Advances in Industry-Government-Academia Collaboration Activities at Tokyo University of Agriculture andTechnology

1.

Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology (TUAT) distinctively focuses on research in the fields of agriculture and engineering that constitute the core ofindustry today and harmonization of agriculture and engineering, which is not found among other universities. Despite being a mid-sized university, TUAT is
ranked as top-class domestically for its research strength and ability to communicate research results. Based on powerful research strength and centeredaround practical science, TUAT’s industry-government-academia collaboration activities are highly respected among small and medium-sized businesses. In
2005, TUAT was ranked second nationally in a survey by businesses for universities that are easiest to work with in collaborative research (survey conductedby the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry). This and other achievements serve as proof that TUAT has the ability to compete with much larger
universities.
This university considers its industry-government-academia collaboration activities as the “engines” of education and research. By taking actions such as theplacement of University Research Administrators (URAs) primarily in the University Research Administration Center, TUAT proactively promotes industrygovernment-academia collaboration activities in a systematic manner through comprehensive cooperation with businesses, matching businesses withprojects for collaborative research, and other means. The establishment of the TUAT Strategic Headquarters in 2008 has further strengthened the industryacademia collaboration system, allowing the president to demonstrate a high level of leadership.

With the end of two Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
research support system improvement projects, the university is committed to
expanding research involving industry-government-academia collaboration in an effort
to improve the system for training and securing URAs. In order to promote efforts toimprove research strength, suggestions for large-sized research projects which identify
seed technology through quantitative analysis are provided to the TUAC Strategic
Headquarters, specialized agencies and other institutions are utilized, effort is placed
into the expansion of research involving industry-government-academia collaboration,and industry-government-academia collaboration activities are strategically
implemented.
TUAT will support research projects for excellent young faculty members in order tocontinue producing achievements over the mid to long term as a university. In addition,
the Advanced Plant Research Facility, which was established through subsidies from
the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, has gained attention both in Japan andinternationally as a developer of technologies used in agro-industry collaboration. Fromadministration to research, TUAT is placing great effort in industry-governmentacademia collaboration activities.

Establishment of a strategic decision-making method (based on needs analysis, quantitative index analysis, and other types of analysis)

University Research
Administration CenterPlanning and Proposals

Planning of university-wide research projects(including proposals for research agendas andsystems)
Selection of next-generation researcher candidates
that must be supported

TUAT Strategic Headquarters(Headquarters Director: President)

Decisions and Approvals

Researcher information
can be found searchingby:・Researcher Name・Affiliation(research section,subject)
・Age・Position
・Other search items

Publications
database

External funddatabase
Faculty database

PatentDatabase

外部資金
データベース

Displays
・Publications information
・External funds acquisition
information
・Industry-academia
collaboration information
・Patent and other types ofintellectual property
information
・Researcher’s scientificsociety status

Creation of a database that centralizes information such as publication information (qualitative and quantitative) and external fundinformation in order to display quantitative indexes.

2. Development of Human Resources in Science and Technology by TUAT
❖Innovation Advancement Organization
In addition to improving Japan’s underlying scientific and technological strength, it is important to develop human resources that can create and propose new values that
correspond to society’s needs and are capable of creating real innovation by utilizing technology and ideas in order for Japan to show initiative in international society
from here onward.
Through various industry-academia collaboration activities, this university has given attention early on to the importance of training such human resources responsible for
future innovation. Therefore, the Innovation Advancement Organization was established in April 2010 directly under the TUAT Strategic Headquarters, which is directedby the president, for the advancement of training of future innovators on a university-wide level.
The Innovation Education Program run by the organization implements practical education that allows participants to experience methods and processes that lead toinnovation first hand through group-based workshops. The program also conducts seminars for providing and making participants aware of the required theory andknowledge, and provides internships at companies and research institutions in Japan and overseas. Through this systematic approach, the program aims to develop
human resources responsible for creating Japanese-style innovation in the future through team leadership by having participants learn about the importance of creating
innovation at the organization level rather than at the individual level, methods for team creation, and methods and processes for executing projects at the organizationlevel.
Furthermore, we are involved with providing our educational faculty with the skills they require in order to improve educational effectiveness university wide for thedevelopment of future innovators. This includes training at institutions overseas, seminars, workshops, and other activities designed to increase awareness among faculty,
and faculty skill development. These efforts are designed to lead to a shared mindset for innovation between students and faculty. The entire university is taking steps
toward the development of human resources that can create and propose new values for society by remaining aware of the methods and processes for innovation
learned through the education program during daily research and other activities, and by providing an environment where students are able to put such methods andprocesses into practice.

Graduate
Students

Undergraduate
Students

FacultyInnovation
Education
Program

Faculty and staff training
for program advancement

Development of innovation leadersactive in various fields
Collaboration with advanced research institutions overseas

Development of human resources capable of creating andproposing new values for international society

Promotion of advanced research based on a broad perspective
Creation of an innovative mindset among students and faculty

Innovation Advancement Organization

Provide motivation for studies by aiming to students into international,
high-level researchers❖ Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology human resources development project efforts
Theme Name

Budget for
2013

Project Periods

Description

2009-2013(5 years)

Designed to accelerate the capabilities of women to become
outstanding researchers in the fields of engineering andagricultural science.

69,230,000
yen2009-2013(5 years)

Training of human resources (environmental leaders)capable of providing leadership aimed at solving
environmental problems in developing countries.

70,577,000
yen

Project for the Development of Leaders in Practical
Research
3 “Modeling Program for the Development of High-level
Researchers with Practical Skills Capable of Responding to
Evolving Needs”

2010-2014(5 years)

Training of leaders capable of maximizing team strength
which is indispensable for the creation of innovation inregional industries and project style research anddevelopment.

22,904,000yen

4 Tenure Track Expansion and Entrenchment Program

2011-2017

Designed for tenure track expansion and entrenchment by
supporting research funds for tenure track faculty, etc.

374,800,000
yenSupporting Activities for Female Researchers (location type)
5 “Formation of a Network Providing Career Support toFemale Scientists”

2013-2015(3 years)

To provide support for female researchers by forming a
network of female researchers to spread the female
researchers support base and know-how related to the
support of female researchers by this university to otheruniversities, businesses, and other institutions.

15,000,000
yen(est.)

Acceleration of female researcher development system

1 reforms“Career Acceleration Program for Female Scientists”
Strategic Program for Fostering Environmental Leaders

2 “Education Program for Field-Oriented Leaders inEnvironmental Sectors in Asia and Africa= FOLENS”

3. Recent Status on Research Potential❖Growth of Research Publication Quantity and Quality
As Japan’s international competitiveness in the area of research papers becomes a topic of focus, TUAT was ranked
number one among national universities for the highest growth rate for number of papers, and ranked number three among
national universities for its growth rate for number of adjusted Top10% papers. This means that our university offers very
high research potential. A primary factor behind this is the establishment of an appropriate and effective research
environment through our president’s leadership and the efforts of staff since TUAT was transformed into a national
university corporation 10 years ago.

