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Professor TSUJI Tomohiro


Year of birth 1969 Gender Male
Affiliation School of Systems Engineering
Intelligent Mechanical Systems Engineering Course, Department of Engineering, Graduate School of Enginering
Center for Nanotechnology, Research Institute
Research Center for Materials Science and Engineering, Research Institute
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Areas of specialization
Laboratory/research office Fluid Engineering Laboratory
Fluid mechanics is the study of the characteristics and behavior of fluids. Typical fluids are water and air, but in our lab we are concerned mainly with complex fluids made up of higher order structures than their constituent molecules, e.g., polymer melts and solutions, suspensions, surfactant solutions, liquid crystals and biological fluids. Complex fluids react to external fields and their structures can change in response to changes in the surrounding environment. We are currently using the characteristics of complex fluids in the development of extremely small actuators and sensors.
Current reseach topics
Educational background 1996: Doctor
1993: Master
1991: Bachelor
Professional background 1996-1997: 
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Courses  * Courses provided in English are shown with (E) mark

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Graduation Thesis
Dynamics
Technical Skills
Basic Experiments in System Engineering

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Seminar 1
Seminar 2
Seminar 3
Seminar 4
Individual Work for Graduate

Research activities

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  1. Authors: TSUJI, Tomohiro, CHONO, Shigeomi, Takanori Matsumi
    Title: Velocity profiles of electric-field-induced backflows in liquid crystals confined between parallel plates
    Journal: Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 117, No. 5, pp. 054501-1-054501-8
    Year: 2015/02/05
  2. Authors: A. Sunarso, TSUJI, Tomohiro, CHONO, Shigeomi
    Title: Three-dimensional molecular dynamics simulations of reorientation process and backflow generation in nematic liquid crystals under application of electric fields
    Journal:  Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 110, p. 044911
    Year: 2011/08/15
  3. Authors: A. Sunarso, T. Tsuji, S. Chono
    Title: GPU-accelerated molecular dynamics simulation for study of liquid crystalline flows
    Journal: Journal of Computational Physics, Vol. 229, pp. 5486-5497
    Year: 2010/08/01
  4. Authors: S. Chono, T. Tsuji
    Title: Numerical analysis of characteristics of microactuators driven by liquid crystals
    Journal: Chemical Engineering Science, Vol. 64, No. 22, pp. 4625-4631
    Year: 2009/11/16
  5. Authors: S. Fu, T. Tsuji, S. Chono
    Title: Effect of magnetic fields on out-of-plane orientations of nematic liquid crystalline polymers under simple shear flow
    Journal: Molecular Physics, Vol. 107, No. 3, pp. 245-252
    Year: 2009/04/16
  6. Authors: A. Sunarso, T. Tsuji , S. Chono
    Title: Molecular dynamics simulation of backflow generation in nematic liquid crystals
    Journal: Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 93, No. 24, p. 244106
    Year: 2008/12/15
  7. Authors: S. Fu, T. Tsuji, S. Chono
    Title: Effect of magnetic field on molecular orientation of nematic liquid crystalline polymers under simple shear flow
    Journal: Journal of Rheology, Vol. 52, No. 2, pp. 451-468
    Year: 2008/03
  8. Authors: S. Chono, T. Tsuji
    Title: Proposal of mechanics of liquid crystals and development of liquid crystalline microactuators
    Journal: Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 92, No. 5, p. 51905
    Year: 2008/02/04
  9. Authors: CHONO, Shigeomi, TSUJI, Tomohiro, SUN, Jianye
    Title: Numerical simulation of molding Hele-Shaw flow of polymeric liquid crystals
    Journal: Journal of Fluid Science and Technology, Vol. 2, pp. 368-379
    Year: 2007/10/29
  10. Authors: NAGAE, Takanori, TSUJI, Tomohiro, CHONO, Shigeomi
    Title: Numerical simulation of flow-induced flexoelectric effect in liquid crystals
    Journal: Journal of Fluid Science and Technology, Vol. 2, pp. 258-269
    Year: 2007/05/29
  11. Authors: T. Tsukiji, E. Koyabu, TSUJI, Tomohiro, CHONO, Shigeomi
    Title: Influence of electric fields on the flow of a liquid crystal mixture in circular pipe electrodes
    Journal:  JSME International Journal Series B, Vol. 48, No. 3, pp. 517-523
    Year: 2005
  12. Authors: Tomohiro Tsuji, Alejandro D. Rey
    Title: Effect of Long Range Order on Sheared Liquid Crystalline Materials:Flow Regimes, Transitions, and Rheological Phase Diagrams
    Journal: Physical Review, Vol. E, No. 62, pp. 8041-8051
    Year: 2000
  13. Authors: CHONO, Shigeomi, TSUJI, Tomohiro, Morton M. DENN
    Title: Spatial development of director orientation of tumbling nematic liquid crystals in pressure-driven channel flow
    Journal: Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics, Vol. 79, pp. 515-527
    Year: 1998/11
  14. Authors: CHONO, Shigeomi, TSUJI, Tomohiro
    Title: Numerical simulation of nematic liquid crystalline flows around a circular cylinder
    Journal: Molecular Crystals & Liquid Crystals, Vol. 309, pp. 217-236
    Year: 1998
  15. Authors: Tomohiro Tsuji, Alejandro D. Rey
    Title: Effect of long range order on sheared liquid crystalline materials. Part I: compatibility between tumbling behavior and fixed anchoring
    Journal: Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics, Vol. 73, pp. 127-152
    Year: 1997
  16. Authors: Alejandro D. Rey, Tomohiro Tsuji
    Title: Recent Advances in Liquid Crystal Rheology
    Journal: Macromolecular Theory and Simulation, Vol. 7, pp. 623-639
    Year: 1988

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  1. Object rotating mechanism using liquid crystal flow, Application 10/550,566, Publication US2006236868(A1), Registration US7,324,182 B2

Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research from the Japanese government ▼

  1. Project title: Development of the liquid crystalline bearing which can generate electricity
    Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research(C)
    Project number: 24560205
    Project period: 2012/04-2015/03
    Total budget amount: 5,330,000 yen
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