Greeting
Director
NARUSE, Ichiro
Ichiro Naruse is currently the director of the Institute of Materials and Systems for Sustainability (IMaSS) at Nagoya University. He received a DC degree from Nagoya University, Japan, in 1989. After serving as a research associate, an associate professor, and a professor at Toyohashi University of Technology, he joined Nagoya University in 2007 as a professor in the Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering, then became a professor of the EcoTopia Science Institute at Nagoya University in 2012, and the vice-director of IMaSS in 2017. He became the director of the same institute in 2020. His research interests include energy and environmental engineering, especially for the elucidation of combustion and gasification behaviors of biomasses and wastes and coals, and studies of the emission behaviors of NOx, SOx, particulate matter, and trace metals including mercury and the development of their control techniques.
Institute of Materials and Systems for Sustainability
The Institute of Materials and Systems for Sustainability (IMaSS) engages in research on topics ranging from materials and device development to systems technologies toward the realization of an ecological and sustainable human society.
IMaSS consists of the Center for Integrated Research of Future Electronics (CIRFE), Advanced Measurement Technology Center (AMTC), Division of Materials Research (DM), Division of Systems Research (DS), two funded research divisions, and 10 industry–academia collaborative chairs.
CIRFE engages in leading-edge electronics research, including unexplored research areas of devices with gallium nitride (GaN) and other post-silicon materials, while also cultivating top-notch human resources to lay the foundations of future electronics industries. CIRFE promotes GaN collaborative research with one of the funded research divisions, the industry–academia collaborative chairs, and the consortiums for GaN research and applications.
AMTC specializes in advanced research such as electron microscopy imaging and measurement technologies, as well as human resources development. The Center also provides technical support on nanotechnology to researchers both in Japan and overseas through the Nanotechnology Platform Consortium Project supported by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT).
DM promotes research and development on energy-saving, energy-producing, and ecological materials. The Division is also leading the new collaborative project among six university research institutes, “International, Interdisciplinary Joint Research Project in Pursuit of Life Innovation Material Creation and Highly Skilled Human Resources”.
DS and the other funded research division are engaged in research on ecological energy conversion, network systems for power and traffic, and materials circulation and recycle systems.
IMaSS has also been designated by MEXT as a joint usage/research center of materials and systems for innovative energy management and is vigorously promoting joint usage and research with domestic and overseas universities and research institutes.
Director
Ichiro Naruse
Ichiro Naruse
Vice - Director
UCHIYAMA, Tomomi
Tomomi Uchiyama is currently the vice-director of the Institute of Materials and Systems for Sustainability (IMaSS) at Nagoya University. He received a DC degree from Nagoya University, Japan, in 1987. After serving as a research associate and an associate professor at Nagoya University, he was promoted to a professor of the EcoTopia Science Institute at Nagoya University in 2009, then became a professor of IMaSS in 2015. He became the vice-director in 2018. His research interests include computational fluid dynamics and fluid engineering, with special emphasis on investigating the elucidation, control, and industrial application of multiphase flows in which more than one phase
(i.e., solid, gas, or liquid) occurs. He is also devoted to the development and social implementation of IoT sensors and micro-hydraulic turbines that effectively utilize hydraulic energy.
(i.e., solid, gas, or liquid) occurs. He is also devoted to the development and social implementation of IoT sensors and micro-hydraulic turbines that effectively utilize hydraulic energy.
Vice - Director
SAITOH, Koh
Koh Saitoh is currently the vice-director of the Institute of Materials and Systems for Sustainability (IMaSS) at Nagoya University. He received a DC degree from Tohoku University, Japan, in 1997. After serving as a research associate at Tohoku University, he joined Nagoya University in 2007 as a lecturer of the EcoTopia Science Institute in 2004, then became an associate professor in 2009. He was promoted to a professor of the same institute in 2014 and became a professor of IMaSS in 2015. He became the vice-director of IMaSS in 2020. His research interests include electron beam physics, electron crystallography, and diffraction physics, , with special emphasis on developing measurement technology using innovative electron beams such as electron vortex beams and spin polarized electron beams. Recently, he has started the application of the machine learning technique to electron microscopy data.