Comparison of National Universities

Quantity

Growth of published papers during two periods ten years apart
The chart lists national universities which published 2,000 papers or more during the five year
period from 1997 to 2001.
Number of Papers
Rank

Quality

Name of University

1997-2001

2007-2011

Growth
Rate

1

TUAT

2,272

3,357

47.8%

2

Ehime University

2,342

3,247

39.7%

3

Kobe University

4,533

6,123

35.1%

4

Tokyo Medical and Dental
University

3,357

4,254

26.7%

5

Kyoto University

21,60027,29526.4%

Growth for number of adjusted Top10% papers during two periods ten years
apart [Change in quantity]
The chart lists national universities which adjusted 50 Top 10% papers or more during thefive year period from 1997-2001
Number of Papers

Rank

Name of University

GrowthRate
1997-2001 2007-2011

1

The Graduate University for
Advanced Studies

94.1

299.4

218.2%

2

Okayama University

380.9

681.9

79.0%

3

TUAT

142.4

253.1

77.7%

4

University of Tsukuba

630.2

1,027.4

63.0%

5

Ehime University

173.3

275.8

59.1%

TUAT was the first university to introduce the tenure-track system in 2006. Related to the recruitment of faculty, the introduction of this system
has expanded opportunities for young researchers to flourish. Strong support is provided for training through means including the recruitment ofmentors by management of the entire university with the Organization for Promotion of Tenure-Track System (Akira Murata, Organization
Director) front and center.
In regards to the Tenure-Track Program of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology which was finished by nine
universities in 2010, looking at the correlation between the Tenure Qualification Provision Rate (the rate comparing the number of eligible persons
who pass the tenure screening after the tenure-track period with the number of eligible persons) and the Growth Rate of Published Papers, andthe Tenure Qualification Provision Rate and the Growth Rate of Number of Adjusted Top 10% Papers, we notice a broad proportional relationship.
The reason why the Tenure Qualification Provision Rate is high is because many outstanding research results were produced during the tenuretrack period by the subject young researcher candidates. In order to create these conditions, it is essential to take measures such as establishinga research environment which easily produces outstanding research results under the leadership of the president and other administrators,
accepting young researchers as senior faculty, and creating a supportive climate. Here is one example that shows the special characteristics ofTUAT, a university that demonstrates a high propensity for improvement.

TUAT
TUAT
Tokyo
Medical and110%

KyushuUniversity

100%

Kyoto

DentalUniversity University
NagoyaTohokuUniversity
University
Osaka

University
Tokyo
Japan

Institute ofTechnology
Advanced

90%

Institute of
Science andTechnology

80%
40

50

60

70

80

90

100

120%
（2007-2011 cumulative/2002-2006 cumulative)

120%

Growth Rate of Number of Adjusted Top 10% Papers

Kyoto（2007-2011 cumulative/2002-2006 cumulative)

Growth Rate of Published Papers❖Creating opportunities for young researchers to flourish

University

University
Tokyo
Institute ofTokyo
Medical andTechnology

110%

NagoyaDentalTohoku University
University
Kyushu100%

University

Osaka
University

Japan
Advanced
Institute of90%

Science andTechnology

80%
40

50

Tenure Qualification Provision Rate (%)

60
70
80
90
100
Tenure Qualification Provision Rate (%)

Note: Charts created from “Benchmarking Research & Development Capacity ofJapanese Universities 2011” (NISTEP, 8/2012), and the evaluation report forthemes selected for 2006 in the “Initiative for the Promotion of Young Scientists’
Independent Research” program funded by Special Coordination Funds for
Promoting Science and Technology commissioned by the MEXT.

❖Encouragement of Female Faculty
Under the gender equality promotion policy, this university
places effort in establishing an environment designed to take
into account both life events (such as childbirth and childrearing) and research in order to enable female faculty todisplay their abilities to the maximum extent. The Women's
Future Development Organization (Chisato Miyaura,
Organization Director) provides primary support. As a resultof this effort, the number of female faculty grew to 11.4% by
the end of 2012 and continues to grow.
September 2013: This university was selected to participate
in a “Supporting Activities for Female Researchers (locationtype)” project supported by the 2013 MEXT Fund for theDevelopment of Human Resources in Science andTechnology. The project will further promote the support of
TUAT’s female faculty and also allow for the expansion ofefforts through collaboration with outside institutions, such asother universities and businesses.

Yearly Changes in Female Faculty Employment
12.0%

11.0%

11.0%

9.9%

10.0%

8.4%

9.0%

8.9%

Rate hasdoubled since
2005

8.0%

8.0%
7.0%

11.3% 11.4%

6.6%

6.0%
Rates reflect end of year values
5.0%
2005
H17

2006
H18

2007
H19

2008
H20

2009 2010
H21
H22

2011
H23

2012
H24

❖Demonstration of High Performance by Researchers
A university’s research strength is provided by how much each researcher puts into their performance. Also, in order for a university tocontinue to be highly valued for its research that has an impact on society, it must achieve a cycle that connects the creation of new
seeds through academic research with the innovation for those seeds created (support of society through industry-academia
collaboration). Constant reciprocal verification is always considered to be important.
The graph below shows the scientific research cost per researcher and collaborative research contribution amount provided by private
businesses. When looking at both research activities aimed at seed creation (scientific research cost per faculty member) andresearch activities aimed at innovation (collaborative research contribution amount for each faculty member), you will see that TUAT is
one out of the eight top performing universities located in the upper right quadrant of the graph.

1,400
Tokyo Institute of Technology

Nagaoka University ofTechnology
Nagoya Institute of

1,200

Technology

TUAT
Keio University

Kyoto University

1,000

Collaborative Research/Commissioned Research Amounts per Faculty Member(in thousands of yen)

教 員 あ た り 共 同 研 究 ・ 受 託 研 究 額 （ 千 円 ）University of Tokyo

Osaka University
Toyohashi University of800

Technology
Tokyo University of Science

Kyushu Institute of

Tohoku University

Technology

Muroran Institute of600

Kyushu University

Nagoya University

Technology

Mie University
Tokyo University of Marine
Tokyo City University
滋賀医大
Science andTechnology
北陸先端大
京都工芸繊維大
芝浦工大
早稲田大
大阪府大
山口大

400

Nara Institute of Science andTechnology

神戸大

電気通信大
横浜国大

Hokkaido University

徳島大

千葉大
首都大学東京
静岡県大
広島大
信州大
熊本大
京都府医大 大阪市大静岡大
岩手大浜松医大
宇都宮大
岡山大
兵庫県大 横浜市大
金沢大Tokyo Medical and Dental
群馬大
福井大
札幌医大
筑波大
長崎大
University
富山大
愛媛大
埼玉大
茨城大
新潟大名古屋市大
岐阜大

200

奈良女子大
学習院大

0
0

お茶の水女子大一橋大
教員あたり科
研費配分額（千円）

1,000

2,000

3,000

4,000

5,000

Scientific Research Costs per Faculty Member 教(in 員
thousands
of 科yen)研 費 配 分 額 （ 千 円 ）あ た りScientific Research Costs and Collaborative Research/Commissioned Research Amounts are all average values for 2009-2011.
The graph displays universities with Scientific Research Costs per Faculty Member and Collaborative Research/Commissioned Research
Amounts which total one million yen or more when added together.

