柔軟メカニズムを用いた低侵襲軟性内視鏡デバイス Department of Mechanical Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering 大腸がんは軟性内視鏡により早期発見・治療することで完治が可能である。 しかし、既存の軟性内視鏡は操作が難しく、術者への技術習得の負担が大きい。この問題の解決策として操作を支援するための軟性内視鏡デバイスは有用であるが、従来機構では部品点数が多く、サイズが大きい。本研究では弾性体の柔軟変形を利用した柔軟メカニズムを用いた小型・軽量・シンプルな軟性内視鏡デバイスを開発した。
Arylation of Tertiary Amines Using Diarylchloronium salts Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science Quaternary ammonium salts are widely used as antimicrobial agents and antistatic agents. Due to the low nucleophilicity of tertiary amines and the reactivity of aryl halides, no versatile synthetic me [...]
Exclusive nature of short-wavelength fluctuations inside transport barrier Department of Interdisciplinary Engineering Science, Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Engineering Sciences As a promising candidate of clean power generation, nuclear fusion gathers attentions. Utilizing extremely hot plasmas as fuel, plasmas are confined by magnetic fields inside vessels. Confining such p [...]
Establishment of design guidelines for high performance and durability of fuel-electrode-supported reversible solid oxide cells Department of Hydrogen Energy Systems, Graduate School of Engineering Reversible solid oxide cells (r-SOCs), which can reversibly switch between solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs) for power generation and solid oxide electrolysis cells (SOECs) for steam electrolysis, are pr [...]
Astroglial Connexin 43 is a novel therapeutic target for a chronic multiple sclerosis model Department of Medical Sciences, Graduate School of Medical Sciences Multiple sclerosis is a typical demyelinating disease affecting the central nervous system with a relapsing, remitting, and progressive course. Current therapeutic options for progressive multiple scl [...]
Lightweight, effective & reliable emotion-controllable generative speech systems Department of Information Science and Technology, Graduate School of Information Science and Electrical Engineering Using AI and SE technologies to develop an efficient, lightweight and reliable emotion-controllable speech generation system
Quantitative evaluation of fatigue limit of additively manufactured Ni-based superalloy considering the effect of defects and hydrogen environment Department of Hydrogen Energy Systems, Graduate School of Engineering Ni-based superalloy 718 has been widely used in many industries, in particular, such as aerospace engineering, due to excellent mechanical strength under a wide range of temperatures as well as high r [...]
Development of Strength Reliability System for As-Built Metallic Parts Fabricated by LPBF Process: Application to Non-Combustible Mg Alloys Department of Hydrogen Energy Systems, Graduate School of Engineering Additive manufacturing has advantages such as high geometric freedom and simplification of the manufacturing process. However, it also has the drawback of high cost. Research has shown that approximat [...]
