About IMaSS
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The Institute of Materials and Systems for Sustainability (IMaSS) engages in research on topics ranging from materials and device development to systems technologies toward the realization of an ecological and sustainable human society. IMaSS consists of the Center for Integrated Research of Future Electronics (CIRFE), the Advanced Measurement Technology Center (AMTC), the Division of Materials Research (DM), the Division of Systems Research (DS), two funded research divisions, and seven industry–academia collaborative chairs.
CIRFE engages in leading-edge electronics research, including unexplored research areas of devices fabricated using gallium nitride (GaN) and other post-silicon materials, while also cultivating top-notch human resources to lay the foundations of future electronics industries. CIRFE promotes GaN collaborative research with one of the funded research divisions, the industry–academia collaborative chairs, and the consortiums for GaN research and applications.
AMTC specializes in advanced research on, for example, electron microscopy imaging and measurement technologies, as well as human resources development. AMTC also provides technical support on nanotechnology to researchers both in Japan and overseas through the Hub Project for Advanced Research Infrastructure for Materials and Nanotechnology in Japan, supported by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT).
DM promotes the research and development of energy-saving, energy-producing, and ecological materials. DM also leading the new collaborative project among six university research institutes, “International, Interdisciplinary Joint Research Project on Design and Engineering by Joint Inverse Innovation for Materials Architecture”.
DS is engaged in research on ecological energy conversion systems, network systems for power and traffic, and materials circulation and recycling systems in cooperation with funded research divisions.
IMaSS has also been designated by MEXT as a joint usage/research center of materials and systems for innovative energy management and is vigorously promoting joint usage and research with domestic and overseas universities and research institutes.
Director
UCHIYAMA, Tomomi
Tomomi Uchiyama is currently the director of the Institute of Materials and Systems for Sustainability (IMaSS) at Nagoya University. He received a DC degree from Nagoya University, Japan, in 1987. After serving as a research associate and an associate professor at Nagoya University, he was promoted to a professor of the EcoTopia Science Institute at Nagoya University in 2009, then became a professor of IMaSS in 2015.
His research interests include computational fluid dynamics and fluid engineering, with special emphasis on investigating the elucidation, control, and industrial application of multi-phase flows in which more than one phase (i.e., solid, gas, or liquid) occurs. He is also devoted to the development and social implementation of IoT sensors and micro-hydraulic turbines that effectively utilize hydraulic energy.
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Vice - Director
YAMAMOTO, Toshiyuki
Toshiyuki Yamamoto is currently the vice-director of the Institute of Materials and Systems for Sustainability (IMaSS) at Nagoya University. He received a doctoral degree from Kyoto University，Japan, in 2000. After serving as Research Associate at Kyoto University, he joined Nagoya University in 2001 as Associate Professor of Graduate School of Engineering. He was promoted to Professor of the EcoTopia Science Institute in 2010, then became Professor of IMaSS according to the reorganization of the institute in 2015. He became the vice-director of IMaSS in 2022.
His research interests include car ownership and usage such as autonomous driving, electric vehicle, and car sharing, and traffic safety analysis by accident statistics data mining, experimental methods, and traffic simulations. Recently, he has started the disaster prevention such as humanitarian logistics for Nankai Trough Earthquake, and research on hydrogen society such as hydrogen fuel cell vehicle ownership and safety issues of hydrogen stations.
Vice - Director
OHNO, Yutaka
Yutaka Ohno is currently serving as the Vice-Director of the Institute of Materials and Systems for Sustainability (IMaSS) at Nagoya University. He obtained his doctoral degree from Nagoya University in 2000. He started his career as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Quantum Engineering at Nagoya University in 2000 and was promoted to Associate Professor in 2008. In 2015, he was appointed as a Professor at the EcoTopia Science Institute, and later transitioned to become a Professor at IMaSS following the institute's reorganization in the same year. In 2024, he assumed the role of Vice-Director at IMaSS.
His research focuses on nanomaterials and their applications in future semiconductor electronics. Specifically, he explores device physics, characterization methods, and integration technologies for flexible electronics using semiconductor carbon nanotubes and two-dimensional materials.
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