Resource Value Creation Research Group

Resource Value
Creation
Research Group

We will contribute to stable supply of indispensable metal and solid resources to the industry through the research and developments of liberation, physical separation and automatic control technologies for processing of primary and secondary raw materials.

Member

  • Dr. Naohito HAYASHI　Personal PageTsukuba West 1-4409

    Group Leader

    Research Interest

    • Optimum Design for Physical Separation Equipment by Using Numerical Simulation of Powder or Multiphase Flow
    • Construction of Automatic Object-recognition Algorithms by Applying Image Recognition Technology for Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE)

    Staff

    • Yukari YUHKI
    • Takeshi SHIBUYA
    • Tadayoshi NOGUCHI
    • Ken-ichiro KOBAYASHI
    • Wataru KOBAYASHI
    • Natsuko MURAYAMA

  • Dr. Yoshihisa OHKOTsukuba West 1-4210

    Senior Researcher

    Research Interest

    • Development of Recycling Technology
    • Space Utilization of Photocatalysts and Development of Renewable Energy Technology
    • Development of Risk Assessment Method of Nanomaterials for Cell and Environmental Microbial

  • Dr. Takao UEDAPersonal PageTsukuba West 1-4303

    Senior Researcher

    Research Interest

    • Sorting and Disassembly Technology for Waste Products
    • Particle Analysis Technology (Shape, Internal Structure, etc.)

    Staff

    • Ken-ichiro CHIBA
    • Kana KAZUYORI
    • Tomomi YAMAMOTO
    • Yoshitsugu ARAKAKI
    • Shinya OGAMI

  • Dr. Keisuke NAKAKUBOTsukuba West 1-4409

    Researcher

    Research Interest

    • Establishment of a Novel Hydrophobicity Evaluation Method for the Purpose of Sophistication of Flotation Process
    • Development of Highly Selective Flotation Agent based on Elucidation of Flotation Agent Adsorption Mechanism

      • Staff

      • Naoko HARADA

  • Dr. Kohsei AIKAWATsukuba West 1-4409

    Researcher

    Research Interest

    • Development of pretreatments for physical separation based on elucidation of the inhibition mechanism of separation
    • Advancement of physical separation through hydrophobicity control

  • Dr. Shigeki KOYANAKA -On secondment to NEDO-Personal PageTsukuba West 1-4210

    Guest Researcher

    Research Interest

    • Automatic Sorting Using Laser 3D Measurement and Vision Analysis with Deep-learning Technology
    • Incorporation AI and Robotics into the Resource Separation Process