Program

NIMS Conference 2008


Speaker Tentative Title
July 14th AM
10:00~10:05 Prof. Dr. Teruo KISHI,
NIMS President
Welcome Address
NIMS Award 10:05~10:20 NIMS Award Ceremony
10:20~11:20 NIMS Award Lecture

11:20~12:00 Dr. Osamu MISHIMA Keynote Lecture (2006 Nishina Award Recipient)
Prospects of Research Relating to Polyamorphism
PM Prospective Review Lectures 13:30~13:50 Prof. Dr. Teruo KISHI,
NIMS President
Energy Resource and NIMS
13:50~14:40 Dr. Hiroshi HARADA High Temperature Materials for Ultra-Efficient Power Plants and Advanced Aeroengines
14:40~15:30 Dr. Hiroaki KUMAKURA Superconducting Materials for Efficient Use of Electrical Energy
15:30~15:50 Coffee Break
15:50~16:10 OS Preview by Organizers
16:10~17:00 Dr. Jinhua YE Materials for Efficient Use of Solar Energy
- Photocatalyst -
17:00~17:50 Dr. Toshiji MUKAI Light Weight Structural Materials for Energy Conservation

19:00~21:00 Banquet


Organized Symposia Materials for Extreme Environment Electrical Energy Materials Solar Energy Materials Light Weight Structural Materials


HALL 1 (201A) HALL 2 (202A) HALL 3 (202B) HALL 4 (201B)
July 15th AM Challenges of Structural Materials against Aggressive Environments

(OS-1 Dr. Mitarai)
Next Stage for Creating Thermoelectric Functions

(OS-3 Dr. Shinohara)
Nano Carbon Materials for Solar Power

(OS-6 Dr. Wakahara)
Future Research Direction of High Performance Ti Alloys

(OS-8 Dr. Emura)
PM
July 16th AM New Stage of Hydrogen Embrittlement Research

(OS-2 Dr. Akiyama)
Power Switching Devices from Diamond - a new semiconductor for next generation device technology

(OS-4 Dr. Koizumi)
Materials Research for Photovoltaic Power Generation

(OS-7 Dr. Kawakita)
Novel High-Strength Magnesium Alloys and Deformation Mechanism

(OS-9 Dr. Mukai)
PM Contribution of the Superconducting Materials to Global Issues on Environment/Energy

(OS-5 Dr. Matsumoto)

Satellite Symposia




NIMS(Tsukuba)


July 7th-9th AM Satellite Symposium International Workshop on Superconductivity in Diamond and Related Materials

(Link-1 Dr. Takano)
- - -
PM


405A 405B 406 (17th), 403 (18th) 404
July 17th AM The 2nd External Contamination Management Technology Workshop

(Link-2 Dr. Kimura)
Workshop on Superconducting Materials for Energy Conservation

(Link-4 Dr. Matsumoto)
The 1st International Symposium for Nondestructive Reliability Evaluation (NDRE)
--- NIMS-AIST-JAXA Joint Symposium ---


(Link-3)
MITS 2008 International Symposium on Materials Database

(Link-5 Dr. Xu)
PM
July 18th AM North Carolina State University - NIMS Joint Workshop

(Link-7 Dr. Mori)
Fuel Cell Materials Meet Hydrogen

(Link-6 Dr. Nishimura)
PM

Exhibition



Poster Presentations by Cooperative Companies Posters and Demonstations by Department of Materials Infrastructure and Selected Activities in NIMS
(Room 304)
July 14th PM Hall way of Convention Hall 200 12:00-17:00
(core time: 12:00-13:30, 15:30-15:50)
July 15th AM Hall way of Convention Hall 201-202 9:00-17:00
(core time: 12:00-13:30)
July 16th PM 9:00-15:30
(core time: 12:00-13:30)

NIMS Conference 2008 (EPOCHAL TSUKUBA) July 14-16

July 14, Monday 10:00-18:00

Welcome Address Prof. Dr. Teruo Kishi
NIMS Award Ceremony Prof. A. G. Evans,
Prof. D. R. Clarke,
Prof. C. G. Levi
NIMS Award Lecture Prof. A. G. Evans
Keynote Lecture Dr. Osamu Mishima
Prospective Review Lecture Prof. Dr. Teruo Kishi
Dr. Hiroshi Harada
Dr. Hiroaki Kumakura
Dr. Jinfua Ye
Dr. Toshiji Mukai

July 15, Tuesday - 16, Wednesday ---Organized Symposia

Materials for Extreme Environment

OS-1 Challenges of Structural Materials against Aggressive Environments July 15
OS-2 New Stage of Hydrogen Embrittelment Research July 16

Electrical Energy Materials

OS-3 Next Stage for Creating Thermoelectric Function July 15
OS-4 Power Switching Devices from Diamond July 16
OS-5 Contribution of the Superconducting Materials to Global Issues on Environment/Energy July 16

Solar Energy Materials

OS-6 Nano Carbon Materials for Solar Power July 15
OS-7 Materials Research for Photovoltaic Power Generation July 16

Light Weight Structural Materials

OS-8 Future Research Direction of High Performance Ti Alloys July 15
OS-9 Novel High-Strength Magnesium Alloys and Deformation Mechanism July 16

Satellite Symposia

(NIMS Sengen Site*)

July 7-9 Link-1 International Workshop on Superconductivity in Diamond and Related Materials

(EPOCHAL TSUKUBA)

July 17 Link-2 The 2nd External Contamination Management Technology Workshop
July 17 Link-3 The 1st International Symposium for Nondestructive Reliability Evaluation
July 17-18 Link-4 Workshop on Superconducting Materials for Energy Conservation
July 17-18 Link-5 MITS 2008 International Symposium on Materials Database
July 18 Link-6 Fuel Cell Materials Meet Hydrogen
July 18 Link-7 North Carolina State University - NIMS Joint Workshop

Exhibition (EPOCHAL TSUKUBA) July 14-16

State of the art and its prospect of the Department of Materials Infrastructure supporting advance materials research in NIMS and cooperative companies

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