NEWS | Thermofluid Physics Lab

2026.03.09
Vinicius received the Best Presentation Award at the 57th Graduation Research Presentation Conference for student members.
2026.02.18
Professor Christos Markides visited our laboratory.
2026.02.08
Professor Naoki Toshima visited our laboratory.
2026.01.28-01.30
We exhibited the results of the JST-Mirai Program at ENEX2026.
2026.01.21
Professor Panos Theodorakis visited our laboratory.
2026.01.13-01.15
The Thermal Engineering Group from KAIST visited our laboratory.
2025.01.25-01.31
Professor Gang Chen visited our laboratory.
2025.12.02
Professor Koji Miyazaki gave an invited lecture at ISMN2025.
2025.12.01
The special issue "Thermal transport in nanomaterials and soft matters" has been published.
11.28-11.29
Our laboratory members participated in the Kyushu Heat Transfer Seminar held in Yufuin.
2025.11.01
We won the championship at the Kyushu University - Kyushu Institute of Technology Softball Tournament (Nihonmatsu Cup).
2025.01.25-01.31
「The effective thermal conductivity of a screen-printed thermoelectric film of Bi2Te3 and CsSnI3」 Our laboratory's paper on thermoelectric conversion has been published in Int. J. Heat & Mass Trans.!「
2025.10.10
Vinicius received the Student Presentation Award at the Japan Society of Thermophysical Properties.
2025.09.12
Professor Koji Miyazaki gave an invited lecture at the Center for Carbon Neutral Fusion Technology, Niigata University.
2025.08.28-08.29
We hosted the NCU-KU Workshop at our university.
025.08.03
We opened our laboratory to the public during the Open Campus.
2025.06.21
Professor Koji Miyazaki gave an invited lecture at NIMS WPI-MANA.
2025.06.16-06.19
We exhibited our laboratory's research results at a booth at ICT2026.
2025.04.26-04.27
The Thermal Engineering Division conducted a training program in Kuju.
2025.04.22
Professor Koji Miyazaki gave an invited lecture at The 10th Japan-Taiwan Bilateral Symposium on Nanomedicine.
15 APR 2025
Six fourth-year students of the Department of Mechanical Engineering have been assigned to this lab.
07 FEB 2025
Graduation Thesis Presentations
06 FEB 2025
Master's Thesis Presentations
25-31 JAN 2025
We have conducted experiments at Super Photon ring-8 GeV SPring-8 a synchrotron radiation facility (Hyogo, Japan).
31 JAN 2025
Our paper on radiative heat transfer was published in the Japanese Journal of Applied Physics! 『Reflectance spectral studies of spark plasma sintered tungsten carbide pellet』
15-19 DEC 2024
We have made a presentation at The 3rd Pacific Rim Thermal Engineering Conference PRTEC2024 (Hawaii), an international conference hosted by the Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers.
14 DEC 2024
We won the Nihonmatsu softball cup, two years in a row.
31 NOV 2024
Our paper on radiative heat transfer was published in the Netsubussei (Thermophysical Properties)! 『ふく射伝熱を利用した熱バリスタ』
19 NOV 2024
From November 16 to 22, 2024, seven students and one faculty member from Tianjin University , Tianjin, China, visited Kyushu University as part of the JST Sakura Science Program and had a research exchange through laboratory visits and presentations.
15-16 NOV 2024
We participated in the 2024 Kyushu Heat Transfer Seminar (Yufuin) hosted by the Kyushu Branch of the Heat Transfer Society of Japan.
2024.11.11-11.13
We have made a presentation at ”ISTP-34”　(Taiwan), an international conference hosted by PCTFE and NCU Taiwan.
08 NOV 2024
We went to the "private fair “Miura Fair Connecting with Mirai” (Marine Messe Fukuoka) hosted by Miura Kogyo.
01 NOV 2024
First-year master's students did their midterm presentations for the Hydrogen Energy Systems Course.
