Student Recruitment

Student Recruitment

　We are accepting applications for graduate students. If you are interested in system development, computational methods, optimization, design, phenomenon elucidation, computer graphics, etc. using physical simulation, please apply.

 

What you can learn in our laboratory

　Our main research interest is fluid simulation. The applications are wide, for example, disaster prevention (tsunami, flood, etc.), ships and offshore structures, computer graphics, automobiles, chemical plants, home appliances, and phenomenon elucidation. Research in fluid simulation allows you to hone your physics and mathematics skills, your programming techniques, and your sense of engineering applications. Of course, you will also learn how to complete your research results as a thesis.

 

Employment Opportunities for Graduates

●Employment destinations for graduates of the master's program in 2015:
Toyota Motor Corporation, Deutsche Securities Inc.

Employment destinations for graduates of the master's program in the 2008 academic year:
Toyota Motor Corporation, Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Solutions, Inc.

Employment destinations for graduates who will complete the master's program in the 2009 academic year:
Mitsubishi Corporation, etc.

Career paths of those who will complete the master's program in 2008:
Nomura Research Institute, Daiwa Securities, and doctoral program

Career paths of students who will complete the master's course in 2048:
Tokio Marine & Nichido Fire Insurance Co.

Career paths of students scheduled to complete their master's degree in 2020:
Softbank, Yahoo Japan, Mitsubishi UFJ International Asset Management Co.

　

My teaching style

1) Atmosphere is important:
I try to create an atmosphere where people can enjoy research. In my experience, people do not want to do things when they are told to. The more a mother tells a child to study, the less the child wants to study. The same is true for adult graduate students. I try to watch over them as much as possible.
To keep students interested, faculty members themselves need to enjoy their research and teaching. People are interested in what others are doing in an interesting way. Think back to the classes you have taken so far. Even if the content is difficult, you would be interested in a teacher who talks passionately about interesting things.
Research often goes wrong. Faculty members themselves have made many mistakes in their research, and even so, they take on challenges with a positive attitude like Edison, saying, "I have learned that doing it this way doesn't work. I think it is important, especially for young faculty members like myself, to show that kind of attitude to students.

(2) Progress check:
We hold a lab meeting every Friday morning to review progress, and students are asked to give a presentation on their progress at the lab meeting about once every two months. In addition, we have a one-on-one research meeting every Wednesday for about 25 minutes.

＜Supplementary information (English)
At the lab meetings held on Fridays, I ask the students to use English as much as possible. I chair the meeting in English. Although my English is not very good and I have a Japanese accent, I would like to provide students with opportunities to use English as much as possible.
When I present my research at international conferences, I have to speak English. If you have visitors from abroad, you will need to speak English. It is too late to try to study English just before an international conference (I had a bitter experience with English). I believe that English training is necessary every week, preferably every day.

3) How to decide on a research theme:
As I supervise students, I realize that it is often still difficult for first-year master's students to come up with a research theme on their own. It is very difficult for students to come up with a research theme that will produce enough results to be submitted to an academic journal in the short two-year period of the master's program. I have several joint research projects with private companies (machine manufacturers, shipbuilders, etc.) and research institutes (JAXA), so if there is no strong preference for a research theme, I let the students work on a joint research theme.
However, if a student has a strong desire for a research theme, we will of course consider it. The interesting part of research is to realize one's own ideas. The research theme itself is also an idea. We encourage students to come up with many ideas for what technology would be good and what technology should be available, and to choose the best one. I believe that graduate school is a valuable time for students to realize their own ideas and develop their abilities to realize their dreams.

4) The good thing about young faculty members:
I am relatively young at 45 years old (as of April 22, 2024), and I am not at all dignified due to my baby face and small stature, but I think to myself that this makes it easier for students to talk to me.

(5) My favorite way to explain
I like to speak in an easy-to-understand manner. I feel pleasure when I can explain without using difficult expressions and using metaphors. Recently, I read an article by Kaoru Takeuchi, a science writer (Toyo Keizai ONLINE). He says that "an easy-to-understand way of communication" is "a way of communication that makes the other person's brain draw a picture (image). It is true that Kaoru Takeuchi's and Akira Ikegami's talks are easy to picture in one's mind. I also aim to explain in such a way.
In addition, in my classes, I try to motivate my students by repeating the purpose of the lecture (how what they are learning now will be useful) and the goal of the lecture.

Good points of the University of Tokyo

I think the good thing about the University of Tokyo is that there are many excellent students. There are students from all walks of life. From the steady student, to the student who learns surprisingly fast, to the student from overseas, we are all stimulated by each other.

I believe that humans are like plants, and that there should be various types of students and faculty members. It is difficult to say which type is the best, and I think it is boring to have only the same type of people. I would like to help each student to develop the branch they are aiming for, to make it bloom, and to enjoy the process.