We will hold the Bachelor's Thesis Presentation (Laboratory Introduction) of the Laboratory of Environmental Systems Engineering with the following details. Please come and join us.

April 6 (Mon.) 12:00-　
Venue: In front of D-103, D-Building

A farewell lunch was held for Ms. Kusaka, our technical assistant.
We sincerely thank her for her significant contributions to our research and development activities and for managing various essential tasks within the laboratory.

In the afternoon, we held a degree conferral ceremony within our laboratory, as the University-wide graduation ceremony for Fiscal Year 2019 was cancelled. Congratulations on your graduation!

We sincerely wish you all the very best in your future endeavors.

Mr. Masato Nakamura, who has served as a technical staff member at the Laboratory of Environmental Systems Engineering, retired at the end of March this year. A celebration was held on his final day of work to honor his career.
Over the past 41 years, Mr. Nakamura has been a cornerstone of the former chair and the current Laboratory of Environmental Systems Engineering within the Course in Environmental Engineering (formerly the Department of Sanitary Engineering).
We would like to express our deepest respect and gratitude for his long-standing dedication and invaluable contributions to the laboratory. We sincerely wish Mr. Nakamura and his family continued health and happiness in the years to come.

The Master’s Thesis Presentation was held on February 6th.

Ayaka Komuro
"Improvement of long-term performance of VIPs and performance verification of VIPs in a building"

Ying Zha
"Development of optimal design and operation method of hybrid ground source heat pump system and research on its operation"

Yuriku Shoji
"Fast Calculation Method for Transient Temperature of Ground Heat Exchangers Field with Groundwater Flow"

The Bachelor’s Thesis Presentation was held on February 5th.

Yuma Akiyama　
"Long-term prediction of performances of ground source heat pump systems under climate change and urbanization"

Mitsuki Izawa
"Desalination device based on adsorption process applying natural mesoporous material"

"Investigation on next generation district heating and cooling system applying ground thermal energy and heat recovery"

Taichi Kamada
"Investigation on low-cost net-zero energy houses by applying vacuum insulation panels and ground source heat pump systems"

Yumin Zeng
"Prediction of solar radiation intensity using satellite image analysis based on machine-learning"

"We held a lab year-end party on December 25th, following the mid-term presentations for bachelor's and master's theses."
Thank you for all your hard work this year. I hope you have a wonderful New Year.

The 27th Symposium on Environmental Engineering was held at the Frontier Research in Applied Sciences Building, Faculty of Engineering, Hokkaido University, from October 31st to November 1st, 2019. Many students from our laboratory participated and presented their research at the event.
Professor Nagano provided an explanation of the 'Japan-India Sustainable Development Consortium' under the STSI Program.

The Faculty of Engineering Innovation Forum 2019 was held on September 27th.

Our laboratory members went on a lab trip from Friday, August 9th to Saturday, August 10th. We visited several locations, including 21st Century Forest, the Asahikawa City Museum, and the Furano Winery."

On Thursday, August 8th, Mr. Kengo Hayashi, an alumnus of our laboratory, visited us.