JSSE holds Autumn Lecture Meeting
Nov. 08, 2019
The Japan Society of Spring Engineers (JSSE) held its semiannual Lecture Meeting, including a poster
session, and a ceremony of JSSE Awards at Winc Aichi on November 8, 2019.
Lecture Meeting
Eight general lectures and one special topic lecture
were presented to 154 attendees in a hall of the Winc
Aichi. An opening speech was delivered by Mr.
Haruhiko Shiba, Vice-Chairperson of JSSE andManaging Officer, Member of the Board of Chuo
Spring Co., Ltd.

6. Influence of Microstructure on Fatigue Strengthof Spring Steel, by Dr. Takayuki Sakakibara ofChuo Spring Co., Ltd.
7. Effect of micro shot peening on fatigue strengthand Metal structure evaluation by Synchrotron
Radiation, by Mr. Takaki Yokoi of Togo
Seisakusyo Corporation.
8. Fabrication of Carbon Nanocoil and its
Manipulative Observation, by Dr. Hirofumi
Takikawa, Professor of Toyohashi University ofTechnology.

Mr. Haruhiko Shiba, Vice-Chairperson of JSSE

Titles of General Lectures and Presenters
1. Development and Application of TiNi ShapeMemory Exhibiting Two-Way Recovery Force, byDr. Ryosuke Matsui, Associate Professor of Aichi
Institute of Technology.
2. High-strength Hard Drawn Having Excellent
Fatigue Strength and Settling Resistance, by Mr.
Taichi Okada of Sumitomo Electric Industries,
Ltd.
3. Influence of Low Tenperature Annealing on
Uniaxial Compressive Strength of a Cold-rolled
Stainless Steel Sheet, by Dr. Takayuki Koizumi,
Research Associate of Polytechnic University(Japan Organization for Employment of theElderly, Persons with Disabilities and JobSeekers.)
4. Optimal Design of a Hysteretic Damped Dynamic
Vibration Absorber, by Dr. Toshihiko Asami,
Professor of University of Hyogo.
5. An Innovative Approach to Large Deformations ofGuide Wire in Blood Vessel, by Dr. Atsumi
Ohtsuki, Professor of Meijo University.

Special Topic Lecture
Title: GR SUPRA.
Lecturer: Mr. Toshiaki Noda, Project General
Manager of Toyota Motor Corporation.

Mr. Toshiaki Noda

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Ronbun-prize, (among papers submitted to JSSE):

Poster Session
Eight technical posters were displayed in anotherhall. A brief explanation was given by arepresentative for each of the posters on thespeaker’s platform for the lecture meeting, followedby Question and Answer session at the posters. The
top two posters were selected based on theparticipants’ voting.

Effect of Carbide Precipitation on Mechanical
Properties ofSi-added Middle Carbon
Martensitic Steels, by Dr. Takahisa Suzuki, Dr.
Shinya Teramoto and Dr. Yutaka Neishi ofNippon Steel Corporation.

Gijutu-prize, (among other papers or articles)
1) Nonlinear Dynamic Analysis of a JapaneseBow (Nonlinear Spring Characteristics andDynamic Behavior), by Dr. Atsumi Ohtsuki,
Professor of Meijo University and Dr. Shigemichi
Ohshima, Professor of Meijo University.
2) Quantitative Evaluation of Influence ofSurface Defects on Fatigue Limit of Nitrided
Steel, by Mr. Jun Konya of Yokohama National
University, Dr. Yoshitomi Yamada of Isuzu Motor,
Ltd. and Dr. Koji Takahashi, Professor ofYokohama National University.

Mr. Masao Okumura

Koseki-prize, (among honorable achievements)
Dr. Yuji Nakasone (Tokyo University of Science)
Dr. Yasunori Harada (University of Hyogo)
Dr. Yoshihiro Watanabe (Toyo Seiko Co., Ltd.)Dr. Kazuyoshi Nono (Chuo Spring Co., Ltd.)Mr. Takaaki Tsuyama (Goto Industry Co., Ltd.)Mr. Kohei Basaki

The First Place Poster:
Improvement of Corrosion Fatigue Propertiesof TiNi Shape Memory Alloy by Ultrasonic shot
Peening, by Mr. Masao Okumura of Aichi
Institute of Technology, et al.
The Second Place Poster:
Evaluation of Plastic Deformation of SteelAround Charpy Fracture Surface by ResidualMagnetization, by Mr. Kohei Basaki of Mie
University, et alWinners of the Prizes

Ceremony of JSSE Awards
The awarding ceremony was held prior to theafternoon session of the lecture meeting. Ronbunprize, Gijutu-prize and Koseki-prize were given tothe winners.
Dr. Hayakawa, JSSE Chairperson

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A banquet was held after the closing speech deliveredby Dr. Masao Hayakawa, JSSE President andChairman of the Researcher of National Institute forMaterials Science, in another hall.
Dr. Akira Ueno, Vice-Chairperson of JSSE andProfessor of Ritsumeikan University made an openingspeech. This was followed by the guest speech by Mr.
Osamu Yoshida, Director of the Japan Spring
Manufacturers Association (JSMA) and Chief
Executive Officer of Chita Kogyo Co., Ltd.

Dr. Takahisa Suzuki

After plenty of mingling and exchanging ofinformation, the banquet was over with “SanbonJime,” which consists of three times of three sets ofthree claps and one final clap, led by Mr. Shuzo Ichi,
Director of JSSE and Managing Director of Togo
Seisakusyo Corporation.

Dr. Akira Ueno, Vice-Chairperson of JSSE

Mr. Shuzo Ichi

Mr. Osamu Yoshida

Mr. Susumu Yamamoto, Honorary Member ofJSSE, made a toast to the development of the springindustry and the participants’ good health. This wasfollowed by the guest speeches delivered by thewinners of the prizes.

Mr. Susumu Yamamoto3