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The 21st Century COE Program
Mechanical Systems Innovation, The University of Tokyo

The 2nd International Symposium Series on
Mechanical Systems Innovation is held

The International Symposium Series on Mechanical Systems Innovation washeld for six full days at the end of 2005, from Friday, December 2 to Thursday,
December 8, at the Takeda Conference Hall at the University of Tokyo. There
were, in fact, three international symposia, centered on three different topics:
Innovative Aerial/Space Flyer Systems, Biomedical Systems Innovation, andDistributed Energy Systems and Micro Grids.

Each symposium lasted twodays.
Professor Nobuhide Kasagi, the program leader, presided over the opening ofthese series and introduced the 21st Century COE Program, “MechanicalSystems Innovation.” We invited famous researchers from home and abroad,and provided them multiple opportunities to exchange information about frontierresearch in their various fields. Poster sessions in each symposium invited
presentations from numerous graduate students and young faculty members in
the COE.

In some parts of the symposia, a mini-oral presentation for thegraduate students and young faculty members was planned, and their active
participation attracted the attention of all in attendance.

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Opening address by Prof. Kasagi,
the 21COE program leader.

The 2nd International Symposium on Innovative Aerial/Space Flyer Systems“The 2nd International Symposium on Innovative Aerial/SpaceFlyer Systems,” sponsored by the 21st Century COE program,“Mechanical Systems Innovation,” was held on Friday andSaturday, December 2 and 3, 2005, at Takeda Conference Hall,
the University of Tokyo. This symposium dealt with both (1) R&D
on MAVs (micro air vehicles) and UAVs (unmanned air vehicles),and (2) R&D on space energy utilization. Both of these wereGroup photo of participants of the symposium
organized by members of the Innovative Aerial Robot Project(IARP) and the Space Energy Research Group in the Energy Innovation Project (SERG) of our COE program, respectively.
The research results accomplished in the COE program were presented by our researchers, and up-to-date summary reports
were made by the ten leading researchers from abroad, including Asia, the USA and Europe. Young graduate students andPh.D. candidates made short oral presentations with posters. Demonstration experiments also stimulated discussions amongour researchers and the invited speakers.

The 2nd International Symposium on Biomedical Systems Innovation“The 2nd International Symposium on Biomedical Systems Innovation,” sponsoredby the 21st Century COE Program, “Mechanical Systems Innovation,” was held on
Monday and Tuesday, December 5 and 6, 2005 at Takeda Conference Hall. The
symposium consisted of five sessions, namely, “Non-invasive TherapeuticSystems,” “Medical Robotics,” “Innovation in Medical Systems,” “Imaging &Simulation” and “Nano-Bioengineering & Tissue Engineering.” About 130
researchers from home and abroad gathered and had an information exchange.
Seventeen researchers, leaders in various fields, delivered lectures. Prof. Michael
Poster presentations by research assistants
R. Bailey (University of Washington), Prof. Wei Tech Ang (Nanyang TechnologicalUniversity), Dr. Jocelyne Troccaz (TIMC/IMAG Laboratory), Dr. Jeffrey A. Ketterling (Riverside Research Institute) and Prof.
Shuichi Mizuno (Harvard Medical School) presented new information about medical therapy and biotechnology research.
In the poster session, which was held at lunch time, young researchers, who participate in this COE program, presented theirwork and had an active discussion with the invited researchers. At the close of the symposium, three posters were selected by avote of the participants and given poster awards.

International Symposium on Distributed Energy Systems and Micro Grids“The International Symposium on Distributed Energy Systems and Micro Grids,”
sponsored by the 21st Century COE program, “Mechanical Systems Innovation,”and co-hosted by the Holonic Energy Systems Laboratory, was held on
Wednesday and Thursday, December 7 and 8, 2005, at Takeda Conference
Hall. The invited leading experts were in the areas of energy vision and energysystems, fuel cell and hybrid systems, biomass gas turbines, sodium sulfer
batteries, energy storage and transportation, etc. Hot topics on the recent
development of distributed energy systems were also introduced by Prof.
Aristide Massardo (Universita di Genova, Italy), Prof. Jack Brouwer (University ofAnswer by Prof. Brouwer to
California Irvine, USA), and Prof. Raffaele Tuccillo (University of Naples, Italy).
a question from audience
Recent topics on micro grid technology were introduced by Johan Driesen(Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium) and Prof. Reza Iravani (University of Toronto, Canada). Poster sessions by young
graduate students, post-docs and Ph.D. candidates, on energy systems and related topics were held and 26 posters werepresented.
The discussions and interactions with invited speakers were intensive and exciting. The workshop was very successful inproviding good opportunities to learn about the recent progress in each field by young researchers.

Power MEMS 2005 is held
The 5th International Workshop on Micro and Nanotechnology for Power Generation and Energy Conversion Applications(PowerMEMS 2005), sponsored by the 21st Century COE program, “Mechanical Systems Innovation,” was held on November
28-30, 2005, at Takeda Hall on the Asano campus.
The workshop has been held at Tsukuba, Chiba and Kyoto for the past five years since 2000, when the first workshop was held inSendai. It is the 5th International workshop, which specialized in the energy-related applications of micromachine technology andnanotechnology, and dealt with miniaturized fuel cells, micro heat engines, micro reactors and micro space promotions.
The invited lectures were “Pathways to Near-Perpetual Radioactive Micro Power Sources” given by Prof. A. Lal (CornellUniversity, USA), “The Experience Gained on the Ultra Microturbine: from Energetics to Component Bricks Studies” by Dr. Y.
Ribaud (Onera, France), “Miniaturised Power and Propulsion for Small, Low Cost Space Exploration Missions: Current Status
and a Look at the Future” by Dr. A. M. Baker (Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd, UK) and “Enzyme-Based Fuel Cells for Biomedical
Microdevices” by Prof. M. Nishizawa, (Tohoku University, Japan).
Fifty-three high quality lectures and poster presentations were given, and more than 135 people from 14 countries as well as
young Ph. D. candidates in the 21st Century COE program attended the workshop. It was very successful in providing good
opportunities for the young researchers to discuss and interact with the invited speakers. The next workshop is scheduled to beheld at the University of California at Berkeley beginning November 26, 2006.

