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Introduction
Welcome to Kishita Laboratory Website!
Kishita Laboratory started its history in April 2016 at Department of Precision Engineering, School of Engineering, the University of Tokyo. We are jointly doing
research activities with Umeda Laboratory of the same department. Based on expertise in the field of scenario design,
life cycle engineering, design engineering, and sustainability science,
we have been working on development of system design theory and methodology
for sustainability*. Most of our research topics aim at designing sustainable futures based on in-depth understanding of the system of interest**. Our research
is characterized by integrating timeline or temporal dynamics into the
design process.
Drawing on Life Cycle Thinking, Scenario Thinking, and Design Thinking, we are attempting to elucidate the desirable interaction between technology
and society toward sustainability. Examples of our research topics include,
but are not limited to (for details, please see here):
- Scenario design for sustainable futures
- Development and assessment of sustainable consumption and production (SCP) visions (from a manufacturing perspective)
- Future Design using participatory backcasting at municipal scale
- Scenario simulation for energy system (including uptake of new energy-related
products)
- Technology roadmapping for sustainable manufacturing industry
Umeda-Kishita Laboratory is looking for prospective students at graduate level (master's and PhD).
We are always seeking people to work together with, who are keen to break
barriers between disciplines and to solve real-world problems. Although
our laboratory belongs to an engineering department, students from diverse
academic backgrounds are welcome. We are highly encouraged to promote collaborations
with industry, national/local governments, and external research institutes
both in Japan and overseas. We are aiming to establish a new, transdisciplinary
academic field. If you are interested in joining us, please do not hesitate
to contact us!
(*)Sustainability is the concept that meets the needs of the present without
compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs
(modified from WCED, 1987). In general, given the finiteness of resources
on the earth, sustainability requires us to consider all the aspects of
economy, environment, and social equity. (Extra: Famous video presented by Prof. Hans Rosling, showing interesting stats on long-term
demographic and income changes)
(**)The system to be designed depends on the research project, including
product-service system (PSS), energy system, urban system, and sustainable
business model.
News
- 2025-03-28
- We will organize Cambridge-Tokyo webinar "Engineering the future by
technology innovation" on 28th March 2025, 9:00 (GMT)/18:00(JST).
You can join via this link. The progam can be found here.
- 2024-12-18
- Call for applications: Project Assistant Professor at School of Engineering,
The University of Tokyo. Details can be found here.
- 2024-10-31
- We will organize a featured session regarding circular economy business
at EcoBalance 2024. See this link for details. This session is sponsored by our research project funded
by ERCA. For online participation, you can join for free.
- 2024-08-20
- A review article titled "Challenges and opportunities to advance manufacturing research for sustainable
battery life cycles" is out in Frontiers in Manufacturing Technology.
- 2024-06-24
- Dr Kishita, Mr Clemm, and Mr Tsunezawa presented our work at Electronics
Goes Green 2024@Berlin and CIRP LCE 2024@Torino. See Publication list for details.
- 2024-03-19
- Our article "Computer‐aided scenario design using participatory backcasting: A case
study of sustainable vision creation in a Japanese city," which was published in Futures and Foresight Science, has been
certified as Top Downloaded Article.
- 2024-03-18
- Information on entrance examinations for master's and doctoral students
has been posted on the department website. If you wish to visit our lab, please contact Dr Kishita by email.
- 2024-02-19
- Our paper titled "Consolidating backcasting: A design framework towards a users' guide" has been accepted for publication in Technological Forecasting and
Social Change. This paper was developed in collaboration with Prof Mattias
Höjer at KTH Royal Institute of Technology and Prof Jaco Quist at Delft
University of Technology.
- 2023-12-29
- A paper co-authored with Prof Mattias Höjer at KTH Royal Institute of Technology
is out in Sustainability (link). The main content of this work was developed by Ms Yuki Hongo, who participated
in GME as an exchange student to KTH from our lab.
