SEIKE Miho

Affiliation

Institute of Systems and Information Engineering

Official title

Associate Professor

ORCID

0000-0002-2461-6884

Sex

Female

Email

Office

Enclosed space engineering lab.

Research fields


Experimental psychology
Natural disaster / Disaster prevention science
Social systems engineering/ Safety system
Thermal engineering
Fluid engineering

Degree


2010-03	学士（工学）	Kanazawa University
2012-03	修士（工学）	Kanazawa University
2015-03	Ph.D.	Kanazawa University

Message

This laboratory conducts research on fire evacuation behavior and thermal plume during fires in enclosed spaces such as tunnels and undergrounds. We primarily focus on experimental research, conducting fire experiments that take similarity laws into account and full-scale evacuation experiments to clarify how people behave during actual disasters. The process of planning and conducting experiments requires considerable ingenuity, including the design of equipment and consideration of measurement methods. Through these experiments, our laboratory emphasizes the development of engineering judgment and practical skills. Our goal is to foster the ability to think independently and solve problems through trial and error, thereby acquiring the technical capabilities unique to humans. a) Human-Centered Safety Engineering Research Evacuation behavior is influenced not only by physical movement, but also by psychological state and physiological responses. Through evacuation experiments, our laboratory aims to elucidate the mechanisms of evacuation behavior by combining and analyzing human behavior, psychology, and physiological responses. The findings gained will be useful for improving the input conditions for evacuation simulations and for developing safer and more efficient evacuation plans. b) Numerical Simulation In our laboratory, we view simulation not just as a "tool for obtaining results," but as an important process for understanding phenomena. When conducting a simulation, it is essential to understand how to set boundary and initial conditions and what calculations are necessary to obtain the results. It is also important to be able to properly evaluate whether the results are consistent with reality. For this reason, our laboratory is committed to training engineers who can not only run simulations, but also understand how to set conditions and evaluate the validity of results.

(Last updated: 2026-03-09)