Upcoming Events and Announcements　 (Last updated: March/8/2017)
2017 TIMS-CENIDE-NTHU Joint Symposium on Nanoscience and Nanotechnology 　(Workshops of CiRfSE and Pre-Strategic Initiatives) Date: March 10, 2017(Fri.)　 　9:30-17:55 　　　　March 11, 2017(Sat.)　　9:30-12:10 Venue: Room0110, Laboratory of Advanced Research B, University of Tsukuba Organized by Tssukuba Research Center for Interdisciplinary Materials Science(TIMS) Center for Nanointegration Duisburg-Essen(CENIDE), University of Duisburg-Essen National Tsing Hua University Workshops: Organized by Center for Integrated Research in Fundamental Science and Engineering(CiRfSE) Pre-Strategic Initiatives: Ensemble of Light with Matter and Life for Discovery and Insights of Novel Phenomena Program Contact: Prof. Tatsuya Nabeshima (nabesima [at] chem.tsukuba.ac.jp)
3rd CiRfSE Workshop and 3rd Steering Committee Meeting (in Japanese) Date: January 23, 2017(Mon)-January 24, 2017 (Tue) Venue: Rm:B0110, Laboratory of Advanced Research B, Univ. of Tsukuba Program overview: Jan. 23 Morning CiRfSE Workshop and Steering Committee Meeting (Reports from the Center and the Cores) Afternoon Steering Committee Meeting (closed) Evening Get-together Jan. 24 Morning CiRfSE Workshop and Steering Committee Meeting (Reports from Divisions and Laboratories) Afternoon CiRfSE Workshop (Parallel workshops in each field) Program (in Japanese) Registration : Please register before 6 Jan. More details are given at our web page in Japanese.
Material Science Seminar "Eley-Rideal reactions of hot atoms and molecules at surfaces" co-hosted by TIMS、CiRfSE Date:  November 24, 2016 (Thu)  14:30- Venue:   3B 213, University of Tsukuba Speaker: Professor Dr. Aart W. Kleijn (Director, Center of Interface Dynamics for Sustainability, Institute of Materials, CAEP) Number of participants: around 20 Contact:  Asso. Prof. Takahiro Kondo (takahiro [at] ims.tsukuba.ac.jp)
Material Science Seminar "Copper Catalysts in Methanol Synthesis: From Understanding to new Material" Date:  November 22, 2016 (Tue)  17:30- Venue:   3B 213, University of Tsukuba Speaker: Professor Dr. Malte Behrens (University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany) Contact:  Asso. Prof. Yohei Yamamoto (yamamoto [at] ims.tsukuba.ac.jp) Please see the resume. Number of participants: around 20　　<Report> This seminar was held as an event of the partnership program between University of Tsukuba and DAAD. We had a small party after the seminar.
TIA collaboration program 1st workshop on “Thermoelectric Generation Cell” Date: November 21, 2016 (Mon) 13:00〜15:30 Venue: Natural Sciences B114 <Program >(in Japanese) Number of participants: 18 <Report> (in Japanese)
Workshop on Advanced Structural Study using SPring-8 Date:  November 19, 2016 (Sat)  9:00-17:40 Venue:  Room B118, Natural Sciences Building B, University of Tsukuba <Program> Topics:   Accurate Structural Studies on Materials Science / Advanced Experimental and Analytical Technique / CRSJ Award 2016 / Radiation Damage / World Leading SR and Neutron Facilities in Japan Number of participants: 16 (including 6 from abroad) <Report>(in Japanese) Contact:   Prof. Eiji Nishibori (nishibori.eiji.ga [at] u.tsukuba.ac.jp)
Material Science Seminar "Technologies to create 2-dimensional Si materials from uncleavageable Si" (in Japanese) co-hosted by TIMS、CiRfSE Date:  November 16, 2016 (Wed)  13:00- Venue:   3B 213, University of Tsukuba Speaker:  Dr. H. Nakano (Toyota Central R&D Labs., Inc., Senior Fellow ) Number of participants: around 20 Contact: Asso. Prof. Takahiro Kondo (takahiro [at] ims.tsukuba.ac.jp)
Kick-off workshop for Pre Strategic Initiative on Excavation and Clarification of New Phenomena through Ensemble of Light, Materials, and Life Sciences (in Japanese) Co-hostted by TIMS、CiRfSE Date:　November 1, 2016 (Tue) 14:00--18:00 Venue: Rm:B0110, Laboratory of Advanced Research B, Univ. of Tsukuba Program (in Japanese) Number of participants: 54 Report (in Japanese) Contact: Asso. Prof. Y. Yamamoto (Yamamoto〔at〕ims.tsukuba.ac.jp)
