Graduate School

Doctoral Program

Graduate School of Science and Technology
Major in Intelligent Structure and Functional Science

Producing graduates with both the creativity and practical skills needed to open up new realms of inquiry.

Material characteristics-related advanced theory and other topics related to the creation of diverse, special materials designed at the atomic and molecular level; the construction, control and advanced functional enhancement of intelligent information systems incorporating signal processing theory and practice; and education and research into environmental and social infrastructure are utilized to cultivate advanced professionals and researchers capable of opening up new realms of inquiry across a wide spectrum of disciplines, including safety engineering, human engineering and environmental engineering.

Areas of Study

  • Matter and Materials

    Advanced theory related to material property characteristics, dynamic characteristics and other characteristics. Creation of artificially designed and controlled novel structural materials and novel, composite functional materials; development and functional analysis of intelligent devices. In addition, education and research related to computational materials engineering.

  • Structural Functions

    This area of study is focused on the conceptual construction of structures and mechanisms with built-in sensor functionality/built-in external response functionality. A fusion of educational and research content is covered, from design, processing and incorporation of function to structural reliability.

  • Intelligent Information

    This area of study is focused on the construction of soft systems with intelligent functions, such as adaptive or self-learning functions. Education and research encompasses advanced signal processing theory development, various signal type detection and recognition, intelligent information generation, processing and control, and system functionality and intelligence enhancement.

  • Environmental and Social Infrastructure

    Development of advanced analytic theory and multidimensional, spatio-temporal information systems related to global environmental observation on a scale ranging from the global to the local. Social infrastructure formation-related optimization theory and life-cycle management system development. Education and research encompasses environmental and social infrastructure conservation/harmonization/construction-related theory and advanced global environmental observation systems development.

  • Food and Biotech

    Biomolecular information, neural transmission and physical activity elucidation of expression and associated biofunctional medical applications. New food product development-related scientific evaluation and evidence establishment. Education and research focuses on health and systems management driven by these elements in combination.

Curriculum

Japanese only