Design engineering is an area of study which exemplifies not only creative ideas but also value integration. The art of design is based on the close relationship among human sensibility, society, the living environment, and scientific technology. Design, production, and ways of expression all concern the relationships between objects, open spaces and humans, and they should not be studied separately. The interaction among objects and humans, living with nature, and the problems of the regional industrial economy should not be studied based on the unity of various fields of science. For that reason, there are 2 groups of study; “Social value design group” and “Sustainable community design group." We aim to equip students with high proficiency in research founded upon rich scholastic knowledge for engaging in professional work in a special field of design engineering or for pursuing research activities as an independent researcher.
Social Value Creation Group
Leader: Prof. Hironori Koiwai
Research Themes: Institutional System Design for a Sustainable Social Environment / Application Software Design and Development Process / Business Management Accounting Practice and Organizational Design in SMEs / Improving Product Value through Design / Practice and Process of Industry-academia Collaboration through Design Marketing / Brand and Product Development Based on the Characteristics of Tohoku Region Industry / Design-led Corporate Strategy and Branding Research / Social Implementation Aimed at by Combining Each Area of Design and Business Administration / Product and Market Development of Regional SMEs through Multigenerational Participation / Regional Industry Promotion through Marketing
Sustainable Community Design Group
Leader: Prof. Masahiro Onuma
Research Themes: Regional Living Environment Design and the Worth of Maturity / Research on the Design of Living Landscape of Rural Area / Multidimensional and Cyclical Environmental Design Research for Regional Sustainability / Folklore Studies on the History of Negotiations between Humans and Nature in the Tohoku Region / Research on Regional Residence Planning and Landscape Planning from the Viewpoint of Daily Life of Work, Housing, and Play and Emergency Behavior such as Disasters / Visual Design in Local Communities and Culture / Autonomous and Sustainable Living and Community / Improving Consumer Motivation and QOL / How to Adjust the Indoor Thermal Air Environment with the Aim of Improving Safety and Comfort and Reducing Carbon / Tohoku Micro Climate Design Architecture and New Energy Device Development Research / Construction and Equipment that Reduces the Risk of Infectious Diseases in Facilities for the Elderly
Frontline Research
Masahiro Onuma,
Professor, (2012-)
Professor Onuma received a Doctor of Engineering from Tohoku University in 2004, and he has qualified architect of the first class. He served as an associate professor at Tohoku Bunka Gakuen University (2004-2012).
Current researches in his lab focus on the architectural design for “the worth on maturity” of life and work place with projects typified by preservation, utilization and renovation of regional cultural properties in Tohoku Region as a town architect professor.
