Overview

The Research Institute, established in 1999, works to provide an opportunity for outstanding researchers to develop their creative research freely, under their own responsibility. In 2024, when the centers that had been supporting the Institute until that time reached their culmination, the Institute underwent major reorganization, and redefined its mission. The new mission of the Institute is to produce world-class academic research results. The Institute will disseminate its outstanding academic research results, with the aim of becoming a node in a worldwide interdisciplinary research network where researchers gather to find opportunities for exchange and collaboration.

As of 2025, four new categories have been established: Advanced Engineering Research Areas (with one Research Center and three Focused Research Laboratories); Material Research Areas (with four Research Centers and two Focused Research Laboratories); AI/robotics Research Areas (with two Research Centers); and Brain and Psychological Information Research Areas (with two Research Centers). In addition to those Research Centers and Focused Research Laboratories, two new centers have been created: the Center for Fusion Oriented Research for Disruptive Science and Technology and the Center for Interdisciplinary Co-creation, for a total of 12 Research Centers and five Focused Research Laboratories in the Research Institute. The Center for Fusion Oriented Research for Disruptive Science and Technology works to create innovative emergent research, while the Center for Interdisciplinary Co-creation aims to create open innovative research through comprehensive, organization-level collaboration with institutions outside KUT.

Organizational Structure

Advanced Engineering Research Areas

Center/Laboratory	Position	Name
Research Center for Future Mobility Networks	Head	Prof. Nishiuchi Hiroaki
Infrasound Research Laboratory	Head	Prof. Yamamoto Masa-yuki
Laboratory for Construction Materials in a Sustainable Society	Head	Prof. Ouchi Masahiro
Laboratory for Neuromorphic Sensors	Head	Prof. Furuta Hiroshi

Materials Research Areas

Center/Laboratory	Position	Name
Research Center for Carbon Neutral Materials	Head	Prof. Fujita Takeshi
Research Center for Advanced Chiral Optical Materials	Head	Prof. Ito Akitaka
Center for Nanotechnology	Head	Prof. Furuta Mamoru
Materials Design Center	Head	Prof. Yamamoto Tetsuya
Laboratory for Molecular Space Engineering	Head	Prof. Ohtani Masataka
Laboratory for Advanced Mist Deposition Technology	Head	Prof. Kawaharamura Toshiyuki

AI and Robotics Research Areas

Center/Laboratory	Position	Name
Research Center for Evolving Game AI Applications	Head	Prof. Matsuzaki Kiminori
Research Center for Cyber Physical Intelligence	Head	Prof. Kurihara Toru

Brain Informatics and Psychoinformatics Research Areas

Center/Laboratory	Position	Name
Research Center for Mind, Brain, and Behavior	Head	Prof. Izuma Keise
Research Center for Brain Communication	head	Prof. Takeda Masaki

Center for Fusion Oriented Research for Disruptive Science and Technology

Center/Laboratory	Position	Name
Center for Flexible Organic Molecular Organization Research in Engineering Science and Technology	Head	Prof. Hayashi Shotaro

Center for Interdisciplinary Co-creation

Center/Laboratory	Position	Name
Center for Co-creative Innovation	Head	Prof. Furuta Mamoru
Center for DENKEN Future Photonic Technology Research	Head	Designated Prof. Ikenoue Hiroshi

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