News & Events

2026

2026/04/27
Lab Meeting
Research report by Gabriel (D3) and Chai
2026/04/24
Publication
A paper shown below by Ojha (IIT Hyderabad) has been published in International Journal of Plasticity.
"Critical role of highly malleable Laves phase on the structure-property correlation in high entropy alloys"〇Pankaj Kumar Ojha, Shuhei Yoshida, Chandra Prakash, Nobuhiro Tsuji, Pinaki Prasad Bhattacharjee: International Journal of Plasticity, 202 (2026), 104712
2026/04/23
Lab Meeting
Teatime seminar by Shimuta (M2) and Sekiguchi (M2)
2026/04/20
Lab Meeting
Research report by Zhuo and Gao
2026/04/17
Lab Meeting
Teatime seminar (Introduction)
2026/04/16
Publication
A paper shown below by Suzumura has been published in Acta Materialia.
"Ultra-grain refinement creates FCC pure cobalt with high strength and high ductility"〇Takumi Suzumura, Si Gao, Shuhei Yoshida, Rohan Dhall, Andrew M. Minor, Nobuhiro Tsuji: Acta Materialia, 312 (2026), 122245
2026/04/09
Welcome Party for New Members
Lab members had a welcome party for new members.
Picture taken at the party
2026/04/09
Lab Meeting
First meeting with new members.
2026/04/09
Publication
A paper shown below by Go (University of Tsukuba) has been published in Materials Letters.
"Enhanced strength-ductility balance of AZ31 Mg alloy through single-pass hot-rolling and subsequent low-temperature annealing"〇J. Go, S. Yako, M-h. Park ,S. Gao, S. Lee, R. Gholizadeh, N. Tsuji
2026/03/27
Publication
A paper shown below by Zhao (Southeast University) has been published in Scripta Materialia.
"Mechanics of strain-hardening in oxygen-strengthened metastable Ti alloys"〇G. Zhao, Y. Chong, Y. Liu, J. Yan, C. Chu, W. Sun, N. Tsuji: Scripta Materialia, 279 (2026), 117296
2026/03/26
Lab Meeting
Research report by Yoshida and Park
2026/03/24
Lab Meeting
Research report by Yako and Reza
2026/03/23
Ferewell party
Lab members had a ferewell party.
2026/03/23
Event
D3 students (Wang Xiuqun, Wang Chunyu, Suzumura, Hamshini, Lau) were awarded the doctor's degree, M2 students (Oishi, Kato, Kobayashi, Xu Shuo, Harada, Li Xiang) were awarded Master's degree, and B4 students (Goto, Sato, Hirano, Yagami, Yamamura) were awarded Bachelor's degree.
Thesis topics
Doctor student
Master student 1
Master student 2
Bachelor student
2026/03/20
Event
Tsuji visited UC Berkeley (California, America) and discussed the project of International Leading Program and collaborative project with Prof. Andy Minor (3/19), Prof. Kang Jiun (3/20) and Dr. Yin Wujyun (3/20).
2026/03/19
International Conference
Tsuji, Yoshida, Yin (UC Berkeley), Hwang (Institute of Schience Tokyo), Kato, Wing and Kobayashi joined in TMS 2026 Annual Meeting held in San Diego. Please refer to the link below for more information.
Conference HP
2026/03/13
Domestic Conference
Tsuji, Gao, Park, Yoshida, Reza, Yako, Fu, Chu, Liu, Suzumura, Gabriel, Dono, Honglu, Aranami, Shimuta, Sekiguchi, Nakatani, Baba, Shimuta and Sato participated in the JIMM Spring Meeting and the ISIJ Spring Meeting held at Chiba Institute of Technology. Please refer to the link below for more information.
Presentation from This Lab
JIMM Spring Meeting
ISIJ Spring Meeting
2026/03/12
Award
A poster shown below by Nakatani (M1) winned the ISIJ student poster session encouragement award in the 191th ISIJ Spring Meeting.