- 2023-12-04
- We participated in EcoDesign 2023 held in Nara Convention Center, Japan. Around 10 papers were presented by our lab, including co-authored papers. See Publications list for details.
- 2023-10-27
- In the Precision Engineering Department, entrance examination (winter exam) for masters and PhD will be held, where the application period is from 27 November - 1 December, 2023. Details can be found at here (see II. Regular selection)。
- 2023-10-16
- A research proposal submitted by Mr Clemm, project academic specialist,
was accepted for Satomi Foundation "Research Proposal Award". Congratulations!
- 2023-09-26
- Prof Umeda, Dr Kishita, Dr Mitake, Mr Yokota, and Mr Kato participated
in Cambridge-UTokyo symposium, which was held in West Cambridge Site on
25-26 September. Dr Kishita delivered a talk titled "Life cycle engineering
to support transformative change for a circular economy" in a parallel
session on Sustainability & Engineering. Also, we organized a seminar
titled "Engineering the future by technology innovation" at Institute
for Manufacturing (IfM). Details can be found here。
- 2023-09-26
- Our paper titled "Envisioning the linkages between consumption and
production for sustainability: Outcomes from expert workshops in Malaysia"
is out! This is an open access article and can be accessed via this link.
- 2023-07-09
- Mr Taiki Yokota, master's student, presented his work at ISIE 2023 in Leiden, The Netherlands. Dr Kishita co-organized a special session
on backcasting with Prof Jaco Quist (Deltf University of Technology) and
Prof Mattias Höjer (KTH).
- 2023-06-13
- As of 1 June 2023, Mr Christian Clemm joined our lab as Project Academic
Specialist. He will be mainly engaged with the Belmont Project (DISCo) in the lab.
- 2023-05-17
- A total of 6 papers (co-)authored by our lab members were presented at
CARE Innovation 2023 in Vienna and CIRP LCE 2023 in New Jersey. The updated
list of publications is found here.
- 2023-03-17
- Our proposal for Belmont Forum Collaborative Research Action (CRA) has
been accepted. The research period is April 2023-March 2026. The press
release is found here.
- 2023-03-15
- On 21 March, we will organize webinar "Engineering the future by management"
as part of UTokyo-Cambridge Voices. The agenda can be found here.
- 2023-03-15
- Our paper is out in Futures and Foresight Science.
- 2023-01-06
- Regarding ICPE 2022 Best Paper Award, web article is posted here.
- 2022-12-14
- On 13 December, we organized a webinar "Engineering the future by
transformative change" as part of UTokyo-Cambridge Voices. The agenda can be found via this link.
- 2022-12-06
- Kishita Lab tied an MoU with Time Labs led by Prof Nathasit Gerdsri at Mahidol University, Thailand (photo). We will promote research collaborations at lab level in the field of,
e.g., technology roadmapping.
- 2022-12-05
- On 5 December, the 7th Cambridge-UTokyo Joint Symposium will take place. Dr Kishita will moderate one of the sessions 'Circular
Economy'. Details can be found here.
- 2022-12-01
- Dr Kishita and Mr Shimmori presented papers at ICPE 2022 held in Nara. Dr Kishita's paper won Best Paper Award.
- 2022-11-03
- Mr Gao and Mr Hirota presented their master thesis work at EcoBalance 2022. It was the first face-to-face conference in the last three years due
to the covid pandemic, resulting in very active discussions there. Dr kishita
was committed to the conference as Scientific Committee Chair.
- 2022-09-16
- Our paper has been published in Futures and Foresight Science. We developed a scenario design method using participatory backcasting
based on citizen workshops in Toyama City.
- 2022-04-06
- Mr Tao (M3) and Mr Hirota (M2) presented their papers at CIRP LCE 2022. We joined the conference in online format unfortunately, but they did
great jobs!
