Members

Executive Committee

  • Eiji Abe
    Director
    The University of Tokyo
  • Hideharu Nakashima
    secretariat
    Kyushu University
  • Yoshihito Kawamura
    promotion of research
    Kumamoto University
  • Seiji Miura
    outreach, intellectual property
    Faculty of Engineering, Hokkaido University
  • Hiromu Saito
    aid for junior researchers
    Graduate School of Engineering
  • Toshiyuki Fujii
    socializing, communication
    Tokyo Institute of Technology
  • Hajime Kimizuka
    promotion in Japan
    Graduate School of Engineering Science, Osaka University
  • Manabu Enoki
    aid for international activities
    The University of Tokyo

Research Groups

A01:Creation of various innovative Mg-based alloys with mille-feuille structure

Group Leader Yoshihito Kawamura
Magnesium Research Center, Kumamoto University
Professor
A01-1 : Development of novel Mg alloys with millefeuille structure
Team Leader Michiaki Yamasaki
Magnesium Research Center, Kumamoto University
Associate Professor
Members Yoshihito Kawamura
Magnesium Research Center, Kumamoto University
Professor
Hiroshi Okuda
Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University
Associate Professor
Co-workers Yukiko Ogawa
Research Center for Structural Materials, National Institute for Materials Science
Researcher
Osamu Takeda
Graduate School of Engineering, Tohoku University
Associate Professor
A01-2:多様なMg系ミルフィーユ構造のキンク制御と材料創製(融合系)
Team Leader Hidetoshi Somekawa
National Institute for Materials Science
Group Leader
Member Yoshikazu Todaka
Toyohashi University of Technology
Professor
Co-workers Motohiro Yuasa
Faculty of Science and Engineering, Doshisha University
Assistant Professor
Daisuke Ando
Tohoku University
Assistant Professor

A02:キンク形成&キンク強化メカニズム解明による領域の深化・展開

Group Leader Kazuya Aizawa
Japan Atomic Energy Agency
Prime Research Engineer
A02-1 : Clarification of formation and strengthening mechanisms of deformation kink by the mechanical analyses
Team Leader Koji Hagihara
Department of Adaptive Machine Systems, Graduate School of Engineering
Associate Professor
Member Kyosuke Kishida
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Kyoto University
Associate Professor
Manabu Enoki
Department of Materials Engineering, The University of Tokyo
Professor
Co-workers Mayumi Suzuki
Faculty of Engineering, Toyama Prefectural University
Professor
Takayuki Shiraiwa
Department of Materials Engineering, The University of Tokyo
Assistant Professor
A02-2 : Solving kink formation/strengthening mechanism through precise structure analyses
Team Leader Eiji Abe
Department of Materials Engineering, The University of Tokyo
Professor
Members Satoshi Hata
Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Engineering Sciences, Kyushu University
Professor
Stefanus Harjo
Japan Atomic Energy Agency
Research Manager
Kazuya Aizawa
Japan Atomic Energy Agency
Prime Research Engineer
Masayuki Uesugi
Japan Synchrotron Radiation Research Institute (JASRI)
Researcher
Co-workers Shigeru Kimura
Research & Utilization Division, Japan Synchrotron Radiation Research Institute (JASRI)
Deputy Director
Kenji Tsuda
The Frontier Research Institute for Interdisciplinary Sciences, Tohoku University
Professor
Daisuke Egusa
Department of Materials Science & Engineering, The University of Tokyo
Assistant Professor
Takuro Kawasaki
Japan Atomic Energy Agency
A02-3 : Modeling-based investigation of mechanism of kink deformation and strengthening
Team Leader Hajime Kimizuka
Graduate School of Engineering Science, Osaka University
Associate Professor
Members Mitsuhiro Itakura
Japan Atomic Energy Agency
Research Manager
Yuichi Tadano
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Saga University
Professor
Co-workers Tsuyoshi Mayama
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Kumamoto University
Associate Professor
Masatake Yamaguchi
Japan Atomic Energy Agency
研究主幹

A03 : Formulation of the kink formation and strengthening theory for mille-feuille structured materials

A03-1 : Formulation of a comprehensive theory of kink formation and strengthening via an interdisciplinary approach (fusion of theory and experiment)
Group Leader Toshiyuki Fujii
School of Materials and Chemical Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology
Professor
Members Hideharu Nakashima
Department of Advanced Materials Science and Engineering, Kyushu University
Professor
Svadlenka Karel
Kyoto University, Graduate School of Science
Associate Professor
Tomonari Inamura
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology
Professor
Ryuichi Tarumi
Graduate School of Engineering Science, Osaka University
Professor
Co-workers Tadashi Hasebe
Graduate School of Kobe University
Associate Professor
Masatoshi Mitsuhara
Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Engineering Sciences, Kyushu University
Associate Professor

A04:構造制御&キンク制御による領域の展開

Group Leader Hiromu Saito
Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Graduate School of Engineering
Professor
A04-1 : Structural Control and Development of New Materials Based on Metals and Polymers
Team Leader Seiji Miura
Faculty of Engineering, Hokkaido University
Professor
Members Satoshi Emura
Research Center for Structural Materials National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS)
Principal Researcher
Hiromu Saito
Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Graduate School of Engineering
Professor
Hiroshi Yabu
Advanced Institute for Materials Research (AIMR), Tohoku University
Associate Professor (Jr. PI)
Co-workers Tatsuya Tokunaga
School of Engineering, Kyushu Institute of Technology
Associate Professor
Ken-ichi Ikeda
Faculty of Engineering, Hokkaido University
Associate Professor
Teruaki Hayakawa
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, School of Materials and Chemical Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology
Professor
A04-2 : Control of the kink formation and development of metal/polymer materials for the novel type of mille-feuille structure.
Team Leader Hiroshi Ito
Yamagata University
Professor
Members Daisuke Terada
Faculty of Engineering , Chiba Institute of Technology
Associate Professor
Co-workers Kentaro Taki
Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Kanazawa University
Associate Professor
Yoshihisa Kaneko
Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka City University
Professor

International Advisory Board

Dislocation Theory

Prof. Dr. Alexey E. Romanov
Head, Modern Functional Materials Department
ITMO University

Applied Mathematics: Non-linear elasticity

Prof. Sir John Ball
Director, Oxford Centre for Nonlinear PDE
Mathematical Institute
University of Oxford

Classical Mechanics

Prof. Elias Aifantis
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Michigan Tech

Ceramics Materials

Prof. Michel W. Barsoum
Department of Materials Science and Engineering
College of Engineering
Drexel University

Polymers

Prof. Christopher K. Ober
Materials Science & Engineering
Cornell University