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
| Director, MASUZAWA Toru Professor | One-page summary | Lab | Bio-mechatronics, Magnetically suspended artificial heart, Magnetically levitated motor, Medical engineering |
| Deputy Director, NAGAYAMA Kazuaki Professor | One-page summary | Lab | Cell Biomechanics, Micro-Nano Manipulation, Mechanobiology, |
| Deputy Director, MORI Yoshikazu Professor | One-page summary | Lab | Welfare Robotics, KANSEI Robotics, Mechatronics |
| INAGAKI Terumi Professor | One-page summary | Lab | Thermal Engineering，Infrared Engineering，Fluid Engineering，Environmental Engineering |
| TANAKA Nobuatsu Professor | One-page summary | Lab | Computational Fluid Dynamics, Environmental and Nuclear Engineering, Parallel Processing |
| NISHI Yasuyuki Professor | One-page summary | Lab | Fluid Mechanics, Fluid Machinery |
| FUKUOKA Yasuhiro Professor | One-page summary | Lab | Robot Engineering, Dynamic Robot |
| FUJITA Masafumi Professor | One-page summary | Lab | Water and Environmental Engineering, Wastewater Treatment Engineering |
| MICHITSUJI Yohei Professor | One-page summary | Lab | Vehicle Engineering, Control Engineering |
| MINATO Atsushi Professor | One-page summary | Lab | Applied Optics, Image Processing, Kansei Engineering |
| YAMAUCHI Satoshi Professor | One-page summary | Semiconductor Devices and Multifunctional Integration | |
| OSA Masahiro Associate Professor | One-page summary | Machine Mechanics/Control | |
| KIMURA Takayuki Associate Professor | Imaging Devices, Integrated Circuits | ||
| SHIMIZU Toshimi Associate Professor | One-page summary | Vibration Control of Distributed Parameter Systems, Robotics | |
| LI Yanrong Associate Professor | One-page summary | Thermal and Fluid Engineering | |
| INOUE Kousuke Lecturer | Lab | Intelligent Mechanics and Machine System, Intelligent Informatics, Computer Science, System Engineering | |
| KITAYAMA Fumiya Lecturer | One-page summary | Lab | Dynamics/Control, Intelligent mechanics/Mechanical systems |
| YAGI Keisuke Lecturer | One-page summary | Lab | Robotics、Mechatronics、Human joint impedance、Biomimetics、Control Engineering |