Renewable Energy Center (REC) of Research Institute for Applied Mechanics
(RIAM), Kyushu University consist with the following 5 sections.
Detailed information is available in the web pages of each section.
ACADEMIC STAFF
- Shigeo YOSHIDA (Prof) (Directer of REC)
- Yingyi LIU (Assistant Prof)
REPRESENTATIVE RESERACH THEME
- Floating energy farm
- Super large wind turbines, floating offshore wind turbines
- Diffuser augmented wind turbine, Multi-rotor turbine, Airborne wind power
- Wind farm optimization
- Renewable energy aerodynamics/hydrodynamics, modeling, control.
ACADEMIC STAFF
- Wataru SAITO (Prof)
REPRESENTATIVE RESERACH THEME
- Novel power semiconductor devices
- Intelligent control technologies of power semiconductor devices
- Integrated technologies of high functional power modules
ACADEMIC STAFF
- Shinichi NISHIZAWA (Prof)
REPRESENTATIVE RESERACH THEME
- Next generation power devices and their materials
- Passive parts of next generation power electronics system
- Power electronics system integration technologies
- Reliability and design technologies of next generation power electronics
- Power converter technolgies of next generation energy grid
ACADEMIC STAFF
- Mitsugu TODO (Associate Prof)
REPRESENTATIVE RESERACH THEME
- Development of energy conversion device using cardiomyocites
- Development of soft gel electric cells inspired by biological electroplax
ACADEMIC STAFF
- Changhong HU (Prof)
- Seiya WATANABE (Assistant Prof)
REPRESENTATIVE RESERACH THEME
- Dynamics of floater of offshore wind
- Carbon dioxide Capture and Storage (CCS)
- Aquaculture crawl
- Energy saving technologies of ships
- CFD for multi-phase fluid
- Renewable energy aerodynamics/hydrodynamics, modeling, control.