[Development and Recycling of Materials] Basic Research for the Development and Recycling of Materials

Strategic Objective

Materials Science for desirable Selection - Constructing new principles toward a sustainable development society

Research Supervisor

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Susumu Kitagawa(Distinguished Professor, Kyoto University Institute for Advanced Study)

Overview

 This research area aims to establish basic science for developing and recycling materials and fundamental technologies to address the environmental and resource problems faced around the world. In order to respond to the demands of society, such as the depletion of resources, reduction of environmental impact, and increase in the use of recycled materials, it is important to create materials from raw materials that are not subject to such restrictions and to create fundamental technologies for the separation, recovery, and recycling of used materials as desired. It is also important that these technologies are interconnected and function as a recycling cycle.
 We aim to contribute to realizing a resource-recycling society by constructing a new basic science for material creation and recycling based on various academic findings beyond the framework of conventional material science and by working on developing fundamental technologies for these processes.

Research Area Advisors

Takashi Uemura Professor, Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo
Rie Umetsu Professor, Institute for Materials Research, Tohoku University
Akihiro Okabe Director, New Business Incubation Center, Mitsui Chemicals Inc.
Hiromasa Kaneko Associate Professor, School of Science and Technology, Meiji University
Madoka Takai Professor, School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo
Toshiharu Teranishi Professor, Institute for Chemical Research, Kyoto University
Keiichi Tomishige Professor, Graduate School of Engineering, Tohoku University
Yumiko Nakajima Professor, School of Materials and Science, Tokyo Institute of Technology
Hiromi Yamashita Professor, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University

Research Projects

  1. Year Started : 2024

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  • CREST
  • PRESTO
  • ERATO
  • ACT-X
  • ALCA
  • CRONOS
  • AIP Network Lab
  • Global Activities
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  • SDGs
  • OSpolicy
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