Recent News
8th Apr 2023
Kimura, Muraoka, Ishiharada, Yamaguchi, Saito, and Nishihata joined AFE as Undergraduate Students.
1st Apr 2024
Imai was awarded Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A) (24H00292) from JSPS.
1st Apr 2024
Saiki was awarded Research Fellowship for Young Scienticts (DC1) from JSPS.
1st Apr 2024
Funakoshi was awarded Support for Pioneering Research Initiated by the Next Generation (SPRING) from JST.
1st Apr 2024
Matsushita joined AFE as a Master's Student.
25th Mar 2024
Funakoshi received JSME Miura Award.
25th Mar 2024
Saiki received JSME Miura Award.
25th Mar 2024
Kawabata received KTCM International Activity Encouragement Award.
25th Mar 2024
Nakaie received KTCM International Activity Encouragement Award.
22nd Mar 2024
"Deformation and breakup of a ferrofluid droplet in shear flow under magnetic field" was published in the Physics of Fluids.
8th Feb 2024
"A computational model of red blood cells using an isogeometric formulation with T-spline and a lattice Boltzmann method" was published in the Journal of Fluids and Structures.
17th Nov 2023
Ishida received APAB Yamaguchi Medal.
9th Nov 2023
"Isogeometric boundary element analysis of creasing of capsule in simple shear flow" was published in the Journal of Fluids and Structures.
30th Jun 2023
Ishida was awarded Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Research (Exploratory) (23K17730) from JSPS.
11th Apr 2023
Taniguchi, Fujimoto, Akutagawa, Fujisaki, and Nishimi joined AFE as Undergraduate Students.
1st Apr 2023
Kawabata was awarded Support for Pioneering Research Initiated by the Next Generation (SPRING) from JST.
1st Apr 2023
Imai was awarded Grant-in-Aid for Transformative Research Areas (A) (Publicly Offered Research) (23H04313) from JSPS.
24th Mar 2023
Kawabata received JSME Miura Award.
24th Mar 2023
Maeyama received KTC President's Award.
24th Mar 2023
Kaneoka received KTCM International Activity Encouragement Award.
27th Feb 2023
Maeyama received JSME Fellow Award for Outstanding Young Engineers.
4th Jan 2023
"Effects of peristaltic amplitude and frequency on gastric emptying and mixing: a simulation study" was published in the Journal of the Royal Society Interface.
18th Dec 2022
Matsumoto received Outstanding Presentation in the 33rd JSME Conference on Frontiers in Bioengineering.
18th Dec 2022
Maeyama received Outstanding Presentation in the 33rd JSME Conference on Frontiers in Bioengineering.
18th Dec 2022
Yachiku received Outstanding Presentation in the 33rd JSME Conference on Frontiers in Bioengineering.
22nd Nov 2022
"Peristaltic transport of a power-law fluid induced by a single wave: A numerical analysis using the cumulant lattice Boltzmann method" was published in the Physics of Fluids.
9th Aug 2022
Seike received Excellent Presentation Award in the COFTEC Student Presentation.
3rd Aug 2022
"Effect of cilia-induced surface velocity on cerebrospinal fluid exchange in the lateral ventricles" was published in the Journal of the Royal Society Interface.
11th Jul 2022
Takeda received JSME-BED Outstanding Young Researcher Presentation in the 9th World Congress of Biomechanics.
21st Jun 2022
"Field-controlling patterns of sheared ferrofluid droplets" was published in the Physics of Fluids.
26th Jun 2022
Takeda received Outstanding Postar Presentation in the 34th Bioengeneering Conference.
25th Jun 2022
Takeda received JBSE Graphics of the Year Award.
10th Jun 2022
"Particle segregation using crystal-like structure of capsules in wall-bounded shear flow" was published in the Physical Review Fluids.
18th Apr 2022
Okino, Urayama, Watanabe, Hayashi, Kuwahara, and Shimizu joined AFE as Undergraduate Students.
1st Apr 2022
Kurihara and Shimakawa joined AFE as Master's Students.
1st Apr 2022
Takeda was awarded Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists (22K14145) from JSPS.
1st Apr 2022
Ishida was awarded Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B) (22H01402) from JSPS.
25th Mar 2022
Asai received Exellent Master's Thesis Presentation.
4th Feb 2022
Takeda received Inoue Research Award for Young Scientists.
1st Nov 2021
Takeda received Certificate of Merit for Best Presentation in the M & M conference 2021.
11th Oct 2021
Dr. Taeyoon Kim visited AFE.
6th Oct 2021
Yoshida was nominated for Outstanding Abstract Award finalists in the 11th Asian-Pacific Conference on Biomechanics.
28th Sep 2021
"Liquid transport produced by a cluster of peristaltic contractions in a circular channel" was published in the Physical Review Fluids.
10th Sep 2021
Imai was awarded Grant-in-Aid for Transformative Research Areas (A) (Publicly Offered Research) (21H05785) from JSPS.
29th Jul 2021
Asai received Excellent Presentation Award in the COFTEC Student Presentation.