- 2022-03-14
- As part of the UTokyo-Cambridge Voices, we will organize a webinar "Pioneering the Future by Design Engineering" on 16 March 2022 (Flyer in PDF format). Registration via this link. Anyone interested is welcome to join for free.
- 2021-12-17
- As part of the UTokyo-Cambridge Voices, we organized a webinar "Engineering the Future by leveraging Digital Technologies" on 16 December 2021. Prof Yasushi Umeda (UTokyo) and Dr Letizia
Mortara (Cambridge) delivered interesting talks on next-generation manufacturing
system and strategy planning both using digital technologies, respectively.
Agenda can be found here.
- 2021-12-03
- Some students of our lab (Mr Onozuka, Mr Kusaka, Mr Nishida, Mr Odagaki,
and Hr Hirota) presented their work at EcoDesign2021. Bibliographic info is available here.
- 2021-11-22
- Our paper has been published in IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management.
This paper was developed based on Mr Kashima's graduation thesis in 2020.
Yusuke Kishita, Shun Kashima, Kotaro Kawajiri, Yukihiro Isoda, Yoshikazu Shinohara, "Designing Technology Diffusion Roadmaps of Thermoelectric Generators Toward a Carbon-neutral Society," IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, doi:10.1109/TEM.2021.3125614.
- 2021-11-02
- As part of the UTokyo-Cambridge Voices, we will organize a webinar "Engineering the Future by Digital Technologies" on 16 December 2021. Registration via this link. Anyone interested is welcome to join for free.
- 2021-10-26
- Dr Kishita had an online meeting with colleagues at Institute for Circular
Economy Development (ICED), Vietnam National University for discussing
future collaboration. The brief summary of the meeting is available here.
- 2021-06-29
- Dr Kishita served as Guest Editor of special issue "Foresight and Roadmapping Methodology," which has been published in Foresight and STI Governance.
Yusuke Kishita, "Foresight and Roadmapping Methodology: Trends and Outlook," Foresight and STI Governance, Vol. 15, No. 2, (2021), pp. 5-11, doi:10.17323/2500-2597.2021.2.5.11. - 2021-06-28
- Dr Kishita gave a presentation at 2021 Asia-Pacific Roadmapping Webinar:
Yusuke Kishita, "Computer-aided Roadmapping and Scenario Design for
Sustainability," 2021 Asia-Pacific Roadmapping Webinar, 28 June, (2021).
- 2021-06-14
- As one of the outcomes of PECoP-Asia project , the following paper has been published in Sustainability: Science,
Practice and Policy:
Tomohiro Tasaki, Yusuke Kishita, Eri Amasawa, Pongsun Bunditsakulchai,
Jitti Mungkalasiri, Yasuhiko Hotta, Masahiko Hirao, "Co-designing
workshops on sustainable consumption and production in Southeast Asia:
Application of idea cards and structuring methods," Sustainability:
Science, Practice and Policy, Vol. 17, No. 1, (2021), pp. 242-263, doi:10.1080/15487733.2021.1898776.
- 2021-05-11
- Dr Kishita joined the 15th Asia Pacific Roundtable for Sustainable Consumption and Production
(APRSCP) as one of discassants at Webisode 4. He talked about his experiences obtained
from collaborative work with Malaysian colleagues in PECoP-Asia project.
- 2021-04-08
- A commentary has been published in Futures and Foresight Science. We proposed a new approach to theory development in futures and foresight
research through the lens of design theory.
Yusuke Kishita, Toshiki Kusaka, Yuji Mizuno, Yasushi Umeda, "Toward theory development in futures and foresight by drawing on design theory: A commentary on Fergnani and Chermack 2021," Futures and Foresight Science, (2021), e91, doi:10.1002/ffo2.91. - 2021-03-13
- Mr Sota Onozuka, one of master's students at our lab, presented his research at CIRP LCE 2021 virtually held in Jaipur, India. The paper is open access via ScienceDirect.
