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Dept. of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, School of Engineering, Tohoku University

Fluid Mechanics Lab. (Shigeta, Muneoka & Sugimoto Group)

Plasma Fluid Mechanics etc.

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Dr. Muneoka has been appointed as an associate professor. (2025.03.01)
Mr. Sato(B4) won Academic Encouragement Award. (2024.12.24)
Mr. Kishimoto(M2) won Best Presentation Award. (2024.10.26)
Prof. Shigeta received Light Metal Welding Technology Award. (2024.06.04)
Prof. Shigeta received Welding Technology Encouragement Award. (2024.05.18)
Ms. Sorai(M1) won Best Presentation Award. (2024.05.11)


News!

  • Dr. Muneoka has been appointed as an associate professor. (2025.03.01)
  • Collaboration research paper with AIST has been published in Advanced Powder Technology. (2025.02.08)
  • Mr. Sato(B4) won Academic Encouragement Award of Smart Processing Society for Materials, Environment & Energy. (2024.12.24)
  • Prof. Shigeta was elected as a representative member of the Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers. (2024.12.06)
  • Open Access Research Report which Prof. Shigeta wrote has been published in JSAP Review. (2024.12.04)
  • "Successful and failed simulations of high-enthalpy plasma jet" which Prof. Shigeta carried out has been uploaded as a YouTube short movie (19 sec.). Viewing it on mobile phones is recommended. (2024.12.03)
  • We had a Lab. event "Apple picking and BBQ". (2024.10.28)
  • Mr. Kishimoto(M2) won Best Presentation Award at Annual Meeting 2024 of Japan Society of Fluid Mechanics. (2024.10.26)
  • Photos page was updated. (2024.10.25)
  • Prof. Shigeta had an online invited talk on C-MAST seminar. (2024.10.23)
  • Prof. Shigeta was featured on the top page of "AOBA MOYU" the public relations magazine of School of Engineering, Tohoku University. (2024.09.27)
  • Movie of Water plasma - Cutting experiment & Flow simulation has been uploaded on our YouTube channel.(2024.09.18)
  • Photos page was updated. (2024.09.15)
  • Photos page was updated. (2024.08.20)
  • We had a Lab. event "Joint experiment & BBQ with Tanaka & Komen Lab. Osaka University". (2024.08.07)
  • We had a Lab. event "Party at Beer Garden". (2024.07.31)
  • We had a Lab. event "MATSUSHIMA Sightseeing, BBQ, and Fireworks". (2024.06.14)
  • Prof. Shigeta received Light Metal Welding Technology Award. (2024.06.04)
  • Simulation movie of landform formation of lava-modelled molten metal flow by Mr. Tomita(M2) has been uploaded on our YouTube channel and the explanation has also been added to the Research page on this website. (2024.05.31)
  • Simulation movie of Wingtip Vortices (for 2nd-year undergradiate students) has been uploaded on our YouTube channel. (2024.05.22)
  • Prof. Shigeta received Welding Technology Encouragement Award. (2024.05.18)
  • Prof. Shigeta has been appointed as the Vice Chief of HTSJ Tohoku Branch. (2024.05.11)
  • Ms. Sorai(M1) won Best Presentation Award at the 24th Student Session of HTSJ Tohoku Branch. (2024.05.11)
  • The paper about lava flow simulation which Mr. Tomita(M2) wrote as the first author has been published in an international academinc journal DYNAMICS. (2024.04.19)
  • Prof. Shigeta had an Invited Talk at the 71st Japan Society of Applied Physics (JSAP) Spring Meeting 2024. (2024.03.23)
  • Assist. Prof. Sugimoto had Invited Talks at SCEJ 89th Annual Meeting. (2024.03.20)
  • Assist. Prof. Sugimoto had Invited Talks at 12th Nano-Precision Channel, Committee for Nano-Precision Mechanical Manufacturing Technology, The Japan Society for Precision Engineering. (2024.01.25)
