Structural Metals Center:Eternal cooperation

International conferences are held regulary with the support of collaborationg institutes in china, korea and japan.
We contribute towards the development of steel research by promoting the collaboration and information exchange betweenmajor research institutes around the world.
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NIMS signs MOU with Belgorod University ,Russia
Date: July 23, 2009

The Structural Metals Center signed a MOU for research collaboration with the Centre of Nanostructural Materials and Nanotechnologies at the Belgorod University (Russia).

NIMS signs MOU with KIMS ,Korea
Date: July. 17, 2008

Structural Metals Center signed an MOU for research collaboration with the Department of Materials Processing, Korea Institute of Materials Science (KIMS), Changwon, Korea. KIMS was established as a subsidiary institute of the Korea Institute of Machinery and Materials (KIMM) in 2007. The two institutions agreed to promote the exchange of researchers and research information and execute collaborative research on the development and evaluation of Ti₂AlNb-based high temperature titanium alloys.

From Left: Dr. Satoshi Emura, Senior Researcher, Dr. Kaneaki Tsuzaki, Managing Director and Dr. Yong Tai Lee, Principal Researcher (KIMS).

NIMS signs MOU with Monash University ,Australia
Date: Mar. 16, 2007

The Structural Metals Center signed a MOU for research cooperation with the ARC Centre of Excellence for Design in Light Metals,Monash University.

NIMS signs MOU with Central Iron & Steel Research Institute, China
Date: Jun. 28, 2006

Titanium Group of the New Structural Metals Center signed an MOU for research collaboration with the R&D Center on Ti-Al Intermetallics, High Temperature Materials Research Division, Central Iron & Steel Research Institute (CISRI), China. The CISRI was established in 1952 as the most comprehensive research organization in China specialized in iron and steel metallurgy. In 1999, the CISRI was transformed to a large technical-oriented enterprise engaged in diversified fields including development of iron-, nickel- and Ti-based structural materials, metallurgical technology and selling business of developed products. Taking advantage of this signing, the two institutes plan to promote exchanges of researchers and research information and carry out cooperative research in fields related to the Ti₂AlNb-based high temperature titanium alloys.

Professor Li (right), Director of R&D Center on Ti-Al Intermetallics, High Temperature Materials Research Division, and Dr. Hagiwara, Leader, Titanium Group, New Structural Metals Center.

Signs MOU with University of Virginia Date:Jan.12,2006
　The Steel Research Center signed a MOU for research cooperation with the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at the University of Virginia. Both organizations plan to carry out an exchange of researchers,
to share research information, to hold workshops, and to promote joint research on the subject of metallic materials for structural use that can demonstrate high qualities even under severe environmental conditions. This particular department is one of the materials research bases in the eastern part of the United States, and a lot of interesting research is being conducted in a wide field including physics and chemistry. It is also active in the joint research involving the industry, government and academic institutions. A lot of research results in the fields that center on structural materials can be expected through this research cooperation.

Signs MOU with Max-Planck Institute(MPIE) Date:Feb.26,2004
　The Steel Research Center (SRC) signed the MOU (Memorandum of Understanding) with the Max-Planck Institut fur Eisenforschung GmbH (MPIE, Max-Planck-Institute for Iron Research) located in Dusseldorf, Germany on February 26, 2004. Tetsuya Saito, Auditor (first from the left), who has maintained a close relationship with the institute for many years, Kotobu Nagai, Director-General of SRC (fourth from the left), and Tadanobu Inoue, Senior Researcher (second from the right) represented NIMS, while Professor Peter Neumann, Former Director (first from the right), Martin Stratmann, Director (fourth from the right), and Herbert Wilk, Director of the Secretariat Office (second from the left), were among the representatives from MPIE who attended the signing ceremony. The contents of this memorandum were based on a long term collaboration between the two organizations and dealt with the agreement of carrying out mutual visits and the exchanging of researchers and promoting the exchange of research results related to steels internationally. A commemorative symposium was also held on the day of the signing and included presentations of research from both sides with the purpose of deepening the mutual understanding between the two groups. The signing was completed during our visit which also included Verein Deutscher Eisenhuttenleute (V D E H) and its research institute BPI, and Aachen University of Technology, mainly to observe the progress of research in the field of plasticity. We hope that MOU will have an effect on more than just the two countries involved and contribute towards promoting international exchange in the basic research on steel materials in the future.

