Projects for the Special Scholarship Program

KOCHI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY

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Research Projects for Special Scholarship Program
October 2012 and April 2013

Please choose the project which you wish to do at KUT and list it on the SSP application form.
*SSP applicant must have a high ability of writing and communication in English with the intention, adequate knowledge and research skill to work as a research assistant under the one of the following research projects.

Last Updated: February 27, 2012

Research Field	Project Leader	Project Name　PDF	Required Skills
Environmental Systems Engineering
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology	Prof. ENOMOTO Keiichi	Nano-Biotechnology based on Protein Engineering	- Chemistry of natural products - Biochemistry/Molecular biology - Protein engineering - Biochemical pharmacology	Available
Molecular Genetic Analyses of a Unicellular Green Alga Chlamydomonas Reinhardtii	Prof. OHAMA Takeshi	Molecular genetics of RNA interference and epigenetic gene silencing in a unicellular green alga Chlamydomonas	- High English ability - Research experience in Molecular biology - Knowledgeble of Eukaryotic transcription and translation	Available
Genetic Engineering	Prof. OHAMA Takeshi	Development of an efficient hydrocarbon producing algae by genetic modification of the genome	- Basic knowledge on molecular biology - Basic knowledge on genetic engineering - Basic knowledge on biochemistry - Basic knowledge on organic chemistry	Available
Materials Engineering, Superconductive Materials	Prof. MAEDA Toshihiko	Improvement of current performance of pulsed-laser-deposited oxide superconductor films for wire application	- Solid-state physics and chemistry (especially crystallography and crystal chemistry) - Materials science - Basic knowledge of high-temperature superconductivity	Available
Environmental Energy Engineering	Associate Prof. HORII Shigeru	Development of Energy Oxide Materials using a High-Magnetic-Field Process and its Crystal-chemistry	- Material science - Inorganic chemistry	Available
Synthetic Organic Chemistry	Associate Prof. NISHIWAKI Nagatoshi	Development of Novel Methods for Polyfunctionalized Compound Preparation Using Nitro Systems	- Organic Chemistry - Synthetic Chemistry	Available
Theoretical Physics, Quantum Engineering	Prof. CHEON Taksu	Foundation of Quantum Technology	- College level mathematics, programming skill	Available
Intelligent Mechanical Systems Engineering
Fluid Dynamics	Prof. CHONO Shigeomi Associate Prof. TSUJI Tomohiro	Development of Liquid Crystaline Micro Actuators	- Good knowledge on mechanical & mathematical skills	Available
Robotics, Control Engineering	Prof. WANG Shuoyu	Development of a novel walking training machine	- Control（Robust，Adaptive） - Programming（VC++，Java） - Robotics（Dynamics，Intelligence)	Available
Automatic Control, Mechatronics	Prof. OKA Koichi	Development of Novel Magnetic Suspension System	- Linear and Nonlinear Control System, Electromagnetics,Magnetic Suspension	Available
Nano Manufacturing, Atomic and Nuclear Physics, Material Physics, Nano Manufacturing	Associate Prof. MOMOTA Sadao	Micro-nano manufacturing and modification of materials by use of ion beams	- Dynmics, Electromagnetics, - Material science, Electronics	Available
	Associate Prof. MOMOTA Sadao	Production and application of radioactive isotope beams	- Material science - Radiation detection - Electromagnetism	Available
Thermal Engineering	Associate Prof. MOROZUMI Yoshio	Research on thermofluid dynamics in Microdroplets	- Fundamental knowledge on heat transfer, fluid dynamics & reaction kinetics - Experiences in computational fluid dynamics - Programming (Fortran, C etc.)	Available
Thermal Engineering	Associate Prof. MOROZUMI Yoshio	Heat and power output in human skeletal muscle under exercise and heat/moisture transfer through clothing		Available
Neural Networks, Genetic Algorithms, Paper Currency Recognition, Individual Recognition, Digital Signal processor	Prof. TAKEDA Fumiaki	Intelligent Image Processing and Advanced AI Technology for Industrial Application	Programming C Basic knowledge of Neural networks, Data Analysis with statistical method, and image processing. Basic mathematical knowledge_	Available
Tribology, Non-destructive Inspection	Prof. TAKEUCHI Akitoshi	Development of novel slip bearing using super repellency	Basic knowledge on fluid dynamics and mathematics	Available
Electronic and Photonic Systems Engineering
Optical communication	Prof. IWASHITA Katsushi	High capacity optical network	- Fundamental Knowledge on analog circuit, optical/electrical devices and signal processing	Available
