Department of Materials Science and Engineering

   In order to invent the seeds of a new industry and to succeed in the breakthrough of engineering reformation, the development of newly advanced materials is indispensable. The development of materials related to energy such as a superconducting material and such intelligent materials as sensors and information-recording mediums are especially necessary. In order to respond to today's demands, this department educates students who have wide knowledge in materials science and engineering, as well as abilities in the development of advanced materials, and understanding in the material industry of the present situation.

   With this in mind, our department has four divisions : Physics and Chemistry of Materials, Intelligent Materials, Advanced Materials for Energy, and  Materials Processing and Development.

Division	Materials Science
Field of Instruction and Research	Quality	Faculty Member	Instruction Subject
Physical Makeup of Materials	Characterization of the lattice defect and its effect on physical properties in materials	Prof. Kaichi Saito	Advanced Physics of Materials
Crystal Engineering	Optical properties and Structure of Functional Crystalline Materials	Prof. Nobuhiro Kodama	Properties of Crystalline Solids
Molecular Electronics	Characterization of phenomenon concerning about electron and photon in molecular structure and their assembly	Lecturer Yutaka Tsujiuchi	Molecular Electronics
Thin Film Materials	Fabrication and evaluation of thin film materials and their application	Associate Prof. Satoru Yoshimura	Physical Properties of Thin Film Materials

Division	Functional Materials
Field of Instruction and Research	Quality	Faculty Member	Instruction Subject
Physics of Intelligent Materials	Physical properties of magnetic materials and their application	Prof. Shunji Ishio *2	Physical Properties of Magnetic Materials
Surface and Interface Engineering	Processing and Evaluation for Appearance of Intelligent Function at Surface and Interface of Materials	Prof. Motoi Hara	Surface and Interface Engineering
Advanced Electronic Materials	Physical properties and their Application of advanced electronic materials	Prof. Hitoshi Saito	Advanced Lecture of Electronic Materials
Material Design	Research and Education of Materials Design and its Applications Based on the Moleculer Orbital Method	Associate Prof. Yoshiyuki Sato	Intelligent Material Design
Chemically Functional Materials	Chemical and electrochemical properties of materials and their application	Lecturer Akihiro Nino	Advanced Chemistry of Functional Materials
Surface Modification	Modifying Process for the Functional Surface of Materials	Lecturer Michihisa Fukumoto	Surface Modification

Division	Advanced Materials for Energy
Field of Instruction and Research	Quality	Faculty Member	Instruction Subject
Ceramic Materials	Chemical, mechanical and electrical properties of ceramics and their application to energy generation and use	Prof. Hitoshi Taimatsu	Advanced Ceramic Materials
Energy Chemistry of Materials	Research and education on the development of functional chemical materials for energy transformation/storage and industrial electrolytic processing	Prof. Masami Taguchi	Advanced Energy Chemistry of Materials
Advanced Functional Materials	Materials Design, Functional Properties and Applications of Shape Memory Alloys, Damping Alloys and Super-conducting Materials		Advanced Course of Functional Materials
Fabrication Engineering of Inorganic Materials	Fabrication processes, Microstructural control and Evaluation of inorganic Materials via powder processes	Prof. Shigeo Hayashi	Design of Inorganic Materials

Division	Materials Processing
Field of Instruction and Research	Quality	Faculty Member	Instruction Subject
Solidification Processing	Education and Research on Solidification Processing and Application of Manufactured Composite Materials and Structural Controlled Multi-phase Alloys	Prof. Setsuo Aso	Advanced Solidification Processing
Microstructure Design of Materials	Education and Research on Numerical Simulation for Structure Formation	Prof. Ken-ichi Ohsasa	Microstructure Design of Materials
Structural Materials	Deformation Mechanism, Strengthing Method and Evaluation of Mechanical Properties of Materials, including Their Application for Manufacturing Processes in High Strength Structural Materials	Lecturer Yukinobu Natsume	Physics of Strength for Structural Materials
Composite Materials	Evaluation of Structure and Mechanical Properties and Material Design for Plastic Base, Metal Base and Ceramic Base Composites	Associate Prof. Ken-ichi Ohguchi	Advanced Composite Materials

*2 This professor will retire by the mandatory retirement regulation in March 2016.