Education and Research Center for Science-Based Plastic Forming
Plastic forming is an environmentally friendly process that causes no waste and does not require high temperature. It is highly valued as it requires basic knowledge on the characteristics of materials as well as on the processing itself. Therefore, to maintain our leading edge technology, we must conduct the research and development on plastic forming, staring ahead in a scientific manner, not depending merely on the intuition and experiences.
Compared to other universities, Ibaraki University, College of Engineering has a greater number of teaching/research staff in this field. We have been carrying out the activity of NULLForum on Science-Based Plastic FormingNULL since 2010. With the establishment of this center in January 2012, we have been giving priority to education as well as research, and promoting more actively the education and research activities on science-based plastic forming. Through the education of graduate students on joint research projects with industry, visiting lecturers, and the acceptance of working doctoral course students, we aim to develop this field with local people, towards a long-term vision.
Center Members
| Director, NISHINO Souichiro Associate Professor | One-page summary | Lab | Mechanics of materials and materials, Manufacturing and production engineering, Material processing and microstructure control, Composite materials and interfaces, Quantum beam science |
| Deputy Director, KOBAYASHI Junya Associate Professor | One-page summary | Engineering Materials, Heat Treatment | |
| IWASE Kenji Professor | One-page summary | Structural/Functional Materials | |
| IWAMOTO Chihiro Professor | One-page summary | Lab | Transmission Electron Microscopy, Nanoanalysis, Welding, Interface Engineering |
| ONUKI Teppei Professor | One-page summary | Lab | Applied optics in manufacturing, Micro system engineering, Nano-materials |
| KURAMOTO Shigeru Professor | One-page summary | Design of engineering materials | |
| SASAJIMA Yasushi Professor | One-page summary | Lab | Computer experiments on materials, Science and technology of thin solid films |
| SATO Shigeo Professor | One-page summary | Lab | metallography、Quantum-beam material science |
| SHIMIZU Jun Professor | One-page summary | Lab | Micro/Nano Tribology, Ultra-precision Machining |
| NAKAMURA Masashi Professor | One-page summary | Lab | Environmental harmony design, Strength reliability of high polymer materials |
| ITOH Nobuhide Contract Professor | One-page summary | Lab | Abrasive Machining |
| ITOH Goroh Professor Emeritus | Lab | Basics and Applications of Plastic Forming, Heat Treatment | |
| OJIMA Hirotaka Associate Professor | One-page summary | Lab | Machine Mechanics/Control |
| TASHIRO Suguru Associate Professor | One-page summary | たたら製鉄、Alワイヤボンディング、LSI用Cu配線、異種金属間接合、摩擦撹拌接合 | |
| YAMASAKI Kazuhiko Associate Professor | One-page summary | Lab | Material Processing/Treatment, Production Engineering/Processing Studies |
| NAGANO Takatoshi Lecturer | One-page summary | Plastic working Simulation using Particle Method, Ab initio Calculation | |
| YOKOTA Hitoshi Lecturer | One-page summary | Lab | Surface Physics |