MAKOTO IIMA

Last Updated :2023/06/01

Affiliations, Positions
Graduate School of Integrated Sciences for Life, Professor
E-mail
iimahiroshima-u.ac.jp

Basic Information

Academic Degrees

  • Doctor of Science, Kyoto University

Research Fields

  • Mathematical and physical sciences;Physics;Mathematical physics / Fundamental condensed matter physics

Research Keywords

  • free-surface dynamics of rotating flow
  • binary fluid convection
  • bio-fluid mechanics

Educational Activity

Course in Charge

  1. 2023, Liberal Arts Education Program1, 1Term, Introductory Seminar for First-Year Students
  2. 2023, Undergraduate Education, 1Term, Geometry
  3. 2023, Undergraduate Education, 3Term, Seminar in Mathematics I
  4. 2023, Undergraduate Education, 4Term, Seminar in Mathematics II
  5. 2023, Undergraduate Education, First Semester, Special Study of Mathematics and Informatics for Graduation
  6. 2023, Undergraduate Education, Second Semester, Special Study of Mathematics and Informatics for Graduation
  7. 2023, Undergraduate Education, Year, Advanced Subject Research
  8. 2023, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , First Semester, Overseas Academic Activities
  9. 2023, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , Second Semester, Overseas Academic Activities
  10. 2023, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , First Semester, Science Seminar A
  11. 2023, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , Second Semester, Science Seminar A
  12. 2023, Graduate Education (Doctoral Program) , Year, Academic research overseas
  13. 2023, Graduate Education (Doctoral Program) , Year, Long-term Internship for Integrated Sciences for Life
  14. 2023, Graduate Education (Doctoral Program) , First Semester, Science Seminar B
  15. 2023, Graduate Education (Doctoral Program) , Second Semester, Science Seminar B
  16. 2023, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , Academic Year, Research for Academic Degree Dissertation in Mathematical and Life Sciences
  17. 2023, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , 3Term, Mathematical Analysis B
  18. 2023, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , 2Term, Topical Seminar in Mathematical Science A
  19. 2023, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , First Semester, Exercises in Applied Mathematics and Computational Science A
  20. 2023, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , Second Semester, Exercises in Applied Mathematics and Computational Science B

