Dr. Heinrich Rohrer visited ICYS November 25, 2004
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Dr. Heinrich Rohrer, 1986 Nobel Prize winner in Physics made a presentation at ICYS Seminar on November 25, 2004.
After the seminar Dr. Rohrer had one-on-one discussions with six ICYS research fellows about their research works.
In the evening, Dr. Rohrer joined Crystal Festival in Namiki site, NIMS. |
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Prof. Kroto's second visit to ICYS November 8, 2004
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Prof. Sir Harry W. Kroto, ICYS Executive Advisor and 1996 Nobel Prize winner for chemistry for the discovery of fullerene (C60), visited ICYS on November 8, 2004.
Prof. Kroto had one-on-one discussions with eleven ICYS research fellows about their research works.
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The 1st ICYS Evaluation Committee Meeting September 7, 2004
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The 1st ICYS Evaluation Committee Meeting was held at Tokyo international Forum, on September 7, 2004.
Professor Ikoma as chairperson, and 6 committee members attended the meeting.First, Professor Bando, ICYS Director-General, made a report on ICYS policy and activities.ICYS research fellows and an advisor presented comments about their research activities and the research environment at ICYS.Many questions and comments were made by the committee members and after considerable discussion they decided to submit the opinions and suggestions.At the social meeting, the committee members and ICYS research fellows exchange opinions.As closing remarks, Professor Kishi, president of NIMS, expressed the intention to reflect this result in the further development of ICYS and NIMS.
This evaluation committee is an internal organization which deliberates matters related to the evalutation of the management and research activities of ICYS. |
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Professor Manfred RÜHLE gave a lecture at ICYS seminar September 3, 2004
Prof. Dr. rer. nat from Max Planck Institute, Germany also a member of ICYS Evaluation committee
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ICYS Counseling Space Setup August, 2004
Director Nano & Mesoscopic Materials Laboratory (LM2N) from University Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France.
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A lot of researchers with different cultures and nationalities are getting together at ICYS. Sometimes many questions and worries arise in the early stages of their term. Recently we set up ICYS Counseling Space to be of help to foreign researchers in their daily life. This is a new attempt as a support program to ICYS Research Fellows.
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Dr. Kimura is the previous Director-General of National Institute for Research in Inorganic Materials, now Advanced Materials Laboratory of National Institute for Materials Science.
He is a Ph.D. from Pennsylvania State University and currently the Chairman of Board of Directors of the Society of Non-Traditional Technology. |
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Adjustment difficulties with ICYS systems and advisors, with Japanese and/or NIMS cultures, and with every day's life in Tsukuba. |
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Every first Thursday, 18:00 - 19:30
At ICYS Kimura's space |
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Professor Marie-Paule Pileni gave a lecture at ICYS seminar July 23, 2004
Director Nano & Mesoscopic Materials Laboratory (LM2N) from University Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France.
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Official Opening Ceremony for Nano-bio Research Building July 16, 2004
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| Official Opening Ceremony for Nano-bio Research Building was held in July 16th, 2004. |
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Professor Morinobu ENDO Faculty of Engineering, Shinshu University,
Awarded the highest Medal by American Carbon Society in 2004,visited ICYS July 2, 2004
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Prof. Morinobu ENDO of Shinshu University, who is famous for his extra-ordinary catalytic chemical vapor deposition method for the large-scale production of carbon nanotubes, gave a lecture at ICYS Seminar on Friday June 2nd 2004, to the ICYS research fellows and other members of the audience.
Title: "Large Scale Synthesis of Carbon Nanotubes and Their Current Applications"
Prof. ENDO talked enthusiastically about the discovery of carbon nanotubes at the early stage of his research career. He also speak about the possibility of selective production of different types of carbon nanotubes, by using the floating reactant technique. Furthermore, the Professor also mentioned its rapid expansion in industrial applications.
After the seminar, Prof. ENDO joined our ICYS party and had a good time with our research fellows.
Prof. ENDO has been selected to receive the Society's Medal of Achievement in Carbon Science and Technology, in recognition of his pioneering work in the discovery and synthesis of carbon nanotubes. He shares the Medal of Achievement with Prof. Iijima ( Senior Research Fellow at NEC Corporation ) and Dr. Donald Bethune. |
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Professor Sukekatsu USHIODA President of the Japan Advanced Institute of Science &Technology, also the ICYS Executive advisor, visited ICYS June 25, 2004
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Prof. USHIODA gave a lecture titled, "New Ideas through Person-to-Person Interactions"to the ICYS research fellows and other members of the audience.
The Professor gave significant tips on how to establish good collaborations between scientists in international circumstances.
He stated that it was important to trust and respect each other, and that it was important to behave fairly to everybody.
Furthermore, he mentioned that it would be productive to create a network of friendships all over the world, and to make a good use of these in the future.
After the lecture, Professor Ushioda enjoyed talking with the ICYS research fellows. |
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ICYS Inauguration Symposium June 1, 2004
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Symposium Hall
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Professor Leo Esaki
Winner of the 1973 Nobel Prize for Physics
delivered a stimulating speech about encouraging young researchers. |
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The ICYS inauguration symposium was held at Shin-maru Conference Square in Tokyo on June 1, 2004.
The conference hall was filled with more than 190 participants, reflecting the high hopes for the future of ICYS. |
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Professor Nishi from Stanford University, one of a member of the ICYS Evaluation Committee,visited NIMS and ICYS May 31, 2004
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 After a meeting with Professor Kishi, President of NIMS,Professor Yoshihara, vice-president, and Professor Bando, Director-General of ICYS,Professor Nishi made a tour of various new equipment around ICYS.the NanoMaterials Laboratory, the Biomaterials Center in the Nano-bio building at the Namiki site.
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Prof. Sir Harry W. Kroto has visited ICYS April 27, 2004
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Ten ICYS research fellows have got the opportunity to have one-on-one discussion with Prof. Kroto about their research works. At the gathering after the discussion, Prof. Kroto encouraged research fellows by saying,
"I never expected to win the Nobel Prize. It was an accident out of the experiment which was not very interesting to many people but was interesting to me. The only advice I can give you is to do things you are interested in." |
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