10 May 2024

Pioneering the future together

Engineering to pave the way for the future
Junichiro Shiomi
Assistant Dean / Professor
School of Engineering / Faculty of Engineering
The University of Tokyo
10&11 May 2024
Outline
of
SEUT
 By the Numbers
Founded in 1877 4,257
10 Undergraduate Faculties International

28,218
Students

15 Graduate Schools Students

█ = UTokyo
5,962
5,563 1,447
Staff International
█ = School of Faculty Students
Engineering

18
5,825
355
Depart 787 Staff
Students
ments Faculty
World University Ranking

Reputation
Overall Ranking
29 10
*2024 *2024

Academic Engineering &

Overall Reputation Technology
23 7 18
*2024 *2024 *2024
 Internationally Acclaimed Leaders among Engineering Alumni

Hiroaki Nakanishi
Former Chairman of
Eiichi Negishi Keidanren
Nobel Prize laureate (Japan Business Federation)
1958 alumnus of the 1970 alumnus of the Naoko Yamazaki
Department of Department of Astronaut
Applied Chemistry Electronic Engineering 1993 alumna of the
(1935.7.14-2021.6.6) (1946.3.14-2021.6.27) Department of Aeronautics

Distinguished Professors of UTokyo (Nobel Prize Candidates)

Makoto Fujita Takuzo Aida

Yoshinori Tokura Professor Former Professor at the
Former Professor at the Department of Chemistry Department of Chemistry
Department of Applied Physics & Biotechnology & Biotechnology
School of Engineering School of Engineering School of Engineering JAXA/NASA
The University of Tokyo The University of Tokyo The University of Tokyo
 Research at UTokyo School of Engineering

Graduate School 18 Departments Total

Department of Civil Engineering Department of Applied Chemistry

Department of Architecture Department of Chemical System Engineering
Department of Urban Engineering Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology
Department of Mechanical Engineering Department of Advanced Interdisciplinary
Department of Precision Engineering Studies
Department of Systems Innovation Department of Nuclear Engineering and
Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics Management
Department of Electrical Engineering and Department of Bioengineering
Information Systems Department of Technology Management for
Department of Applied Physics Innovation
Department of Materials Engineering Nuclear Professional School
Research at UTokyo School of Engineering
Department Map
 [Link] and Technology
Digital Remote
Mobility・Logistics
AI・Big Data
Can drones fly long distances
Can hundreds of millions of parameters be optimized instantly? w/o power supply？
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□(□□ )：outputs for input □□
□ 「Phenox 2」drones
developed by UTokyo
Minimize cross-entropy error (for classification problems)
⇒ how to calculate quickly and find good solutions

5G・IoT・Security
Provided by Rinoie, Imamura Lab

Will a microchip's power efficiency exceed that of the human brain? Robots・Digital Manufacturing
1000
Microchips have 1/100th of the Can we make robots to be as flexible
100 power efficiency of a human as living organisms?
Power efficiency

AMD Hawaii 28nm (2019)

Nvidia Maxwell 28nm (2019)
brain, but 10 times the area
10
efficiency
(GFLOPS/W)

Intel Xeon Phi 22nm (2012)

IBM PowerXCell 65nm (2008)
1 IoT Devices
Hitachi SH-4
250nm (1998)
0.1

Intel Itanium
0.01 180nm (2001) Kajita et al.,2004

Provided by Kuroda Lab Provided by Asama Lab

0.001
0.001 0.01 0.1 1 10 100

Area efficiency (GFLOPS/mm2) Provided by Morikawa Lab

Provided by Kuniyoshi, Niiyama Lab
 2. Life and Society
Life Resilience

Health, Medical, and Nursing Care City Disaster

Can the sensations encountered
while performing surgery be reproduced remotely?
1 trillion degrees of freedom Prevention

Can we protect the city even if a major

Provided by Sakuma Lab
earthquake, typhoon, and infectious
disease occur simultaneously?
遠隔手術 Ultra-high resolution urban seismic analysis of the
Provided by Mitsuishi Lab システム
entire Yamanote Line Provided by Ichimura Lab

What public spaces carry on local

Housing & Culture culture?
Future Land Initiative
↓ Tokyo Metropolis Expansion Plan 2050

Design collaboration between

architects and residents.

