Graduate School of Engineering

Associate Professor Eri Miura

チタンやマグネシウムなどの生体との相性のよい金属をベースに、金属とセラミックス、樹脂のそれぞれの優れた性質を組み合わせた生体材料の開発や、生体中での腐食摩耗に関する研究を行っています。結晶構造や性質の異なる素材同士を一体化させるには材料の界面の性質が重要になってきます。生体や海中など特殊な環境におかれた材料の界面や表面の性質を詳しく知るため、電子顕微鏡による組織観察や様々な分析機器による表面分析、機械試験等を行っています。

Graduate School of Disaster Resilience and Governance

Associate Professor Anna Matsukawa

Disasters cause more damage to those who are vulnerable in society, such as the elderly, people with disabilities, women, children, and foreign nationals. We are conducting research with the aim of creating a fair society in which social vulnerability is minimized before a disaster strikes, and in which all victims can receive appropriate support.

School of Human Science and Environment

Associate Professor Yuri Nagira

My research focuses on American literature. In particular, we focus on the complex structures of discrimination in the United States and study how Black American writers have confronted issues of class and gender within the Black community. The study of works by minority writers has implications for the state of contemporary society in a wide range of contexts beyond the United States.

School of Human Science and Environment

Associate Professor Yohei Nishimura

Tolerance does not mean just putting up with something. It is not tolerance if a person with discriminatory feelings refrains from hate speech. It is also different from merely accepting everything or being indifferent. Tolerance means to evaluate and respect the ideas and lifestyles of others from a variety of value standards, even when you find their ideas and lifestyles unacceptable. We think about tolerance as the key to achieving true inclusion.

School of Human Science and Environment

Professor Ayako Takahashi

I conducted research into American activist and poet Gary Snyder.

Snyder, who is currently 92 years old, is a prominent environmentalist. Also, his works are some of the most prominent in the area of environmental literature.

With an approach on environmentalism and respect for living things cultivated through this research, the central topic of my learning and research is the relationship between the environment and humans in the areas of environmental anthropology and literature, with a focus on a fusion between the humanities and sciences and on anthropology.

Graduate School of Disaster Resilience and Governance

Professor Mayumi Sakamoto

I am doing research on disaster resilience and recovery measures that utilize communication and social networks. Also, I am tackling joint research and implementation in cooperation with entities such as local governments, regions, and NPOs is order to create regions that are resilient to disasters.