19th Apr 2021
Funakoshi, Goto, Matsumoto, Nakaie, Saiki, and Tanino joined AFE as Undergraduate Students.
5th Apr 2021
Imai was awarded Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A) (21H04541) from JSPS.
1st Apr 2021
Kaneoka joined AFE as a Master's Student.
1st Apr 2021
Takeda joined AFE as a Postdoctral Researcher.
25th Mar 2021
Kawabata received Yamashita Student Award.
1st Jan 2021
"The influience of interstitial cells of Cajal loss and aging on slow wave conduction velocity in the human stomach" was published in the Physiological repots.
15th Dec 2020
"Rheology of a dilute ferrofluid droplet suspension in shear flow: Viscosity and normal stress differences" was published in the Physical Review Fluids.
30th Jul 2020
Imai was awarded Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research (20K20974) from JSPS.
24th Jul 2020
"Complex viscosity of dilute capsule suspensions: a numerical study" was published in the Journal of Biomechanical Science and Engineering.
22nd Jun 2020
"Multiscale modeling of human cerebrovasculature: a hybrid approach using image-based geometry and a mathematical algorithm" was published in the PLoS Computational Biology.
13rd Jun 2020
Ishida received Outstanding Presentation in the 32nd Bioengineering Conference
16th Apr 2020
Ishida received JSME Young Engineers Award.
8th Apr 2020
Ikeda, Kawabata, Maeyama, Ochi, Seike, and Yachiku joined AFE as Undergraduate Students.
1st Apr 2020
Ebara and Kido joined AFE as Master's Students.
1st Mar 2020
"Perioperative hemodynamic changes in the thoracic aorta in patients with aortic valve stenosis: A prospective serial 4D-flow MRI study" was published in the Seminars in thoracic and cardiovascular surgery.
18th Dec 2019
Imai received APACM Award for Young Investigators in Computational Mechanics.
25th Nov 2019
"A computational fluid dynamics simulation of liquid swallowing by impaired pharyngeal motion: bolus pathway and pharyngeal residue" was published in the American Journal of Physiology Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology.
7th Nov 2019
"Shear viscosity of bimodal capsule suspensions in simple shear flow" was published in the Physical Review Fluids.
4th Nov 2019
"Capture event of platelets by bolus flow of red blood cells in capillaries" was published in the Journal of Biomechanical Science and Engineering.
30th Sep 2019
Dr. Timm Krüger visited AFE.
7th Aug 2019
"Quantification of gastric emptying caused by impaired coordination of pyloric closure with antral contraction: a simulation study" was published in the Journal of the Royal Society Interface.
6th Aug 2019
Imai gave Invited Talk in the Osaka University MEI-Center Summer School 2019.
17th Jun 2019
"Haemorheology in dilute, semi-dilute and dense suspensions of red blood cells" was published in the Journal of Fluid Mechanics.
31st May 2019
Ishida and Imai received Graphics Award (2nd Place) in the 24th JSCES Conference.
31st May 2019
Ishida and Imai received Graphics Award (Meshman Award) in the 24th JSCES Conference.
24th May 2019
Ishida gave Invited Talk in the 31st LBM Workshop.
5th Apr 2019
Yoshida, Aomori, Azuma, Asai, Matsumoto, Nakamura, Tokuyama, Yamaguchi, and Watanabe joined AFE as Undergraduate Students.
1st Apr 2019
Ishida was awarded Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists (19K20672) from JSPS.
1st Apr 2019
Imai was awarded Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Reaserch on Innovative Areas (19H04780) from JSPS.
1st Apr 2019
Oyama, Kato, and Fukushima joined AFE as Master's Students.
1st Apr 2019
Ishida joined AFE as an Assistant Professor.
Awards
Miura Award.
Saiki M.
The Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers (2024).
Miura Award.
Funakoshi Y.
The Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers (2024).
KTCM International Activity Encouragement Award.
Kawabata Y.
Kobe University Technology Promotion Club of Mechanical Engineering (2024).
KTCM International Activity Encouragement Award.
Nakaie G.
Kobe University Technology Promotion Club of Mechanical Engineering (2024).
Yamaguchi Medal.
Ishida S.
Asian-Pacific Association for Biomechanics (2023).
Miura Award.
Kawabata Y.
The Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers (2023).
KTC President's Award.
Maeyama K.
Kobe University Technology Promotion Club (2023).
KTCM International Activity Encouragement Award.
Kaneoka T.
Kobe University Technology Promotion Club of Mechanical Engineering (2023).
JSME Fellow Award for Outstanding Young Engineers.
Maeyama K.
The Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers (2022).
Outstanding presentation.
Matsumoto T.
The 33rd JSME Conference on Frontiers in Bioengineering (2022).
Outstanding presentation.
Maeyama K.
The 33rd JSME Conference on Frontiers in Bioengineering (2022).
Outstanding presentation.
Yachiku R.
The 33rd JSME Conference on Frontiers in Bioengineering (2022).
Excellent presentation Award.
Seike D.