Workshop on Platinum Free Carbon Catalyst (in Japanese) Hosted by TIA-Kakehashi Innovation of Platinum Free Carbon Catalyst for Fuel Cell Co-hosted by TIMS, CiRfSE, Catalysis Society of Japan, Chemical Society of Japan, The Carbon Society of Japan Date: October 31, 2016 (Mon) 13:00-18:30 Venue: International Workshop Room, University Hall, Univ. Tsukuba Program(in Japanese) Number of participants: 50 Report (in Japanese) Contact: Prof. J. Nakamura (nakamura [at] ims.tsukuba.ac.jp)
Professor Junji Nakamura of the Division of Materials for Chemical Conversion became a Fellow of the Surface Science Society of Japan. 　　（May 21, 2016)
Tsukuba Global Science Week 2016 (TGSW 2016)　 Date: September 17, 2016 (Sat.)　 - September 19, 2016 (Mon.) Venue:EPOCHAL TSUKUBA / International Congress Center Session 7: Green Innovation /Sep. 19　13:30-16:30 /Room 402　　 < Session Program > The theme of the session 7 "Green Innovation" was the energy material sciences. Professor Ku introduced the latest results from Taiwan Photon Source at NSRRC, Taiwan. Dr. Hathwar is the vice PI of the research unit of Prof. Iversen. He talks on the crystal structure of CH3NH3PbI3 which achieved energy transformation efficiency of 20%. Prof. Gao and Prof. Li gave presentations on properties of organic optoelectronic materials. From the University of Tsukuba, Prof. Kanbara gave a talk. 　　　< Report > For more information, please see the web site of TGSW2016
TIMS Research Exchange Promotion Workshop 2016 Date: July 1, 2016 (Fri.) 13:00-17:00 Venue: Rm:3B402 at Institute of Engineering Sciences Organizer: Tsukuba Research Center for Interdisciplinary Materials Sciences Program (in Japanese) Report (in Japanese)
Kick-off Symposium for Synchrotron Radiation Materials Science Course, PAS, Univ. Tsukuba "Career-up as Scientist/Engineer through Use of Synchrotron Radiations Date: May 20, 2016 (Fri.) 13:00-17:00 Venue: Rm:0110 Laboratory of Advnced Research B [Sogo B0110] Program (in Japanese)　　　　　Report (in Japanese)
The paper authoured by Prof. Nakamura's research group was published in "Science" in January 22.　The title is "Active sites of nitrogen-doped carbon materials for oxygen reduction reaction clarified using model catalysts."　　≪EurekAlert≫　[PDF]
2nd CiRfSE Workshop : Session 3 　Research Core for Developing Energy and Environment-friendly Materials Date: January 19, 2016 (Tue.) 13:30-18:00 Venue: Rm: B0112 Loboratory of Advanced Research B , University of Tsukuba For more information, please see the web site of CiRfSE.　　　　 <Program of Session 3>　　　　<Report of Session 3>
Workshop on Bioenergy (Research Team for Bioenergy, Research Core for Developing Energy and Environment-friendly Materials) Date: December 7, 2015(Mon.) 14:30-16:40 Venue: Rm: B609-2 Loboratory of Advanced Research B , University of Tsukuba Co-hosted by TIMS <Program> 14:30-14:35 　T.Nabeshima 　Opening 14:35-15:10 　M. Kita "Looking forward a sharp molecule in nature" 15:10-15:45　 H.Kano "Observing living cells‐‐Label-free imaging by non-linear Raman spectroscopy" 15:45-16:20　 S.Tsujimura "Electrochemical energy-conversion systems with enzyme and microorganism" 16:20-16:40 Open discussions
MANA-RSC symposium: Materials for Energy Generation and Storage Date: October 15-16, 2015 (Thu.-Fri.) Venue: Mana Auditorium (NIMS)
Tsukuba Global Science Week 2015 　　Session 5: Research Frontier of Developing Energy and Environmental-friendly Materials Date: September 30, 2015 (Wed.) Venue: EPOCHAL TSUKUBA / International Congress Center The topics in session 5 (Research Frontier of Developing Energy and Environmental-friendly Materials) are focused on recent progress in various fields of energy-related functional and sustainable materials including fuel cells, photovoltaics, nano-functional systems, etc. The morning symposium was a joint session of no. 4 and our session, but the two sessions were held independently in the afternoon. There were two lectures of session 5 in the morning session and eight in the afternoon.　　　<Program>　 <Poster> 　<Report>
Workshop for CO2 Reduction Catalyst Date: March 13、 2015 (Friday)、　13：30-16：20 Venue: Rm: B0112 Loboratory of Advanced Research B , University of Tsukuba More information in Japanese →　　　　　　　　<Report>