[Introduction] Dealing with aging infrastructure: issues and NIMS's approach to them
Interviewee: Koichi Tsuchiya (Managing Director, Research Center for Strategic Materials)
[Prevent (Deterioration)] Prevent Reinforced Concrete from Deterioration: Finding appropriate measures through understanding the mechanisms
Interviewee:
Tadashi Shinohara (Leader of Materials Corrosion Group, Materials Reliability Unit),
Toshiyasu Nishimura (Leader of Materials Recycling Design Group, Research Center for Strategic Materials)
(Interviewer and writer: Akiko Ikeda)
[Restore] Application of Welding and Thermal Spray for Repairing Steel Structures: Resolving issues through Creative ideas
Interviewee:
Terumi Nakamura (Director of Materials Manufacturing and Engineering Station)
Makoto Watanabe (Principal researcher, Coating Materials Group, High Temperature Materials Unit)
(Interviewer and writer: Akiko Ikeda)
[Inspect] Investigating the Mechanism of Destruction via Non-Destructive Inspection: New method which leads to new knowledge
Interviewee: Mitsuharu Shiwa (Group Leader, Non-Destructive Evaluation Group, Materials Reliability Unit)
[Tripartite talk] Pioneering New Industries by Clarifying Mechanisms: The story behind the application of new Fe-based shape-memory alloy in a tower building's vibration dampers
Tadakatsu Maruyama (Awaji Materia Co., Ltd.)
Atsumichi Kushibe (Takenaka Corporation)
Tadahiro Sawaguchi (NIMS)
Science Column: Science is even more amazing than you think (maybe...) 2
Great potentials of carbon nanotubes (written by Akio Etori, illustration by Shinsuke Yoshitake)