Complex Fluid and Thermal Engineering Research Center Student Presentation (2022).
JSME-BED Outstanding Young Researcher Presentation.
Takeda H.
The 9th World Congress of Biomechanics (2022).
Outstanding Poster Presentation.
Takeda H.
The 34th Bioengineering Conference (2022).
JBSE Graphics of the Year Award.
Takeda H, Kameo Y, Yamaguchi T, NAKAJIMA K, ADACHI T.
Journal of Biomechanical Science and Engineering (2022).
Exellent Master's Thesis Presentaiton.
Asai Y.
Depertment of Mechanical Engineering, Kobe University (2022).
Inoue Research Award for Young Scientists.
Takeda H.
Inoue Foundation for Science (2022).
Certificate of Merit for Best Presentation.
Takeda H.
M & M Conference 2021 (2021).
Excellent presentation Award.
Asai Y.
Complex Fluid and Thermal Engineering Research Center Student Presentation (2021).
Yamashita Student Award.
Kawabata Y.
The Japan Institute of Marine Engineering (2021).
Outstanding Presentation.
Ishida S.
The 32nd Bioengineering Conference (2020).
JSME Young Engineers Award.
Ishida S.
Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers (2020).
APACM Award for Young Investigators in Computational Mechancis.
Imai Y.
Asian Pacific Association for Computational Mechanics (2019).
Graphics Award (2nd Place).
Ishida S, Kitade H, Ii S, Imai Y, Wada S.
24th Japan Society for Computational Engineering and Science Conference (2019).
Graphics Award (Meshman Award).
Ishida S, Kitade H, Ii S, Imai Y, Wada S.
24th Japan Society for Computational Engineering and Science Conference (2019).
Best CFD Graphics Award (Movie).
Ishida S.
JSFM 32th Computational Fluid Dynamics Symposium (2018).
Outstaning Young Researcher Presentation.
Ishida S.
8th World Congress of Biomechanics (2018).
JACM Fellows Award.
Imai Y.
Japan Association for Computational Mechanics (2018).
Computational Mechanics Achievement Award.
Imai Y.
Computational Mechanics Division, Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers (2017).
Best Paper Award.
Kikuchi K, Matsuura R, Ueno H, Imai Y, Matsuki N, Yamaguchi T, Ishikawa T.
2016 International Conference of Systems Biology and Bioengineering (2016).
Aoba Foundation for the Promotion of Engineering Award.
Imai Y.
Aoba Foundation for the Promotion of Engineering (2015).
Young Scientist' Prize.
Imai Y.
Commendation for Science and Technology by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (2014).
Poster Award (Second Place).
Matsunaga D, Imai Y, Yamaguchi T, Ishikawa T.
Advances in Computational Fluid-Structure Interaction and Flow Simulation, Tokyo (2014).
APCB2013 Award for Excellent Thesis.
Takeishi N, Imai Y, Ishikawa T, Yamaguchi T.
7th Asian Pacific Conference on Biomechanics, Seoul, Korea (2013).
2012 JBSE Graphics of the Year Award.
Alizadehrad D, Imai Y, Nakaaki K, Ishikawa T, Yamaguchi T.
Journal of Biomechanical Science and Engineering (2013).
Best Paper Award.
Imai Y, Kobayashi I, Ishida S, Ishikawa T, Yamaguchi T.
17th Japan Society for Computational Engineering and Science Conference (2012).
Seguchi Prize.
Imai Y.
Bioengineering Division, Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers (2012).
2010 JBSE Papers of the Year Award.
Christophe J-J, Ishikawa T, Matsuki N, Imai Y, Takase K, Thiriet M, Yamaguchi T.
Journal of Biomechanical Science and Engineering (2012).
JACM Award for Young Investigators in Computational Mechanics.
Imai Y.
Japan Association for Computational Mechanics (2010).
JSME Young Investigator Award.
Imai Y.
Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers (2010).
Young Investigator Award.
Imai Y.
Aoba Foundation for the Promotion of Engineering (2010).
Young Investigator Award Merit Prize.
Imai Y.
13th International Conference on Biomedical Engineering, Singapore (2008).
Certificate of Merit for Visualization Contest.
Tamaki H, Aoki T, Imai Y, Moriguchi S.
JSME 19th Computational Mechanics Conference (2007).
Doctor Dissertation Award.
Imai Y.
Tejima Foundation for Industry and Education (2007).
Best CFD Graphics Award.
Sato S, Aoki T, Tsuboki K, Sakakibara A, Ogawa S, Imai Y.
JSFM 20th Computational Fluid Dynamics Symposium (2006).
Certificate of Merit for Visualization Contest.
Aoki T, Takase K, Ogawa S, Imai Y.
JSME 18th Computational Mechanics Conference (2006).
Best CFD Graphics Award.
Imai Y, Aoki T.
JSFM 19th Computational Fluid Dynamics Symposium (2005).
Best CFD Graphics Award.
Saburi T, Aoki T, Imai Y.
JSFM 18th Computational Fluid Dynamics Symposium (2004).