6,000

2.
4.

Examples of Results from TUAT Industry-Government-Academia Collaboration

Intelligent Autonomous Driving System that Supports the Independence of the Elderly
熟練ドライバーモデルを利用した自動車の運転支援システム
and Realizes Safe and Secure Society
In 2030, one out of three people in Japan will be a senior citizen, and one out of five people in Japan will be 75 years old or older. In the field of mobility, it is estimated thatlicensed drivers 60 years old or older will account for half of all licensed drivers in Japan. This means that the number of elderly drivers will increase drastically along with concern
about traffic accidents.

自車両
Taking into account the rapid increase in the number of elderly drivers, the Smart Mobility Research Center is attempting
to develop systems that support safe driving that can be
introduced at low cost on a wide scale limited to a comparatively limited area. By making the issue of providing mobility support particularly to elderly people on a daily basis mostimportant and focusing on this limited area, our primary aims are early implementation and introduction of the system to society. In addition to conventional accident prevention
safety technology, the underlying technology for this system is supported by technologies including high-precision road environment sensing technology (images, radar, GPS),digital data (map data, area image data), intelligent autonomous driving technology (area recognition, knowledge database, risk potential prediction), elderly driver diagnostic
technology (driver model, driver acceptability), and HMI optimization technology for driving operation. By integrating these technologies so that they work together in a coordinatedfashion, we develop intervention control using intelligent autonomous driving which takes over when the system determines that it would be difficult for the elderly driver to avoid
hazardous driving situations in an operating range where the system is highly reliable and effective.
In addition to automatic driving demonstrations featuring obstacle avoidance conducted at both the 42nd and 43rd Tokyo Motor Show (2011, 2013), research results based on thedeveloped technology have been widely released through domestic and overseas lectures, television, newspapers, and other channels.

Driving
Intelligence Model
Judgment of conditions

Sensing

Risk estimation

カメラ
Cameraレーダ
Radar

Anticipation

Actuator

Hazard anticipation

Path generation

Vehiclemovement

Learning

System intelligence based on
skilled driving

Braking and

ブレーキとoperation
support
操作支援

Skilled Driver
Driving
Environment

Determination

Recognition

Operation

Vehiclemovement

Intelligent Autonomous Driving System
Anticipative driving technology through experiential
learning and hazard anticipation

Camera

経験学習・危険予測による先読み運転技術

GPS

Anticipation of pedestrians that cannot be seen

見えない歩行者を予測する

Steering actuator

Microautobox & PC
Laser Radar (LIDAR)

System Vehicle
自車

Safe先行車の急ブレーキを予測し
distance maintained between
systemvehicle and front vehicle in
安全車間距離をとる
anticipation of a fast stop

Repulsive Force Potential
斥力ポテンシャルFront Vehicle

先行車

In-Wheel-motors

Vehicle motion sensors

IMU

Experimental Vehicle
Configuration

Wheel speed sensors

Key point
The proposed advanced driving support system isbased on the concept of enabling first time drivers
and elderly drivers who are concerned about
driving to safely operate vehicles at the same levelof a skilled driver by making the vehicle imitate theskilled driving behavior of model drivers. The key
point of this research was to formulate a “negative
expectation driving” model by predicting thepotential dangers in the road environment throughrisk potential prediction, and develop an intelligent
driving support system integrated into this model.
Through the creation of this underlying technology,
it is thought that safe and secure driving can beachieved by coordinating the system with humandrivers in order to avoid dangers on the road.

Demonstration of automatic pedestrian crash avoidancetechnology at the Tokyo Motor Show 2011

Demonstration of automatic pedestriancrash avoidance technology at the Tokyo
Motor Show 2013Market terms
Automatic driving, driving support technology correspondence, collision
avoidance vehicles, intelligent mobility, sensor fusion, etc.

Development of a preprocessing method for the biogasification of lignocellulosic biomass

Pulverized biomass

Beech

Through collaborative research with Tokyo Gas Co., Ltd., the research lab of Makoto
Yoshida at TUAT has successfully produced biogas at a high energy recovery rate by
supplying herbs, wood, and other types of lignocellulosic biomass for oxidative
preprocessing using chlorous acid leading to the removal of lignin, a complex polymer
which provides plants stability.
Changing the oxidative preprocessing mentioned above from a process which uses
chemicals, such as chlorous acid, to a process using an enzyme is thought to be greatly
beneficial when looking at costs related to preprocessing input energy and equipment
maintenance, environmental burden, and other factors.
Therefore, the group is putting effort in the development of a preprocessing methodthat uses a lignin-degrading enzyme found in microorganisms (wood rotting fungus).

Cedar

自車両

or

Enzymatic
preprocessing

Methanefermentation

Heat Recovery Rate (%)

In recent years, carbon neutral renewable resources have been gaining attention
from the standpoint of contributing to the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions andto the improvement of the energy self-sufficiency rate. Among these resources,
lignocellulosic biomass, which is agricultural waste such as thinned wood and othermaterial found in forests and rice straws, shows great promise for use as a resource
due to its abundance.

Without
preprocessing

So far, the laboratory has successfully developed technology for acquiring the newlignin-degrading enzyme from nature and have obtained a patent for this technology.
Furthermore, the researchers are working toward the clarification of the metabolic
pathway of the microbial community involved in biogas creation throughmetagenomic analysis of glycosylation by microorganisms and the fermentation
process. Utilizing this technology and information in an integrated fashion, the group is
continuing development of a highly efficient biogasification system which uses
lignocellulosic biomass.

With
preprocessing

Without
preprocessing

With
Preprocessing

Effect of chlorous acid preprocessing in biogasification of
Woody biomass
Use of chlorous preprocessing caused a dramatic increase in the heat recovery rateduring the biogasification of woody biomass.

Key points
1) Since biogas has a high energy recovery rate, it has great potential as
an energy product created from the conversion of lignocellulosic
biomass.

Related Patent
Patent Publication No. 2011-160770 Oligonucleotide screening method
for the detection of lignin peroxidase genes and manganese peroxidase
genes, and screening method for lignin peroxidase genes and manganeseperoxidase genes that utilize oligonucleotide.

2) Waste products can be used as resources through the utilization of
lignocellulosic biomass, which is agricultural waste such as thinned
wood and other material found in forests and rice straws.

Market terms
Renewable Energy, biogas, effective utilization of lignocellulosic biomass,processing of waste products including forest products waste andagricultural waste, etc.

3) Enzymatic preprocessing is greatly beneficial when considering the
input energy used during the chemical reaction and the environmental
burden.