- 2021-02-17
- As part of EcoBalance 2020, we will organize a free webinar (Zoom) on 3rd March 2021. For details, please see the agenda. Pre-registration is required via here.
- 2021-01-22
- Mr Kaito Tsunetomo, one of master's students at our lab, presented his research at
30th RESER International Congress. It was completely a virtual conference though originally planned in Madrid, Spain. Photo is here.
- 2020-12-21
- On 19-20 January 2021, an online webinar "6th International Forum on Sustainable Future in Asia" will be organized via Zoom. Pre-registration is needed. Dr Kishita will make a presentation in International Workshop "Sustainable Consumption and Production in Asia"
- 2020-12-01
- As part of UTokyo-Cambridge Voices, we organize a webinar "Engineering the Future by Design" on 10 December 2020 Thursday 9-10 (GMT), 18-19 (JST). Those from
industry, academia, etc. are welcome to join! Registration via this link.
- 2020-11-17
- EcoBalance2020 will be held online on 4-5 March 2021, which was postponed due to the
Covid-19 pandemic. Abstract submission is due on 14 December 2020.
- 2020-11-09
- As part of UTokyo-Cambridge Voices, we will organize an event "Engineering the Future by Design: anticipating and responding to disruption
and transformative change through collaboration" on 10 December 2020. This is a free, online event. Please join.
- 2020-09-04
- We organized online workshops to discuss sustainable consumption and production (SCP) in Malaysian context on 1, 3, and 4 September 2020, in collaboration with LESTARI, UKM. [photo]
- 2020-08-27
- Our open access paper has been published in IEEE Transactions on Engineering
Management:
Yuki Okada, Yusuke Kishita, Yutaka Nomaguchi, Tomoaki Yano, Koichi Ohtomi,
"Backcasting-based Method for Designing Roadmaps to Achieve a Sustainable
Future," IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, doi:10.1109/TEM.2020.3008444. - 2020-08-23
- Mr Onozuka presented his work at Electronics Goes Green 2020+. The conference
completely goes online instead of a physical one in Berlin, Germany.
Sota Onozuka, Yusuke Kishita, Yasushi Umeda, "Development of Product Circulation Model to Evaluate Scenarios of Sustainable Consumption and Production for Southeast Asia," Proc. of Electronics Goes Green 2020+, Berlin, Germany, 1 September 2020, (2020), pp. 366-371, Online conference.
- 2020-08-14
- Our paper has been published online in Technological Forecasting and Social Change. We have proposed a scenario structuring methodology for computer-aided scenario design.
Yusuke Kishita, Yuji Mizuno, Shinichi Fukushige, Yasushi Umeda, "Scenario
Structuring Methodology for Computer-Aided Scenario Design: An Application
to Envisioning Sustainable Futures," Technological Forecasting and
Social Change, Vol. 160, (2020), 120207, doi:10.1016/j.techfore.2020.120207. - 2020-07-28
- Dr. Kishita wrote a book chapter focusing on backcasting in Future Design published by Springer.
- 2020-07-16
- Our paper has been accepted in Technological Forecasting and Social Change. We proposed the concept of scenario design and developed scenario structuring methodology for computer-aided scenario design.
Yusuke Kishita, Yuji Mizuno, Shinichi Fukushige, Yasushi Umeda, "Scenario Structuring Methodology for Computer-Aided Scenario Design: An Application to Envisioning Sustainable Futures," Technological Forecasting and Social Change. (in press)
- 2020-07-12
- Our paper has been accepted in IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management. We proposed a method for designing roadmaps toward a sustainable vision using a backcasting approach. This paper is based on Master's thesis by Ms Yuki Okada, who finished her master's in March 2020.
Yuki Okada, Yusuke Kishita, Yutaka Nomaguchi, Tomoaki Yano, Koichi Ohtomi, "Backcasting-based Method for Designing Roadmaps to Achieve a Sustainable Future," IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management. (accepted)
- 2020-06-09
- Our paper has been accepted in Sustainability. We proposed a method for
designing scenarios using citizen-participatory workshops, with which we
created long-term energy visions for Suita City, Japan.