Opening address by Prof. Kasagi,
the program leader

Answer by Dr. Baker(Surrey Satellite Technology)

Atmosphere of the symposium

Presentation by Prof. Lal(Cornell University)

Closing by Prof. Suzuki(The University of Tokyo)

Program Executive Organization
Project Promoters
Program leader

Biomedical innovation

Nobuhide Kasagi
Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, School of Engineering

Mamoru Mitsuishi
Professor, Department of Engineering Synthesis, School of EngineeringMasao Washizu
Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, School of Engineering
Masayuki Nakao
Professor, Department of Engineering Synthesis, School of Engineering
Teruo Fujii
Associate Professor, Department of Environmental and Ocean Engineering,
Institute of Industrial Science
Takashi Ushida
Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, School of Engineering

Energy innovation
Masahiro Shoji
Professor Emeritus, Department of Mechanical Engineering, School of Engineering
Toshio Nagashima
Professor, Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, School of Engineering
Chisachi KatoProfessor, Department of Human and Society, Institute of Industrial Science
Takayuki Terai
Professor, Department of Nuclear Engineering and Management,
School of Engineering
Kazuo Kageyama
Professor, Department of Environmental and Ocean Engineering,
School of Engineering
Nobuo Takeda
Professor, Department of Advanced Energy, School of Frontier Sciences
Tamaki Ura
Professor, Department of Environmental and Ocean Engineering,
Institute of Industrial Science
Shinichi Nakasuka
Professor, Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, School of Engineering
Toyoshisa Fujita
Professor, Department of Geosystem Engineering, School of Engineering
Shigehiko Kaneko
Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, School of Engineering

Hyper modeling / simulation
Yoichiro Matsumoto
Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, School of Engineering
Takafumi Fujita
Professor, Department of Information and System, Institute of Industrial Science
Hideaki Miyata
Professor, Department of Environmental and Ocean Engineering,
School of Engineering
Shinsuke Sakai
Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, School of Engineering
Shinobu Yoshimura
Professor, Department of Quantum Engineering and Systems Science,
School of Engineering

Project members
Toshiki Iino
Yosuke Hasegawa

Project Professor, International Research and Education Center for Mechanical Systems Innovation, School of Engineering
Project Research Associate, International Research and Education Center for Mechanical Systems Innovation, School of Engineering

Advisory Committee
Advisory Committee
Koutaro Inoue
Noboru Kikuchi

Senior Fellow, Japan Science and Technology Agency
Professor, The University of Michigan

Yoshitsugu Kimura
Tetsuya Tateishi

Professor Emeritus, The University of Tokyo
Fellow, National Institute for Material Science

Activities of Mechanical Systems Innovation Program〈International Symposia〉◎21COE Forum on Micro Scale Energy Conversion
Date: November 28, 2005
Venue : Takeda Hall, Takeda Building, Asano Campus◎Power MEMS 2005
Date: November 28-30, 2005
Venue : Takeda Hall, Takeda Building, Asano Campus◎The 2nd International Symposium on Innovative Aerial/Space Flyer Systems
Date: December 2, 3, 2005
Venue : Takeda Hall, Takeda Building, Asano Campus◎The 2nd International Symposium on Biomedical Systems Innovation
Date: December 5, 6, 2005
Venue : Takeda Hall, Takeda Building, Asano Campus◎International Symposium on Distributed Energy Systems and Micro Grids
Date: December 7, 8, 2005
Venue : Takeda Hall, Takeda Building, Asano Campus〈Domestic Symposium〉◎Toward Holonic Energy Systems
Date: July 11, 2005
Venue : Takeda Hall, Takeda Building, Asano Campus〈Open Seminars〉◎FY2005-10th Seminar
Date: September 5, 2005
Venue : Lecture Room No.226, Faculty of Engineering Bldg.8, Hongo Campus
Subject: : Fluid Flow with Free Surfaces and Phase Change
Speaker : Dr. Gustav Amberg (Department of Mechanics, KTH)
◎FY2005-11th Seminar
Date: October 18, 2005
Venue : Lecture Room No.226, Faculty of Engineering Bldg.8, Hongo Campus
Subject: : Nucleation and Growth of SWNTs Studied by QM/MD Simulations
Speaker : Dr. Stephan Irle (Cherry Emerson Center for Scientific Computation,Emory University)◎FY2005-12th Seminar
Date: October 26, 2005
Venue : Lecture Room No.226, Faculty of Engineering Bldg.8, Hongo Campus
Subject : Novel Floating Catalyst and Surface CVD Synthesis of Carbon
Nanotubes
Speaker : Prof. Esko I. Kauppinen (Department of Physics & Centre for
New Materials, Helsinki University of Technology)◎FY2005-13th SeminarDate: November 9, 2005
Venue : Lecture Room No.226, Faculty of Engineering Bldg.8, Hongo Campus
Subject : Thermal Conductance of Solid-Solid and Solid-Liquid Interfaces
Speaker : Prof. David G. Cahill (Department of Materials Science, Universityof Illinois)

The 21st Century COE Program Mechanical Systems Innovation,Newsletter No.8E
March 1, 2006
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