Award
DATE Organization Name of award NAME(Group) Others
2010
Apr/13 The Commendation for Science and Technology by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Research Category
Prizes for Science and Technology
Fujio Abe
Susumu Tsukamoto

(Welding Metallurgy Group)
Feb/15 TMS Light Metals Division Magnesium Fundamental Research Award Alok SINGH,
Julian M.Rosalie,
Hidetoshi SOMEKAWA,
Toshiji
 MUKAI
Lightweight Alloys Group
Feb/8 German Innovation Award 1st Prize of German Innovation Award Gottfried Wagerner Prize 2009 Yuuji
KIMURA
(Physical Metallurgy Group)
Development of Stronger and Tougher Steel at Low Temperatures
2009
Sep/16 The Japan Institute of
Metals
Kaoru
SEKIDO
(Physical Metallurgy Group)
Apr/23 The Japan Welding Society
Susumu
TSUKAMOTO
(Welding Metallurgy Group)
2008
Mar/28 The Iron and Steel Institute of Japan Susumu
TSUKAMOTO
(Welding Metallurgy Group)
Mar/28 The Japan Institute of
Metals
Susumu
TSUKAMOTO
(Welding Metallurgy Group)
Nov/15 The Japan Institute of Light Metals Hidetoshi SOMEKAWA
Lightweight Alloys Group
Nov/14 The Materials Process
Technology Center
Susumu
TAKAMORI
Lightweight Alloys Group
Sep/23 The Japan Institute of
Metals
TakahitoOHMURA,
Kaneaki TSUZAKI
(Physical Metallurgy Group)
Aug/7 IMS ASM 2008 International Metallographic Contest Second Place Class 3:Electron Microscopy-Transmission and Analytical Kaneaki TSUZAKI
(Physical Metallurgy Group)
High-resolution Transmission Electron Microscopy Observation of MX-Type Alloy Carbides in Tempered Martensitic Steels
Aug/6 The Japan Welding Society Kazuo HIRAOKA,
Terumi NAKAMURA
(Welding Metallurgy Group)
Jun/11 The Japan Magnesium Association Hidetoshi SOMEKAWA
Lightweight Alloys Group
May/27 Japan Society of Powder and Powder Metallurgy  Kazumi
MINAGAWA

Lightweight Alloys Group
Apr/18 Japan Foundry Engineering Society Yoshiaki
OHSAWA

Lightweight Alloys Group
2007
Mar/26 The Japan Institute of
Metals
Toshiji
MUKAI
(Lightweight Alloys
Group)
Mar//26 The Japan Institute of
Metals
Kaneaki
TSUZAKI
(Physical Metallurgy Group)
Mar/26 The Iron and Steel Institute of Japan Kazuo
HIRAOKA
(Welding Metallurgy Group)
Mar/26 The Iron and Steel Institute of Japan Fujio
ABE
(Heat Resistant Design Group)
Mar/26 The Japan Institute of
Metals
Fujio
ABE
(Heat Resistant Design Group)
Mar/26 The Iron and Steel Institute of Japan Yoshitaka
ADACHI
(Physical Metallurgy Group)
Oct/24 ISGUS-2007 Best Poster Award Dorothee Dorner
Physical Metallurgy Group
Sep/19 The Japan Institute of
Metals
Hidetoshi SOMEKAWA
Lightweight Alloys Group
Jun/15 ReX&GGV Best Poster Award Dorothee Dorner
Physical Metallurgy Group
Jun/15 ReX&GGV Outstanding Young
Scientist Award
Dorothee Dorner
Physical Metallurgy Group
May/19 Japan Foundry Engineering Society Japan Foundry Engineering Society kobayashi award Yoshiaki OHSAWA,
Susumu TAKAMORI,
Kazumi MINAGAWA
Lightweight Alloys Group
May/17 The Society of Non-Traditional Technology The ecomaterial forum
PosterAward
Kazumi MINAGAWA
Lightweight Alloys Group
May/11 The Japan Institute of Light Metals Best Poster Award Hidetoshi SOMEKAWA
Lightweight Alloys Group
Apr/9 ISAS 2007 Best Presentation Award Toshiyasu NISHIMURA
Physical Metallurgy Group)
Atomospheric corrosion
resistance of stainless steel
in saline envirnment
Mar/27 The Iron and Steel Institute of Japan Scientific Achievement Commemorative Prize
(Nishiyama Commemorative Prize)
Toshiyasu NISHIMURA
Physical Metallurgy Group)
2006
Apr/4 NIMS 2006 President Contribution Award Seiichi MUNEKI
Heat Resistant Design Group