Development of environmentally friendly antifouling agents
In collaboration with the Central Research Laboratory of Hitachi, Ltd.,the research lab of Takeshi Shimomura, part of the TUAT Faculty ofEngineering, has developed a field-effect transistor (FET) comprised ofseveral conductive polymer nanofibers with an active layer thickness of
10 nm. Compared to when using thin film of the same material, it
became apparent that the use of nanofibers increased electron fieldeffect mobility by one digit (5.6×10–2 cm2V–1s–1). Although mobility is
unnecessary for silicone at the present time, the researchers were able
to obtain results which demonstrate the effectiveness of nanofiber use.
Nanofibers can be created using a simple process of dissolving poly(alkylthiophene) conductive polymer at a high temperature in aproperly-adjusted solvent and then cooling it. As a result of the
production conditions, it was possible to adjust the thickness andcrystallization, resulting in the creation of a FET by distributing thenanofibers between electrodes with an order gap of 100 nm.
In addition, these nanofibers can also be formed from general-purpose
high polymers, such as poly (methyl methacrylate), which can function
as the active layer of nanofiber-embedded composite film or transistors.
The material is expected to serve as post-silicone sheet substrate for
new flexible electronics due to its flexibility and relative strength.
Furthermore, it is possible to use the material as a transparent
conductive film through doping.
In regards to non-transistor applications, research is being carried out
which examines the use of the material in thermoelectric conversion
sheet devices.

Market terms
Organic transistors, flexible transistors, and transparent
conductive film

Key point
Result: Creation of a transistor comprised of several conductive polymer nanofibers witha active layer thickness of 10 nm. Compared to thin film material, nanofiber displayedstrong carrier mobility performance.
Spillover Effect: It can be expected that composite film consisting of general-purpose highpolymer nanofiber will be used for post-silicone sheet substrate for flexible electronics
applications. In addition, this material is being examined for use in non-transistor
applications, including use as transparent conductive film and thermoelectric conversion
material.

Friction Drag Reduction Technology in Turbulent Pipe Flow by Applying Biotic Pulsating Principle
As part of the NEDO Industrial Technology Research Grant Program,the research lab of Kaoru Iwamoto at TUAT successfully completed
the verification test for frictional resistance friction drag reduction
technology in turbulent pipe flow through flow pulsation andrelaminarization, a technology created based on the concept of bloodflow pulsation. This was able to reduce power at a maximum rate of
approximately 58%. In addition to being able to pipeline virtually all
types of fluids, this technology can also find possible application in
the pipelining of gases, such as natural gas, hydrogen, and carbon
dioxide, making it possible to easily create systems by merely
changing pump control methods used to propel fluids. Due to themutual similarity of heat and momentum, heat loss in piping has
been greatly reducing while raising the heat insulating effect. If thisnew system is adopted and proliferates for uses such as thepipelining of oil and natural gas and refrigerants for regional air
conditioning, energy loss will be drastically curbed by reducing
frictional resistance which accounts for most of the energy
consumption within pipelines.

Flow
流速Rate (m/s)

Related Patent
Patent No. 510529 Fluid Transfer Apparatus and Method ofTransferring Fluid
Media Reports

Increasein Flow
流速増加
Rate

Information about the technology has appeared in The Nikkei, Yomiuri
Shimbun, Nikkei Sangyo Shimbun, Tokyo Shimbun, Chunichi Shimbun,
The Environmental News, Sekiyu Kagaku Shinbun, The Chemical Daily,
Nikkan Poropan Butan Jyoho, and other publications.

Market terms
Energy loss reduction in fluid pipelining, regional air conditioning,
pipelining of natural gas, oil, CO2, and hydrogen, lifeline services
such as gas, water and sewage

Time (s)Pulsating Method(This technology)
Power Reduction Rate

◎ Approx. 60%

Conventional method which
adds
polymers, surfaceactive agents, etc.
◎ Approx. 60%

Pipelinable Products◎ Both fluids and gases△ Fluids only

◎ Both fluids and gases

Contamination◎
Absolutely
contamination◎
Absolutely
contamination

Effect on pipeline products◎ Absolutely no effect

Cost of Method Adoption△ Only the currently installedpumps need to be changed ateach location◎ Only pump operation costs△
Possible that headexchanger additives will be
mixed△
Necessary to remove
additivesafter
pipelining
products◎ When first adopted, it isnecessary to add equipmentthat will mix the additives△ Cost for additives whichmust be added as needed× Basically, this method
diminishes heat exchanger
performance.
Professional
redesign work is necessary to
reduce the negative effect.

◎ No particular effect

Key points
Strengths overcompetingtechnologies

Running Costs
Effect on Heat Exchangerno◎ Effect can be avoided bypositioning reverse tanks infront of heat exchangers tostop pulsation

Conventional methods whichuse
uniformly
positioned
riblets on inner pipe surfaces
× Approx. 8%

no◎ Absolutely no effect× It is necessary to installriblets on inner pipe surfaces
× Cost to remove debris thatbuilds up on riblets

Discovery

Contribution

5. TUAT Comprehensive Organizational Collaboration❖Organizational Collaboration with Businesses
Fujifilm Corporation
The agreement regarding organizational collaboration with Fujifilm Corporation was entered for the purpose of promoting continuous organizational collaboration to strengthen business researchand development work and vitalize academic research and educational activities at TUAT. Both Fujifilm and TUAT plan to create new technology by sharing and exchanging knowledge from theearly stages of technology innovation, and plan to collaborate in the fields of life science, performance materials, and in other research fields in which both Fujifilm and TUAT agree to collaborate.

Nippon Express Co., Ltd.
The agreement regarding collaboration with Nippon Express Co., Ltd. is primarily aimed at research and development in agriculture-related fields, environmental fields, vibration control/baseisolation, IT, and machine system engineering. In addition, Nippon Express and TUAT plan to collaborate in the development of a new business model. Fusing together the logistics know-how
and facility that Nippon Express possesses in Japan and in nations around the globe with TUAT’s wisdom and technology will lead to the development of new services and logistics technology
needed by society. Primary collaboration activities are the implementation of collaborative research and commissioned research, exchange among researchers, and various human resources
training activities. In addition, activities will be implemented which are necessary for the promotion of these collaboration efforts.

Hitachi, Ltd.
TUAT and Hitachi, Ltd. entered an organizational collaborative agreement for promoting mutual cooperation in areas such as research and development and human resources training. Based on
this agreement, TUAT and Hitachi will cooperate to develop technologies including cellular function analysis aimed at making breakthroughs in the biological systems field and user friendly
interactive human interface technology. In addition, students of this university will perform long-term internships at Hitachi while researchers from that company will be assigned to TUAT as
instructors, and MOT: Management of Technology lectures are some of the efforts designed to lead to the creation of educational and human resources development frameworks that are mutuallycomplimentary.

Tokyo Gas Co., Ltd.
TUAT entered a basic agreement with Tokyo Gas Co., Ltd. related to collaborative research and other activities agreement aimed to strengthen business research and development work andvitalize academic research and educational activities at TUAT by promoting continuous organizational collaboration. The aim of this agreement is innovation creation through the implementationof collaborative activities in energy related fields and in all other fields where mutual cooperation can occur. These efforts are taken in order to promote mutual collaboration and cooperation,
benefit the company’s and TUAT’s interests, and contribute to the improvement of Japan’s science and technology and human resource development which are mutually beneficial.