What is the land of

the future? ↓
Kumamoto Earthquake Reconstruction "Minna no Ie" Policy Making and
(House for Everyone) Photo by Vincent Hecht Social Implementation

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 3. Earth & Science
Science Link
Sustainability

What is the quantity and distribution of

Quantum &
Matter
Earth's resources?

P(t) = P (0) e−λt

What is the most accurate clock in the
Fluorescent
detector world?
↓
Thermostatic
chamber Laser cooling of Sr atoms
“Optical Lattice Clock”
A clock that is not off by a second in 13.8 billion
years of cosmic age
Provided by Katori Lab
Shinkai (deep sea) 6500＠JAMSTEC
(JAMSTEC)
Provided by Kato, Yasuhiro Lab

Space Hayabusa (falcon) 2

Environment & Energy

Can batteries be made without resource constraints? & Nature
What complex systems
can accomplish missions in
unknown space environments?

↓
Humanity's frontier requires
Provided by Yamada Lab
extreme performance Provided by Nakasuka Lab
 What is engineering?
Science = The study of exploring truth in nature
Engineering = The study that contributes to the development of human society on the basis of basic science

Engineering
Accumulation of
knowledge

Quest
Social
implementation
Science

Search for a new Realisation

quest of dreams

Engineering goes beyond exploration Transforming the society!

 Research at School of Engineering
Examples of research topics from 12 professors
 Department of Systems Innovation
Professor Yasuhiro Kato
Ultimate frontier resource: discovery and exploration of rare-earth elements (REE-rich mud)
Towards development of REE-rich mud Rare-earth elements (REE-rich mud) pioneer the future of Japan and the world

Economic scale of REE industry Realisation of development of Seafloor mineral resources

Minamitorishima REE-rich mud development industry
Market for REE
commodity is ~100 Highly advanced
times larger than materials industry
that of raw
materials!
Marine research industry

Marine development industry

Expansion and creation of high-tech materials industry,

related to next generation energy technologies
Success in creating a pilot product Hi-tech materials industry
from rare-earth elements in REE-rich
mud for the first time in the world!
LED Rare earth magnet Al-Sc alloy

(Nichia Corporation) (Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.) (Airbus)

SOFC Fluorescent ink for anti- High brightness

phosphorescent pigment
counterfeiting

Light of Minamitorishima !
NHK 'Close-Up Today' (Hasegawa Lab,
(Broadcased on 27 Feb., 2013) (Broadcasted on 27 November (Bloom Energy) Aoyama Univ.) (Nemoto &Co., Ltd.)
2017, NHK News 7, etc.)

Developing rare-earth elements (REE-rich mud) to

create a 10-trillion-yen-a-year industry

Developing innovative seafloor resources for a prosperous future

 Department of Civil Engineering
Professor Tetsuya ISHIDA
Innovations in Concrete Technology: Multiscale Modeling,
Digital Fabrication, Green Concrete
Multi-scale Modeling of concrete materials and structures Concrete 3D Printing Technology CO2-adsorbing Concrete Like Plants
CO2 CO2

CO2 CO2

CO2
Size of the object

(nano meter) (micro-meter) (centi-meter) (meter)

An innovative technology that achieves
An innovative numerical method that simulates the process from Innovative additive manufacturing carbon neutrality by absorbing and
concrete hardening to long-term deterioration, coupling 20 technology for concrete structures, fixing CO2 within the structure during
governing equations with thermodynamic, mechanical, and enabling enhanced functionalities and the hardening and service phases of
chemical models spanning from nanometer to meter scales. metamaterial-like properties concrete.

Achieving a sustainable society through innovative concrete technology

 Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Professor Akiko Kumada
Building a power grid to achieve carbon neutrality
Electrical Materials x AI ⇒ Embodying the next-generation power grid (If it cannot be carried, it is thrown away)
Discharge x Sensing ⇒ Life span assessment (Facilities must be maintained)
Demand x Machine Learning ⇒ Energy management (Smart control based on the characteristics of electricity)

Development of new One of the best high

materials for DC Utilize direct current to carry voltage halls
high voltage electricity from large renewable
sources without wasting it

