Iamcarryingoutbioscienceandbiochemicalresearchintofibersmadebyorganismsthatliveinwater.MyresearchprimarilycoversthephylaMolluscaandArthropoda.Bivalveclamsthatliveintheoceancreateatypeoffibercalledbyssus.Livingorganismsleveragetheiracquiredknowledgetocreateexceptionalfibersinthewater.Thereisagreatdealthatresearcherscanlearnfromfibermaterialscreatedbylivingorganisms.Thisknowledgewillleadtothefibermaterialengineeringofthefuture.GraduatesareemployedasR&Dengineersbymanufacturesinvolvedinthefollowingbusinesses:spinning;fiberproductionnon‐wovenmaterialproduction;foodingredientproduction;sportsproductproduction;plasticprocessing;processing,manufacture,andsaleofnaturalpolysaccharides;andchemicalproductmanufacturing.TheAsiangreenmusselcreatesthisstrangebyssusfiberunderwater.Byssusfibersaregeneratedbytheadhesivediskattheend(left:thestickypart),thedistalsection(center:ahard,strongfiber),andtheproximalsection(right:atough,strongfiber).Department?of?Chemistry?and?MaterialsExploring?the?future?of?biochemical?researchIampursuingresearchintohigh‐efficiencyconversionoftheenergyandchemicalsfoundwithinlivingthingsbyartificiallyimitatingthedetailedstructuresfoundinthem.Specifically,myresearchincludesthebreakingdownofhazardoussubstancesfoundintheenvironment,chemicalsensorsthatcandetecttraceamountsofsubstances,andsolarpanelsmadewithoutsilicon.Graduatesgoontoworkprimarilyatchemicalandmaterialmanufacturers,butsomealsoworkatelectricalandmachinerymanufacturersProfessorMutsumiKimuraProfessorKimuragraduatedfromTsukubaUniversityin1990andfromthatuniversity’smaster'sprograminenvironmentalsciencein1992.HecompletedtheShinshuUniversityGraduateSchoolofEngineering’sdoctoralresearchProgramin1995.Hisareaofspecializationisfunctionalmaterialchemistry.OutlookforresearchOutlook?for?students?after?graduationIcarryoutresearchintoenvironmentalpurificationcatalystsonthenano‐scale,highlysensitivesensorsthatcandetecttraceamountsofchemicalsubstances,andfunctionalmaterialsthatallowtheproductionofcolorfulsolarpanels.Thesematerialsarethekeystodevelopingasocietycapableofsustainablegrowth.Department?of?Chemistry?and?MaterialsDiscoveringnewfunctionalmaterialsthroughnanotechandrealizingnewfunctionalitybyimitatingthestructureoflivingthings31By?using?m?aterials?at?the?nano‐scale,?it?becomes?possible?to?detect?extremely?low?concentrations?of?gas?(as?part?of?the?effort?to?develop?artificial?olf?actory?sensors).A?plant?is?a?small?chemical?plant.This?green?solar?cell?imitates?photosynthesis.Outlook?for?students?after?graduationProfessorKousakuOhkawaAftergraduatingfromtheFunctionalPolymerScienceCourseattheFacultyofTextileScienceandTechnology(FTST)andcompletingthefirstsemesterofadoctoralprogramattheGraduateSchoolofEngineering,ProfessorOhkawaparticipatedinagraduatecourseofferedbytheUniversityofTokyo’sGraduateSchoolBiologicalScience.HesubsequentlyreturnedtotheInstituteofHighPolymerResearch(IHPR)runbytheFTSTatShinshuUniversityin1996asanassistantprofessorandlatersubmittedhisdoctoralthesistotheUniversityofTokyo(DoctorateofScience,1998).HewaspromotedtoassociateprofessorattheIHPRin2003.HishasservedasaprofessorintheDivisionofBiologicalandMedicalFibersattheInstituteforFiberEngineering(IFES)atShinshuUniversitysince2014.Outlook?for?research
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