Digital Manufacturing and Design Research Center for Emergent Circularity

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Summary

The center endeavors to make a critical shift away from the industrial paradigm of Product-in Trash-out (PiTo), to a Data-in Data-out (DiDo) model through digital design and locally-based manufacturing. We embrace strategies in circular systems in economy and supply-chain, and digital innovation in 3D+ design and manufacturing. We foster collaboration between the global fab-city network and many actors, sectors and creators, in Japan and beyond.

In FY2025, the exhibit at the 2025 World Exposition (Expo 2025, Osaka Kansai, Japan).

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Project Members

About Project Members, Researchers

Note: ◎ indicates the project leader

Name	Affiliation	Position	Field of Specialization/Research Interests
◎ Hiroya Tanaka	Faculty of Environment and Information Studies	Professor	Design science, Digital fabrication, 3D information processing
Jun Murai	Keio University	Distinguished Professor	Computer communications, Operating system
Kenji Miyamoto	Faculty of Science and Technology	Professor	Nanotechnology/Materials, Green sustainable chemistry and environmental chemistry, Bio chemistry
Tatsuhiko Yamamoto	Law School / KGRI	Professor / Deputy-Director	Constitutional law
Naohiko Kotake	Graduate School of System Design and Management	Professor	Systems engineering, Design thinking, Design of socio-technical systems, Computer science, Space systems, IoT
Masaya Nakamura	School of Medicine	Professor	Orthopedic surgery, Spine and spinal cord surgery, Spinal cord disorder therapies, Neuroscience (Spinal cord regeneration, Growth factors, Neuroimaging)
Masanao Takeyama	Faculty of Economics	Professor	Economic geography, Service design
Ryo Koike	Faculty of Science and Technology	Associate Professor	Machine design, Additional processing, Machining control
Masatoshi Tamamura	Faculty of Policy Management	Professor	Public management, Social marketing
Shoko Miyagawa	Faculty of Nursing and Medical Care	Associate Professor	Health informatics
Junichi Yamaoka	Graduate School of Media Design	Associate Professor	Human-computer interaction, Digital fabrication, Media art, Interactive media
Jin Mitsugi	Faculty of Environment and Information Studies	Professor	Wireless communications, Space structures, Computational engineering
Jin Nakazawa	Faculty of Environment and Information Studies	Professor	Distributed Systems, Middleware, Ubiquitous Computing, Computer Networks
Keisuke Uehara	Faculty of Environment and Information Studies	Professor	Computer networks
Masashi Nakatani	Faculty of Environment and Information Studies	Associate Professor	Haptics, Sensor engineering, Computational engineering
Masashi Aono	Graduate School of Science and Technology	Project Professor	Complex systems, Natural computing, Post-Silicon computing, Origins of life
Ryohei Yuasa	Graduate School of Media and Governance	Project Assistant Professor	Digital Fabrication, 3D Printer Material Design
Masaki Arai	Graduate School of Media and Governance	Project Research Associate	Digital Fabrication, 3D Printer Material Design
Shun Kitagata	Graduate School of Media and Governance	Researcher	Digital Fabrication, 3D Printer Material Design
Mayumi Aoki	Graduate School of Media and Governance	Project Research Associate	R&D support, Neuroanatomy
Noriko Nagata	School of Engineering, Kwansei Gakuin University	Professor	Kansei engineering, Affective computing
Tomoaki Watanabe	General Manager of the Research Division, Center for Global Communications, International University of Japan	Executive Research Fellow / Professor	Information society
Daisuke Doyo	Faculty of Business Administration, Kanagawa University	Associate Professor	Industrial engineering, Production management, KAIZEN management, Digital fabrication
Daijiro Mizuno	Design and Architecture, KYOTO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY Academic Field of Design	Professor	Design research, Fashion design
Kazutoshi Tsuda	Design and Architecture, KYOTO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY Academic Field of Design	Associate Professor	Resource circulation, Design for sustainability
Hironori Iwasaki	Department of Creative Innovation, Musashino Art University	Professor	Strategic Design, Business Design