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Introduction

International research center for realizing a sustainable society by integrating materials engineering and energy engineering

The integrated Research Center for Sustainable Energy and Materials (IRCSEM) was established on April 1, 2016 as a brand new research center. This center consists of four units, with ten principal investigators belonging to the center as core members. From April 2018, the members of the Collaborative Research Center for Energy Engineering have newly joined and the range of activities has expanded.
To realize a sustainable society, the recycling of resources and materials and highly efficient use of energy are essential. IRCSEM is the first platform in Japan to consider the fusion of the research fields of energy engineering and materials. It promotes cutting-edge research and development on the advanced use of energy and resources, circulation of resources and materials, and innovation of material and system with low environmental load, by collaborating with other research institutions around the world.
IRCSEM fosters human resources of the next generation in conjunction with the Endowed Research Unit for Non-ferrous Metal Resource Recovery Engineering (JX Metals Endowed Unit) established in the Institute of Industrial Science, and related industrial sectors.

Research Units

Resources/Materials Flow and Recycling Units:
Design of Resources/Substances/Materials Flow and Process Control


Energy/Resources Efficient Utilization Unit:
Base Engineering for a Low Energy Consumption Society


Advanced Substances/Materials Design Unit:
Materials Engineering for Maximized Utilization of Resources/Substances


Establishment of Social Implementation Promotion Unit:
Strong Cooperation with Industry



Missions

Social Backgrounds
It is crucial to realize a low-energy consumption / highly recycling-based society, and to reduce resource consumption and environmental loads on a global scale.

Visions
IRCSEM serves its roles as a world-leading international research center using its accumulated worldwide research network with a new focus on solving energy problems.

Research Structure / Fields