Main Themes in the four Departments:

• Mechanical Engineering
  1. Study on Solidification of Multi-Component Mixtures
  2. Development of Automatic Measuring System of a Wind Tunnel
  3. Nondestructive Evaluation of Materials using Ultrasonics
  4. Solid Lubricant Layers by Laser Cladding
  5. Study on Artificial Recognition of Color
  
  
  
• Electrical and Computer Engineering
  1. Semiconductor Materials
  2. Discharge Lamp
  3. Information Security
  4. Control System Design
  5. Signal Processing of Voice and Image
  
  
  
• Civil Engineering
  1. Structural Analysis(dynamic problem, contact problem, ultimate strength)
  2. Hydraulic Characteristics of a Rich-in-Nature Type of Revetments
  3. Ground Improvement and Environmental Geotechnics
  4. Rheology of Fresh Concrete and Nondestructive Testing on Concrete Structures
  5. Land Use Planning and Transportation Planning
  
  
  
• Architecture
  1. Preservation and Restoration of Historical Architecture and Townscape
  2. Psyco-Social Study on the Special Images in Architecture
  3. Structural Safety Engineering
  4. Structural Reliability and Limit State Design
  5. Indoor Air Quality and Odor

�@The research and development section at ANCT is named Cooparative Research Center(CRC). CRC was founded in 1997 and assists the colleges to attain their mission to undertake research programs that address real-world issues within an international, national and community context.

�@CRC aims to facilitate world-class reseach and development which provides social, economic and cultural benefits for communities in Akashi, Hyogo, Japan and the world. CRC works to enable the college to be relevant to industry and other partners in outcome-oriented research and development, which is client-collaborative and delivers leading-edge high quality results on time.