Masahiko ARAKAWA (Professor)
Email: masahiko.arakawa(at)penguin.kobe-u.ac.jp
I try to reproduce various phenomena occurred in the Solar System 4.6 billions ago, so I conduct impact experiments and deformation experiments to study the planetary formation process, evolution and tectonics of planets and satellites.
Minami YASUI (Lecturer)
Email: minami.yasui(at)pearl.kobe-u.ac.jp
I’m interested in the thermal evolutions and the formation processes of tectonic features observed on the surfaces of icy bodies. To clarify them, I perform deformation experiment of water ice mixed with silica powder simulating planetary dusts and examine the compression strength, viscosity and brittle failure strength.
Furthermore, I’m interested in the collisional phenomena and the cratering processes of planetesimals, asteroids and small icy satellites. I perform impact experiments by using porous materials simulating these porous bodies and the materials having multiple components to study the impact strength and the ejecta velocity.
Kenji KUROSAKI (Specially Appointed Assistant Professor)
Email: kei.shirai(at)penguin.kobe-u.ac.jp
In order to understand the evolution and origin of extrasolar planets and ice giant planets, we investigate impact phenomena by numerical simulations.
Kei SHIRAI (Technical Staff)
Email: kei.shirai(at)penguin.kobe-u.ac.jp
Planetary exploration, laboratory experiments, and their data analysis. Electric work, programming, and technology development required for laboratory experiments.
Hiroko OKAMURA (Assistant Administrative Staff)
Email: hiroko.okamura(at)people.kobe-u.ac.jp
Yukari M. TOYODA (Researcher)
My interest: Experimental study on the formation and evolution of Saturn rings and small icy satellites
Haruka SASAI (Researcher)
My interest: High-velocity impact experiments of porous ice: Effects of impact melting and porosity on crater scaling law and in situ measurements of post impact temperature
Yusaku YOKOTA (Researcher)
My interest: Cratering experiments on undulated terrains simulating asteroid surface
Reia KAKINOKI (1st year, Doctoral course)
My interest: Cratering experiments on two-layered structures simulating the surface of asteroids : Crater scaling law and impact-induced seismic wave
Haruna TOYOSHIMA (1st year, Doctoral course)
My interest: Impact experiments on wet sand under the ambient atmosphere simulating habitable planets
Shunki ISHII (2nd year, Master’s course)
My interest: Impact experiments on snow mantle-ice core structure
Tadakatsu UTSUNOMIYA (2nd year, Master’s course)
My interest: Impact cratering on rubble-pile asteroids and armoring effect
Ryuki MATSUSAKA (2nd year, Master’s course)
My interest: Impact experiments of iron rubble-pile bodies
Anzu IKOMA (1st year, Master’s course)
My interest: Residual rate of impactors that collided with protoplanets
Ryosuke KIKUKAWA (1st year, Master’s course)
My interest: Crater formation on icy crust with internal sea
Miyu SAWA (1st year, Master’s course)
My interest: Effect of atmospheric pressure on cratering processes
Saki HAYASHI (1st year, Master’s course)
My interest: Crater formation processes on differentiated bodies with magma ocean
Ayaka Onishi (Senior, Undergraduate)
My interest: Not determined
Takuma Ohashi (Senior, Undergraduate)
My interest: Not determined
Tatsuya Sakimura (Senior, Undergraduate)
My interest: Not determined
Kotomi Noguchi (Senior, Undergraduate)
My interest: Not determined