Plasma Science and Engineering	Prof. HATTA Akimitsu	Growth of Nano-structural Material and Fabrication of Micro-electronic Devices by Micro-plasma Jet Processing in SEM (Nano Center)	- Dynamics, Electromagnetics, Electronics, Material Science	Available after October 2013 enrollment
VLSI Design and Electronic Design Automation	Prof. TACHIBANA Masayoshi	Built-In-Self-Test systems for Analog-Mixed-Signal system LSI	- Programming(VHDL, SPICE, UNIX - Analog Circuit Design	Available
Intelligent System, Electronic Circuit System, Embedded System	Associate Prof. HOSHINO Yukinobu	Development of a pattern classification hardware system based on artificial intelligence and image processing technique	- Programming skills: (C, C++, OpenCV) - Circuit design skills: VerilogHDL design on FPGA - Fundamental mathematical skills: Linear algebra, Calculus, Statistics, Set and Logic - Digital image processing skills: (Linear filtering, Principal component analysis, Morphological Image Processing)	Available
Space Engineering, Upper Atmospheric Physics, Image Processing, Science Education	Associate Prof. YAMAMOTO Masa-yuki.	Development of a new thermospheric neutral atmosphere sounding technique and study on upper atmospheric science	- Fundamental knowledge on Analog circuit, Radio frequency circuit, Electrical devices, and Signal processing - Fundamental knowledge on Optics, Optical/Laser devices, and Image processing - Programming and Web-design skills: (C, IDL, php, Perl, etc.) - Fundamental knowledge on Physics (Dynamics and Electromagnetism), Geophysics, and Planetary science	Available
Information Systems Engineering
Hardware Systems Design	Prof. IWATA Makoto	Dependable and Energy-Aware MPSoC Architecture	- High motivation to conduct basic research on computer science and engineering - Programming skill (Java, C++, perl, shell and so on) - Circuit design skill including language (VHDL or Verilog HDL) and VLSI CAD tools (circuit simulator, synthesis, P&R and so on) and ability in mathematics are preferred	Available
Telecommunications	Prof. SHIMAMURA Kazunori	Communications Protocols for Virtual RF-Tags Connections	- Computer programming skill - Mathematical ability - Analytic attitude	Available
Vision Psychophysics	Prof. SHINOMORI Keizo	Human-centered Utilizatin of Visual Information for Surrounding Computing	- Ability to adapt quickly to new research areas - High motivation to do basic research on human being - Programming skill (METLAB, C, Delphi and so on ) and ability in mathematics are preferred	Available
		Elucidation of Human Visual Information Processing through Psychophysical Approaches and Subsequent Application Development by Computational Model Simulation	- Ability to adapt quickly to new research areas - High motivation to do basic research on human being - Programming skill (METLAB, C, Delphi and so on ) and ability in mathematics are preferred	Available
		Elucidation of brain information processing by non-invasive brain measurement methods, and development of applications with brain function models.	- Ability to adapt quickly to new research areas. - High motivation to conduct basic research on human factors and brain research. - Ability to communicate effectively in English, including writing research papers in English. - Ability to collect, analyse and report data to research publications in English. - Programming skill (e.g. MATLAB, C), and strong ability in mathematise are preferred. - Experience in research on human subject is preferred.	Available
Human-Computer Interaction	Prof. REN Xiangshi	Designing User Interface Software, Interaction Technology, and Human-Computer Interaction Models	- Willing to conduct basic qualitative data collection on user - High motivation to do basic research on human computer interaction - Programming skill (Java, C and so on) and ability of mathematics are preferred	Available
Human-Computer Interaction	Prof. REN Xiangshi	Frontiers of User Interface Research: modeling human performance, designing multimodal input and output interfaces	- High motivation to do basic research on Human Computer Interaction (HCI) - Programming skill (Java, C and so on) - Ability of mathematics	Available
Computer Aided Verification	Associate Prof. TAKATA Yoshiaki	A formal language-based model of multi-threaded recursive programs and its verification	- High motivation to conduct basic research on formal approach to software systems - Sufficient understanding of formal language theory and automata theory - Capable of collecting, analyzing & report for English research publications - Programming skills	Available
Wireless Communication Systems, Spread Spectrum	Associate Prof. HAMAMURA Masanori	Signal Design and Network Architecture for Wireless Communications	- Communication systems and information theory - Signal processing - Programming skill (MATLAB, C)	Available
