(Mar. 8, 2010) The NIMS Fuel Cell Materials Center concluded a memorandum of understanding (MOU) for “Development of metal nanoparticulate Catalysts” with Department of Metallurgy and Materials Science, Hanyang University in KOREA. Dr. Hirano and Dr. Xu participated in the signing ceremony held in Hanyang University – ERICA. It was agreed that the two institutions shall cooperate on “Development of metal nanoparticulate catalysts” including Exchange of researchers, Exchange of information and publication and Implementation of cooperative research. In order to carry out the cooperation and utilize the results achieved, detailed plan shall be formed through consultation between the two Partners. This memorandum is effective for five years.

From left: Dr. Toshiyuki HIRANO(NIMS, Adjunct Researcher), Dr. XU Ya(NIMS, Senior Resercher) and Prof. Jai-Sung LEE(Hanyang University, Supervisor of Nanoparticulate Materials Technology Laboratory) at the signing ceremony.

(Dec. 14, 2009) Fuel Cell Materials Center concluded a memorandum of understanding (MOU) for “Key Materials of Fuel Cells” with Center of EMO Materials and Nanotechnology College, National Taipei University of Technology in TAIWAN. It was agreed that the two institutions shall cooperate on “Key Materials of Fuel Cells” such as Exchange of researchers, Exchange of information, Joint supervision of Master and PhD students, Joint research proposal and Implementation of Cooperative research. In order to carry out the cooperation and utilize the results achieved, detailed plan shall be formed through consultation between the two Partners. This memorandum is effective for five years.

Dr. Mori's talk in front of the huge audience


Dr. Chikashi NISHIMURA (NIMS, Managing Director) and Prof. Sea-Fue WANG(NTUT, Managing Director) signing MOU Memorandum


From left: Prof. Yung-Fu HSU(NTUT, Group Leader), Prof. Sea-Fue WANG(NTUT, Managing Director), Dr. Chikashi NISHIMURA (NIMS, Managing Director) and Dr. Toshiyuki MORI (NIMS, Deputy Managing Director) at the signing ceremony

Dr. Ajayan VINU(Present position: MANA, Former position: Nano-ionics Materials Gr.) won 21st Khwarizmi International Award presented by the Islamic Republic of Iran.
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The Islamic Republic of Iran selected his work as one of excellent innovative achievements for development of science and technology in all of the world. This tells us that the quality of his work is quite high. We expect that he will be a key person in nano-porous material science field in the future.

Dr. Ringor (Nano-ionics Materials Gr.) won the award for encouragement of research of materials science at 17th symposium of 'Materials Research Society of Japan' (MRS-J) that was held in December, 2006. →PDF
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NIMS will conclude the MoU for Joint Graduate School Program between KITAMI Institute of Technology and NIMS. Our Fuel Cell Materials Center (FCMC) will accept PhD student from the University to develop the materials science. We expect that high quality fuel cell materials will be created through this program.