22-25 OCT 2024
Members of Togawa Laboratory of Osaka Metropolitan University came to conduct experiments.
16-18 OCT 2024
KU- KAISTWorkshop was held at the University with the theme of thermal engineering.
01 OCT 2024
Dr. Kosuke Watanabe has joined National Institute of Technology, Kitakyushu College as an associate professor.
06-08 SEP 2024
NCU-KU Workshop was held at Central University of Taiwan.
02-06 SEP 2024
Mr. Hokari, a master's student at Niigata University, stayed with us for a short stay to conduct collaborative research.
16 AUG 2024
Prof. Run Hu from Huazhong University of Science and Technology visited our lab.
16 JUL-2 AUG 2024
Mr. Anmol Sharma, a PhD candidate at the University of Tsukuba, joined our lab as part of an internship program.
17-19 JULY 2024
The 5th International Workshop on Nano-Micro Thermal Radiation NanoRad 2024 （Sapporo, JP）was held with Prof. Koji Miyazaki as Chair.
30 MAY 2024
Ms. Messie RANJATOSON（M1）won the Best Presentation Award at the 61st Japan Heat Transfer Symposium (Kobe)
26 JUN 2024
Prof. Koji MIYAZAKI gave an invited talk at 2024 MRS Spring Meeting (Seattle)．
8 APR 2024
Six fourth-year students of the Department of Mechanical Engineering have been assigned to this lab.
1 APR 2024
Assitant Prof Katsuaki Hashikuni has joined the lab
31 MAR 2024
RESEARCH has been updated.
20 DEC 2023
Mr Taichi Okada (M2) won the "Best Student Presentation Award" at The 43rd Hydrogen Energy Systems Society of Japan (HESS) Conference!
18 DEC 2023
Prof Koji Miyazaki gave an invited talk at International Workshop on Recent Advances in Thermoelectric Materials & Device Development @NIMS.
13 NOV 2023
EVENTS has been updated.
2 NOV 2023
Mr Hiroki Kojima (M2) won the "Best Student Paper Award" at INTAKE Seminer 2023 (UK)!
1 NOV 2023
MEMBERS has been updated.
30 OCT 2023
Prof Koji Miyazaki has been appointed as Distinguished Professor. (Website)
15 AUG 2023
Prof Koji Miyazaki participated as a panelist in the panel discussion "Green Transformation (GX) for Carbon Neutrality" at the International Heat Transfer Conference (Website).
26 MAY 2023
Prof Koji Miyazaki won the Excellent Paper Award of the Heat Transfer Society of Japan!
1 APR 2023
Dr Kosuke Watanabe has been appointed as Specially Appointed Associate Professor of Thermofluid Physics Lab, Kyushu University.
31 JAN 2023
Prof Koji Miyazaki gave an invited talk at IEICE Technical Committee on System NanoTechnology @AIST Tokyo Waterfront.
31 DEC 2022
Dr Yutaku Kita has been appointed as Lecturer at King's College London.
24-25 OCT 2022
The International Conference on Organic and Hybrid Thermoelectrics ICOT 2022 （Kitakyushu）was held with Prof. Koji Miyazaki as Co-Chair.
1 OCT 2022
Prof Koji Miyazaki has joined the lab.
29 Jul 2022
Dr Yutaku Kita won the Outstanding Presentation Award from the 66th National Congress of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics
20 JUN 2022
Olivia Urrutibehety and Tom Boyle from the University of Edinburgh will be staying at Thermofluid Physics Lab for 6 months as a ThermaSMART Secondment.
25 APR 2022
MEMBERS has been updated.
21 APR 2022
Dr Yutaku Kita won the Young Scientist Award of the Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers! (see Tweet)
27 APR 2021
Prof Yasuyuki Takata will be a panelist at MIT InnoTherm Colloquia (Website).
20 APR 2021
MEMBERS has been updated.
