About this Lab
More than half of accidents in electric power systems are caused by lightning. And in recent years there are also many lightning-related accidents in facilities for wind power generation. For the purpose of lightning protection of various electric power systems, we are trying to develop technologies for the observation, prediction and control of lightning discharges. We are also developing technologies for lightning protection of smart grid – the next generation electric power system and doing researches about solar power system.
NEWS
- 2026-06-01~05
- Ms. Aiba, Mr. Tsuge, Mr. Hirai, Mr. Yoshinaga, and Mr. Hamajima (M2) had poster presentations at ICLP2026 (International Conference on Lightning Protection) held in Sapporo, Japan.
- 2026-05-26
- Mr. Nakao and Mr. Nakamura (M1) had poster presentations at JpGU2026 held in Chiba, Japan. blog
- 2026-05-19~20
- We had an online workshop of lightning and related phenomena with other lightning research groups. Program
- 2025-12-16
- Dr. Wu had a poster presentation at AGU Fall Meeting 2025 held in New Orleans.
- 2025-08-28
- Dr. Wang had an oral presentation at The 24th International Symposium on High Voltage Engineering (ISH 2025) held in Karuizawa, Japan.
- 2025-08-28
- The paper "Typical Winter TGF Lightning: Vertical Negative Leader Progression Features and Charge Structures" by Yang et al. is published by Geophysical Research Letters. link
- 2025-08-19
- Dr. Wang had an oral presentation at URSI Asia-Pacific Radio Science Conference held in Sydney, Australia.
- 2025-07-23
- Dr. Wang had an oral presentation at International Symposium on Lightning and Wind Turbines held in Akita.
- 2025-04-19
- The paper "Preliminary Breakdown Process of Winter Positive Cloud-To-Ground Lightning and Its Relation to the Following First Return Stroke" by Yang et al. is published by JGR Atmospheres. link
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Faculty of Engineering, Gifu University, 1-1 Yanagido, Gifu City 501-1193, JAPAN MAP