October 28, 2008 – Peabody, Massachusetts – Electron microscope leader JEOL USA hosted a special visit recently from renowned materials scientist Dr. Akihisa Inoue, President of Tohoku University in Sendai, Japan. Dr. Inoue’s research in a new class of bulk amorphous metals has made a major impact on subsequent research into new materials around the world.
U.S. Honors Dr. Inoue with Two Awards
Dr. Inoue has recently received distinction as one of only nine foreign associates to be elected to the U.S. National Academy of Engineering in 2008 for “outstanding achievements and international leadership in the design of advanced bulk metallic glasses and other meta-stable materials.” He has also been named the recipient of the APS 2009 James C. McGroddy Prize for New Materials Award. The award will be shared with co-researcher Dr. William L. Johnson of the California Institute of Technology, in recognition of their project on development of bulk glassy alloys through slow cooling.
Tohoku University to Open East Coast Office Near JEOL
For more than three decades, the relationship between JEOL and Tohoku University, one of the world’s top materials science schools, has contributed to research and the subsequent development of world-leading technologies in materials science. Dr. Inoue, Tohoku University president, visited JEOL’s U.S. subsidiary in Peabody, Massachusetts, while finalizing plans for opening a second representative office for Tohoku University in the United States. The University established its US-California office in 2006 to help promote its mission as a leading collaborative research institution. The new east coast office will afford interchange between Tohoku University and leading educational institutions in the Cambridge and Boston vicinity.
“Our vision is to support collaboration between overseas academia and international organizations,” said Inoue. “The establishment of an International Advanced Research and Education Organization at Tohoku University will foster research leaders in science and academia for the twenty-first century and the introduction of an overseas internship will foster an international awareness in students.”
Dr. Inoue said that since its founding in 1907, the university has kept three major ideals: research, educating young scientists both male and female, and benefiting mankind. Appointed President of the University in 2006, Professor Inoue is recognized as a true pioneer in new fields of research in metallic glass.
“We are very fortunate that we have accumulated a lot of information and have a large amount of experience,” he said. Tohoku University ranks third worldwide for having the most cited publications in the field of materials science.