Complex fluid and thermal phenomena coexist and are utilized in many industrial fields. They include multiphase flow containing gas, liquid and solid phases, viscoelastic fluid flow, complex flow with vortices, eddies, fluctuation and waves interacting with structures, thermo-fluid flow with chemical reaction, phase change and transport phenomena, and thermo-fluid control concerning the environment and human life. Since the phenomena are studied separately in each industrial field, knowledge of them is fragmented and technical. There is little comprehensive engineering knowledge from a multidisciplinary scientific viewpoint. COFTEC is a multidisciplinary research group covering a wide range of research fields, mainly in the Graduate School of Engineering. It aims to promote fundamental education and state-of-the-art research, and to create next-generation research fields by means of integration and comprehensive promotion of research on complex thermo-fluid phenomena in a wide range of engineering fields.We take another look at the framework dividing research fields into the conventional engineering fields, i.e. Architecture, Civil Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Chemical Engineering. By examining these divisions from new viewpoints, we create new research fields to build comprehensive engineering fundamentals on complex thermo-fluid dynamics. The purpose of COFTEC is to contribute to the construction of a next-generation sustainable society. Our researchers will achieve this by working together to create innovative technologies and novel seeds of academic-industrial collaborations.Technologies in current engineering can be effectively combined with different fields. The resulting novel academic fields can create new, advanced, highly functional smart materials. In particular, RCASM strongly promotes interdisciplinary research between engineering fields and data science, medical science, and agriculture. Materials are synthesized by controlling substances on an atomic level, creating new properties and qualities. The interface effects and quantum effects controlled by nano-scale hetero-structures produce unique, novel functions. For example, RCASM deals with mesoscopic and plasmonic materials, metal biomaterials, radiosensitizers, functional supramolecular hydrogel, and produces various devices for application such as photonic materials and devices, organic thin-film devices, MEMS micro-devices, and ultra-low-power analog and digital circuits. Additionally, we have started studying material design and synthesis based on artificial intelligent learning theory to create materials we have not yet encountered. •Human adaptive devices•Biomaterials•Biocompatible materials•Molecular targeted •Bio-production•Bio-complex•Efficient productionsensitizer and treatment•MedicalequipmentFunctional filmsResearch Center for Advanced Smart Materials (RCASM)Interdisciplinary research of engineering mixed with data science, •Artificial Intelligence (AI)•Internet-of-things (IoT）•Materials Informatics•Sensingmedical science, and agricultureGlobal open engineeringData ScienceMedical ScienceAgricultureComplex Fluid and Thermal Engineering Research Center (COFTEC)Research Center for Advanced Smart Materials
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