Hiroshima University

Interest of Course

No Professor Affiliation Position Major Research Interests and Project Information Duration URL

Bachelor Master Doctor

Biomass,Thermal
1. Biodiesel production using supercritical fluid http://home.hiroshima-u.ac.jp/~hpthermo/
1 Yukihiko MATSUMURA Engineering Professor Engineering, Chemical 4 to 6 months - ✓ -
2. Gasificcation of biomss in hot compressed water http://taoyaka.hiroshima-u.ac.jp/english/member/mentorinterview/matsumura.html
Engineering

Biomass,Thermal 1. Solid catalyst for biodiesel production

http://home.hiroshima-u.ac.jp/~hpthermo/
2 Yukihiko MATSUMURA Engineering Professor Engineering, Chemical 2. Reaction kinetics on biomass gasification under hydrothermal 4 to 6 months - - ✓
http://taoyaka.hiroshima-u.ac.jp/english/member/mentorinterview/matsumura.html
Engineering condition

1. Synthesis, optical and electrochemical properties of functional

Functional Dye Chemistry , dyes 1 to 3 months ✓
3 Yousuke OOYAMA Engineering Professor http://seeds.office.hiroshima-u.ac.jp/profile/en.614bfa36ecb61b99520e17560c007669.html
Materials Physical Chemistry 2. Preparation and photovoltaic performance of dye-sensitized solar (2018.7.1 - 12.31)
cells

1. Development of Embedded GPU/FPGA-based High-speed Vision

High-speed Vision & 2. Infomatic projection mapping for muti-camera surveillance ✓
4 Idaku ISHII Engineering Professor 1 to 6 months http://www.robotics.hiroshima-u.ac.jp/index.php
Intelligent Sensing 3. Ultrafast tracking system for flying objects (multicopters, insects,
etc)

1.Design of a Data-Driven Smart Control System

5 Toru YAMAMOTO Engineering Professor Control Engineering 2.Construction of a Data-Oriented IoT Platform for Controlling 1 to 6 months ✓ http://seeds.office.hiroshima-u.ac.jp/profile/en.dacf83b2a0108dbd520e17560c007669.html
Industrial Systems

1. Classifying videos and images with deep models ✓

6 Toru TAMAKI Engineering Associate Professor Computer Vision 1 to 6 months http://home.hiroshima-u.ac.jp/tamaki/index.html
2. Analysis and understanding human behavior

1.Development of aerial manipulator for multicopter ✓

7 Ken TAKAKI Engineering Associate Professor Robotics & Mechatronics 1 to 6 months http://www.robotics.hiroshima-u.ac.jp/index.php
2.Flight controller for multicopter using visual feedback

1. Soft exoskeleton using pneumatic artificial actuators

8 Yuichi KURITA Engineering Associate Professor Human-machine interaction 2. Tele-operation system for an excavator 1 to 6 months ✓ http://www.bsys.hiroshima-u.ac.jp/~kurita/index_e.html
3. Evaluation and design of haptic feeling

1. Preparation of siloxane-based new functional materials

6 months ✓ http://home.hiroshima-u.ac.jp/orgmtrls/Ohshita_Group/pg102.html
9 Joji OHSHITA Engineering Professor Organic Materials Chemistry 2. Preparation of new metallole-conaining compounds for -
(2018.10.1 - 2019.3.31) http://seeds.office.hiroshima-u.ac.jp/profile/en.9fea3547bdfd2fd0520e17560c007669.html
optoelectronic applications

1. Development a novel cost effective and low energy consumption

Wastewater Treatment, biological sewage treatment reactor for developing countries 3 months ✓ http://www.civil-hu.jp/en/sanitary/
10 Akiyoshi OHASHI Engineering Professor -
Environmental Engineering 2. Biological wastewater treatments with recovery of energy, (2018.9.1 - 2019.3.31) http://taoyaka.hiroshima-u.ac.jp/english/member/mentorinterview/ohashi.html
phosphorus, and minor metals

Environmental Science, Analysis of behavior of trace organic toxicants in urban air and 3 months ✓ http://www.civil-hu.jp/en/sanitary/
11 Noriatsu OZAKI Engineering Associate Professor -
Environmental Engineering water environments (2018.9.1 - 2019.3.31) http://seeds.office.hiroshima-u.ac.jp/profile/en.91d0e9cabfcca844520e17560c007669.html

