The Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST) has decided on the new research projects to be selected for the 2024 Strategic Basic Research for Evolutional Science (CREST) ​​program and published a general summary. As a result, a research proposal by Associate Professor Aiko Yakeno of the Aerospace Fluid Engineering Research Field from the Institute of […]

Period: September 1 – 10, 2024Venue: University of Lyon (INSA Lyon & Ecole Centrale de Lyon, France)Number of participating students: 37 (20 from Tohoku University, 17 from University of Lyon)Organizers (Japan): Associate Professor Hiroki KURITA, Professor Tetsuya UCHIMOTO, Professor Makoto OHTA, Associate Professor Yosuke FUKAI (Tohoku University)Organizers (France): Associate Professor Alain FAVE, Associate Professor Lucile […]

Tohoku University has been participating in the Boeing Higher Education Program, a global educational program operated by The Boeing Company, USA, to develop outstanding researchers and engineers who will lead the world in the future.As part of the Boeing Externship Program, students from Tohoku University, the University of Tokyo, Nagoya University, Kanazawa Institute of Technology, […]

On June 24th, 29 students from the Tohoku University STEM Summer Program (undergraduate students from the University of Washington and other universities) visited the Institute of Fluid Science.Tohoku University organized this program as a short-term internship program for international students studying science and engineering. The students first attended a lecture on the fundamentals of aircraft […]

Special Lecture will be held on the following schedule. Lecturer:James S. Cotton (Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, McMaster University, Canada)Kuniko Urashima (Visiting Professor, Nagoya University, Institute of Innovation for Future Society)Schedule: Friday, June 28, 2024, 15:00～17:00 (JST)Distribution Method: Hybrid Fashion (both in-person and online (Google Meet))Place: Meeting Room (2F, IFS bldg. 1)No preliminary application is […]

IFS-GCORE(The Global Collaborative Research and Education Center for Integrated Flow Science) website has been renewed Website https://www.ifs.tohoku.ac.jp/ifs-gcore/eng/ The Global Collaborative Research and Education Center for Integrated Flow Science (IFS-GCORE) will conduct research based on the academic foundation of integrated flow science for its deployment in diverse application fields, including green nanotechnology and fuel ammonia. We […]

Special Lecture will be held on the following schedule.Lecturer: Mohamed Farhat (Professor, Senior Scientist, Head of Cavitation Research Group, Institute of Mechanical Engineering, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland)Schedule: Wednesday, March 27, 2024, 16:00～17:00 (JST)Distribution Method: Hybrid Fashion (both in-person and online (Google Meet))Place: Meeting Room (2F, IFS bldg. 1)No preliminary application is required. […]

Three papers from the Obayashi-Yakeno Research Group presented at the 2024 AIAA SciTech Forum and Exposition were selected for the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) Showcase.■ Experiments on the laminarization effect of Sinusoidal Roughness Elements on a swept wing(https://www.growkudos.com/publications/10.2514%25252F6.2024-0891/reader)Original presentation: “Experimental Validation of the Suppression of Crossflow Instability by Sinusoidal Roughness Elements”, Sayaka […]

IFS is calling for “International Space University Dispatch Program 2024”.We are looking forward to your application.　 (Application deadline: Friday, March 15, 2024)Click here for details