Life Support Science Education and Research Center

It is desirable for people to stay as healthy as possible, to engage in work, and to spend a happy and fulfilling life with a higher QOL (Quality of Life) in society. Our center carries out education and research of science and technology that aim at supporting human life, assisting with physical functions, and creating a comfortable living environment. We have been investigating life support science research since 1998 under the auspices of the Ibaraki Life Support Consortium. Our goal is to contribute to society's well-being by applying such knowledge and skills as miniaturization, power efficiency improvement, optimization, and intelligent mechatronics in medical care and welfare. These technologies are not only applicable in the medical care and welfare fields but also in broad industrial fields. We aim to utilize our knowledge towards realizing a better society without limitations.

Center Members

Position Name One-page summary Research field Link Director, Professor MASUZAWA Toru Bio-mechatronics, Magnetically suspended artificial heart, Magnetically levitated motor, Medical engineering Lab Deputy Director, Professor NAGAYAMA Kazuaki Cell Biomechanics, Micro-Nano Manipulation, Mechanobiology, Lab Deputy Director, Professor MORI Yoshikazu Welfare Robotics, KANSEI Robotics, Mechatronics Lab Professor INAGAKI Terumi Thermal Engineering，Infrared Engineering，Fluid Engineering，Environmental Engineering Lab Professor KONDO Ryou Control Engineering, Control of Mechanical Systems, Robotic Engineering Lab Professor TANAKA Nobuatsu Computational Fluid Dynamics, Environmental and Nuclear Engineering, Parallel Processing Lab Professor NISHI Yasuyuki Fluid Mechanics, Fluid Machinery Lab Professor FUKUOKA Yasuhiro Robot Engineering, Dynamic Robot Lab Professor FUJITA Masafumi Water and Environmental Engineering, Wastewater Treatment Engineering Lab Professor MICHITSUJI Yohei Vehicle Engineering, Control Engineering Lab Professor MINATO Atsushi Applied Optics, Image Processing, Kansei Engineering Lab Professor YAMAUCHI Satoshi Semiconductor Devices and Multifunctional Integration   Associate Professor KIMURA Takayuki   Imaging Devices, Integrated Circuits   Associate Professor SHIMIZU Toshimi Vibration Control of Distributed Parameter Systems, Robotics   Associate Professor LI Yanrong Thermal and Fluid Engineering   Lecturer Inoue Kousuke   Intelligent Mechanics and Machine System, Intelligent Informatics, Computer Science, System Engineering Lab Lecturer OSA Masahiro Machine Mechanics/Control   Assistant Professor Uesugi Kaoru Measurement for mechanical properties of cells and three-dimensional tissues / Development of living-cell used wireless micro force sensor / Clarification of functions of micro-scale structure existed on surface of living things Lab Assistant Professor KITAYAMA Fumiya Dynamics/Control, Intelligent mechanics/Mechanical systems   Assistant Professor Yagi Keisuke Human joint impedance, Joint mechanism, Digital Control Lab