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“Innovation in High-Reliability Cast Iron Technology, an Endowment Program” (benefactor: Hinode Co., Ltd.)
Thanks to the gracious endowment by Hinode Co., Ltd., this program was created in the Faculty of Engineering Department of Systems Integration, under Specialization in Solid State Material and Engineering for a planned duration of three years starting March 1, 2011. Currently, basic research is being conducted – mostly in College Engineering Building Room 227 – under the leadership of two invited faculty members, Visiting Professor Shinohara and Visiting Associate Professor Miyata, and one YNU Professor Emeritus Asakura, in order to improve the corrosion-resistance properties of cast iron and to dramatically increase the strength and toughness of same as a structural material. The program has accepted two students in the doctoral course now, who are being trained in academic pursuit and research from the electrochemical and metallographical perspectives in cooperation with YNU teaching staff.
In addition, in March of 2011, a symposium entitled “The Hi-Reliability Material and Issues Surrounding It” was held in commemoration of the establishment of the program.
Benefactor of the program, Hinode Co., Ltd.
Nodular graphite cast iron, one of the program’s research themes
Comprehensive Collaborative Research Agreements
As of March, 2011
| Institutions | Agreement Signed |
|---|---|
| IHI Corporation | 4/1/2004 |
| Nazational Institute of Information and Communications Technology | 4/1/2004 |
| Komatsu Ltd | 9/1/2004 |
| NHK Spring Co., Ltd. | 9/1/2004 |
| Hitachi, Ltd. | 6/13/2005 |
| Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. | 2/14/2006 |
| Yokohama City University | 3/1/2006 |
| Port and Airport Research Institute | 7/1/2006 |
| National Maritime Research Institute. | 1/26/2007 |
| City of Yokohama | 3/14/2007 |
| High Pressure Gas Safety Institute of Japan | 10/18/2007 |
| Advanced Telecommunications Research Institute International | 3/4/2008 |
| Research Institute for Ocean Economics | 5/15/2008 |
| Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology | 1/27/2010 |
| Nara Institute of Science and Technology・Aoyama Gakuin University | 3/1/2011 |
