The University of Tokyo School of Engineering Institute of Engineering Innovation

Yoshiki Murakami, a first-year master's student, won the excellent reserch theme prize at the 62th Symposium of the Japanse Society of Microscopy held at Saitama City from November 29 to 30, 2019.

Dr. Shun Kondo and Dr. Eita Tochigi won the 44th Outstanding Ceramographic Award of the Ceramic Society of Japan.

Hiroaki Nakade, a first-year post-graduate student, won the excellent poster prize at the No. 82 workshop, The Japan Institute of Metals and Materials held at Karuizawa, from November 8 to 10, 2019.

Assistant professor Feng Bin won the excellent presentation prize at the 2019 Annual Meeting of China Electric Microscopy Society held at Hefei Fengda International Hotel, Hefei, China, October 15, 2019.

Professor Ralf Riedel of Technische Universität Darmstadt and Fellow of School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, gave a lecture on “From Pottery to Battery Advanced Ceramic Energy Storage Materials”, October 3, 2019.

Shun Sasano and Saki Ishihara, second-year post-graduate students, won the gold prize and the silver prize of the excellent presentation at the young resercher meeting, "Crystal Defect Core” project held at Hamamatsu city, 25 September, 2019.

Professor Ralf Riedel of Technische Universität Darmstadt and Fellow of School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, is now staying our lab. as a fellow of JSPS's Invitational Fellowships for Research in Japan from August 21st to October 6th. He will give a lecture for us on October 3rd, 2019.

When：From 14:00, October 3, 2019 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　

Where：Main meeting room at Faculty of Engineering Bldg. 9

Kousuke Ooe, a first-year post-graduate student, won M&M Student Scholar Award at the Microscopy & Microanalysis 2019 (M&M 2019) held at Portland, U.S.A. in 5 August, 2019.

Dr. Bin Feng, Assistant Professor won The 1st Materials and Devices Joint Research Award April 23, 2019. On July 26, he received the certificate from The Network Joint Research Center for Materials and Devices.

Dr. Zhou Wu, PI, School of Physical Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences and Dr. Gao Peng, PI, Group Leader of International Center for Quantum Materials & Electron Microscopy Laboratory, Peking University, China gave lectures on "Low voltage aberration corrected STEM for 2D materials" and "STEM-EELS Probing Lattice Vibrations in Thin Films and Surface Phonon Polaritons in Nanostructures" , July 25, 2019.

Professor Stephen J. Pennycook, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, National University of Singapore, gave a lecture on "Materials under the microscope: From defects to functionality" to us.

Mr. David Gregory Hopkinson, a PhD Student of The University of Manchester, is going to study at our lab for two month as a JSPS Summer Profram fellow.

The mass media reported that Prof. Shibata and JEOL group has developed the world’s first magnetic field free STEM. Magnetic field free Atomic Resolution STEM, MARS, is the next generation atomic resolution electron microscope that makes direct observation of atoms possible in a magnetic free environment. They succeeded in direct observation of a magnetic material at the atomic level.

The press reported Prof. Ikuhara and Prof. Shibata group has developed a method to observe crack propagation in a material at the atomic level. NIKKEI BUSINESS DAILY reported on May 16, 2019

Professor Jürgen Rödel, Technische Universität Darmstadt, gave a lecture on "Dislocation Networks in Oxides:A means for mechanical self-doping" to us.

Professor Yuichi Ikuhara was chosen the best teacher. The Faculty of Engineering Best Teaching Award was given him by Professor Tatsuya Okubo, the Dean, at the faculty meeting on March 7 afternoon, 2019.

Professor Dmitri A. Molodov, RWTH Aachen University, gave a lecture on "Resent research into grain/twin boundary mediated plasticity" to us.

Dr. Tochigi, Assistant Professor won The 12th Kazato Research Encouragement Prize by Kazato Research foundation at Keidanren Kaikan Conference, Tokyo on March 2nd, 2019.

Professor Ikuhara received recognition from the Dean, Tatsuya Ookubo, Prof., at the faculty meeting on Feburary 21 afternoon, 2019. The Dean's Awards recognize professors for their excellence in research and contributions to the faculty.

Professor Naoya Shibata received the 15th JSPS PRIZE from The Japan Society for the Promotion of Science at a celemony held on Thursday, 7 February 2019 at the Japan Academy.

We are holding our laboratory tours for newly 4th grade students for the following date. We are planning to briefly introduce our laboratory, a quastion and Answer period and Microscopy tours. Please feel free to join us!

Where is Bldg.9?

Professor Artem Abakumov, Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology, gave lecture on "How advanced transmission electron microscopy can contribute to battery research?" to us.