In December 2018, Tsinghua University and Tohoku University entered into a university-level Collaboration Agreement and together established a joint research fund to promote and encourage collaborative research between faculty members at the two universities.
Based on this agreement, Tohoku University appealed to faculty members to submit proposals for collaborative research projects in the three fields of materials science, spintronics and disaster science.
As a result of a joint review carried out by the two universities, the following six joint research projects (four in materials science, one in spintronics, one in disaster science) have been approved.
This fund, which will provide financial support for two years beginning in April 2019, is expected to lead to the further development of collaborative research between the two universities.
| Field | Tohoku University PI | Tsinghua University PI | Project |
|---|---|---|---|
| Materials Science | Prof. Tatsuya Kawada (Graduate School of Environmental Studies) |
Prof. Minfang Han (Dept. of Energy and Power Engineering) |
Performance and mechanical analysis of gadolinium doped ceria as barrier layer in solid oxide fuel cell based on physical vapor deposition |
| Materials Science | Prof. Yuzuru Miyazaki (Graduate School of Engineering) |
Prof. Jing-Feng Li (School of Materials Science and Engineering) |
Exploring High-Efficiency Environmental-friendly Thermoelectric Materials |
| Materials Science | Prof. Takafumi Sato (Graduate School of Sciences) |
Prof. Shuyun Zhou (Dept. of Physics) |
Search for revolutionary atomic-layer materials by advanced spin- and time-resolved photoelectron spectroscopies |
| Materials Science | Prof. Yutaka Sato (Graduate School of Engineering) |
Research Assistant Yue Zhao (Dept. of Physics) |
Development of Highly Reliable Wire Arc Metal Additive Manufacturing Process to Create High-performance Products |
| Spintronics | Prof. Yong P. Chen (Advanced Institute for Materials Research) |
Prof. Qi-Kun Xue (Dept. of Physics) |
Spin transport and excitations in MBE-grown Fe-based high Tc superconductors |
| Disaster Science | Prof. Kohju Ikago (International Research Institute of Disaster Science) |
Associate Prof. Xiaodong Ji (Dept. of Civil Engineering) |
Innovative Earthquake-resilient Structural System and Design Theory for High-Rise Buildings |
(Affiliations were those at the time of application)
| Field | Materials Science |
|---|---|
| Tohoku University PI | Prof. Tatsuya Kawada (Graduate School of Environmental Studies) |
| Tsinghua University PI | Prof. Minfang Han (Dept. of Energy and Power Engineering) |
| Project | Performance and mechanical analysis of gadolinium doped ceria as barrier layer in solid oxide fuel cell based on physical vapor deposition |
| Field | Materials Science |
| Tohoku University PI | Prof. Yuzuru Miyazaki (Graduate School of Engineering) |
| Tsinghua University PI | Prof. Jing-Feng Li (School of Materials Science and Engineering) |
| Project | Exploring High-Efficiency Environmental-friendly Thermoelectric Materials |
| Field | Materials Science |
| Tohoku University PI | Prof. Takafumi Sato (Graduate School of Sciences) |
| Tsinghua University PI | Prof. Shuyun Zhou (Dept. of Physics) |
| Project | Search for revolutionary atomic-layer materials by advanced spin- and time-resolved photoelectron spectroscopies |
| Field | Materials Science |
| Tohoku University PI | Prof. Yutaka Sato (Graduate School of Engineering) |
| Tsinghua University PI | Research Assistant Yue Zhao (Dept. of Physics) |
| Project | Development of Highly Reliable Wire Arc Metal Additive Manufacturing Process to Create High-performance Products |
| Field | Spintronics |
| Tohoku University PI | Prof. Yong P. Chen (Advanced Institute for Materials Research) |
| Tsinghua University PI | Prof. Qi-Kun Xue (Dept. of Physics) |
| Project | Spin transport and excitations in MBE-grown Fe-based high Tc superconductors |
| Field | Disaster Science |
| Tohoku University PI | Prof. Kohju Ikago (International Research Institute of Disaster Science) |
| Tsinghua University PI | Associate Prof. Xiaodong Ji (Dept. of Civil Engineering) |
| Project | Innovative Earthquake-resilient Structural System and Design Theory for High-Rise Buildings |
(Affiliations were those at the time of application)
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