What’s New

  • 2024/03/07 Ikeda-san's(M1) paper is published in Nano Letters. Congratulations! More Details
  • 2024/02/05 Bachelor Thesis in FY2023. More Details
  • 2024/02/05 Master Thesis in FY2023. More Details
  • 2023/12/22 2023 End-of-Year and Welcome Party for new members! More Details
  • 2023/10/25 Prof. Shimada and Kasai-san(D1) gave presentations in JSMAMS2023. Kasai-san received a presentation award. Congratulations!
  • 2023/10/25 Ikeda-san (M1), Abe-san(M2), and Dr. Minami gave presentations in CMD2023.
  • 2023/10/02 Noda-san's (former member) paper is published in Scientific Reports. Congratulations! More Details
  • 2023/09/27 Uematsu-san(M2) and Kasai-san(D1) gave presentations in M&M2023.
  • 2023/09/06 Prof. Shimada gave a Plenary Talk in The 36th Fall Meeting (The Ceramic Society of Japan). Nakayama-san gave a poster presentation.
  • 2023/09/05 Nakayama-san's(M2) paper is published in Journal of Applid Physics. Congratulations! More Details
  • 2023/05/28 Ikeda-san (M1), Abe-san(M2), Nakayama-san(M2), Kasai-san(D1), and Dr. Minami gavepresentations in The 8th Symposium on Multiscale Mechanics of Materials.
  • 2023/04/12 Welcome party for new members! More Details

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Our Vision

Materials Science &
Computational Mechanics
for future technology


Our world is filled with materials that have a wide variety of properties and functions. How does this seemingly infinite diversity of material functions come about? In fact, the microscopic structure and mechanical state of materials are the key. Once we understand this, we can freely change the functions of materials.

Through the development of physical and mechanical theories that describe the material world, from mechanics of materials and continuum mechanics, which play a fundamental role in manufacturing, to state-of-the-art computational science and condensed matter physics, and their numerical analysis techniques, we are conducting research to uncover the hidden mechanical laws of the material world and to mechanically create and design advanced material functions that overturn conventional wisdom. In this way, we are promoting research to create and design advanced material functions mechanically.

  • Research Interests:
    Mechanics & Strength of Materials, Strain Engineering, Ferroelectric, Ferromagnetic, and Multiferroic Properties, Quantum Trasnport, Topological Matters.
  • Techniques:
    First-principles density-functional theory (DFT) calculations, Molecular dynamics (MD) simulations, Phase-field (PF) modeling, Discrete dislocation dynamics (DDD), Finite element method (FEM), High-throughput calculations, Machine learning.
  • Materials:
    Structural materials, Nanomaterials, Advanced functional materials including Ferroelectrics, Ferromagnetic materials, and Multiferroics, Quantum materials.

Principal Investigator
Takahiro Shimada
Since July 2021

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Contact

Materials Science Laboratory (Shimada Group)
Department of Mechanical Engineering and Science
Graduate School of Engineering
Kyoto University

shimadame.kyoto-u.ac.jp
+81 75 383 3620 (Secretary Office)


Location

C3 Bldg., C Cluster, Kyoto daigaku-katsura,
Nishikyo-ku, Kyoto 615-8540, Japan

- c2S01: Professor Office
- c2S02: Staff Office
- c2S03: Postdoc/Secretary Office
- c2N01: Student Room


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Takahiro Shimada

Kyoto University

Professor, Kyoto Univ. FOREST PI / Ph.D.

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Susumu Minami

Kyoto University

Assistant Professor / Ph.D.

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Eriko Nakakubo

Kyoto University

Secretary