Michinori Uwasu, Yusuke Kishita, Keishiro Hara, Yutaka Nomaguchi, "Citizen-participatory
Scenario Design Methodology with Future Design Approach: A Case Study of
Visioning for Low-carbon Society in Suita City, Japan," Sustainability,
Vol. 12, No. 11, (2020), 4746, doi:10.3390/su12114746.
- 2020-05-14
- Mr. Yufune, who finished his bachelor program in March 2020, presented
the following paper at CIRP LCE 2020 via online:
Kazuya Yufune, Ryo Ishida, Naoya Sato, Yusuke Kishita, Yasushi Umeda, "Developing
demand forecasting model of remanufactured parts of mining machinery,"
the 27th CIRP Conference on Life Cycle Engineering, 13-15 May, (2020).
- 2020-02-20
- Dr Kishita gave a guest lecture on scenario design and backcasting at a seminar held at European Commission Joint Research Centre Ispra, Italy.
- 2020-02-14
- A book chapter "The Use of Backcasting to Promote Urban Transformation to Sustainability:
The Case of Toyama City, Japan" has been published by Springer.
- 2020-02-12
- Dr. Kishita joined the Editorial Board of Frontiers in Sustainability, Sustainable Organizations Section as a Review Editor.
- 2019-12-13
- A guidebook on Digitalize for the environment: A guide for municipalities and companies wanting to explore and realize the potential of digitalization is now available online. Dr. Kishita served as one of the contributing
authors.
- 2019-12-11
- JAMDSM Special Issue on Design and Digital Engineering has been released online. Dr. Kishita took the role of one of Chief Editors.
- 2019-12-02
- EcoDesign 2019 International Symposium was held at Pacifico Yokohama, Japan. More than 200 papers were presented by colleagues from 25 countries and regions. Thank you very much for joining us! Two of our master's students (Okada-san and Watanabe-san) were presented their papers.
- 2019-11-12
- Dr. Kishita gave a guest lecture titled "Scenario Design of Sustainable
Mobility Futures" at Technical University of Braunschweig for master's
students. Mobility futures for 2050 were discussed through a facilitated
workshop. It was fun!
- 2019-10-11
- A brief introduction of Dr. Kishita is uploaded here at the website of School of Engineering, the University of Tokyo.
- 2019-10-04
- The 3rd expert workshop on sustainable consumption and production (SCP)
in Malaysia was successfully held at LESTARI, UKM. Photo is here. This workshop was organized as part of PECoP-Asia project.
- 2019-10-01
- Our paper has been published online in Journal of Cleaner Production. The
paper can be downloaded free of charge via this link until 24 November 2019.
Noriaki Nakatsuka, Yusuke Kishita, Tatsuya Kurafuchi, Fumiteru Akamatsu,
"Integrating wastewater treatment and incineration plants for energy-efficient
urban biomass utilization: A life cycle analysis", Journal of Cleaner Production, Vol. 243, (2020), 118448. - 2019-09-26
- Dr. Kishita was awarded Certificate of Merit for Frontier Achievement from
Design and Systems Division, Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers (JSME).
- 2019-08-01
- Dr. Kishita is on sabbatical from August 2019 to February 2020 in Germany
and UK. He will be working as a visiting scholar at TU Braunschweig, Germany (August-November 2019) and University of Cambridge, UK (December 2019-February 2020).
- 2019-07-16
- Dr. Kishita was awarded the 7th Kaya Award from Japan Society of Energy and Resources.
- 2019-05-11
- Our lab members presented papers at CIRP LCE 2019, which was held at Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN. See Publications for details.
- 2019-04-09
- Dr. Kishita was awarded The Young Scientists' Prize of The Commendation
for Science and Technology by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports,
Science and Technology 2019 for his work "Research on Scenario Design
Methodology for Sustainability."