Elementary　Particle Phenomenology for Particle Physics based upon Quantum Field 3 months
12 Takuya MOROZUMI Science Associate Professor
Physics (Theory) Theory (CP violation, flavor physics) (2018.6.1 - 9.30)
- ✓ - http://seeds.office.hiroshima-u.ac.jp/profile/en.b0bc8592fc3f7893520e17560c007669.h
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Interest of Course

No Professor Affiliation Position Major Research Interests and Project Information Duration URL

Bachelor Master Doctor

Phenomenology for Particle Physics based upon Quantum Field

Elementary　Particle 6 months
13 Takuya MOROZUMI Science Associate Professor
Physics (Theory)
Theory (CP violation, flavor physic, baryogenesis-leptogensis, non-
(2018.10.1 - 2019.3.31)
- - ✓ http://seeds.office.hiroshima-u.ac.jp/profile/en.b0bc8592fc3f7893520e17560c007669.h
equribiruum quantum field theory)

1. Molecular dynamics simulations of proteins and DNA.

14 Yuichi TOGASHI Science Associate Professor Computational Biophysics 2. Analysis of bioimaging data. 1 to 6 months ✓ http://www.togashi.tv/lab/
(*The targets may vary, depending on collaborations.)

Earth Sciences, Environmental signatures in Mesozoic greenhouse sediments of 1 to 2 months

15 Das KAUSHIK Science Associate Professor
Paleoenvironment Kutch, India: geochemical and isotopic approach (2018.6.1 - 9.30)
- - ✓ http://home.hiroshima-u.ac.jp/kaushik/

1. Autonomous consolidated transport of passenger and goods

3. Impacts of new mobility services on urban form
International
Infrastructure planning, 2. Modeling freight vehicle route choice behavior with GPS
16 Makoto CHIKARAISHI Development and Associate Professor
urban risk management tragectory data
3 - 6 months - ✓ http://home.hiroshima-u.ac.jp/~mkt682/
Cooperation
4. Modeling pedestrian route choice behavior with GPS tragectory
data

[Smart Technologies and Urban Life]

- Changes in people’s lives due to smart technologies
- Issues of social inequalities in terms of literary of and access to
smart technologies
Regional and Urban Planning,
International - Adaptation behavior of the elderly people to smart technologies
Mobilities and Urban Policy, 3 - 6 months
17 Junyi ZHANG Development and Professor
Smart Urban Life, Energy
- Long-term impacts of smart technologies on urban forms and the
(2018.6.1～2019.3.31)
- ✓ http://home.hiroshima-u.ac.jp/~zjy/
Cooperation progress of urbanization
Policy
*For the doctoral candidate, I'm especially requesting to have a
clear output: writing a joint paper to an SCI/SSCI journal
during/after the internship period."

1. Coastal hazards (storm surge and storm waves, and tsunami)

modeling and prediction system development
International Coastal Engineering,
2. Estimations of wind, solar and wave energy resources for 1 - 6 months
18 Han Soo LEE Development and Associate Professor Renewable energy resource
sustainable development (2018.6.1 - 2019.3.31)
✓ http://home.hiroshima-u.ac.jp/leehs/
Cooperation management
3. Quantitative assessment of climate change impacts on coastal
hazards and renewable energy resources

1. E3 (Energy-Environment-Economy) models
International Low-carbon urban planning,
2. Land use-transport interaction modelling as tools for sustainable 3 - 6 months
19 Runsen ZHANG Development and Assistant Professor climate change and energy
urban planning (2018.6.1 - 2019.3.31)
- ✓ http://idecdt.hiroshima-u.ac.jp/staff/runsen-zhang/
Cooperation studies
3. Impacts of transport policies on energy use and emissions

1. Energy-saving houses in the hot-humid climates

International 2. Adaptive thermal comfort and behaviour in the hot-humid
Building and Urban 3 - 4 months
20 Tetsu KUBOTA Development and Associate Professor
Environmental Science
climates
(2018.6.1 - 9.30)
- ✓ - http://home.hiroshima-u.ac.jp/tetsu/index.html
Cooperation 3. Indoor air quality in the growing cities of Asia
4. Application of vernacular techniques to modern houses

