Mechanical Engineering

The environment encompassing the automotive industry is rapidly changing with the diversification of power sources intended to achieve carbon neutrality and the need for compatibility with new mobility services as represented by MaaS~{*1}. Accordingly, the mechanical systems in automobiles are becoming increasingly sophisticated and complex, giving rise to the demand to simultaneously achieve different types of performance, such as downsizing, higher efficiency, comfort, and resource-savings. We will create new added-value for Toyota Group’s core products by expanding its basic technologies of mechanical engineering with a focus on structures, mechanisms, heat and fluid flows, and lubrication, and by promoting digital twin research based on the experimental measurement and simulation. Similarly, we will engage in the creation of system-level design, as well as new theories, through strategic collaborating research with other fields for this purpose.

*1 MaaS: Mobility as a Service

Thermal Engineering, Control and System Engineering, Mechanics of Materials, Design Engineering, Fluid Engineering, Mechanical Elements, Tribology, Dynamics of Machinery and Mechatronics