- 2019-03-19
- Based on Strategic Partnership Agreement between University of Cambridge
and the University of Tokyo, we organized the 2nd workshop on Future Technology
for Sustainability (FTS) on the University of Tokyo Hongo Campus. Please
visit here for details. In addition, the reporting article has been published on the IfM website.
- 2019-01-15
- Our paper presented at EcoDesign 2017 has been published in Springer book:
Kohei Saiki, Yusuke Kishita and Yasushi Umeda, "Describing Diffusion
Scenarios for Low-Carbon Products Using Life Cycle Simulation," Technologies
and Eco-innovation towards Sustainability II, In: Hu, A., Matsumoto, M.,
Kuo, T. and Smith, S. (eds), Springer, Singapore, (2019), pp. 345-359,
doi:10.1007/978-981-13-1196-3_27.
- 2019-01-01
- Our paper has been published online in IEEE Systems Journal. The approach
proposed here is to integrate system dynamics and scenario planning to
determine product design goals:
Marc-Andre Chavy-Macdonald, Kazuya Oizumi, Yusuke Kishita, Kazuhiro Aoyama, "A System Dynamics and Scenarios Framework for Architecting Product Design Goals for Changeability," IEEE Systems Journal, (2019), doi:10.1109/JSYST.2018.2886565.
- 2018-12-11
- Dr. Kishita presented a paper at Scenario 2018 Workshop in Coventry, UK. The research outcome presented here is based
on collaboration with University of Cambridge and JSME Technology Roadmap
Committee.
Yusuke Kishita, Robert Phaal, Yuki Okada, Yutaka Nomaguchi, Tomoaki Yano,
Koichi Otomi, "Integrating Backcasting into the Roadmap Design Process
for Future Manufacturing: A Japanese Case Study," Scenario Planning and Foresight 2018, Stream C, Session 3, December 10-11, 2018, Coventry, UK, (2018).
- 2018-12-01
- Dr. Kishita presented a paper at CARE Innovation 2018 in Vienna:
Yusuke Kishita, Ahmad Fariz Mohamad, Michikazu Kojima, Eri Amasawa, Benjamin McLellan, Ayumi Isoda, Yasushi Umeda, "Future Scenarios of Sustainable Consumption and Production: Comparative Analysis of Expert Workshops in Japan and Malaysia," Proc. of CARE Innovation 2018, 1.6.5, November 26-29, 2018, Vienna, Austria, (2018).
- 2018-04-24
- The first workshop on Future Technology for Sustainability was organized by University of Cambridge Department of Engineering and
the University of Tokyo School of Engineering. We are planning to foster
collaboration including research and student/faculty exchange. Details are found here.
- 2018-03-15
- New journal Futures & Foresight Science has been launched. Paper submission from anyone is welcome through this page.
- 2018-03-01
- Our paper on sustainability education has been published online in Sustainability Science:
Yusuke Kishita, Michinori Uwasu, Keishiro Hara, Masashi Kuroda, Hiroyuki Takeda, Yasushi Umeda and Yoshiyuki Shimoda, "Toward Designing Sustainability Education Programs: A Survey of Master's Programs through Semi-structured Interviews," Sustainability Science, (2018), doi:10.1007/s11625-018-0546-5.
- 2018-02-23
- Dr. Kishita has become a member of Editorial Board of new journal "Futures & Foresight Science." Details are provided here.
- 2018-02-16
- New undergraduate members (Mr. Ishida and Mr. Kanda) joined our lab!
- 2017-12-28
- Dr. Kishita's comments are posted here for being appointed as The University of Tokyo Excellent Young Researcher.
- 2017-12-05
- A report on EcoDesign 2017 International Symposium was broadcast on TV news in Taiwan (video).
