Tohru S. SUZUKI Group Leader National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS) Research Center for Functional Materials Ceramics Processing Group 1-2-1 Sengen, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0047, Japan Email: SUZUKI.Tohrunims.go.jp Phone: +81-29-859-2459, Fax: +81-28-859-2401

• Waseda University, Japan
    Dr.Eng. in Materials Science and Engineering, March, 1995
    M.Eng. in Materials Science and Engineering, March, 1992
    B.Eng. in Materials Science and Engineering, March, 1990

• 2016. 4 - Group Leader, Ceramics Processing Group, Research Center for Functional Materials, NIMS
• 2012. 4 - Chief Researcher, Advanced Ceramics Group, Material Processing Unit, NIMS
• 2004. 4 - Senior Researcher, Fine Particle Processing Group, Materials Engineering Laboratory, NIMS
• 2000. 4 - Senior Researcher, Materials Processing Division, National Research Institute for Metals
• 1996. 4 - Researcher, Materials Processing Division, National Research Institute for Metals
• 1995. 4 - Research Assistant, Kagami Memorial Research Institute for Materials Science and Technology, Waseda University
• 1994. 4 - Research Assistant, Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering, Waseda University

  Concurrent Post

• 2016 4 - Guest Professor, Waseda-NIMS Graduate Program
• 2004. 4 - 2005. 3: 3rd Policy-Oriented Research Group, National Institute of Science and Technology Policy, MEXT
• 2000. 11 - 2001. 10:Visiting Scholar, E. O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Material Science Division, Ritchie Group

• Control of texture in ceramics
• High magnetic field processing
• Colloidal processing
• Sintering of ceramics
• Superplasticity of ceramics
  
  

• Research Activities

• 2017. 1 Global Star Award, The Engineering Ceramics Division of The American Ceramics Society
• 2015. 6 CerSJ (The Ceramics Society of Japan) Awards for academic achievements in ceramic science and technology
• 2012. 6 Award for Outstanding Papers Published in the Journal of The Ceramic Society of Japan
• 2010. 3 Ceramographic Award, The Ceramics Society of Japan
• 2007. 4 The Commendation for Science and Technology by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Prizes for Science and Technology, Research Category
• 2005. 5 JSPM (Japan Society of Powder and Powder Metallurgy) Award for Innovatory Research
• 2001. 5 JSPM (Japan Society of Powder and Powder Metallurgy) Distinguished Paper Award
• 1998. 12 Award for Encouragement of Research in Materials Science; The Materials Research Society of Japan
• 1998. 5 Award for Improvement of Basic Research on Powder and Powder Metallurgy; Japan Society of Powder and Powder Metallurgy

• The Ceramics Society of Japan
• Japan Society of Powder and Powder Metallurgy
• The Society of Powder Techonology, Japan
• The American Ceramic Society
• The Japan Institute of Metals and Materials
• The Magneto-Science Society of Japan
• The Society of Inorganic Materials, Japan