Research Activities

Academic Papers

  1. Vortex dynamics around impulsively-started dragonfly wing:: suppression of lambda vortex eruption and lift enhancement, The 7th International Conference on Jets, Wakes and Separated Flows, 635(C03), 128087-1-128087-7, 20220315
  2. Modeling and emergence of flapping flight of butterfly based on experimental measurements, ROBOTICS AND AUTONOMOUS SYSTEMS, 60(5), 670-678, 201205
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  3. Effects of structural flexibility of wings in flapping flight of butterfly, BIOINSPIRATION & BIOMIMETICS, 7(2), 201206
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  4. Peristaltic transport and mixing of cytosol through the whole body of Physarum plasmodium, MATHEMATICAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY-A JOURNAL OF THE IMA, 29(3), 263-281, 201209
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  5. Spontaneous formation of travelling localized structures and their asymptotic behaviour in binary fluid convection, JOURNAL OF FLUID MECHANICS, 712, 219-243, 20121210
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  6. Aerodynamic forces and vortical structures in flapping butterfly's forward flight, PHYSICS OF FLUIDS, 25(2), 201302
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  7. Localized Bioconvection Patterns and Their Initial State Dependency in Euglena gracilis Suspensions in an Annular Container, JOURNAL OF THE PHYSICAL SOCIETY OF JAPAN, 83(4), 201404
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  8. Dynamics of flow structures and surface shapes in the surface switching of rotating fluid, JOURNAL OF FLUID MECHANICS, 789, 402-424, 201602
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  9. Florigen distribution determined by a source-sink balance explains the diversity of inflorescence structures in Arabidopsis, Journal of Theoretical Biology, 395, 227-237, 2016
  10. Numerical analysis of transient orbits by the pullback method for covariant Lyapunov vector, Theoretical and Applied Mechanics Japan, 63, 91-96, 2015
  11. Florigen distribution determined by a source-sink balance explains the diversity of inflorescence structures in Arabidopsis, JOURNAL OF THEORETICAL BIOLOGY, 395, 227-237, 20160421
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  12. A Skeleton of Collision Dynamics: Hierarchical Network Structure among Even-Symmetric Steady Pulses in Binary Fluid Convection, SIAM JOURNAL ON APPLIED DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS, 15(2), 789-806, 2016
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  13. The Flux of Euglena gracilis Cells Depends on the Gradient of Light Intensity, PLOS ONE, 11(12), 20161229
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  14. Studies of the phase gradient at the boundary of the phase diffusion equation, motivated by peculiar wave patterns of rhythmic contraction in the amoeboid movement of Physarum polycephalum, JOURNAL OF PHYSICS D-APPLIED PHYSICS, 50(15), 20170420
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  15. Surface switching statistics of rotating fluid: Disk-rim gap effects, PHYSICAL REVIEW E, 95(4), 20170427
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  16. Statistics and Stochastic Models of an Individual Motion of Photosensitive Alga Euglena gracilis, JOURNAL OF THE PHYSICAL SOCIETY OF JAPAN, 86(7), 20170715
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  17. An Application of Data-based Construction Method of Cellular Automata to Physical Phenomena, JOURNAL OF CELLULAR AUTOMATA, 13(5-6), 441-459, 2018
  18. Active lift inversion process of heaving wing in uniform flow by temporal change of wing kinematics, PHYSICAL REVIEW E, 99(4), 20190429
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  19. Jacobian-free algorithm to calculate the phase sensitivity function in the phase reduction theory and its applications to Karman's vortex street, PHYSICAL REVIEW E, 99(6), 20190604
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  20. Unstabilization of Symmetric Motion of a Two-Dimensional Symmetric Flapping Model (Rich Pelz' Contributions to Fluid Dynamics), RIMS Kokyuroku, 1326, 44-56, 200305
  21. Stability of a Two-dimensional Flapping-flight Model: II, Meeting abstracts of the Physical Society of Japan, 56(1), 20010309
  22. Analysis of hovering insect in two-dimensional space (Mathematical Analysis in Fluid and Gas Dynamics), RIMS Kokyuroku, 1631, 98-106, 200902
  23. 30pVC-2 Propulsion hydrodynamics of a butterfly micro-swimmer, Meeting abstracts of the Physical Society of Japan, 64(1), 20090303
  24. 26pQC-4 Hydrodynamic propulsion mechanism of a butterfly micro-swimmer driven by successive relaxation processes, Meeting abstracts of the Physical Society of Japan, 64(2), 20090818
  25. Study of localized convection cells in binary fluid mixture: bifurcation structure and interactions, Proceedings, ... meeting of Japan Society of Fluid Mechanics, 2009, 20090902
  26. Recovery process from large-perturbed flapping flight of a two-dimensional flapping model for Parantica sita: a numerical study, Proceedings, ... meeting of Japan Society of Fluid Mechanics, 2009, 20090902
  27. Analytical theory of hovering flight in three-dimensional space, Proceedings, ... meeting of Japan Society of Fluid Mechanics, 2010, 20100909
  28. 21aJD-4 Role of peristaltic pumping in tadpole-shape slime mold, Meeting abstracts of the Physical Society of Japan, 66(2), 20110824
  29. 1SM-07 Functions generated by the structural change and the associated flow(1SM Interdisciplinary research around single molecule studies; delving into and going beyond comfort zone,The 49th Annual Meeting of the Biophysical Society of Japan), Biophysics, 51(1), 20110815
  30. 27aXL-5 Controlling of 2D flapping flight model using unstable flight, Meeting abstracts of the Physical Society of Japan, 68(1), 20130326
  31. 27pPSB-38 Spatio-temporal pattern formation of Euglena bioconvection in a periodic domain, Meeting abstracts of the Physical Society of Japan, 68(1), 20130326
  32. 27pPSB-39 Analysis of the dynamics of a conical object falling in the air, Meeting abstracts of the Physical Society of Japan, 68(1), 20130326
  33. Phototaxis and flow structure in Euglena bioconvection, Meeting abstracts of the Physical Society of Japan, 68(2), 20130826
  34. 29pAD-16 The model of Euglena bioconvection localized structure considering horizontal phototaxis, Meeting abstracts of the Physical Society of Japan, 69(1), 20140305
  35. 30aPS-85 Vortex generation of a two-dimensional object in the falling process, Meeting abstracts of the Physical Society of Japan, 69(1), 20140305
  36. Time-Periodic Traveling Solutions of Localized Convection Cells in Binary Fluid Mixture, Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, 59, 211-219, 2011
  37. Localized Bioconvection Patterns and Their Initial State Dependency in Euglena gracilisSuspensions in an Annular Container, Journal of the Physical Society of Japan, 83(4), 20140324
  38. Peristaltic transport and mixing of cytosol through the whole body of Physarum plasmodium., Peristaltic transport and mixing of cytosol through the whole body of Physarum plasmodium., 29(3), 2012
  39. Hydrodynamic Turning Mechanism of Microorganism by Solitary Loop Propagation on a Single Flagellum, JOURNAL OF THE PHYSICAL SOCIETY OF JAPAN, 88(11), 20191115
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  40. Dead-Water Region around Two-Dimensional Sand-Dune Models, JOURNAL OF THE PHYSICAL SOCIETY OF JAPAN, 89(6), 20200615
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  41. Phase reduction technique on a target region, PHYSICAL REVIEW E, 103(5), 20210510
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  42. Self-propelled camphor disk dependent on the depth of the sodium dodecyl sulfate aqueous phase, COLLOIDS AND SURFACES A-PHYSICOCHEMICAL AND ENGINEERING ASPECTS, 635, 20220220
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Social Activities

Organizing Academic Conferences, etc.

  1. 8th International Congress on Industrial and Applied Mathematics, Minisymposium organizer, 2015/08, 2015/08