Nakayama N., Furuta K., Yamaguchi T., Izui K., Nishiwaki S., "Multi-material topology optimization of phononic crystals based on bandgap generation and control", Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization
68, 241, 2025.
doi:10.1007/s00158-025-04189-3
Hu T., Wang Y., Li H., Noguchi S., Zhang H., Furuta K., Izui K., Nishiwaki S., "Concurrent Multiscale Topology Optimization of Coated Structures Infilled With Multiple Self-Connected Microstructures", International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering 126, e70173, 2025.
doi:10.1002/nme.70173
Hu T., He C., Yu M., Nakayama N., Ishida N., Kondoh T., Furuta K., Izui K., Nishiwaki S., "Density-based topology optimization of coated structures with non-uniform coating thickness and smooth structural boundaries", Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization 68, 224, 2025.
doi:10.1007/s00158-025-04146-0
As part of the China Scholarship Council program, Mr. Kaiming Luo from Central South University joined our lab for one year.
We invited Prof. Kazuki Shibanuma of the University of Tokyo to have a seminar.
Title: 基盤金属材料の破壊・損傷の高精度予測を実現するマルチスケールモデリング (in Japanese)
We invited Prof. Takashi Yamamoto of Kogakuin University and Prof. Seungjae Min of Hanyang University to have seminars.
Kogakuin University, Prof. Takashi Yamamoto
Title: 均質化法を用いたマルチスケール解析による多孔質音響材料の設計 (in Japanese)
Hanyang University, Prof. Seungjae Min
Title: Multi-X Optimization
As part of the China Scholarship Council program, Mr. Zhaoyou Sun from Harbin Institute of Technology (Shenzhen) joined our lab for one year.
Ishida N., Furuta K., Kishimoto M., Sasaki T., Iwai H., Izui K., Nishiwaki S., “Data-driven topology optimization of all-solid-state batteries considering conductive additive material informed by microstructure analysis”, Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization 68, 164, 2025.
doi:10.1007/s00158-025-04094-9
Scholars and students from Zhejiang University in China visited our lab.
Han J., Matsubara S., Kondoh T., Izui K., Nishiwaki S., “A general formulation of topology optimization for nonlinear materials incorporating internal variables by the continuous adjoint method”, Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering 445, 118164, 2025.
doi:10.1016/j.cma.2025.118164
We invited Prof. Emílio Carlos Nelli Silva, Prof. Renato Picelli Sanches, and Prof. Julio Romano Meneghini of the University of São Paulo to have seminars.
Part 1: Prof. Emílio Carlos Nelli Silva
Title: FLUID FLOW DESIGN PROBLEMS: A TOPOLOGY OPTIMIZATION APPROACH
Part 2: Prof. Renato Picelli Sanches
Title: On the applications of topology optimization based on sequential integer linear programming
Part 3: Prof. Julio Romano Meneghini
Title: Optimization of Hydrogen Production from Ethanol
We attended 16th World Congress on Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization (WCSMO2025).
Webpage: https://www.wcsmo2025.com/
Han J., Yokoyama Y., Adachi T., Nishiwaki S., “A thermal-mechanical coupling-inspired inelastic constitutive law for the growth and atrophy of biological soft tissues”, Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids 202, 106159, 2025.
doi:10.1016/j.jmps.2025.106159
We invited Prof. Joe Alexandersen of University of Southern Denmark to have a seminar.
Title: Topology optimisation for fluid, heat transfer and multiphysics problems
Han J., Yamakawa Y., Izui K., Nishiwaki S., Terada K., “Multi-material topology optimization based on finite strain subloading surface nonlocal elastoplasticity”, Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering 442, 118038, 2025.
doi:10.1016/j.cma.2025.118038
He C., Lai R., Sun J., Izui K., Wang Z., Liu X., Zhang S., "Adaptive High-Precision 3D Reconstruction of Highly Reflective Mechanical Parts Based on Optimization of Exposure Time and Projection Intensity", Journal of Imaging 11(5), 149, 2025.
doi:10.3390/jimaging11050149
Congratulations to D3, M2, and B4 students on their completion and graduation!
Suemitsu I., Izui K. “Surrogate-assisted Scenario-generation Method for Simulation-based Stochastic Programming Problems”, IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering 22, 13161-13174, 2025.
doi:10.1109/TASE.2025.3551716
We invited Prof. Ryuichi Tarumi of Osaka University to have a seminar.
Title: 幾何学的な連続体力学のすすめ (in Japanese)
We invited Dr. Yuki Sato of Toyota Central R&D Labs., Inc. to have a seminar.
Title: 量子コンピューティングの基礎とCAEへの応用 (in Japanese)
We invited Prof. Kenjiro Terada of Tohoku University to have a seminar.
Title: Towards quantum-accelerated computer-aided engineering
We congratulate Takehito Osuga, Soha Takigawa, and Sei Mineno on successfully completing their bachelor's theses.
Takehito Osuga
細線化アルゴリズムに基づく最大最小寸法制約を考慮したトポロジー最適化 (in Japanese)
Soha Takigawa
On the Influence of Geometrical and Material Nonlinearities on Optimal Configurations in Structural Design
Sei Mineno
流体問題を対象とした補間曲線による形状表現に基づく差分進化型トポロジー最適設計法 (in Japanese)
We congratulate Koutarou Suetake and Hayate Nakayama on successfully completing their master's theses.
Koutarou Suetake
KL展開による形状表現を用いた知能化計算法に基づく構造最適化手法 (in Japanese)
Hayate Nakayama
補間曲線を用いた形状表現に基づく複数材料コンプライアントメカニズムのトポロジー最適設計法 (in Japanese)
We congratulate Tiannan Hu on successfully defending his doctoral thesis.
Title: Topology Optimization of Coated Structures Considering Multiple Scales, Multiple Materials, and Non-Uniform Coating Thickness
As part of the China Scholarship Council program, Prof. Ci He from Yangzhou University joined our lab for one year.
Hayate Nakayama
