Online seminars

Yamagata University (YU) applies about 40 domestic and foreign patent applications per year. More than half of the applications relate to organic materials and devices. In 2022, YU will release some royalty-free patents for a period of three years from their registered date in order to return back to society the YU's patented technologies and to promote joint research with companies. Further, in April 2021, YU participated as a partner in the platform WIPO GREEN, which is to promote the utilization of green technologies. YU is the second registered partner of WIPO GREEN in the national universities in Japan. YU will provide its own green technologies to the world through the use of WIPO GREEN.

#Material #Eco-friendly/Energy #Test/Measurement #Automobile #Antibacterial/ Antiviral etc #5G/Digital Transformation

IP Creative Manager of Yamagata University Open Innovation Platform since November 2019
Part-Time Lecturer at Yamagata University since 2019
Patent Attorney (admitted 2013)
IP Infringement Litigator (admitted 2015)

#Material #Eco-friendly/Energy #Test/Measurement #Automobile #Antibacterial/ Antiviral etc #5G/Digital Transformation

He will give a talk about following matters.
・Recent situation on standardization
・Significance to publish a new standard
・Current promotion policy on industrial standardization

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He joined the Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI; later reorganized as the Ministry of Economy Trade and Industry (METI)) of Japan in 1981. Since then, he has been working in the international field, such as WTO, OECD, export credit, international cooperation, and global economy change, etc.
He served as Director General of the International Affairs of the Kyusyu Branch of METI from 2008 to 2011 and as the Global Environmental Technology Promotion Division in New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO) from 2011 to 2019 and retired METI in March 2019.Since then, he has served in the field of Standardization as Senior Specialist in METI.

In 2021, the Technical Specification of clay nanoplate products for gas barrier films applications ISO TS 2126-2 was published. This technical specification is for selecting clay nanoplate products that are effective in improving the gas barrier properties of polymer clay nanocomposite films. It stipulates the characteristics to be measured of clay nanoplates, their methods, and the contents of the report. The National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology is preparing to start this report issuance service in 2022fy. This service is an advanced initiative to promote the social acceptance of nanomaterials. In this talk, the contents of the report issuing service and how to receive this service will be explained.

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Educational Qualifications
Dr., Tohoku University, Japan(1990-1993)
Field of Science: Chemical Engineering
Professional Carrier
Research Officer: Tohoku National Industrial Research Institute, Ministry of International Trade and Industry (1993-2000)
Visiting Researcher, Professor Galen Stucky Lab., UCSB (1997, 1999-2000)
Senior Researcher: Laboratory for Membrane Chemistry, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (2000-2004)
Team Leader: Research Center for Compact Chemical Process, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (2006-2014)
Prime Senior Researcher: Research Center for Compact Chemical System, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (2013-2020)
Director-General, AIST Tohoku: (2021-)

Ensuring gas-barrier-package-products is important to keep their quality well in the fields of foods, medicines, electro devices and so on. When polymer materials are used for packaging, permeations of water vapor and oxygen often cause short-product-life. Clay-polymer nanocomposite films are widely used because of their low gas permeability. The committee of standardization and certification of nanomaterials in AIST consortium "Clayteam" has started discussion to establish a certification program for nanomaterials and nanocomposite gas barrier films. An interlaboratory comparison using the nanocomposite films was conducted to confirm the reliability of gas transmission rate measurements for water vapor and oxygen. The results will be presented.

2001-2004: Graduate school of Hokkaido University, Doctor's course
2004-2005: The Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute, Postdoctoral researcher
2005-Present: National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), National Metrology Institute of Japan (NMIJ), Research Institute for Engineering Measurement, Pressure and Vacuum Standards Group
My research fields are following.
Development and maintaining of national standards of medium vacuum, extreme high vacuum standard and partial pressure standard in Japan.
Development of gas permeation measuring devises.
Development of leak testing device.
Evaluation of integrity of medical product packaging.
Standardization of vacuum technology.
Others.

Plastics production from fossil resources, marine pollutions by plastics litter and microplastics are big environmental problems which shall be solved internationally. To solve these problems, 3R (reuse, reduce, and recycle) for plastics products are most important issues, innovations for biodegradable plastics which are used for plastics leaked to environment and biobased plastics which reduce the amounts of fossil-based plastics, are also important. Evaluations for biodegradable and/or bio-based plastics should be based on international standards such as ISO standards which are discussed in ISO Subcommittee SC14 "Environmental aspects" of Technical committee TC61 "Plastics". Marine biodegradation evaluation methods are defined by ISO methods. New functional plastics with good biodegradability in marine, which is produced from biomass, will be evaluated by ISO method. Its market introduction will be promoted by certification of requirements defined in ISO.

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Education
March, 1990 Doctor of engineering in Tokyo Institute of Technology

Work history
April, 1990 Ministry of International Trade and Industry, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Research Institute for Polymers and Textiles
April, 2001 National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology(AIST)
July, 2005 Group leader of sustainable polymers in AIST
July, 2020 Standardization officer, Standardization Promotion Center in AIST

Award
Oct, 2021 Industrial standardization award, Award by Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry

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Ever since its inauguration, Tohoku Kogei has been developing and manufacturing a variety of products using the Tamamushi lacquer coating technique.
The National Research Institute of Industrial Arts had valued the idea of making "not only ornamental but useful craftworks." Based on this philosophy and with the aim of enhancing the potential of Tamamushi lacquerware, we jointly developed with the Tohoku Center of the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology a new type of Tamamushi lacquer coating technique that resists peeling and increases hardness.
We will present the significance of our patented technique being designated as a traditional craftwork by Miyagi Prefecture, along with our collaborative works with the animation industry, creators, and luxury brands. We will also share some example cases of industry-academia cooperation promoting the charm of the local area, and introduce the possibility that production in the area can lead to a sustainable society.

Joined Tohoku Kogei Co., Ltd. in 1997. Engaged in sales and planning for collaborative works with animation and luxury brands, as well as for industry-academia partnership projects, before assuming the current position in 2014.
In 2015, received the METI Minister’s Prize of the Sixth Monodzukuri Nippon Grand Award for "Development of Highly Durable Lacquerware with Nanocomposite Coating."
Obtained a joint patent with the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology for "Coating agent containing clay, resin, and organic solvent, protective film using same, and product" (Patent No. 6943367) in 2021.