Measuring electric fields

with a laser

Upgrade existing AC power grid appropriately

Clarification of Large
Current Phenomena

Next-generation power grid with an additional DC transmission layer

Creating a new power grid that carries electricity without waste
 Department of Mechanical Engineering
Professor Junichiro Shiomi
Aiming to solve social problems through innovation in thermal energy materials!
～A major appeal of engineering is that you can study abroad and work on a wide range of subjects～
Next generation aircraft Single crystal growth Nano tech
@space A new era of nanotechnology: Innovating materials with AI
(meter scale) (millimeter scale) (nanometer scale) “Materials・Informatics”
JAXA Optimal design through machine-learning Robotic automated fabrication and
methods for computational science performance evaluation

Laminar
turbulence Marangoni Phonon
transition convection engineering
Undergraduate Graduate Postdoc

Studied at University Studied at National Studied at KTH Royal

of California Technical University of Institute of Technology High-speed exploration using quantum Application example: 'Earth-cooling’
Athens computers heat-radiating materials

Innovative computational science to create 'earth-cooling' materials

Highly efficient materials development ⇒ Solving social issues that cannot wait
 Department of Applied Physics Professor Eiji Saitoh
Physics×Engineering: Can "physical laws" be created?
Understanding the fundamental Creating new physical laws in materials ! New functions and phenomena in materials
principles of physical laws Design, control and manipulate physical laws that were previously never considered
→ Technologies change the world
Electron spin

Micro power generator

and micro motor based on
completely new principles

magnet M
＝

Hg
Designing materials at the atomic level
magnet
Fundamental principles of physical laws:
Design and operation in materials are now possible Emergence of Nanotechnology to arrange atoms
Symmetry in space-time and
quantum phase of wave-function in desired positions

Material synthesis at the atomic Supercomputer dedicated to a

Professor Eiji Saitoh level specific task
Create innovative materials and functions by creating new physical laws
 Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
(Former Dean of Faculty of Engineering)

Collaboration Professor Takao Someya

between
Medicine and Inventing 'e-skin', a second skin with a natural fit, and
Engineering
laying the foundations for elastic electronics
Organic image sensor Hypoallergenic skin-applied sensors Wearable sensors

Pulse wave Fingerprint Vein

measurement authentication authentication
Nature Electron.(2020).

Rectus femoris
muscle

Tibialis anterior
muscle
World's highest and Long-term continuous Multipoint EMG measurement during
fastest resolution measurement exercise
Creating innovative electronics which monitor long-term
continuous body temperature, blood oxygen levels, pulse, etc.
 Department of Systems Innovation Professor Yutaka Matsuo
Artificial intelligence: can intelligence be created artificially?
We can understand human intelligence better World model robotics research Large language model
by making it ourselves.

The mechanisms of intelligence

and brain structure are not yet
unraveled
↓
At Matsuo Lab, they want to
understand intelligence by
“creating intelligence” Discovered a dramatic improvement in accuracy by
ａｄｏｐｔｉｎｇ “Let's think step by step”
University corporate relations ･ Human resources
=

From here, we can reach the realization of

development ･ Start-up incubation true intelligence.
Need for collaboration
Artificial Intelligence made
with academia and industry
dramatic increases in industrial competitiveness

Yutaka Matsuo,
Professor
Chairperson of the
AI Strategy Council,
Director of the
While at Stanford University, he witnessed the rapid growth of Japan Deep Learning
Association, etc.
Google and Facebook closely. Now, he is determined to create an
ecosystem in Japan on par with Silicon Valley.

New strategies for AI and ChatGPT will revive Japanese industry

 Department of Systems Innovation
Professor Akio Nakao
Beyond

5G Information and communication as a “lifeline”

The value of information and communication
necessary for future society
Research in progress
1. Safe and secure society • Ultra-realistic communications, “autonomous networks” that predict failures and recover automatically
• “Super-intelligent networks” that optimally and automatically connect with AI
2. Easy to use
• “Communication that can connect anywhere on earth” utilizing outer space (low earth orbit satellites)
3. Can be used anywhere
• “Upgradable communications” that make the most of software
4. Can be updated quickly • “Ultra-low power communications” that use AI to predict and optimize power consumption
5. Environmentally friendly

Ultra-realistic Bring the country’s communications Creation of a safe and secure

communications coverage to 100% future local society

Enhance the sense of reality with large Mobile communications that connect anywhere Means of communication for victims of
capacity and ultra-low latency! on the ground! mountaineering accidents

Creating an information and communication network that connects anywhere in Japan

 Department of Architecture
Professor Kaori Fujita Building an Urban Legacy

Architecture is a technology and an art!