Seibu Shinkin BankTUAT entered an industry-academic collaboration agreement with Seibu Shinkin Bank with the aim of creating collaborative research activities involving small to medium size businesses anduniversity researchers, and providing management support for venture businesses incubated in the university. The promotion of this agreement is expected to pay back more to society through
TUAT research results, create new industry-academia activities, and vitalize regional economies.

❖ International Organizational Collaboration
UK: University of Brighton
In addition to entering a university academic exchange agreement with the University of Brighton (UK) in January 2006 for academic exchange between faculty and students, TUAT also enteredan international industry-academia collaboration agreement with the university in November of the same year. This effort aims at the international development of intellectual property of eachpartner country through the establishment of a mutual liaison office and mutual use of TLOs (Technology Licensing Organizations) functions. In the future, we will, before charging into other fields
and begin collaborating in the bio field, an area which both universities have made outstanding achievements. In addition, our universities will conduct exchange between faculty and students,
implement wide-scale collaborative research in multiple fields, improve language education at both universities, conduct exchange to improve the qualifications and quality of administrative staff,
and implement other similar efforts.

China: East China University of Science and Technology
TUAT entered an agreement related to industry-academia collaboration and similar cooperative efforts in December 2005 with one of its sister schools, East China University of Science and Technology. This is a
specialized agreement for industry-academia collaboration under the sister school agreement, which is expected to further strengthen cooperation between the two universities.

Taiwan: Industrial Technology Research InstituteFirst started as an exchange activity as a way for TUAT to enter the Taipei Int’l Invention Show and Technomart, TUAT’s University Research Administration Center (formerly the Center for
Innovation and Intellectual Property) and Taiwan’s Industrial Technology Research Institute exchanged bilateral cooperation certificates related to industry-academia collaboration and similar
cooperative efforts and held a signing ceremony in September 2012. In addition to promoting research exchange involving individual themes, this cooperative effort is expected to increase futureinteraction between students and researchers of both institutions in the future. It is also expected to contribute to the Program for Leading Graduate Schools, which was adopted by TUAT lastyear.

6. Laboratories for Research Collaboration and Innovation
TUAT established the laboratories for research collaboration and innovation in 2007 as a way to take a more specific effort as part of aframework agreement with businesses and other institutions. In addition to donated lectures and collaboration with graduate schools,
laboratories focus on multiple efforts such as collaborative research and commissioned research under the framework. The laboratories were
established to offer flexibility through comprehensive agreements for the acceptance of donations, collaborative research, establishment ofcollaborative lectures, visiting professors, etc. A framework is established that allows handlings of intellectual property depending on theforms of accepting inventions by the inventor, etc., such as donations, collaborating research, commissioned research, internships, andwelcoming of visiting professors.
Comprehensive Agreement for the Establishment of a Laboratory for Research
Collaboration and Innovation

TUAT

Company A
Created Laboratory

Also contributes to innovation
created through international
industry-academia collaboration,etc.

Collaborative Research Base Establishment(securing of research space)

Collaborative Research
Acceptance of researchers
from other research institutions,businesses, etc.

Commissioned Research Acceptance

Visiting Professors
Researchers

Acceptance of Visiting Professors, etc.

Acceptance of collaborativeand other forms of researchfrom other research institutions,businesses, etc.

Acceptance of Internships
Matching Fund Acquisition

Collaboration and cooperation with TUAT-TLO Co., Ltd.
Collaboration with JST and NEDO

❖Principles for handling inventions by collaboration typeType

Handling of inventions, etc.

Collaborative ResearchInterest in the invention will be determined based on degree ofcontribution, etc., and either a single or joint patent application will be filed.

Determined by the collaborative research agreement

Commissioned Research

In principle, commissioned research inventions belong to the university

Determined by the commissioned research agreement

Donations to the university

Inventions belong to the university

Special conditions cannot be established regarding
donations

According to the provisions of research institutions, businesses, and otherinstitutions where internships will take place

Carried out with the consent of students, etc.

Visiting Professors(employed)

Considered as an invention by an employee when research results areachieved within the university under an employment agreement

The university’s regulations regarding invention by an
employee are applied

Participation in research by
students

Considered as an invention by an employee when a student making thediscovery participates in an agreement or employment-based
project

When not employed, a separate written oath is required
regarding confidentiality, invention transfer, etc.

Internships

Notes❖Innovation Laboratory
Nippon Chemi-Con Corporation

Innovation laboratory for collaborative research in nanohybrid technology (started in April, 2009)

7. TUAT Research Rankings
2012❖Number of collaborative research projects with privatecompanies per faculty member
Rank

Name of University❖Funding for collaborative research with private companies
per faculty member (in thousands of yen)

Rank

Name of University

1

Nagoya Institute of Technology (0.623)

1

Nagoya Institute of Technology (2,439)

2

TUAT (0.507)

2

Nagaoka University of Technology (1,358)

3

Kyushu Institute of Technology (0.483)

3

Tokyo Institute of Technology (1,050)

4

University of Electro-Communications (0.469)

4

Kyoto University (1,021)

5Tokyo Institute of Technology (0.4)

5

TUAT (911)6

Osaka Prefecture University (0.356)

6

University of Tokyo (801)7Iwate University (0.328)

7

Tohoku University (794)8

Mie University (0.276)

8

Osaka University (724)9

Kyushu University (0.255)

9

Kyushu University (632)10

University of Tokyo (0.25)

10

Nagoya University (611)❖Funding for collaborative research with small and medium size ❖Funding for collaborative research with small and medium size
businesses (in thousands of yen)businesses per faculty member (in thousands of yen)

Rank

Rank

Name of University

Name of University

1

University of Tokyo (763,377)

1

Gifu Pharmaceutical University (654)2

Tohoku University (347,791)

2

TUAT (264)3

Kyushu University (218,427)

3Tokyo University of Science (247)4Tokyo University of Science (207,765)

4

Shibaura Institute of Technology (170)5

Nagoya University (187,449)

5

University of Tokyo (158)6

Osaka University (151,182)

6

Kyushu Institute of Technology (133)7

University of Tsukuba (134,466)

7

Tohoku University (121)8

Kyoto University (126,341)

8

Osaka Prefecture University (117)9

TUAT (109,861)

9

Nagoya University (107)10

Hokkaido University (109,523)

10

Kyushu University (104)(Calculations based on “Status of Industry-Academia Collaboration and Similar Activities at Universities and Other
Institutions in 2012” (November 2013) published on the MEXT website)Comparison of Collaborative Research at TUAT with those at Other Universities in 2012

8.

