RISK & RESILIENCE

Energy Systems
for the Future.

Energy, Mobility, and Cities.
We "diagnose," "control," and "design" complex interconnected systems.
Risk and Resilience Engineering for a Sustainable Future.

SOLAR BATTERY

News & Topics

2025.9 Members of our lab (Sekiguchi, Ishizuka, Tei, Kanazawa, Kawahara) presented at the IEEJ Power & Energy Society Conference. Mr. Kawahara received the YPC Encouragement Award.
2025.7 A paper by Ms. Li (Graduate) has been published. Regional Circulating and Ecological Sphere
2025.1 Papers by Ms. Eto and Ms. Kanba (Graduates) have been published. Non-destructive Battery Diagnosis, Resilience Quantitative Evaluation
2024.11 Ms. Li presented at ICREC and received the Excellent Presentation Award.

Research Areas & Papers

Fuel Cells

Non-destructive Diagnosis & Control of Fuel Cells

Visualization of internal current distribution and achievement of stable operation via non-destructive diagnosis using magnetic sensors.

Energy Resilience

Quantitative Evaluation of Energy Resilience

Quantitative Resilience Evaluation in Japanese Zero Emission Buildings

Smart City & Mobility

Coordination of Next-Gen Mobility, Energy & Urban Planning

Analysis of spillover effects and environmental load reduction brought by Hydrogen Society and BEV diffusion.

Others

Other Research & Collaboration

We conduct joint research with companies and universities on energy systems. For other research achievements, please refer to the following sites.

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Lab. and Seminar

We hold a weekly seminar jointly with the Okajima Laboratory (Risk and Resilience Engineering Degree Program).
The seminar includes reading on World Energy Outlook and introductions to related research.
For details, please visit Okajima Lab Website or Instagram.

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Professor

Assistant Professor, Faculty of Engineering, Information and Systems, University of Tsukuba

Yutaro Akimoto

Ph.D. in Engineering

[Featured Research] University of Tsukuba
"Seeing Inside Invisible Fuel cells and Batteries"

Biography

  • 2010.03 Graduated from Gunma National College of Technology
  • 2011.04 - 2016.09 Member of New Energy Systems Lab (Okajima Lab)
  • 2012.03 Graduated from College of Engineering Systems, Univ. of Tsukuba
  • 2014.04 - 2016.09 Teijin Kumura Scholar 2014
  • 2016.09 Ph.D. in Risk Engineering, Univ. of Tsukuba
  • 2016.10 Assistant Prof., Oyama National College of Technology
  • 2018.04 - 2020.02 Visiting Assistant Prof., Nagaoka Univ. of Technology
  • 2020.03 - Present Current Position
  • 2020.04 - 2021.03 Part-time Lecturer, Oyama National College of Technology

Societies

  • 2012.04 - Japan Society of Energy and Resources
  • 2016.07 - The Institute of Electrical Engineers of Japan (IEEJ)
  • 2017.09 - The Japan Institute of Energy (Committee Member)
  • 2018.04 - The Japan Institute of Energy (Member)
  • 2018.04 - Japan Association of Simulation and Gaming
  • 2023.07 - IEEJ Investigation Committee Member (EV impact on grid)

Access

1-1-1 Tennodai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8573, Japan
University of Tsukuba, Laboratory for Advanced Research B, Room 809 / 826
Email: akimoto(at)risk.tsukuba.ac.jp

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