ActivityShinshu University and University of Wollongong entered MOU
2016.03.22
On March 15, 2016, Shinshu University and University of Wollongong entered MOU for academic, research and student exchange.
University of Wollongong is located at 80KM south of Sydney and one of the world best education and research institutes.
Shinshu University and University of Wollongong (UOW) have been working together via Associate Professor Mori, the head of Photovoltaic group at Center for Energy and Environmental Science, and Professor Wallace, the Director of Intelligent Polymer Research Institute UOW, and his group. Since 2014, Professor Wallace has been serving as a Distinguished Visiting Professor at Center for Energy and Environmental Science
By entering MOU with UOW, further collaborations among different research areas are expected.
A research team headed by Specially-appointed Professor Katsumi Kaneko and Professor F. Rodriguez-Reinoso (University of Alicante, Spain) is selected for the Strategic International Research Cooperative Program (JST) Japan – Spain Cooperative Research Out
2015.10.30
講演する金子克美特別特任教授(右)
共同研究グループのF.Rodriguez-Reinoso教授の代理
J. Slvestre-Albero准教授(左)
A project between Shinshu University and the University of Alicante was one of two outstanding collaborative research projects chosen from among 16 for the Strategic International Research Cooperative Program (JST) Japan – Spain Cooperative Research Outstanding Research Project. An event was held in recognition of this achievement at the Embassy of Spain in Japan on October 22, 2015, during which representatives from the two projects gave presentations on the results of their research, and a panel discussion was held on the nature of future collaborative research between Japan and Spain. In attendance at this event were Spanish Ambassador to Japan G. Benito Secades, Spanish Vice-minister for Science and Technology C. Vela, and Chairman of JST Michinari Hamaguchi.
The name of the research project conducted by Shinshu University and the University of Alicante was “Nanostructure Carbon Monoliths for the Storage and Conversion of Methane” (Duration of research collaboration: November 2009 to March 2013) (Professor Katsumi Kaneko has held a position at Shinshu University since 2010; prior to this, until 2009 he held a position at Chiba University). This research sought to analyze the state of methane in high thermal conducting carbon monoliths and carbon nanospaces for methane storage, and the stabilization of methane hydrate in carbon nanopores. The results of this collaborative research were published in high impact factor journals such as Journal American Chemical Society, ChemSusChem, Nature Communication, Materials Chemistry, and Carbon. In addition, high praise was given to 6 young researchers from Shinshu University (some from Chiba University) and 6 from the University of Alicante for having made achievements through reciprocal short term research stays at their respective universities, particularly for their discovery of the fact that methane hydrate is rapidly generated in small pores in carbon. During this event, our Spanish counterparts indicated a desire to consider further support for their collaborative research theme.
Shinshu University enters into an academic exchange agreement with Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier and Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology
2015.08.10
On August 3, 2015, Shinshu University entered into a three-way academic exchange agreement with Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier and Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology.
With this agreement, we hope reseaches between those universities get accelerate and advabced.
For more details, visit below;
http://www.shinshu-u.ac.jp/institution/gec/english/news/2015/08/agreement01.php
Paper Publications_ Fuel cell group
2014.02.07
Three papers about fuel cell catalyst have published.
Qingfeng Liu, Christophe Chauvin and and Wataru Sugimoto*, "Evidence of Strong Metal-Support Interaction between Pt and Crystalline RuO2 Nanosheets by In-Situ AFM", J. Electrochem. Soc., 161(3), F360-F363 (2014).DOI
Christophe Chauvin, Takahiro Saida and Wataru Sugimoto*, "Influence of the RuO2 Nanosheet Content in RuO2 Nanosheet-Pt/C Composite Toward Improved Performance of Oxygen Reduction Electrocatalysts", J. Electrochem. Soc., 161(3), F318-F322 (2014).DOI
Qingfeng Liu, Koodlur S. Lokesh, Christophe Chauvin and Wataru Sugimoto*, "Model Electrode Studies of the Electrostatic Interaction between Electrochemically Dissolved Pt Ions and RuO2 Nanosheets ", J. Electrochem. Soc., 161(3), F259-F262 (2014). DOI
