I²CNER Seminar Series 2012

[Title] Local heat transfer near moving 3-phase contact lines and its influence on nucleate boiling and drop evaporation

[Speaker] Prof. Peter Stephan, Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Technical University Darmstadt, GERMANY

[Date & Time] Friday, March 1, 2013 4:00 p.m.

[Place] I2CNER Hall, Ito campus, Kyushu University

[Title] Nano Technology Research Strategy and Current Activity in Japan

[Speaker] Prof. Teruo Kishi, Chairman, Tsukuba Innovation Arena Professor Emeritus, the University of Tokyo President Emeritus, NIMS

[Date & Time] Friday, March 15, 2013 4:00 p.m.

[Place] I2CNER Hall, Ito campus, Kyushu University

[Title] Inorganic Nanoparticles as Innovative Energy Materials

[Speaker] Prof. Toshiharu TERANISHI, Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University

[Date & Time] Friday, February 8, 2013 4:00 p.m.

[Place] I2CNER Hall, Ito campus, Kyushu University

[Title] Synthesis of Propene from Ethene or Bio-ethanol

[Speaker] Prof. Masakazu Iwamoto Professor, Frontier Research Center and Chemical Resources Laboratory Tokyo Institute of Technology

[Date & Time] Friday, Dec. 14, 2012 4:00 p.m.

[Place] INAMORI Hall, Ito campus, Kyushu University

[Title] Reducing the Carbon Footprint of Energy Utilization through Advances in Microscale Heat and Mass Transfer

[Speaker] Prof. Srinivas Garimella Hightower Chair in Engineering, Professor and Director, Sustainable Thermal Systems Laboratory Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA

[Date & Time] Friday, December 21, 2012 4:00p.m.

[Place] INAMORI Hall, Ito campus, Kyushu University

[Title] High-Sensitivity LEIS: A new tool in the understanding of the performance of catalysts and other (sub-) nanometer materials

[Speaker] Prof. Hidde Brongersma Director (CEO), Calipso B.V., The Netherlands Honorary professor, Imperial College, U.K.

[Date & Time] Friday, Oct. 26, 2012 3:00 p.m.

[Place] INAMORI Hall, Ito campus, Kyushu University

[Title] Development of Pt and Pt-Alloy Electrocatalysts for the Next Generation Polymer Membrane Fuel Cell

[Speaker] Dr. Masahiro WATANABE Professor, Fuel Cell Nanomaterials Center University of Yamanashi

[Date & Time] Friday, Oct. 26, 2012 4:00 p.m.

[Place] INAMORI Hall, Ito campus, Kyushu University

[Title] Design of Highly Functionalized Polyoxometalate-based Nano-structured Catalysts

[Speaker] Dr. Noritaka Mizuno Professor, Department of Applied Chemistry, The University of Tokyo

[Date & Time] Friday, Oct. 19, 2012 4:00 p.m.

[Place] INAMORI Hall, Ito campus, Kyushu University

[Title] Discussion on Energy Portfolio of Japan under a New Myth

[Speaker] Dr. Makoto AKAI Fellow Research Scientist, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) Professor, Tokyo Institute of Technologies Board Director, Global Carbon Capture and Storage Institute

[Date & Time] Friday, Sept. 28, 2012 4:00 p.m.

[Place] INAMORI Hall, Ito campus, Kyushu University

[Title] Photocatalysis and Artificial Photosynthesis

[Speaker] Dr. Kazuhito HASHIMOTO Professor, Department of Applied Chemistry The University of Tokyo

[Date & Time] Friday, August 10, 2012 4:00 p.m.

[Place] INAMORI Hall, Ito campus, Kyushu University