Continue to preserve the value and beauty of New National Stadium (Japan)

historic wooden architecture and use it safely

Building investigations in Japan and abroad Earthquake Applied to

resistance tests buildings

6m

Experiment of shaking a Development of

International Collaborative Research Seismological Observation and
five-story pagoda model building
(Investigation of Wooden Churches Monitoring (Kamakura, Kenchoji Kengo Kuma
with the same waves as reinforcement and
in Ukraine) Temple) University Professor
those of an earthquake repair
Photo (c) J.C. Carbonne
components

Engineering x Art to create strong and beautiful wooden architecture

 Department of Mechanical Engineering
Professor Gentiane Venture
Connecting people with robots!
Born and raised in the south of France, after graduating from university, she
came to Japan to engage in research and has remained active in Japan!
Understanding non-verbal Connecting people and robots by enhancing Connecting people through robots with “slow
communication and human behaviour the expressive power of robots technology”

Action recognition Assistive robots

Robot that plays with children

Motion analysis

Robot that can perform with actors Greeting robots

Walking companion robots
Robots that understand human feelings will help create a society friendly to all
Design robots
 Department of Chemistry & Biotechnology Professor
Takamasa Sakai
Collaboration between
Medicine and Engineering Sakai Lab – Gel Physics X Engineering = Gel Medicine
Gels are ubiquitous materials that can be found in a wide variety of applications across many different fields

Molecular Network
+
Solvent Medicine
Food Agriculture Battery

The most uniform gel in the Medical applications of human-

world: Tetra Gel like materials - gels
Anti-adhesive agent Hemostatic agent
How is softness determined?
How far can it be stretched?
How strong is it?

Many formulas that defy Close collaboration between

long-held conventions and clinicians
govern the properties of Social implementation
gels have been discovered through ventures
Artificial vitreous

Creating innovative hemostatic and anti-adhesive agents with gel

 Department of Electrical and
Electronic Engineering Assoc. Prof. Le Duc Anh
Bringing out the full potential of semiconductor materials
Semiconductor Green Electronics Fault-tolerant Quantum
Crystal Growth utilizing Spin in semiconductors Computer
Majorana fermion

Innovations from
(In,Fe)Sb (In,Fe)As (Ga,Fe)Sb
atomic level Room-temperature Ferromagnetic Par□cle ≡ An□-
semiconductors particle

Empower semiconductors to create a sustainable future society

All-in-One Semiconductor Platform for
Next-Generation Electronics
Integrate into a Single Semiconductor
Controlling
Nano-Fabrication Magnetism Topology Superconductor
quantum states
 Academic Agreements of School of Engineering
Vietnam
Hanoi University of Science, VNU Hanoi
Hanoi University of Science & Technology
Hue University of Technology
Vietnam Academy of Science & Technology, Vietnam National Satellite Center

Exchange programs with world leading universities (weeks to a year):

～100 students/ year

including mutual agreements on tuition waivers.

As of 1st May 2023
 Globalization of Engineering Education
Accelerating online
“X-Lecture (Cross-lecture) program":
exchanges with top
online lecture by an invited overseas speaker
universities

MIT MIT, Caltech, KTH (Sweden),

Tsinghua University (China)
ENPC Caltech Seoul National University
UTokyo
9 countries and 10 universities
overcoming the time difference
"Double Degree Program": for an online summer camp
get a master's in both Over 150 participants in an
countries online exchange event

Academic English
skills training
Over 120 attendees for a large-
scale Academic Writing &
Presentation lecture
 Education and research collaboration
with the world’s top universities

Deans’ Forum in Engineering Asian Deans' Forum (ADF)

MEMBER INSTITUTIONS:
MEMBER INSTITUTIONS: Seoul National University, Tsinghua University, Hong Kong
IBM Watson Research Center, Imperial University of Technology, National Taiwan University, National
College London, University of Oxford, University of Singapore , University of New South Wales,
UC Berkeley, University of Cambridge, UTokyo
ETH Zurich, KTH, Grandes Écoles de
France, MIT, UTokyo