01 APR 2021
Prof Yasuyuki Takata has been appointed as Honorary Professor at the Unievrsity of Edinburgh.
24 FEB 2021
Dr Yutaku Kita gave an invited talk at Thermal Transport Café - Virtual Seminar @MIT. (see Flyer)
6 JAN 2021
Dr Naoya Sakoda won the Best Paper Award of the Japan Society of Thermophysical Properties! (see I2CNER NEWS)
1 JAN 2021
The webpage has been updated.
1 NOV 2020
Prof Yasuyuki Takata has been appointed as President of Asian Union of Thermal Science and Engineering: AUTSE.
1 OCT 2020
Prof Yasuyuki Takata has been appointed as a Council Member of the Science Council of Japan by the prime minister. (I2CNERニュース)
9 JUN 2020
MEMBERS has been updated.
1 JUN 2020
Dr Yutaku Kita won the Young Scientist Award of the Heat Transfer Society of Japan!
1 APR 2020
Dr Biao Shen has been appointed as Assistant Professor at the University of Tsukuba.
Dr Sivasankaran Harish has been appointed as Principal Researcher at the University of Tokyo.
4 NOV 2019
Dr Panagiotis Theodorakis from Polish Academy of Sciences will be staying at Thermofluid Physics Lab for a month as a ThermaSMART Secondment.
15 JUL 2019
Dr Lennon O'Naraigh from University College Dublin will be staying at Thermofluid Physics Lab for a month as a ThermaSMART Secondment.
25 MAY 2019
Prof Srinivas Garimella from Georgia Tech will be staying at Thermofluid Physics Lab for a month as a JSPS Fellow.
1 JAN 2019
Dr Yutaku Kita has been appointed as Assistant Professor of Thermofluid Physics Lab, Kyushu University.
1 DEC 2018
Mr Yutaku Kita has completed his Dr.Eng. on 30 Nov and become a JSPS Fellow (PD).
Dr Daniel Orejon has been appointed as Lecturer at University of Edinburgh.
1 NOV 2018
Dr Biao Shen has been promoted to Assistant Professor of I2CNER.
15 AUG 2018
Dr Alexandros Askounis has been appointed as Lecturer at University of East Anglia.
1 AUG 2018
Kyushu University - National Central University (Taiwan) Joint Student Workshop took place!
23 JULY 2018
Dr Taichi Kuroki has been appointed as a researcher at National Renewable Energy Laboratory (USA).
30 MAY 2018
Mr Yutaku Kita (D3) won the "Best Presentation Award" at the 55th National Heat Transfer Symposium! (seeI2CNER NEWS)
1 MAY 2018
MEMBERS has been updated
15 MAR 2018
Mr Yutaku Kita (D2) and Mr Yota Maeda (M2) won the "Best Poster Presentation Award" at The 10th International Conference on Boiling and Condensation Heat Transfer (ICBCHT2018)!
8 MAR 2018
Two PhD students from the University of Edinburgh, Ms Chen Yuhong and Mr Robson Nazareth will be staying at Thermofluid Physics Lab for three months as exchange. Welcome Yuhong and Robson!
2 MAR 2018
Ms Zhenying Wang (D1) won "Best Oral Presentation by a Student - First Prize" at MicroFluidics and Non-Equilibrium Gas Flows Conference 2018 (μFlu’18) (see I2CNER NEWS)
29 JAN 2018
Dr Prashant Valluri from the University of Edinburgh will be staying at Thermofluid Physics Lab for two months as a JSPS Fellow. Welcome Prash!
9 MAY 2017
MEMBERS has been updated.
5 DEC 2015
We won the sixth prize of Ekiden (road relay) in Mech Dept. Mr Onishi won the prize for a single stage!!
13 OCT 2015
MEMBERS has been updated.
27 NOV 2014
MEMBERS has been updated.
14 APR 2014
MEMBERS has been updated.