Signs MOU with Staatliche Materialprufungsanstalt (MPA) Universitat Stuttgart
Date:Oct.11,2003

The Steel Research Center at NIMS and the Materials Information Technology Station signed a memorandum on research cooperation with Staatliche Materialprufungsanstalt Universitat (MPA) Stuttgart , on October 11, 2002. The contents of this memorandum specified that exchanging researchers and conducting workshops on common themes are fundamental to the promotion of international exchange in the fields of advanced steel materials research and material reliability research. MPA-NIMS workshop on 9-12Cr ferrite steel for power generation was held on October 10 and 11 at MPA prior to the signing of this memorandum. Approximately 30 presentations and active discussions (10 from NIMS) were held on the development of advanced heat-resistant steels and the evaluation and the prediction of the life span of prolonged creep strength on heat-resistant steels used in plants. This was the third workshop, following the first one in March 2000 at MPA and the second one in March 2001 at NIMS. Approximately 100 researchers from 14 countries including Germany, Japan and England participated in this workshop. The fourth workshop is planned for around March 2004 at NIMS. If progress is made on the exchange of research centering on the two organizations, the alliance and cooperation on materials research with European countries is expected to develop considerably, not only for heat-resistant steels but also for other structural materials.

(from left) Dr. Maile (Vice President of MPA), Prof. Roos (Director of MPA), Dr. Yagi (Director-General of MITS), and Dr. Nagai (Director-General of SRC)

Signs MOU withVUZ Welding Research Institute, Slovak Republic
Date: Jul. 3, 2003
　Kotobu Nagai, Director-General of the Steel Research Center, and I visited VUZ in Bratislava, Slovak Republic, and completed the signing of MOU with Peter Klamo, the head of VUZ, on July 3. Like TWI (The Welding Institute) and E.O. Paton Electric Welding Institute, VUZ is considered to be one of the most important welding research institutes in Europe. VUZ has produced a large number of talented researchers in the field of welding metallurgy. In particular, Dr. L. Mraz, Director of Division Testing Materials, and Dr. D. Sefcik, Director of Welding Material Division, have established the foundation of the research at the institute, which has the feature of being able to work in step-like processes, i.e., taking research projects and utilizing them for practical use and commercialization and extending the results for consulting use. In the past some of their employees worked abroad at NRIM (which is currently NIMS, The National Institute for Materials Science); therefore, there is a lot of interaction amongst the researchers. VUZ is recognized to be an institute that not only conducts research, but also provides the opportunity for welding education and welding authorization. It has a satellite like corporate organization with approximately 100 researchers and educators and a total staff of about 300 including technicians. The evaluation of the welded joint of high strength steel and the development of welding material was initiated with the signing of MOU. In addition, we hope to promote the research cooperation of welding metallurgy, as well as the exchange of information and the interaction of researchers, and to establish a solid relationship with VUZ by working closely with them as our European partner. During our stay, they showed a strong interest towards low transformation?temperature welding materials, and we were able to discuss the topic of having some of their young researchers work as visitors at NIMS; therefore, I felt that this signing ceremony was very significant for us

(from front row left) Dr. Peter Klamo, Director of VUZ, after providing his signature and K. Nagai, Director-General of SRC, (from back row left) Dr. L. Mraz, Director of Division Testing Materials and K. Hiraoka, Associate Director of the Welding Metallurgy Group