- 2017-12-02
- Mr. Kohei Saiki, Master's at Kishita Laboratory, won Best Paper Award at EcoDesign 2017 International Symposium! Congratulations! Press release from School of Engineering is found here.
Kohei Saiki, Yusuke Kishita, Yasushi Umeda, "Describing Diffusion Scenarios for Low-Carbon Products Using Life Cycle Simulation," Proc. of EcoDesign 2017: 10th International Symposium on Environmentally Conscious Design and Inverse Manufacturing, D4-1, Tainan, Taiwan, Nov 29-Dec 1, (2017).
- 2017-11-22
- Dr. Kishita has been appointed as one of The University of Tokyo Excellent Young Researchers in FY 2017.
- 2017-10-26
- Organized an expert workshop on sustainable consumption and production (SCP) on 24 October, 2017, in
collaboration with Institute for Environment and Development (LESTARI), UKM and PECOP-Asia Project.
- 2017-10-04
- Our paper on backcasting scenarios has been published in Special Issue on scenario methodology:
Yusuke Kishita, Benjamin C. McLellan, Damien Giurco, Kazumasu Aoki, Go Yoshizawa and Itsuki C. Handoh, "Designing Backcasting Scenarios for Resilient Energy Futures," Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Vol. 124, November 2017, (2017), pp. 114-125, doi:10.1016/j.techfore.2017.02.001.
- 2017-09-15
- Website of our research project on Sustainable Consumption and Production (SCP) (PI: Prof. Masahiko Hirao, the University of Tokyo), funded by Ministry
of the Environment, Japan, is opened.
- 2017-09-06
- Our paper has been published online in Energy:
Yutaka Nomaguchi, Hiroki Tanaka, Akiyuki Sakakibara, Kikuo Fujita, Yusuke
Kishita, Keishiro Hara, Michinori Uwasu, "Integrated Planning of Low-voltage
Power Grids and Subsidies toward a Distributed Generation System: Case
Study of the Diffusion of Photovoltaics in a Japanese Dormitory Town,"
Energy, Vol. 140, Part 1, pp. 779-793, doi:10.1016/j.energy.2017.08.114.
- 2017-08-01
- Sustainability Science solicits contributions related to "Future scenarios for socio-ecological production landscape and seascape." Call for Papers is accessible via this URL (PDF file is here).
- 2017-07-12
- Website of JSME Time Axis SIG (in Japanese only) is now open. Those interested are welcome to join (Membership fee is free for the moment!).
- 2017-06-29
- Our paper on future scenarios of photovoltaic (PV) diffusion panel has
been published:
Yusuke Kishita and Yasushi Umeda, "Development of Japan's Photovoltaic
Deployment Scenarios in 2030," International Journal of Automation
Technology, Vol. 11, No. 4, (2017), pp. 583-591, doi:10.20965/ijat.2017.p0583.
- 2017-05-27
- Our paper has been published online in CIRP Annals:
Yasushi Umeda, Kazuma Ishizuka, Mitsutaka Matsumoto, Yusuke Kishita, "Modeling
Competitive Market of Remanufactured Products," CIRP Annals - Manufacturing
Technology, (2017), doi:10.1016/j.cirp.2017.04.098.
- 2017-05-24
- Open Laboratory will take place on Saturday afternoon (14:30-16:30), May 27, 2017. If you are interested in joining our laboratory (or simply in our research topics), please come to Room 1034, Engineering Building #14, Hongo Campus.
- 2017-05-05
- Kishita Laboratory Website has been launched.
Upcoming Conferences
- EGG 2024+ (17-20 June 2024, Berlin, Germany)
- CIRP LCE 2024 (19-21 June 2024, Turin, Italy)
- ICT4S 2024 (24-28 June 2024, Stockholm, Sweden)
- ICPE 2024 (23-26 October 2024, Sendai, Japan)
- EcoBalance 2024 (3-8 November 2024, Sendai, Japan)
- CIRP LCE 2025 (7-9 April 2025, Manchester, UK)