Parallel Programming, Algorithm Derivation, Functional Programming	Associate Prof. MATSUZAKI Kiminori	Theory and Implementation for Practical Structured Parallel Programming	- Good experience of programming (C, C++, Java, etc.) - Basic knowledge on parallel programming (OpenMP, MPI)	Available
Psychophysics (Vision Research) and e-Learning Systems	Assistant Prof. MENDORI Takahiko	Development of an intuitive e-Learning system to support face-to-face instruction	- Willing to conduct basic qualitative data collection on user - Ability to communicate effectively in English - Capable of collecting, analyzing & report for English research publications - Programming experience in PHP, Java, Action Script, XML & SQL	Available
Soft Computing, Computational Intelligence	Assis. Prof. YOSHIDA Shinichi	Multimedia Information Retrieval and Intelligent Systems on the Internet	Fundamental mathematical skills: e.g.) Linear algebra, Calculus, statistics, set and Logic. Programming skills: e.g.) C, C++, JAVA, Matlab, Perl, Ruby, Python. Communication: Ability of communication, surveying, reading, and writing academic papers in English. Network techniques: Web server construction and fundamental web programming with SQL database systems using Linux or other operating systems.	Available
Infrastructure Systems Engineering
Concrete Engineering	Prof. SHIMA Hiroshi	Shear stress-slip model of steel-to-concrete stud connectors for the design of steel-concrete composite structures	- Ability to execute an experiment - Fundamental knowledge on concrete	Available
		Simulation method for chloride induced deterioration of reinforced concrete structures		Available
		Post-peak Dynamic Response Analysis of Force-Deflection Relationship of Reinforced Concrete Frames under Large Scale Seismic Forces		Available
		Freeing of Hook Details by Performance Evaluation of Anchoring Bar in Reinforced Concrete Design		Available
New Public Mnagement and integrated simulation system of socio-economic impact	Prof.NASU Seigo	Decision Making System with Integrated Simulation Model for Water Resource Policy in a Climate Change Scenario	- Numerical analysis of economics deploying I-O table - New public management at river basin - Computational programming	Available
Seismic Engineering of RC structure Structural Engineering of RC building Disaster Mitigation	Prof. KAI Yoshiro	An advanced design method for large RC structures focused on dynamic response characteristics	-Computational programming -Earthquake response analysis of structures	Available
Concrete Engineering	Associate Prof. OUCHI Masahiro	Design, Manufacturing and Construction of Self-Compacting Concrete	- Fundamental of concrete engineering	Available
Concrete Engineering	Associate Prof. OUCHI Masahiro	Asset Management for Concrete Structures	- Fundamental of concrete engineering	Available
Frontier Engineering
Infrastructure Management	Prof. WATANABE Tsunemi	Multi-party Risk and Uncertainty Management Process (MRUMP) for Local Environmental Management	- Strong motivation to do basic research on human being and society - High communication skill - Environmental Systems Engineering - Project Management	Available after April 2013 enrollment
Laser Diode, Optical communication	Prof. NONAKA Koji	High Resolution Distributed Fiber - Optic Sensor Based On Optical Pulse Correlation Measurement	- Optics or Opto-Electronics Experience (Alternative : Analog Circuit Design or Mechanics Control Skill - Physics or Mathematics Background	Available
		Multi-wavelength high performance optical pulse generator		Available
		Deep UV Generation Using BBO Optic Crystal		Available
		Optical Micro-cell System for Ubiquitous High-speed Datacom-Access		Available
Research Institute for Nanodevices
Semiconductor material Semiconductor process Thin- film transistor Flat- Panel Display	Prof. FURUTA Mamoru	High Mobility and High Reliable Thin-Film Transistors (TFTs) for Next-generation Flat-panel Displays (FPDs)	Semiconductor materials and device physics, material evaluation techniques, vacuum system, material processing techniques (PVDs and CVDs), device physics and evaluation techniques.	Available
Semiconductor Semiconductor process Phosphor Nanotechnology	Associate Prof. LI Chaoyang	Development of Optoelectronic Devices Using Oxide Based Nanostructures and Thin Film	- Background in physics, chemistry, material science and nanotechnology - Abilities in problem solving, collaborative research - Good judgment, clear sense of purpose, and accountability	Available
Physics of optoelectronics materials	Associate Prof.MAKINO Hisao	Research on electrical and optical properties of ZnO based thin films	- Characterization of inorganic materials - Thin film growth - Solid state physics	Available

NOTE:
(1) This research project list is only applicable to SSP, not to Ordinary Program.
(2) Information on the list such as the number of students to be admitted are subject to change without notice.