1. Utilization of Biomass Energy Technologies in Developing

International Biomass Energy Technogy, Countries
6 months
21 Tran Dang XUAN Development and Associate Professor Sustainable Agricultural 2. Utilization of Natura Products for Sustainable Agricultural
(2018.10.1 - 2019.3.31)
- ✓ http://home.hiroshima-u.ac.jp/~tdxuan/
Cooperation Production Production
3. Analysis for Environmental Pollution and Countermeasurements
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Interest of Course

No Professor Affiliation Position Major Research Interests and Project Information Duration URL

Bachelor Master Doctor

1. Ecology of tropical forests

International
Ecology, Ecosystem 2. Conservation of urban biodiversity 3 - 6 months ✓ http://idecdt.hiroshima-u.ac.jp/staff/tetsuro-hosaka/
22 Tetsuro HOSAKA Development and Associate Professor -
Management 3. Human-wildlife conflicts in Asian countries (2018.6.1 - 2019.3.31) http://seeds.office.hiroshima-u.ac.jp/profile/en.6ffe432301cb646e520e17560c007669.html
Cooperation
4. Ecosystem conservation and nature-based tourism

1. New neighborhoods/ new urban areas planning, self-containment,

travel behavior in developing countries
International
Transportation Planning, 2. Social network analysis in neighborhood planning 3 - 6 months ✓ http://idecdt.hiroshima-u.ac.jp/staff/thi-anh-hong-nguyen/
23 Nguyen Thi Anh Hong Development and Assistant Professor -
Neighborhood Planning 3. Value of travel time savings for business travellers (2018.4.1 - 2019.3.31) https://drhongnguyen.wixsite.com/home
Cooperation
4. Impacts of ride-sourcing service on travel mode replacement and
travel behavior in developing countries: A case study in Vietnam

1. Rural economics, issues related to agricultural economy

International
2. Rural dynamics 3 - 6 months
24 Maharjan Keshav Lall Development and Professor Agriclutural Economics
3. South Asian studies, issues related to life and culture of South (2018.6.1 - 2019.3.31)
- ✓ http://home.hiroshima-u.ac.jp/~mkeshav/
Cooperation
Asia

1. Textual and fieldwork studies of Hinduism and Buddhism in India

and Nepal.
Hindu and Buddhist Studies
Integrated Arts 2. Theories of Religious Studies and comparative studies of religions 6 months
25 Tsunehiko SUGIKI
and Sciences
Associate Professor in South Asia, Religious
from theoretical perspectives. (2018.10.1 - 2019.3.31)
- ✓ https://hiroshima-u.academia.edu/TsunehikoSugiki
Studies
*In cases of study for religions of Japan, research guidance is also
provided in Japanese.

Integrated Arts Experiments and simulation on self-propelled droplets systems. 6 months

26 Shinpei TANAKA
and Sciences
Associate Professor Active matter dynamics
Exploration of novel active materials and systems. (2018.5.1 - 2019.3.31)
✓ http://seeds.office.hiroshima-u.ac.jp/profile/en.3514393346bd3d0f520e17560c007669.

Material cycle,
1. Effect of human activity and climate change on phosphorus and
Integrated Arts Environmental dynamics, 6 months ✓
27 Shinichi ONODERA Professor nitrogen cycle in catchments - http://seeds.office.hiroshima-u.ac.jp/profile/en.708fca106cec8bd8520e17560c007669.html
and Sciences Catxhment environment (2018.10.1 - 2019.3.31)
2. Catchment environmental management for healthy material cycles
managemen

Toshinori OKUDA Integrated Arts Tropical Forest Ecology, 1. Sustainable natural resource management in tropics 6 months ✓ http://seeds.office.hiroshima-u.ac.jp/profile/en.e66fd78215cd2d8c520e17560c007669.html
28 Professor -
Toshihiro YAMADA and Sciences Biodiversity conservation 2.Interlinkage on local benefit and forest conservation (2018.4.1 - 2018.11.30) http://seeds.office.hiroshima-u.ac.jp/profile/en.dd3b2f3e50e27cba520e17560c007669.html