❖Top ranked universities for collaborative research with private companies in 2012 (in terms of research funds)
Rank

Name of University

Funding(in thousandsof yen)Numberof
Faculty1

Kyoto University

3,937,614

3,856

2

University of Tokyo

3,867,943

4,827

3

Osaka University

2,406,742

3,323

4

Tohoku University

2,290,884

2,885

5

Keio University

1,533,854

2,598

6

Kyushu University

1,327,275

2,099

7

Tokyo Institute ofTechnology

1,190,930

1,134

8

Nagoya University

1,071,538

1,754

9

Nagoya Institute ofTechnology

860,838

353

Hokkaido University

773,380

2,104

10

Funding per Faculty Member
Kyoto University
University of Tokyo

801

Osaka University

724

Tohoku University794

Keio University

590

Kyushu University

632

Tokyo Institute of…
Nagoya University

1,050
611

Nagoya Institute of…
Hokkaido University

2,439
368

911

TUAT

17
18

TUAT
Shinshu University

378,923
357,867

416

Shinshu University

311

1,150

Mie University

395

Kumamoto University

309

19

Mie University

336,746852

20

Kumamoto University

316,246

1,025(in thousands of
yen)

1,021

❖Top ranked universities for collaborative research with private companies in 2012 (in terms of research activities)
Rank

Name of University

No. ofResearch
Activities

Numberof
Faculty

Activities per Faculty Member
University of Tokyo

0.25

Osaka University

0.25

1

University of Tokyo

1,207

4,827

2

Osaka University

825

3,323

3

Kyoto University

800

3,856

4

Tohoku University

709

2,885

5

Kyushu University

536

2,099

6

Tokyo Institute ofTechnology

454

1,134

7

Hokkaido University

402

2,104

Nagoya University

8

Nagoya University

391

1,754

Keio University

9

Keio University

344

2,598

Hiroshima University

10

Hiroshima University

318

1,748

Kyoto University

19

Waseda University

213

2,153

20

TUAT

211

416

0.21

Tohoku University

0.25

Kyushu University

0.26

Tokyo Institute of…

0.40

Hokkaido University

Waseda University
TUAT(number ofActivities)

0.19
0.22
0.13
0.18
0.10

0.51

・Calculations based on “Status of Industry-Academia Collaboration and Similar Activities at Universities and Other Institutions in 2012” (November 2013) published on the MEXT website
・Number of faculty data from operations reports for 2012 and other documentation from each university.

9. TUAT External Research Funding by Year(in thousands of yen)
Collaborative
Research

Commissioned
Research

Donations

Grants-in-Aid
for Scientific
Research

Other
Subsidies2009

498,425

1,042,261

276,624

1,123,995

1,984,871

271

4,926,447

2010

456,918

1,079,156

270,3031,060,504

1,259,671

541

4,127,093

2011

546,671

1,239,603

270,564

1,218,209

713,319992

3,989,358

2012

422,900

1,055,926

227,385

1,217,130

795,598271

3,719,210

Commissioned
Researcher
Funding

Total- Includes indirect costs and general management costs-Cost free collaborative research with universities and other institutions not included with the number of collaborative research
activities on page 14- Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research amounts reflect the amount transferred after grant issuance was decided upon.
- Commissioned research includes commissioned projects accepted by the Research Support Office.

(in hundreds of millions of yen)

50
45
Commissioned Researcher Funding

40
35

Other Subsidies

30

Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research

25

Donations

20
15

Commissioned Research

10

Collaborative Research

5
0
2009

2010

2011

2012

10. TUAT External Research Funding by Funding Type
Amounts (in hundreds of millions of yen)

Donations

Commissioned
Research

Collaborative
Research

Year

Grants-in-Aid for
Scientific Research

Number of
Activities

6498,425244

2010

456,918252

2011

546,671

228

2

2012

422,900

233

0

Year

Amount (in thousandsof yen)Number of
Activities

2009

1,042,261

174

2010

1,079,156

167

2011

1,239,603

174

2012

1,055,926

201

Year

Amount (in thousandsof yen)Number of
Donations2009

276,624

237

2010

270,303

248

2011

270,564229

2012

227,385

189

Amount (in thousands
Number of Grantsof yen)2009

1,123,995

249

2010

1,060,504

280

2011

1,218,209

308

2012

1,217,130

331

Year

Amount (in thousandsof yen)Number of
Subsidies

2009
2010
2011
2012

1,984,871
1,259,671
713,319795,598

36
34
32
29

Number of activities/donations/grants, etc.

8

2009

Year

Other
SubsidiesAmount (inthousands of yen)

4

2009

2010

2011

2012

2009

2010

2011

2012

2009

2010

2011

2012

2009

2010

2011

2012

2009

2010

2011

2012

2011

2012

15

10

5

0
3

2

1

0
15

10

5

0
20
15
10
5
0

(in thousands of yen)

Commissioned
Researcher
FundingYear

Amount (in thousandsof yen)Number of
Activities

1,000
800

2009

271

1

2010

541

1

400

2011

992

4

200

2012

271

1

0

600

2009

2010

11. TUAT Patent Results❖Number of Invention Disclosures
Year

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

Number ofDisclosures

153

168

158

131

107

128

❖Patent Application Results
Although TUAT is actively working toward the creation of university-owned intellectual property, it is necessary to selecthigh-quality, valuable inventions and apply for their patents in order to acquire competitive external funding. As a result, thisuniversity established an invention review committee which has been conducting reviews of inventions since February 2006,
examining inventions for novelty, inventiveness, and economic potential. By planning to increase university invention rights,
it is expected that there will be more opportunities for patent utilization in the future. Furthermore, TUAT is applying forpatents based on collaborative research results. Last year, 50% of domestic applications and 33% of foreign applications
were joint applications.
(Number of patent applications)Year

Number ofdomestic patentapplications

Number of foreign
patent applications

200

2007

76

35

150

2008

114

34

2009

104

22

2010

114

40

2011

71

34

2012

94

30

Number of Patent Application by Year

PatentApplications

Domestic

100
5002007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
Other
7 applications, 7%

Environment
6 applications, 7%

Sole Applications
44 applications, 47%

ForeignIT
15 applications, 16%

Joint Applications
50 applications, 53%

Life Science
33 applications, 35%

Nanotechnology andMaterials
33 applications, 35%

Domestic patent applications by field

Number of domestic patent applicationsin 2012 (total of 94 applications)Other
4 applications,13 %JointApplications
10 applications,33%IT
3 applications, 10%Sole Applications
20 applications,67%

Life Science
12 applications, 40%
Nanotechnology andMaterials
11 applications,37%

Number of foreign patent applications in 2012
(total of 30 applications) (includes countries
where the PCT application is in the national phase)

Foreign patent applications by field

12. Patent Application and Technology Transfer Results for TUAT-TLO Co. Ltd.
❖Patent Application ResultsYear

Foreign
Domestic
Applications Applications

Foreign Applications

Total
25

2003

25

16

41

2004

21

7

28

2005

13

2

15

2006

18

2

20

2007

22

3

25

2008

16

1

17

2009

7

0

7

2010

7

0

7

2011

2

0

2

2012

1

0

1

Total

131

32

163

Domestic Applications

20

15

10

5

0
2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

❖Technology Transfer (licensing) Results
Royalties*
Year(in ten thousands of yen)

Number of licensed
patents(in ten thousands ofyen, cumulative)

By Year

Cumulative

By Year

Cumulative

Up to 2003

2,178

3,794

9

15

16,000

2004

2,236

6,030

8

23

14,000

2005

1,801

7,831

17

40

12,000

2006

1,701

9,532

12

52

10,000

2007

1,053

10,585

9

61

2008

992

11,577

11

72

2009

997

12,574

7

79

2010

2,059

14,633

6

85

2011

455

15,088

7

92

2012

357

15,445

2

94(Number of licensed
patents, cumulative)

