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Department of Applied Quantum Physics and Nuclear Engineering The Department of Applied Quantum Physics and Nuclear Engineering was founded in April 1998 on the aim at educating high level professionals who will play an active part in realization of the sustainable development of the human society. The Department covers relevant research fields, such as developments of high-performance nuclear reactors and materials for utilizing the nuclear energy more effectively, generation and measurement of quantum beams, properties of smart materials and complex systems, and social aspects of energy systems. Nuclear physics and Electromagnetic Instrumentation Nobuo IKEDA, D. Sc., Professor Tomio OKAI, D. Eng., Associate Professor Yusuke UOZUMI, D. Eng., Associate Professor Genichiro WAKABAYASHI, D. Eng., Assistant Professor Yujiro YONEMURA, D. Eng., Assistant Professor 1. Precise measurements of nuclear reactions at medium to high energies 2. Precise measurements of astrophysical nuclear reaction rates 3. Advanced techniques for radiation measurements 4. Study on accelerator technology 5. Microscopic study of medicine, environments and cosmos Radiation Physics and Measurements Kenji ISHIBASHI, D. Eng., Professor Keisuke MAEHATA, D. Eng., Associate Professor Hidehiko ARIMA, D. Eng., Assistant Professor Nobuhiro SHIGYO, D.Eng., Assistant Professor 1. Experimental study on nuclear spallation reactions in energy of GeV region. 2. Evaluation of high energy nuclear reaction cross section data. 3. Development of cryogenic particle detectors. 4. Application of high temperature superconductors to particle accelerators and nuclear fusion reactors. Radiation Induced Phenomena in Condensed Matter Syo MATSUMURA, D. Eng., Professor Kazuhiro HARA, D. Sc., Professor Kazuhiro YASUDA, D. Eng., Associate Professor Ken-ichi SHIIYAMA, D. Sc., Assistant Professor Satoru YOSHIOKA, D. Eng., Assistant Professor 1. Radiation-induced structural changes in alloys and ceramic materials 2. Radiation effects on electrical and magnetic properties of insulating and superconducting ceramic materials 3. Advanced transmission electron microscopy and its applications to nanostructural analyses of materials Nuclear Fuel Engineering Kazuya IDEMITSU, D. Eng., Professor Yaohiro INAGAKI, D. Eng., Associate Professor Tatsumi ARIMA, D. Eng., Assistant Professor 1. Study on nuclear fuel improvement and safety 2. Study on nuclear fuel cycle 3. Study on radioactive waste management Energy Systems Kenji FUKUDA, D. Eng., Professor Koji MORITA, D. Eng., Associate Professor Tatsuya MATSUMOTO, D. Eng. Assistant Professor 1. Energy, environment and economical systems 2. Fluid dynamics and thermo-hydraulics in energy systems 3. Researches on safety of nuclear reactors Nuclear Reactor Physics and Fusion Energy Science Yasuyuki NAKAO, D. Eng., Professor Kenji KOTOH, D. Eng., Associate Professor Hideaki MATSUURA, D. Eng., Assistant Professor 1. Study on transmutation of trans-uranium nuclides 2. Application of neural network theory to reactor diagnoses 3. Analysis of ignition and burn properties of inertially confined plasmas 4. Theoretical study on inertial-electrostatic confinement fusion Condensed Matter Physics Toshihiro IDOGAKI, D. Sc., Professor Tatsuya KAWAE, D. Sc., Associate Professor Yuji INAGAKI, B. Sc., Assistant Professor 1. Phase transitions and critical phenomena in spin systems. 2. Properties of matters under extreme conditions such as low temperature, high magnetic field and high pressure. 3. Electronic and magnetic properties of strongly correlated electron systems. Surface Physics Satoru TANAKA, Ph.D., Professor Applied Physics Shoichi KAI, D. Eng., Professor Hirotaka, OKABE, D. Eng., Associate Professor Naoto KAKUTA, D. Eng., Associate Professor Yoshiki HIDAKA, D. Eng., Assistant Professor 1. Physics of self-organization phenomena in non-equilibrium open systems 2. Electro-hydrodynamics and spatio-temporal chaos 3. Molecular alignment study using scanning probe microscopy Physics of living organisms and of biological materials