	Signs MOU with Central Iron & Steel Research Institute, China Date: Apr. 6, 2002 　The Steels Research Center invited Prof. Zhiling Tian, Vice President and Dr.Han Dong, General Director of CISRI to NIMS for the memorandum of understanding (MOU) signing ceremony on May 22 during ICASS. The two of them along with Dr. Kotobu Nagai, Director-General of the Steel Research Center, and Dr.Kaneaki Tsuzaki, Deputy Director-General of the center, placed their signatures on MOU. Dr. Yuqing Weng, President of The Chinese Society for Metals and Dr.Tetsuya Saito, Vice President of NIMS, were also present at the ceremony as observers. Preliminary negotiations for MOU were held in early April with Dr.Teruo Kishi, President of NIMS, as the leader when he visited CISRI. A basic agreement was also made with Dr. Gan Yong, President of CISRI, beforehand, so the signing ceremony was completed in a friendly setting. The content of the agreement included promoting visits on both sides, exchanging talented people, and the planning and supporting of international conferences with a common theme to expedite the exchange of research results concerning steels to both countries and also worldwide. Based on this agreement, the planning for the workshop on materials for automobiles in Shanghai for this autumn has already begun. The agreement is also believed to be one of the important foundations for the success of the second ICASS, which will be held in Shanghai, 2004. If the joint efforts from both sides can combine their results, we can expect major developments from the materials research community involving the East Asian countries of China and Japan , and Korea as well.

Others

(July 23, 2009) Dr.Andrey BELYAKOV (Leading Research Associate) from the Centre of Nanostructural Materials and Nanotechnologies at Belgorod University (Russia) came to NIMS on July 23, 2009 and signed a MOU for research collaboration, gave a presentation, and engaged in discussions with the researchers.

Presentation Topic: Microstructure Evolution in Stainless Steels during Large StrainProcessing and Subsequent Annealing

(Nov 21, 2008) Professor Niels Hansen of the Riso National Laboratory (Denmark) visited NIMS and gave a lecture, toured the laboratory, engaged in discussions with researchers, and had a nice talk with the President. The title of his lecture was “Nanostructures in Deformed Metals and Their Annealing Behavior”.

(Oct 31, 2008) Professor G. Krauss (University Ermeritus Professor) of Colorado School of Mines participated in the 17th IFHTSE Congress 2008 held in Kobe and took this opportunity to visit NIMS on October 31, 2008. He has been visiting this institute frequently for more than 30 years since the National Research Institute of Metals days and has provided advice during the course of the ultra-steel research project. During this visit, he took a laboratory tour, gave a lecture, and participated in research discussions with the young NIMS researchers.

(July 5, 2007) Dr. Han Bing, Director of Marine Corrosion Institute, Central Iron & Steel Research Instiute, visited NIMS together with Mr. Wang Hongbin, Mr.Fang Zhigang,Mr.Zhang Bo,Dr.Huang　Yi(Dalian University of Technology).

　(June 11, 2007) Prof.Li Shiqiong, R&D Center on Ti-Al Intermetallics, High Temperature Materials Research Division, Central Iron & Steel Research Institute (CISRI), visited NIMS together with Prof. Zhang Ji.

　(March 26, 2007) Dr. Ellen K. Cerreta,Los Almos National Laboratory, visited NIMS.

　　
　Prof. Ian Robertson invited to NIMS on the 30th of January. special lecture and discussion with Prof.tsuzaki.

　(Jan. 14-16, 2007) The Joint NIMS-UVa Workshop on Corrosion Science was held at UVa, U.S.A. The joint workshop was organized based on an MOU between UVa and NIMS. 8 corrosion-related researchers of NIMS belonging to Structura lMetals Center, Materials Reliability Center, Innovative Materials Engineering Laboratory, Composites and Coating Center attended the workshop. Research activities of UVa and NIMS for atmospheric corrosion, hydrogen embrittlement and localized corrosion were introduced to each other to exchange knowledge, and future collaboration between the institutions was discussed.