On Wednesday, May 2, Professor Jung-In Yoon from Pukyong National University visited our laboratory.

From April 12 to 14, we attended the international conference held at Shanghai Jiao Tong University and presented our research results. Professor Nagano, Assistant Professor Sakata, Dr. Yang (Postdoctoral Researcher), Mr. Xue (D1), Mr. Fang (M1), Mr. Komuro (M1), and Mr. Shoji (M1) participated and presented their research outcomes.

On Thursday, March 22, the Degree Conferral Ceremony was held.
Congratulations to all of our graduates on your graduation!
We wish you all the best and continued success in your future endeavors.

On Tuesday, March 20, the Academic Lecture Meeting of the Society of Heating, Air-Conditioning and Sanitary Engineers of Japan (SHASE) Hokkaido Branch was held at Akira Suzuki Hall, Faculty of Engineering, Hokkaido University.
On the same day, we also held a farewell party for our graduates.

The public doctoral thesis defense for Mr. Yang Zhang, a third-year doctoral student, has been successfully completed.

Yang Zhang
"Study on Vacuum Insulation Panels with Slim-thickness and Light-weight and Their Application Method for Retrofitting Insulation to Existing Buildings "

On the afternoon of February 8, Dr. Suzanne, a postdoctoral researcher at the Research Institute for Humanity and Nature (RIHN), visited our laboratory and gave a presentation on sustainable water resources and energy supply.

The Master's thesis presentations for the second-year Master's students have been successfully completed.

Junki Hashimoto
"Development of Three-dimensional Geologic Information Data Base and Environmental Economic Assessment by Utilization of Ground-Source Heat Pump Systems for Heating and Cooling"

Yu Hirouchi
"Study on Optimum Operation Simulator of Building which is Aiming at ZEB Ready with Ground Source Heat Pump at the Core"

Yoshiki Miyashita
"Development of optimum control for Heat Recovery Ground Source Heat Pump system and its experimental proof in field"

Tomoaki Murakami
"Study on autonomous control home energy management system incorporating weather forecast and its application to smart community"

The Bachelor's thesis presentations for the fourth-year undergraduate students have been successfully completed.

Ayaka Komuro
"Evaluation of energy conservation and thermal environment of the low energy house with ground source heat pump for space heating / domestic hot water and desiccant ventilation unit"

Yuri Shoji
"Feasibility of thermal grid system integrating with ground thermal energy"

Kento Fujii
"Verification of the effect of schedule-driven home energy management using ground thermal, heat pump, thermal storage, and electricity storage"

Riho Mizutani
"Evaluation of Adsorption / Desorption Characteristics and Adsorption Heat of Adsorbent Made of Natural Mesoporous Material Applied to Adsorption Heat Pump"

Ms. Erika Mori, who served as a secretary in our laboratory until March 2017, will be studying abroad in Hungary. The laboratory staff gathered to take a commemorative photo together. We wish Ms. Mori all the best and continued success in her future endeavors!

On Monday, October 2, Mr. Sunghoon Seol joined our laboratory as a doctoral student. A warm welcome to Mr. Seol!