Kawamura Laboratory
Research
 
In general this laboratory aims for the fusion of the electrical energy and mechanical motion by electronic tools. They may call it "Mechatronics", but we wish to propose somewhat different concept, Motionelectronics - through our research activities.
The fundamentals are power electronics, actuator, and digital control. The tentative future targets are a new electric vehicle and a new biped walking robot.
 
Current Research Topics
 
1. new power converter for FCEV (Fuel-Cell EV) using SiC devices
2. One battery charge driving distance extension by high performance chopper - KAST-EV-Kana (1)
3. PAM control for pm motor
4. Wireless power transmission
5. Ultra accurate efficiency measurement by calorimetric method
6. High power density DAB (dual active bridge) converter
7. Light weight driving system for rocket nozzle servo
8. Vibration suppression of air conditioner
9. New matching filter control
10. Slope circle walking of MARI-3
11. Energy save walking of MARI-3
12. Robust biped walking
13. Visual walking
14. two arm haptics
15. rotation motion of biped robot
14. other projects
 
Past Major Projects
 
1. new motor (super motor) drive for HEV (Hybrid Electrical Vehicle)
2. autonomous biped walking robot ( MARI-2 )
3. fast walking and running biped robot by ROCOS (robot control simulator )
4. independent control for parallelism of UPS's
5. sensorless control of HB type stepping motor
6. traction control for 4WD Electric Vehicles by pm type ADTR (Anti-direction-Twin-Rotatory) motor
7. biped walking robot ( MARI-1 )
8. traction control for Shinkansen (bullet train)
9. active filter control based on disturbance observer
10. biped walking using the tip-toe
11. biped robot with force control
12. converter with communication capability
13. evaluation of IGBT switching characteristics for EV applications
14. very low speed sensor-less rotor speed estimation of induction machines
15. digital redesign
16. neural oscillator for biped walking pattern generation
17. negative inductance
18. digital control of PWM inverter
19. disturbance observer with a sliding mode control
20. linear and plane type Piezo-electric actuators
 
Grants and Contracts
 
The laboratory has been receiving continuous support from Government, industries and University. The average research fund is $300,000-$600,000 (2000-2012).
 
Education
 
You can receive the MSEE and PhD degrees from YNU, if you first pass the entrance examinations, and second earn the required credits and finally finish the required thesis. This laboratory can provide an opportunity for a very few foreign students to have a scholarship of Japanese Government (MEXT). Presently we have two MEXT scholarship students from South Africa and Tanzania, and two Malaysia government scholarship students (as of 2011/8). Seven students from Tunisia, France, Korea, Brazil(2), China and Turkey already finished their degrees. They received the Mombukagakusho(MEXT) scholarship.
 
Alumni Employment Status
 
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