NAGOYA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING Department of Materials Science and Engineering

Computational Materials Design Research Group

Improving the calculation theory of the phase-field method
Simulation of microstructure developments in functional materials based on the phase-field method, and the calculation of the electromagnetic properties
Simulation of microstructure developments in structural materials based on the phase-field method, and the calculation of the mechanical properties
Numerical analysis of microstructure formations, transport phenomena, and cell properties in secondary batteries
Construction of next-generation material designs accelerated by data science technology

Measurement of atomic structure and prediction of mechanical characteristics in high-strength metal materials
Construction and prediction of characteristics of quantum-theory modeling methods for hydrogen-permeable and hydrogen-storing materials
Elucidation and control of mechanical characteristics of plastic-deformation mechanisms of nanolayered structural materials
Development and application of modeling methods for elucidation of atomic-scale long-term phenomena (rare events)
Development of ultra-high-purity hydrogen production devices, invention of new chemical application processes, and development of hydrogen sensors through the functional utilization of hydrogen-permeable metallic membranes

3D4D Material Science – Visualization and quantification of structure
Comprehensive Studies of Material Information – Infrastructure construction for materials studies implementing artificial intelligence
Device and Software Development – Development of a fully automatic serial-sectioning 3D microscope and a machine-learning-based comprehensive system for materials information
Analysis of Deformation Behavior – Analysis of deformation behavior in polycrystalline materials through digital image correlation (DIC), the double-indenter method, neutron beams, and modeling
Analysis of Phase-transformation Behavior – Analysis of nucleation and nuclear-growth behavior
Steel – Development of state-of-the-art steel materials