18,000

8,000
6,000
4,000
2,000
0
Up to 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
2003
Royalties* Amounts include consumption tax

Number oflicensed patents

TUAT-TLO Co., Ltd. Contact Information
・Homepage: http://www.tuat-tlo.com
・TEL: 042-388-7254
・FAX: 042-388-7255

・E-mail: office@tuat-tlo.com

13. Incubation and Pre-incubation Projects❖TUAT Business Incubation
The Venture Business Laboratory and incubation facility have been established as part of the Center for Innovation and Intellectual Property toprovide education and support for university venture businesses. The TUAT incubation facility provides workspace, technology support, guidance
and advice regarding patents, management, financial affairs, legal matters, and other forms of support for people starting a business based on
research results of TUAT faculty or students, and for venture businesses in their early stage of development. In principle, residence is allowed forthree years (eight years maximum), utilizing the space for research and development or business purposes. An appropriate support system has
been established for use of a broad network of experts from inside and outside of the university as well as human resources from overseas
universities that offer support. In recent years, more and more university venture businesses have been created that have utilized university
research seeds. 35 businesses have been launched as of May 2013. There are currently four pre-venture projects under way at the facility. Last
year, the project of VBL graduate Shun Nakamura was started as a business. In order to bring about the commercial realization and speed up thebusiness launch of Professor Chiba’s VBL project titled “Diffusion Type Desalinization Interface for High-Performance Liquid Chromatography/Mass
Spectrometry Analysis Equipment,” he competed for two large competitive funds last year by which the project was selected. The first fund is the
JST A-Step (feasibility study stage) and the second fund is the MEXT Project for Creating Startups from Advanced Research and Technology for2012. This year two new projects were added designed to be launched into businesses by Professor Matsuda (Graduate School of Agriculture) andProfessor Takiyama (Graduate School of Engineering). For business incubation, support is provided for presentations and creating written
applications for public funding and other purposes. We want to continue supporting the creation of many excellent university venture businesses
this year which create new value, will be accepted by society, and can operate on a global scale.

❖TUAT-Tama Koganei Venture Port for Entrepreneurial Training
In cooperation with the Tokyo Metropolitan Government and Koganei City, TUAT had already established the TUAT-Tama Koganei Venture
Port over five years ago in October 2008 as part of the university collaborative style entrepreneurial training facility establishment program
conducted by the Organization for Small Medium Enterprise and Regional Innovation. Management of the facility is handled by theorganization with a CIM (Chief Incubation Manager) in charge dispatched from the organization and a TUAT IM (Incubation Manager) in
residence. Collaborative research with TUAT research laboratories is promoted for the strengthening of venture businesses. The TUAT-Tama
Koganei Venture Port collaborates with the Tokyo Metropolitan Government, Koganei City, and assistance organizations such as local financial
institutions, provides various types of support tools and information, and offers comprehensive support in collaboration with the university.
Overseas branch Sister University
or related instituteCollaborate with International Liaison Office

Coordination and Cooperation

Organization for Small Medium
Enterprise and Regional Innovation
primarily establishes and operates
the facilities

TUAT, CIIP
Incubation

TUAT-Tama Koganei
Venture Port

TUAT
(CIIP)
Support for industryacademia
collaboration

Synergistic EffectIM

Graduation

IM
Graduation

Persons who desire tocollaborate with TUAT andestablish businesses(includes university launched
venture companies, small
and medium size businesses
aiming at new business, andspin offs)

Enterprisegroupsresponsible
for the next
generation

Comprehensive support by regional governments,
regional government support tools andregional support platform bodies

14. TUAT Incubation Businesses and VBL Research Projects
Business Name or
Research Group
2
0
0
7

2
0
0
9
2
0
1
2

Established

Description

Representative

Adviser

PaGE Science Co.,Ltd.

July 2007

Development of technology and informationbase necessary for evaluating purification
effectiveness, by microbe quantity and type, ofbioremediation of soil polluted by contaminants
such as organochlorinated compounds andbenzene.

Noriyoshi
TamuraMasahumi
Yohda

Napa Jenomics Co., Ltd.

July 2005

Development project aimed at the practicaluse of nucleic acid delivery technology

Hironori
Ando

Kazuhiro
Chiba

Bioengineering
Laboratories, Llc.

March 2009

Project related to the research, development,
manufacturing, marketing, and patent
licensing of bioengineering technology

Katsuhiro
KojimaWakakoTsugawa

ILABO Co., Ltd.

December
2011

Handwriting recognition engine project

Masanobu
Horiguchi

MasakiNakagawa

VBL Faculty Projects

Research Project Name

R&D Adviser

Revitalization of the Regional Community and Creation of an Environment Area Platform

Hideo Kameyama

Development of a Micro Crystallizer

Hiroshi Takiyama

Development of a New Interface for the Realization of High-sensitive Mass Spectrometry

Kazuhiro Chiba

Development of a Next-generation Motion Analysis System for the Early Detection of Cranial Nerve
Dysfunction in Newborns

Hiroshi Matsuda(information as of July 1, 2013)

TUAT incubation facility

15. List of venture businesses which TUAT faculty were involved in creatingNo.

Established1

December 1994

Biopharm of Japan, Corporation

Akira Endo2

May 1997

Zelkova YK (now SanritsuZelkova Kensa Center KK)

Takashi Nakamura

3

April 1999

Aluminum Hyomen Gijutsu Kenkyusho, K.K.

Hideo Kameyama

4

November 1999

Cluster Ion Beam Technology Co., Ltd.

Hiroaki Usui

5

August 2000

Rodel Particle Co., Ltd.

Mamoru Iso

6

April 2001

Sekisou Kanagata Co., Ltd.

Masanori Kunieda

7

August 2001
November 2001

Alcat, Co., Ltd.
Nitta Shanghai Co ., Ltd

Hideo Kameyama

8

Name of Business

Faculty Member

Mamoru Iso

9

January 2002

K & W Limited

Katsuhiko Naoi

10
11

February 2002

Nobuhiro Takahashi

March 2002

Nano Solution Inc.
Super Technology Innovators Co. Ltd.

12

April 2002

Noveltec Inc.

Hiroshi Matsuda

13

April 2002

EnBio Ltd.

Tadashi Matsunaga

Takashi Kurokawa

14

December 2002

Quantum14 KK

Nobuyoshi Koshida15

May 2003

Ultizyme International Ltd.

Koji Sode

16

October 2003

Scribal Ltd.

Masaki Nakagawa

17

December 2003

Future Advanced Technology Research Laboratory., Ltd.

Tomo Ueno

18

January 2004

PropGene Inc.

Tadashi Matsunaga

19

October 2004

Alumite Catalyst Technologies Ltd.

Hideo Kameyama

20

December 2004

Fuji OptoTech Ltd.

Yukitoshi Otani

21
22
23

February 2005
April 2005
June 2005

TMS Co., Ltd.
Jitsubo Co., Ltd.
Greening Laboratory Co., Ltd..