  • A new movie has been uploaded on our YouTube channel. (2024.02.03)
  • Our collaboration paper with AIST has been published. (2024.01.04)
  • A new movie has been uploaded on our YouTube channel. (2023.12.19)
  • Prof. Shigeta had an Invited Talk at Japan Society of Thermophysical Properties Seminar. (2023.12.15)
  • We had a Lab. event "Year-end party". (2023.12.14)
  • Assist. Prof. Sugimoto had Invited Talks at ASCHT2023 in Saudi Arabia. (2023.12.05)
  • Prof. Shigeta had an Invited Talk at Plasma Material Engineering Meeting/NEXTA Forum. (2023.10.23)
  • Mr. Tomita(M1) had an oral presentation at PARTICLES 2023 (International Conference for Particle methods) in Italy. (2023.10.11)
  • The paper of a project that Prof. Shigeta is involved has been published on Scientific Reports. (2023.08.31)
  • The team with Prof. Shigeta received Awards for Encouragement of Welding Physics and Technology. (2023.08.08)
  • The paper written by Prof. Shigeta and Osaka University group has been published on Scientific Reports. (2023.07.29)
  • We had a Lab. event "Drinking Party". (2023.07.21)
  • Invited Review Article "Progress of Computational Plasma Fluid Mechanics" has been published. It is an Open Access paper that anyone can download. (2023.06.16)
  • Mr. Kishitomo(M1) and Mr. Tsurumi(M1) had poster presentations at the 25th International Symposium on Plasma Chemistry (ISPC25). (2023.05.22)
  • Mr. Kishitomo(M1) won Best Presentation Award at the 23rd Student Session of HTSJ Tohoku Branch. (2023.05.13)
  • Prof. Shigeta's mock lecture at Tohoku University Festival 2022 was uploaded on YouTube. (2023.05.07)
  • Assist. Prof. Sugimoto received JSME Young Engineers Award. (2023.04.20)
  • Prof. Shigeta has been appointed as the Head of the department & course of Mechanical Systems Engineering. (2023.04.01)
  • Mr. Kishitomo(B4) won Original Research Student Award (for Technical Colleges and Undergraduate Schools) at JSME Tohoku Branch. (2023.03.17)
  • Mr. Kishitomo(B4), Mr. Tsurumi(B4), Mr. Tomita(B4) had oral presentations of Graduation Researches at the 53rd Tohoku Student Association, JSME Tohoku Branch. (2023.03.07)
  • Prof. Shigeta's lecture movie for open campus has been viewed more than 10,000 times in 1.5 years after the release. (2023.01.31)
  • Mr. Kishitomo(B4), Mr. Tsurumi(B4) had oral presentations at Thermal Plasma Research Workshop held at Osaka University. (2022.12.22)
  • Dr. Shih-Cheng Hu, a Distinguished Professor of National Taipei University of Technology visited our group. (2022.12.19)
  • Prof. Shigeta and Assist. Prof. Sugimoto had Invited Talks at MagMet Seminar at Chubu Center of AIST. (2022.12.15)
  • Prof. Shigeta played the drums ato the 14th Aobayama Concert of Tohoku University. Click to watch the recorded movie on YouTube. (2022.12.02)
  • Mr. Orita(M1), Mr. Kishitomo(B4), Mr. Tsurumi(B4), Mr. Tomita(B4) had oral presentations at the annual academic lecture of Smart Processing Society for Materials, Environment & Energy. (2022.11.15)
  • Prof. Shigeta had an Invited Talk at Prometech Simulation Conference 2022. (2022.11.08)
  • Prof. Shigeta had an Invited Talk at the 38th Kyushu-Yamaguchi Plasma Workshop. (2022.11.06)
  • Prof. Shigeta had an Invited Talk at GEC 2022/ICRP-11. (2022.10.04)
  • Prof. Shigeta had an Invited Talk at NCRDETPST & PWMSIP. (2022.09.23)
  • Assist. Prof. Sugimoto had an Invited Talk at the 35th LBM Workshop. (2022.08.12)
  • The team with Prof. Shigeta received Awards for Encouragement of Welding Physics and Technology. (2022.08.09)
  • Prof. Shigeta had an Invited Talk at IUMRS-ICYRAM 2022. (2022.08.04)
  • Prof. Shigeta had intensive lectures at Graduate School of Engineering, Kyushu University. (2022.06.13-14)