"Fe-Ni-C準安定オーステナイト鋼の力学特性に及ぼす結晶粒径の影響" 〇Koki Nakatani, Liu Yuanhong, Nobuhiro Tsuji
Certificate
2026/03/11
Publication
A paper shown below by Chu has been published in Materials Science and Engineering: A.
"Mechanistic origins of enhanced strength–ductility synergy in single-phase FCC high-entropy alloys enabled by tri-functional Ti solutes"〇Chenliang Chu, Shuhei Yoshida, Reza Gholizadeh, Zhiqiang Fu, Weiping Chen, Hao Wang, Yan Chong, Wei Xiong, Dezhi Zhu, Xiaoxu Huang, Nobuhiro Tsuji: Materials Science and Engineering: A, 960 (2026), 150092
2026/03/09
Publication
A paper shown below by Park (Komatsu University) has been published in Materials Science and Engineering: A.
"Dynamic softening-driven grain refinement and bending behavior in commercially pure titanium under high-speed compression below β-transus temperature"〇Hyung-Won Park, Yuki Shimomura, Myeong-heom Park, Sukyoung Hwang, Hyeon-Woo Park, Nobuhiro Tsuji, Jun Yanagimoto: Materials Science and Engineering: A, 959 (2026), 150077
2026/03/09
Lab Meeting
Rehearsal for TMS conference & Research report by Chu
2026/03/06
Seminars and Lectures
Tsuji gave a lecture at the research group on Crystal Defects and Crystal Plasticity held at Kitami Institute of Technology. The title is as follows.
"二相鋼の力学特性に及ぼす軟質相と硬質相の間の変形拘束の影響"
2026/03/05
Lab Meeting
2nd rehearsal for JIMM/ISIJ
2026/03/02
Lab Meeting
Research report by Gao and Zhuo
2026/02/24
Lab Meeting
1st rehearsal for JIMM/ISIJ
2026/02/21
Event
A party celebrating Tsuji's 60th birthday was held at the Kyoto Garden Palace.
Picture
2026/02/20
PhD defense
The doctoral dissertation defense by Suzumura was carried out.
2026/02/19
PhD defense
The doctoral dissertation defense by Lau was carried out.
2026/02/19
Event
M2 students gave presentations at the Master-thesis presentation of the department of Material Science and Engineering.
2026/02/17
PhD defense
The doctoral dissertation defense by Hamshini and Wang Chunyu was carried out.
2026/02/12
Lab meeting
Research report by Liu (PD fellow)
2026/02/10
Lab Meeting
2nd rehearsal for M2 presentation
2026/02/05
Lab Meeting
2nd PhD defense by Lau (D3) and Suzumura (D3) and entrance exam by Chai
2026/02/04
Lab Meeting
2nd PhD defense by Hamshini (D3) and Wang. C (D3)
2026/01/30
Lab Meeting
1st rehearsal for M2 presentation
2026/01/29
Lab Meeting
1st PhD defense by Lau (D3) and Suzumura (D3)
2026/01/27
Lab Meeting
1st PhD defense by Hamshini (D3) and Wang. C (D3)
2026/01/22
Event
B4 students gave presentations at the Mid-report of the department of Material Science and Engineering.
2026/01/20
PhD defense
The doctoral dissertation defense by Wang Xiuqun was carried out.
2026/01/19
Lab meeting
Research report by Fu and Gabriel (D3)
2026/01/16
Lab meeting
Research report by Dono (D1), Xu Honglu (D1), Xu Jianan (M2)
2026/01/15
Lab meeting
2nd rehearsal for B4 mid-term presentation
2026/01/15
Award
A presentation shown below by Yako (Program-Specific Professor) winned the Best Research Pesentation at research presentations by young researchers and graduate students hosted by the Kansai branch of the JILM.
"Mg-18 at% Sc合金における変形誘起相変態のその場放射光X線解析" 〇八子 早保、紫牟田 直希、Si Gao、辻 伸泰
A certificate of commendation
2026/01/09
Lab meeting
2nd PhD defense by Group A
2026/01/08
Lab meeting
1st rehearsal for B4 mid-term presentation