Publications
2006
2006/12/11 Brochure of Structural Metals Center

Press Release/ News
2010
2010/Mar/9 NIMS Researchers receive an award from TMS.
2009
2009/Dec/11 Research Highlights was published in the magazine NIMS NOWVol.9 No.10
2009/Oct/5 Press ReleaseSuccess in Development of 1800 MPa Class Ultra-High Strength Bolt
2009/Sep/3 The Challenge of Global Warming and Research Highlights ware published in the magazine NIMS NOWVol.9 No.7
2009/Apr/9 Dr. Kaneaki Tsuzaki was featured in the FACE interview section of NIMS NOW Vol. 9 No. 3.
2009/Apr/1 “Microstructure and Property Simulation Group” was added to the Structural Metals Center organization.
2009/Mar/24  Press ReleaseSuccess in Creation of a Quasicrystalline Particle-Dispersed Magnesium Alloy with a Rare Earth-Free Composition Design

2009/Mar/6 Results that were obtained by the Structural Metals Center through the research network widened by MOU was reported in NIMS NOW Vol. 9 No. 2.
2009/Jan/28 An article on the accomplishments made by Dr. Fujio Abe from the Heat Resistant Design Group appeared in the section recognizing the awards received by NIMS researchers in NIMS NOW Vol.9 No. 1

.2008

2008/Dec/28An article “Cluster ~ Introduction of Interdisciplinary Cluster” describing a project involving Dr. Eiji Akiyama from the Physical Metallurgy Group was published in NIMS NOW Vol. 8 No. 12
2008/Aug/1  Dr. Y. Kimura's research was described online in the articleTougher steels for inverse temperatures in "Materials world"
2008/Jun/13 Dr. Y. Kimura's research was described online in the article Ferrous metallurgy takes leap forward into the future in "Daily Commercial News"
2008/May/29 Dr. Y. Kimura's research was described online in the articleFibrous steel withstands extremely cold temperatures in "HS Daily Wire"
2008/May/23 Dr. Y. Kimura's research was described online in the articleNew Fabrication Method Makes Steel Cheaper and Stronger in "Softpedia News"
2008/May/23 Dr. Y. Kimura's research was described online in the article Stronger, tougher steels in "Physics Today"
2008/May/23 Press Release Inverse Temperature Dependence of Toughness in an Ultrafine Grain-Structure Steel
2008/May/22 Dr. Y. Kimura's research was described online in the article "Steel toughened by pancakes" in "nature news "
2008/May/22 Dr. Y. Kimura's research was mentioned online in the article " 'Fibrous' steel won't break in a cold snap" in "NewScientist Tech"
2008/May/22 Dr. Y. Kimura's (Physical Metallurgy Group) manuscript, "Inverse Temperature Dependence of Toughess in an Ultrafine Grain Structure Steel", by Y.Kimura,T.Inoue,F.Yin,K.Tsuzaki, appeared in "Science", Vol. 320. No. 5879, pp.1057-1060
2007
2007/Dec/01 Research Highlights " was published in the magazine, NIMS NOW. 2007. Vol.5 No.12 December
2007/Oct/29NIMS project - introduction of the project and recent achievements was published in the magazine, NIMS NOW. 2007. Vol.5 No.9 September