  • Dr. Diego GONZALEZ and Dr. Margarita BAEVA of Leibniz Institute for Plasma Science and Technology (INP) in Germany visited our laboratory. (2022.06.17)
  • Assist. Prof. Sugimoto won Graphics Award Special Prize (MicroAVS Prize) at the 27th Computational Engineering Conference. (2022.06.02)
  • Prof. Shigeta had an Invited Talk at the Heat Transfer Society of Japan, Tohoku Branch, Spring Conference. (2022.05.07)
  • Prof. Shigeta had an Invited Talk at the 153rd Committee, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS). (2022.04.28)
  • Prof. Shigeta received Best Paper Award of Japan Welding Society. (2022.04.13)
  • Dr. Makoto Sugimoto has joined our group as the assistant professor. (2022.04.01)
  • Prof. Shigeta has become the Head of the First Category of the Referee Board in The Japan Welding Society. (2022.04.01)
  • Prof. Shigeta has become a delegated member of The Japan Welding Society. (2022.04.01)
  • Prof. Shigeta has become a planning secretary of Tohoku Branch, The Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers. (2022.04.01)
  • Prof. Shigeta has become a trustee member of Tohoku Branch, The Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers. (2022.03.01)
  • Prof. Shigeta has become a trustee member of Tohoku Branch, The Japan Welding Society. (2022.03.01)
  • Prof. Shigeta had a Plenary Speech in The 22th Gaseous Electronics Meeting for 2022 (GEM 2022 @ Sydney, Australia). (2022.02.14)
  • Prof. Shigeta had an Invited Talk in Suez University Symposium in "Higher Performance Computing for Mathematics and Applications" (@ Suez, Egypt). (2021.12.20)
  • Prof. Shigeta had a Keynote Speech in The 12th Asia-Pacific International Symposium on the Basics and Applications of Plasma Technology (APSPT-12 @ Taipei, Taiwan). (2021.12.09)
  • Prof. Shigeta had a mock lecture at Sendai First High School. (2021.11.12)
  • Prof. Shigeta received Commendation of Contribution to the Fluids Engineering Division, Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers. (2021.11.09)
  • Prof. Shigeta had an Invited Talk in The 5th Asia Pacific Conference on Plasma Physics, AAPPS-DPP2021 as on-line Conference. (2021.09.29)
  • Prof. Shigeta had an Invited Talk in The Society of Chemical Engineerings, Japan, SCEJ 52nd Autumn Meeting. (2021.09.22)
  • Lecture movie has been viewed more than 1,700 times in a month after the release. (2021.08.28)
  • The team with Prof. Shigeta received Awards for Encouragement of Welding Physics and Technology for two different studies. (2021.08.03)
  • Lecture movie has been released for open campus on YouTube. (2021.07.28)
  • Prof. Shigeta had an Invited Talk in Japan Welding Society, Tohoku Branch, The 33rd Welding/Joining Meeting. (2021.07.16)
  • Textbook "Shin Yosetsu Arc Gensho" that Prof. Shigeta wrote partly has been published. (2021.05.28)
  • A paper of our international collaboration with AIST and University of Bologna (Italy) has been published on a scientific journal "Nanomaterials". (2021.05.21)
  • New 3 students (Undergrad. 3rd) joined our group. (2021.05.20)
  • Prof. Shigeta received Best Paper Award of Japan Welding Society. (2021.04.26)
  • Our website has opened. (2021.04.08)
  • Prof. Shigeta has become a Committee member on Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) 153 Committee. (2021.04.01)
  • Prof. Shigeta has become a Delegated member of the Japan Society of Fluid Mechanics. (2021.04.01)
  • Our group has started. (2021.04.01)

  • 3D expression of number-size distribution of Si nanoparticles growing collectively
    around an Ar thermal plasma jet


    Open Lecture (reached 15,000 views)