NIMS researchers presented at SAT Technology Showcase 2025

The 24^th SAT Technology Showcase 2025 was held at the Tsukuba International Congress Center on Thursday, January 23, 2025. This year, 150 poster presentations were performed, exceeding the number of presentations made last year.　

From NIMS, Dr. Takashi TSUCHIYA , Group Leader of Neuromorphic Devices Group, Research Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (MANA), gave a presentation on “AI devices using the spatiotemporal dynamics of ions, electrons and spins” on behalf of the organization, as a “Featured Research Presentation from Tsukuba” that is expected to be implemented in society in the near future, as well as six other general poster presentations.

In addition, at the special symposium, hosted by the Public Works Research Institute as cooperating organization, Dr. Koichi TSUCHIYA, Director of International Center for Young Scientists (ICYS) gave a lecture entitled “Infrastructure x Materials Science : Seeing the Nano World within Infrastructure”, and answered the questions from high school students in a considerate manner at the subsequent panel discussion.

Among all registered presentations, the presentation titled "High Oxygen Reaction Acceleration Technology to Solve the Problem of Steel Corrosion in Concrete" by Dr. Kotaro DOI, Senior Researcher of Corrosion and Protection Group, Research Center for Structural Materials(RCSM) won the Grand Prize for the “Infrastructure x Interdisciplinary Innovation Award”, and a certificate was presented by the Vice President of the Tsukuba Science Academy (SAT). Congratulations on receiving the award!

The Technology Showcase aims to provide a venue for new encounters and inspiration for researchers and R&D engineers, as well as business and government officials. It is hoped that this opportunitiy will lead to new developments in R&D field.

Presentation Title: "AI Devices that Use the Spatiotemporal Dynamics of Ions, Electrons, and Spins"

• Takashi TSUCHIYA
  Group Leader, Neuromorphic Devices Group,
  Research Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (MANA)

• Gen HASEGAWA
  NIMS Postdoctoral Researcher, Solid State Battery Ionics Group,
  Research Center for Energy and Environmental Materials (GREEN)
• Yu YAMASHITA
  Senior Researcher, Supermolecules Group,
  Research Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (MANA)
• Aunsaya EKSATIT
  NIMS Postdoctoral Researcher, Polycrystalline Optical Material Group,
  Research Center for Electronic and Optical Materials
• Akihiro NISHIGUCHI
  Principal Researcher, Polymeric Biomaterials Group,
  Research Center for Macromolecules and Biomaterials
• Kotaro DOI
  Senior Researcher, Corrosion and Protection Group,
  Research Center for Structural Materials (RCSM)
• Kaita ITO
  Senior Researcher, Materials Modeling Group,
  Center for Basic Research on Materials (CBRM)

Lecture Title: "Infrastructure x Materials Science: Seeing the Nano World within Infrastructure"

• Koichi TSUCHIYA
  Director, International Center for Young Scientists (ICYS)
  NIMS Special Researcher, Microstructure Analysis Group,
  Research Center for Structural Materials (RCSM)

Name of Award: “Infrastructure x Cross-Disciplinary Innovation Award - Grand Prize”
Award Title: “High Oxygen Reaction Acceleration Technology for Solving the Problem of Corrosion of Steel Bars in Concrete”

• Kotaro DOI
  Senior Researcher, Corrosion and Protection Group,
  Research Center for Structural Materials (RCSM)