36Associate ProfessorFUKUNAGA HiroshiAssociateFukunagatookhiscurrentpositionin2009afterservingintheFacultyofTextileScienceandTechnologyatShinshuUniversityasanassistantprofessor.Hisprincipalareasofresearchchemicalengineeringandelectrochemistryasandpolymerelectrolytefuelcells.AssociateProfessorMURAIKazukireceivedPh.DinDr.MuraiEngineeringfromNagoyaInstituteofTechnology(2015).HeworkedasaJSPSresearchfellowshipforyoungscientist(DC-2)andthenasanassistantprofessorinTokyoUniversityofScience(2015-2018),beforestartinghiscurrentpositionatShinshuUniversityin2018.Biominerals(teeth,bones,seashells,andsoon)oflivingthingshaveveryexcellentfunctionsdespitebeingconstructedinamildenvironmentatnormaltemperatureandnormalpressure.Therefore,learningprocess(biomineralization)areexpectedtoenablethecreationofmaterialswithsuperiorfunctionslikebiomineralbyaprocesswithasmallenvironmentalburden.Inadditiontoresearchonbiomineralization,laboratoriesarealsoresearchingsoftmaterials,aimingatmaterialstobebio-inspiredfromlivingorganisms.ProfessorincludesolidoxideregardsandimitatingThedevelopmentofscienceandtechnologybasedontheunderstandingofthestructurecontroltechnologyofmaterialsthatfollowbiologicalsystemsisthenextgenerationofenvironmentallyconsciousmanufacturingprocessesthatexceedsthebiomineralandbiologicaltissueswhichareexcellentfunctionalmaterialsinbiologicalsystems,anditisconsideredtocontributetotheformationofasafeandsecuresocietyofthenextgenerationasa“excellentfunctionalmaterials”.Throughresearchactivities,inadditionto“theoreticalthinking”forscience,wehave“presentationskills”toaccuratelyconveyideastopeople,wearedoing“educationtonurturepeople”tounderstandandpolishtheirownphilosophy.AftergraduationIwouldliketoaimforengineersandresearchersactiveintheworld.biomineraltheformationAn electrode for a solid polymer fuel cell that my lab createdA power-generating device that uses a solid oxide fuel cellSoft matter (hydrogel) in which 95% of the mass consists of H2OstructureofNanofiberthehybridmaterialscomposedoforganicandinorganicmaterials.landscapeSyntheticofpeptideswhicharemodelmoleculesofproteinsサイズW3.6cm×H4.35cm配置位置横11cm、縦22.2cmOutlook for researchFuelcellsareadreamtechnologythatcanextractenergyefficiently.Agrowingarrayofapplicationsusefuelcellsinlarge-scalepowerplants,inresidentialandautomotivepowersystems,andasapowersourceforportabledevicesandartificialorgans.Outlook for students after graduationChemicalengineeringcanbeputtouseinawiderangeofdomains,includingchemicals,electricityandelectronics,automobiles,andenergy.Outlook for researchOutlook for students after graduationIamdevelopingtwotypesoffuelcellsthatdonotuseplatinum,whichisexpensive,asacatalyst.Oneisasolidoxidefuelcell(SOFC)thatoperatesathightemperatures.Theotherispolymerelectrolytefuelcell(PEFC)thatusesanon-platinumcatalyst,specificallysilk-derivedactivatedcarbon.Reactionactivityandtransportphenomenaforgas,ions,andelectronsintheelectrodesareimportantinbothcases,andIamworkingtodevelopnewmaterialsandtooptimizetheelectrodestructure.Chemistry and MaterialsChemistry and MaterialsDepartment ofDepartment ofMaking fuel cells a more familiar energy systemDevelopment of Functional Materials inspired by biomineralization
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