Interdisciplinary Research Support for Scientists
Overview
By utilizing the Tokyo Institute of Technology Fund, we provide financial support for interdisciplinary research teams with the goal of promoting research that leverages the Institute’s diverse fields. We provide support not only for interdisciplinary research, but also for work that may produce innovative findings and knowledge by combining different technologies and methods. We aim to produce new research fields in the future through joint research that promotes interdisciplinary activities at the Institute that go beyond the boundaries of individual fields.
FY2022 Application guideline 【Internal】
※FY2022 application is closed.
FY2022 Grant Recipients
FY2022 was the fifth of the grant, in which six researchers in two teams were selected as recipients.
| Affiliation | Title | Name(*Principal Investigator) | Research topic |
|---|---|---|---|
| Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, School of Engineering | Associate Professor |
*Keigo ARAI | Pioneering nanoscale material science under extreme conditions |
| Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, School of Science | Assistant Professor |
Shintaro AZUMA | |
| Department of Architecture and Building Engineering, School of Environment and Society | Associate Professor |
*Takuya OKI | Developing an Evidence-based Design Method for English-Language Noh Drama, Based on Psychophysiological Analysis ofAudience’s Response |
| Institute for Liberal Arts | Associate Professor |
Mariko ANNO | |
| Tokyo Tech Academy for Leadership | Associate Professor |
Mitsue NAGAMINE | |
| Department of Architecture and Building Engineering, School of Environment and Society | Assistant Professor |
Yuval Kahlon |
Research Outline
＜Associate Prof. ARAI team＞
How far will the horizon of human perception extend in the future society thirty years from now? This horizon is determined by how much information can be sensed from the world. Sensing is a technological field undergoing explosive development due to the recent rise of IoT and accompanying aggressive investments in various countries. However, most of the information obtained with today’s sensing technology naturally relates to human experience, at the macroscale and at normal temperatures and pressures. However, there are vast areas to be found in natural phenomena such as earthquakes, volcanoes, space, and the ocean floor, and in industrial contexts such as high-pressure machinery and high-temperature blast furnaces, that human perception is yet to reach. We will combine quantum sensors with technologies that realize extreme conditions to create next-generation sensors that can "see" into such currently obscure areas. We wish to expand the scope of joint research with a view to applications of next-generation sensors, from fundamental sciences such as high-pressure room-temperature superconductivity, the earth’s interior, and solid-state battery chemistry to industrial implementations such as chemical plants and ocean bottom infrastructure.
＜Associate Prof. OKI team＞
Although English-language Noh is based on traditional techniques and structures of Noh, theimpressions received from the same gestures, music, and chants may differ significantly fromperson to person because of the diversity of both the audience's and performer’s attributesand backgrounds. In this study, we analyze video data and 3D scan data of the performers'movements, music, and chants recorded and measured during English-language Nohworkshops, as well as physiological data (perspiration, heart rate, eye movement, etc.) andpsychological evaluation questionnaire data of the audience. Then, we quantitatively clarifythe effects of the stage design and staging of English-language Noh plays on the audiences. Next, we conduct a preliminary study for effective and efficient staging and stage design usingthe obtained findings as evidence. Furthermore, we construct a virtual space in which English-language Noh can be experienced in VR (Virtual Reality) based on the performer's recordedand measured data and compare how audiences feel in the real and VR spaces. In addition, we present findings and technical issues regarding the possibility of using digital archives to contribute to the transmission of traditional performing arts.
Grant Ceremony
Memorial photo of the ceremony
