On the 28th of July 2022, we had a seminar at the Next Generation Tatara Co-creation Centre research building as the 8th NEXTA forum. The seminar was brought both online and on-site. There were more than 50 participants such as people from the companies in Shimane or other prefectures and education-related people including local high school students.

 The theme was “Introduction of researches of NEXTA’s professors Part.2”, and 4 professors explained their research themes and how they could be implemented into society. The presenters and the content of the presentations are as follows;

Professor Shigekazu MORITO “Development of the method of evaluation of metal materials”
Associate Professor Naomi HIRAYAMA “Research of simulation towards design development of materials”
Assistant Professor Shohei UEKI “Trans-scale mechanical property evaluation: Connecting the world of macro and nano”
Assistant Professor Asuka KUTSUKAKE “Optimization of modelling conditions for metal 3D printings”

 After the seminar, the participants said, “I understood that there are various content of research at NEXTA as well as its purpose.” Or “I finally realized the importance of material property which I don’t really pay attention to in daily work, by hearing all the story in crystal or atomic levels today.”　Another participant reviewed, “It was a great opportunity to gain a new insight of metallic structures or their properties.” 
It was an excellent opportunity to let people learn widely about NEXTA’s research content as well as its purpose.

  The NEXTA forum is an activity to promote communication between NEXTA and the companies in Shimane prefecture on a regular basis. It is aimed at creating innovation through joint researches, or accepting working adults to the Doctor course (Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology) and training them up to be hard-core technical human resources, and to develop to be a new collaboration.

Point of Contact
Next Generation Tatara Co-Creation Centre