Deans’ Forum 2013 UC Berkeley

8th ADF@UTokyo

1st：DF2011@UTokyo
2nd：DF2013@UC Berkeley 1st: ADF2016 UTokyo (MOU signed among 6
3rd：DF2014@KTH universities)
2nd: ADF2017 National Taiwan University
4th：DF2015@IBM Watson
5th：DF2016@Cambridge 3rd: ADF2018 National University of Singapore
6th：DF2017@Paris 4th: ADF2018 Hong Kong University of Technology
7th：DF2019@ETH Zurich 5th: ADF2019 Seoul National University
8th：DF2021@KTH online 6th: ADF2021 Tsinghua University (online)
9th：DF2022@UTokyo online 7th: ADF2022 University of New South Wales
10th：DF2025@UTokyo（planned） Deans’ Forum 2016, Cambridge 8th: ADF2023 UTokyo
9th: ADF2024 National University of Singapore (planned)
The Rising Stars Women in Engineering (RSE) Workshop
International workshop on career
development for women researchers

Joint efforts for gender equality, etc.

Planned in 2024 at National University of Singapore

 Comfortable learning environment,
thoughtful and friendly guidance
Learning environment Providing a comfortable campus life
You can use the lounge space as needed Bento (boxed-lunch) Shop

Subway Sandwiches

Thoughtful guidance by
world-class faculties
Food Trucks

Starbucks Coffee
On-Campus Convenience Stores
 Basic and practical skills developed in Engineering
Basic subjects and exercises AI ・ information Research・practical training・workshop
partial differential equations
complex functions statistical physics CAD
computer science quantum mechanics
electrodynamics

statistics NLP
Basic skills that can be applied
in all situations

Thoughts on Integration
Interpretation with
application
image
Discovery of analysis data analysis
Derivation of new
Forest ・ ground Digital manufacturing
universality principles Real-world sophistication/problem-solving
 Active support for extra-curricular activities

Activities with 'Special Eng. Education Program of the Dean of Engineering' approval are equivalent to
regular classes

・Kanto Spring ROBOCON 2021 Winner

and runner-up
・F3RC Winner and runner-up
・NHK STUDENT ROBOCON 2021
Second place
・ABU ROBOCON 2021 Special award
(TOYOTA Award)
 Venture・Entrepreneurship Education
Cumulative number of Todai-related ventures started
Number of University of Tokyo-related ventures
Approx. 478 companies (as of Mar. 2022) Around
half of these are in Engineering!
Source: Division of University Corporate Relations

Faculty of Engineering (all departments)

leads the entire University of Tokyo!

Professor
Yutaka Matsuo
PKSHA Technology WASSHA ACES

Developing unique solutions with Delivering electricity to regions in Introducing AI in different industries
machine learning algorithms Africa which have no electricity with AI “machine eyes”
 Venture・Entrepreneurship Education
Introductory program Summer camp

Discussions with fellow

entrepreneurs and colleagues
The “U of Tokyo Entrepreneur Dojo” provides the
Forefront experience stories of who aspire to start their own
extensive knowledge required to start a business
university-initiated ventures business

Preparing an entrepreneurship plan Taking on the world stage

Photo.

Pitch your commercialisation plan in the Silicon

Visiting and discussing with Valley (EDGE-NEXT) Presentations on the world
senior entrepreneurs stage (SXSW)
 School of Engineering promotes diversity
CIS signal processing Piloting is all about preparation
Engineering can be involved in the
and demonstration development Analysing the environment and anticipating
process of bringing ideas to life.
for mobile applications risks

Ms. ZI PEILIN [Link] FURUSAWA Ms. Mayu KOYANO

Sony Semiconductor Chemical company JAPAN AIRLINES（copilot）
Solutions Group
2019 [Link]. 2015 [Link].
2023 [Link]. Dept. Materials Dept. Of Aeronautics and
Electricaland Engineering Astronautics
Electronic
Engineering Course

[Link] MATSUI
[Link] Attached to the Main
[Link] MATSUDA
Taxation Bureau,
Corradini Ministry of Finance Bestat Inc
(Doctoral student at Imperial Founder and CEO
Toyo Engineering College London)
Corporation 2014 [Link].
2013 [Link]. [Link] Technology
2023 [Link]. [Link]. Management for
Dept. Chemical & Information Physics Innovation
System Engineering

Chemical plant design Having a foundation in engineering, you'll be Developing AI is like developing human
irreplaceable. resources.
 You pioneer
the future
The University of Tokyo Faculty
of Engineering is waiting for you