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272 Appendix D. Site Reports—Japan<br />

Site:<br />

National Industrial Research Institute of Nagoya (NIRIN)<br />

1 Chome Hirate, Kitaku<br />

Nagoya 462, Japan<br />

Fax: (81) 52911 1661<br />

Date Visited: 25 July 1997<br />

WTEC:<br />

Hosts:<br />

J. Mendel (report author), D.M. Cox, C. Koch, H. Morishita,<br />

R.W. Siegel<br />

Dr. Shuzo Kanzaki, Chief Senior Researcher<br />

Dr. Mutsuo S<strong>and</strong>o, Research Manager<br />

Dr. Sakae Tanemura<br />

BACKGROUND<br />

The National Industrial Research Institute of Nagoya (NIRIN) has as its<br />

mission to carry out advanced materials research on ceramics, metals,<br />

composites, <strong>and</strong> related materials. Established in 1952, its main research<br />

field is material science <strong>and</strong> technology. There is close cooperation with<br />

domestic <strong>and</strong> global universities; there are also efforts to interface with other<br />

national research institutes.<br />

Within Japan’s National Industrial Research Institutes (NIRI) there are<br />

six major technical departments. In 1996, the annual budget for NIRI was<br />

$92 million (US). Total staff is 220 who participate in the Institute. For this<br />

visit, the WTEC panel focused on the area of synergy ceramics <strong>and</strong><br />

materials.<br />

In the area of synergy ceramics, the emphasis is on structural control for<br />

improving a specific property of a given material. Here there is effort to<br />

simultaneously control structural elements at every stage (from atomic scale<br />

to the macro scale). This approach is referred to as “hyperorganized<br />

structure control.” In the area of synergy ceramics, there are a total of 30-35<br />

people involved in the investigation of ceramics <strong>and</strong> metals. Size can be<br />

classified into four major categories for creating superior ceramic materials:<br />

(1) atomic <strong>and</strong> molecular scale, (2) nanoscale, (3) microscale, <strong>and</strong> (4)<br />

macroscale. In the hyperorganized approach to structure control, effort is<br />

made to harmonize <strong>and</strong> trade off functions, such as strength <strong>and</strong> toughness or<br />

electrical conductivity <strong>and</strong> stress sensitivity. In 1994, the synergy ceramics<br />

project was launched to foster collaboration among national research<br />

laboratories, universities, <strong>and</strong> industries. Part of the program is under the<br />

sponsorship of the New Energy <strong>and</strong> Industrial Development Organization

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