Philosophy & Purpose

The philosophy of CRDAM is to develop new materials to support the innovation of the 21st century, aiming to establish basic principles and process technologies for material design and fabrication of superior new materials. Furthermore, we will work on the development of seeds such as materials, process, and evaluation technology created by IMR in collaboration with other research divisions in IMR. This philosophy and purpose are inherited from the foundation of the center.

History

The head Year
Prof. T. Masumoto 1987 “Laboratory for Developmental Research of Advanced Materials (LDRAM)”
was founded in IMR.
1988 Four divisions of “Materials Synthesis”, “Materials Quality Control”,
“Evaluation and Analysis”, and “Development of Technology” were organized.
1989
1990
1991 Two divisions, “Micro-Scale Controlled Materials”
and “Nano-Structured Materials” were organized.
Prof. Y. Nishina 1992 “Developmental Division” was organized.
Visiting Professors System was introduced.
1993
Prof. T. Masumoto 1996 Recognized to a research laboratory from a research support organization.
“Materials Design and Development”, “Materials Functions Search”,
“Project Research Division” and “Technical Serviced Division” were organized.
1997
Prof. T. Hirai 1998 Introduction of Responsibility Laboratory System.
1999
Prof. T. Fukuda 2000 Renamed to “Laboratory for Advanced Materials (LAM)”.
Reorganized to “Fundamental Research Division”, “Joint Industry-University
Research Division”, and “Research Station” .
2001
Prof. S. Hanada 2002 “Applied Research Division” and “Visiting Professors Division”
were organized.
2003
2004 External Evaluation
Prof. A. Inoue 2005 Renamed to “Advanced Research Center of Metallic Glasses (AMCMG)”.
“Metallic Glasses Division” and “Advanced Materials Division” were organized.
2006
Prof. T. Goto 2007 “Bulk Crystal Materials of Tailored Structure” was organized.
2008
2009 Certified as joint Usage/Research Center for materials science
2010
2011
Prof. A. Makino 2012
2013 Renamed as “Cooperative Research and Development Center for
Advanced Materials (CRDAM)”.
External Evaluation
2014
Prof. T. Furuhara 2015
2016 Reorganized to “Materials Creation Division”, “Function Design Division”, and
“Structure Control Division”, and “Industry-University Research Division”, and
“Collaborative Research Supporting Station”.
2017
2018 Certified as joint Usage/Research Center for materials science.
External Evaluation
Prof. N. Masahashi 2019 Participated in co-sponsorship of the “Monozukuri Basic Seminar”
by the Trans-Regional Corporation Center for Industrial Materials Research
2020
2021
2022 Started Collection of “maintenance fee” for some equipment (EPMA, XPS)
Prof. H. Kato 2023

2024