Interdisciplinary research areas of the Laboratory for Future Interdisciplinary
\n Research in Science and Technology (FIRST)<\/strong><\/p>\n
\u3000The Laboratory for Future Interdisciplinary Research in Science and Technology (FIRST) was established on April 1,
\n 2016, by merging five research organizations: the Precision & Intelligence Laboratory, the Imaging Science and
\n Engineering Laboratory, the Quantum Nanoelectronics Research Center, the Structural Engineering Research Center, and
\n the ICE Cube Center. FIRST aims to contribute to the realization of a prosperous future society by creating innovative
\n industrial technologies through the integration of various research fields such as mechanical engineering, electrical
\n and electronic engineering, material engineering, information engineering, environmental engineering, disaster
\n prevention engineering, and social sciences.<\/p>\n
\u3000One of its predecessors, the Precision & Intelligence (P & I) Laboratory, was a research organization formed
\n in 1954 through the merger of the Research Laboratory of Precision Machinery (founded in 1939) and the Research
\n Laboratory of Electronics (founded in 1944). In addition to producing numerous research results, the P & I
\n Laboratory produced two Japan Academy members, Professor Issaku Koga (research on quartz crystals) and Professor
\n Takashi Nakata (research on gear engineering and automatic control) and made significant contributions to the
\n development of industry and academia. Japan’s roots in numerical control technology for machine tools, the machines
\n used to make machines, are well known. Recently, Professor Emeritus Kenichi Iga, former president of the Tokyo
\n Institute of Technology, has received international acclaim for his research on the invention and practical
\n application of surface emitting lasers. The Imaging Science and Engineering Laboratory was established in 1954 as the
\n Graphic Engineering Laboratory, a pioneering research facility among Japanese universities. It was renamed the
\n Photomechanical Engineering Research Institute in 1964, the Image Information Engineering Research Institute in 1974,
\n and then the Imaging Science and Engineering Laboratory in 2010. The laboratory has conducted research from a new
\n perspective that captures information handled in various forms in information-related technologies, and deals with a
\n wide range of information processes such as input, conversion, storage, display, transmission, and processing. The
\n Quantum Nanoelectronics Research Center was established in 1994 as the Research Center for Quantum Effect Electronics.
\n It assumed its current name in 2004, and has contributed to the development of new technologies and industrial
\n applications of nano-optical and electronic devices. Joining these research institutes and centers are the Structural
\n Engineering Research Center of the Institute of Applied Ceramics, originally founded as the Laboratory for Building
\n Materials and the first laboratory attached to the university in 1934, which researches urban disaster prevention
\n engineering and has led the filed in advanced earthquake-resistant engineering such as seismic isolation and vibration
\n control structures, and the ICE Cube Center, which has promoted the development and industrial application of 3D
\n integrated circuits and other technologies, thus creating a research organization that accelerates interdisciplinary
\n research and its social implementation.<\/p>\n
\u3000FIRST consists of 14 research groups (research cores) of about 10 researchers each. Each research core conducts
\n interdisciplinary research through close collaboration among researchers in different fields and deepens basic
\n technology research in specialized fields such as information engineering, electrical and electronic engineering,
\n optoelectronic engineering, mechanical engineering, control engineering, bioengineering, materials engineering,
\n environmental engineering, and disaster prevention engineering. The Biomedical Engineering Research Core plays a
\n central role in the activities of the Research Center for Biomedical Engineering, a network-based collaborative
\n research center supported by the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) since
\n 2016. In the Advanced Research Infrastructure Sharing Promotion Project, we promoted the consolidation and sharing of
\n cleanrooms scattered throughout the campus to improve the efficiency of research and education, and provided advanced
\n experimental equipment to researchers and students. The Urban Disaster Prevention Engineering Research Core have
\n played a major role of the Multidisciplinary Resilience Research Center.<\/p>\n
\u3000Full-time FIRST faculty members are also affiliated with the university’s schools, where they teach undergraduate
\n and graduate courses and provide research guidance for bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral degrees.<\/p>\n
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