretation
    Toshihiko Shimauchi
    Professor    		 Linguistics
    Research on English teaching based on Second Language Acquisition theories
    Dennis W. Harmon II
    Associate Professor    		 Education
    Educational Philosophy, Identity, Cross-Cultural Encounters
    Takako Hashimoto
    Associate Professor    		 Chinese Linguistics
    Chinese Historical Phonology
    Xiaoxiang Zheng
    Lecturer    		 Literature
    Research on Local Literature
    Aiting Shan
    Lecturer    		 Linguistics,
    Chinese Education

    Basic research of text linguistics
    Applied research of teaching methodology
    Graduate School of Sustainable Systems Science

    NameSpecialized Area
    Jun-ichi Takayama※
    Professor    		 Infrastructure, Transportation Engineering, Urban Planning
    Creating and planning a city utilizing traffic engineering, city planning, and disaster prevention planning
    Shinichiro Morinaga※
    Special Commissioned Professor    		 Applied Ethics and Existential Ethics
    Elucidation of various problems of bioethics and environmental ethics based on the concept of "human dignity"
    Seiichi Nakamura※
    Special Recruited Professor    		 Maya Civilization Studies, Maya Archaeology, Cultural Resource Studies
    Elucidating the dynamics of the Copan dynasty of Maya civilization through interdisciplinary approach
    Masahiro Ogawa※
    Special Commissioned Assistant Professor    		 Maya Archaeology Cultural Resources Studies
    Studies on Interregional Exchange in the Southeastern Maya Region

    ※Graduate School Faculty only