24

July 2005

NapaJen Pharma, Inc.

Keiji Hasumi
Kazuhiro Chiba
Masaaki Hosomi
Kazuhiro Chiba

25

September 2005

Japan Animal Referral Medical Center

Yoshihisa Yamane

26

October 2005

Procyon Co., Ltd.

Toshiroh Iwasaki

27

January 2006

Silicone Plus Corporation

Yoshiyuki Watanabe

28

October 2006

Sameken Co., Ltd.

Toshiyuki Sameshima

29

April 2007

Dai Nippon Keisanki Oyo Giken Sangyo KK

Kazuhiko Ohmachi

30

July 2007

PaGE Science Co.,Ltd.

Masahumi Yohda

31

November 2007

Pharme Co., Ltd.

Chisato Miyaura

32
March 2009
ベンチャー企業の創出件数

Bioengineering Laboratories,
Llc.
Wakako Tsugawa(累計件数の年推移)〔産官学連携・知的財産センター調べ〕

33

May 2011

OK Robotics Ltd.

Shigeki Toyama

34

December 2011

ILABO Co., Ltd.

Masaki Nakagawa

35

May 2013

CorLab Inc.

Shun Nakamura

Year

Up to
2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

Businesses
Created(cumulative)

14

17

20

26

28

31

32

32

32

34

34

35

Number of Businesses
Created (cumulative)

40
30
20
10
0

up to 2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

16. Competitive Funding Received in 2012
Name of Competitive Fund
Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research

Number

331

AmountOrganization(in thousands ofyen)

MEXT, Japan Society for the Promotion

1,217,130 of Science(1)

Research Program for Risk Assessment Study on Food Safety

14,400 Cabinet Office, Government of Japan(2)

Funding Program for World-Leading Innovative R&D on
Science and Technology

1

24,500 MEXT

(3)

Strategic Information and Communications R&D Promotion
Programme (SCOPE)

12,831 Communications(4)

JST Strategic Basic Research Programs

19

300,710 MEXT

(5)Adaptable and Seamless Technology transfer Program
through target driven R&D (A-STEP)

40

119,166 MEXT

(6)Strategic International Collaborative Research Program(SICORP)1

7,696 MEXT

(7)

Support Program for Leading Research Discoveries for
Medical Supplies and Medical Equipment (formerly Programfor Promoting Basic Research in the Field of Health andMedical Care)2

10,000 Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare(8)

Promotion of Basic Research to Generate Innovation

1

35,246 Fisheries(9)

Research and Development Projects for Application in
Promoting New Policy of Agriculture Forestry and Fisheries

223,055 Fisheries(10)

Strategic Development of Energy Conservation Technology
Projects

1

112,775 Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry

Ministry of Internal Affairs andCommissioned
Research

Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and

Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and

Ministry of Land, Infrastructure,1

1,800 Transport and Tourism(12) Environment Research and Technology Development Fund7

126,197 Ministry of the Environment(13) Health Labour Sciences Research Grant

1242,300 Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare

328,185 Ministry of the Environment(15) Industrial Technology Research Grant Program

3

10,803 Development Organization (NEDO)(16) Program for Advanced Industrial Technology Creation

2

24,570 Development Organization (NEDO)

Environment Research and Technology Development Fund(subsidy)

Subsidy

Cabinet Office, Government of Japan(11) Basic Research Promotion System in the Transport Field

(14)

Type

New Energy and Industrial Technology

New Energy and Industrial Technology
Subsidy

Program for the Development of Optimization Technology for(17)
the Construction and Use of Barns and Livestock Technology

1

6,750 Japan Livestock Technology Association

Funding Program for Next Generation World-Leading
Researchers (NEXT Program)

2

69,615 Science

11,000 Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry

1

56,040 JKA(18)(19) Asian Standard Certification Promotion Program(20)

Project for Developing Innovation Systems

Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research includes Grant-in-Aid for JSPS Fellows.

Japan Society for the Promotion of

17. Research Seeds List Information

http://www.tuat.ac.jp/~seeds/❖The University Research Administration Center has published the Guide to Innovative Research

Research Categories❖The Japanese version of the Guide to Innovative Research Projects which appears on the TUAT
website allows users to perform searches by research category, keyword, or researcher name.

❖If you are interested in any of the research seeds, please contact the University Research
Administration Center.

❖For those of you who would like a list of seeds in English or simplified Chinese, please contact the
University Research Administration Center (Industry-Academia Collaboration Promotion Team).

Note: Theme information slightly differs from the Guide to Innovate Research Projects (TUAT
Research Seeds List) mentioned above.

Life Sciences

39

Information and Communication Technology

21

Environmental Sciences

12

Nanotechnology and Materials

16

Energy6

Advanced Manufacturing Technology

21

Others

8

Total

123

Data as of April 1, 2013

18. University Research Administration Center Information

http://tuat-urac.jp/

Description of Activities❖ Collaborative Research and Commissioned Research lead to industry-academia collaboration.
❖ Intellectual Property : Handling of intellectual property rights acquisition and maintenance of TUAT
patents and other intellectual property.
❖ Technical consultations and academic guidance: Providing assistance for solving technology related
issues.

❖ Business Incubation: Development of venture businesses using TUAT technology seeds.
❖ Technology Transfer Activities: Licensing of TUAT research results(Related Organization: TUAT-TLO Co., Ltd.)

Contact List
University Research Administration Center

TEL

FAX

E-mail Address

Office042-388-7175

042-388-7280

zimcrc@cc.tuat.ac.jp

Advanced Research Promotion Team042-388-7273

042-388-7286

urac@ml.tuat.ac.jp

Industry-Academia Collaboration Promotion Team042-388-7283

042-388-7553

suishin@ml.tuat.ac.jp

General Research Support Team042-388-7008

042-388-7280

kenkyu2@ml.tuat.ac.jp

TEL

FAX

E-mail Address042-388-7254

042-388-7255

office@tuat-tlo.com

TUAT-TLO Co., Ltd.
OfficeGetting to TUAT via Public Transportation
Fuchu Campus○From Kokubunji Station (JR Chuo Main Line)Take the Keio bus (Fuchu Station via Meisei Gakuen, Tera No91) frombus terminal no. 2 near the Kokubunji Station south exit andget off at the Harumicho bus stop. Ride duration: Approx. 10 minutes○From Fuchu Station (Keio Line)Take the Keio bus (Kokubunji Station south exit via Meisei Gakuen, Tera
No91) from bus terminal no. 2 near the Fuchu Station north exit
and get off at the Harumicho bus stop. Ride duration: Approx. 7 minutes○From Kita-Fuchu Station (JR Musashino Line)The campus is a 12 minute walk from the station.

Koganei Campus○From the South Exit of Higashi-Koganei Station(JR Chuo Main Line)The campus is a 10 minute walk from the south exit of the Station○From the South Exit of Musashi-Koganei Station(JR Chuo Main Line)The campus is a 20 minute walk from the south exit of the Station

No.of
Projects

Projects (research seeds list) which lists research results of TUAT faculty and other parties.