Integrated Arts ultrasonic measurements of water-alcohl mixtures or liquid metals 2 weeks

29 Masanori INUI Professor Chemical physics ✓ - - http://seeds.office.hiroshima-u.ac.jp/profile/en.a1492532fa958db0520e17560c007669.html
and Sciences and alloys (2018.8.1 - 2019.3.31)

Integrated Arts Sociology of Eduction and 1.Social mobility and higher education in Delhi or Uttar Pradesh,India 3 months ✓
30 Hiroshi SASAKI Associate Professor - http://seeds.office.hiroshima-u.ac.jp/profile/en.2797dd796b89e93b520e17560c007669.html
and Sciences Social Work 2.Poverty in Japan (2018.10.1 - 2019.3.31)

Cultural Anthropology,
Integrated Arts 1 Internal and international migration and development 6 months ✓
31 Itaru NAGASAKA Associate Professor Migration Studies, Southeast http://seeds.office.hiroshima-u.ac.jp/profile/en.d2a20006e0fa5051520e17560c007669.html
and Sciences 2 Anthroplogical studies on development projects (2018.10.1 - 2019.3.31)
Asian Studies

Integrated Arts Analysis of automobile industry 3 months

32 Syuuji YAMAZAKI Associate Professor business management - ✓ - http://seeds.office.hiroshima-u.ac.jp/profile/en.ef7c66d1a88b438f520e17560c007669.html
and Sciences *Japanese language skills are required. (2018.6.1 - 2019.9.30)
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No Professor Affiliation Position Major Research Interests and Project Information Duration URL

Bachelor Master Doctor

Integrated Arts 1. A study of race and ethnicity in multicultural societies 3 months

33 Ritsuko KURITA Assistant Professor Cultural Anthropology - ✓ - http://seeds.office.hiroshima-u.ac.jp/profile/en.8670dde929f81934520e17560c007669.html
and Sciences 2. Indigenous studies (eg. Indigeneity in settler societies) (2018.5.1 - 2018.9.30)

Integrated Arts 1. A study of race and ethnicity in multicultural societies 3 months

34 Ritsuko KURITA Assistant Professor Cultural Anthropology ✓ - - http://seeds.office.hiroshima-u.ac.jp/profile/en.8670dde929f81934520e17560c007669.html
and Sciences 2. Any studies on people, culture and languages (2018.10.1 - 2019.3.31)

Philosophy of Sport,
Integrated Arts 1. A study on concept of sport in ancient or modern society 6 months
35 kouki KINIWA Associate Professor Sociology of Sport, Theory - ✓ - http://seeds.office.hiroshima-u.ac.jp/profile/en.78ec4faf960dc1d2520e17560c007669.html
and Sciences 2. An elucidation of the thought of Tactical Periodization of soccer (2018.10.1 - 2019.3.31)
of Soccer Training

1. Social structure of Japanese rural community

Integrated Arts 3 month
36 Satoshi FUKUDA Associate Professor Rural sociology 2. A historical study on forest manegement in Japan - ✓ - http://seeds.office.hiroshima-u.ac.jp/profile/en.54af32373cb75bdd520e17560c007669.html
and Sciences (2018.10.1 - 2019.12.31)
*Japanese language skills are required.

Physcal Chemistry for

1. Roles of mycolic acids in the cell envelope of representative
Integrated Arts chemical and biological 6 months ✓
37 VILLENEUVE Masumi Associate Professor mycobacteria - http://seeds.office.hiroshima-u.ac.jp/profile/en.9607f6d2ceb01035520e17560c007669.html
and Sciences sciences, Colloid and (2018.6.1 - 2019.3.31)
2. Interfacial properties of rice starch granules
Interface Science

Integrated Arts 1. Foreign minorities' social inclusion 6 months

38 Naoe KAWAMOTO Associate Professor Welfare sociology ✓ - - http://seeds.office.hiroshima-u.ac.jp/profile/en.30ea8cd7cb508472520e17560c007669.html
and Sciences 2. Foreign minority chilerens' education for integration (2018.10.1 - 2019.3.31)