News & Topics

• 2024.07.25
  

  Development of official sportswear for the Japanese national track and field team at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games/パリ2024オリンピック陸上競技日本代表オフィシャルスポーツウェアの開発に協力 https://www.tohoku.ac.jp/japanese/2024/07/news20240724-paris.html

• 2024.06.28
  

  Published/論文掲載:  Ishizako et al., Effect of orientation and hardness of rubber tread block on the friction coefficient under glycerol lubrication and its underlying mechanisms, Tribology International. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.triboint.2024.109904

• 2024.06.26
  

  Assistant Prof. Nishi’s research project has been selected as a research project of the JST FOREST pgoram for FY2023./西助教の研究課題（放射光で切り拓くゴム摩擦の学理創成と革新的材料開発）が2023年度創発的研究支援事業の研究課題に採択されました．

• 2024.06.13
  

  Published/論文掲載:  Nishi et al., Visualization of strain distribution in rubber bulk during friction, Scientific Reports. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-64271-6

• 2024.06.10
  

  Published/論文掲載:  Shibata et al.,Slip-resistance of rubbers and polymer fibers as shoe sole on dry and wet ice surfaces, Tribology International. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.triboint.2024.109867

• 2024.05.29
  

  Three oral presentations and one award-winning lecture were given at the tribology conference 2024 Spring Tokyo./トライボロジー会議2024 春 東京にて3件の口頭発表と1件の受賞講演を行いました．

• 2024.05.29
  

  Assistant Prof. Nishi, Prof. Yamaguchi, and Emeritus Prof. Horikirigawa received the Technology Award of the Japanese Society of Tribologists for 2023/西助教，山口教授，堀切川名誉教授が2023年度日本トライボロジー学会技術賞を受賞しました．

• 2024.05.19
  

  Prof. Nishi received the Best Presentation Award at the 2023 Autumn Meeting of the Japan Society for Design Engineering./西助教が（公社）日本設計工学会2023年度秋季大会研究発表講演会優秀発表賞を受賞しました．

• 2024.05.15
  

  Published/論文掲載:  Zarazúa-Villalobos, et al.  Wear resistance of spark plasma sintered Fe-based BMG reinforced with Al2O3, Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnoncrysol.2024.123010

• 2024.03.27
  

  Our research was introduced on “Jonetsu Labo”, Miyagi news every., Miyagi Television Broadcasting  (March 26, 2024)./山口・西研の研究がミヤギテレビ ミヤギnews every.「情熱Labo」で紹介されました（2024年3月26日）．

• 2024.03.27
  

  Ms. Chiharu Yoshihara (B3) received Hatakeyama Award, the Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers./B3の吉原千晴さんが日本機械学会畠山賞を受賞しました．

• 2024.03.25
  

  Mr. Shoma Kobayashi (M1) received the Dean’s Award of School of Engineering, Tohoku University./M1の小林祥真さんが東北大学工学部長賞を受賞しました．

• 2024.02.20
  

  Published/論文掲載:  Nishi et al. High Friction of Paper Wipers in Partially Wet Conditions: Effect of Three-dimensional Nonuniform Wetting, Tribology International [Open Access] https://doi.org/10.1016/j.triboint.2024.109426

• 2024.02.18
  

  Published/論文掲載:  Lau et al.  Machine learning prediction of footwear slip resistance on glycerol-contaminated surfaces: A pilot study, Applied Ergonomics [Open Access] https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apergo.2024.104249

• 2024.01.31
  

  Published/論文掲載: Yamagata et al.  Comparison of sensitivity among dynamic balancemeasures during walking with different tasks, Royal Society Open Science [Open Access] https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.230883

• 2024.01.29
  

  Mr. Souta Suzuki received the Division Student Outstanding Lecture Award at JSME Symposium : Sports engineering and Human Dynamics 2023 (SHD2023)./M2の鈴木颯太さんが，日本機械学会スポーツ工学・ヒューマンダイナミクス部門主催シンポジウム：スポーツ工学・ヒューマンダイナミクス2023で行った
  口頭発表に対して，部門学生優秀講演表彰を受賞しました．

• 2023.12.22
  

  Published/論文掲載: Ishizako et al.  High Friction of Rubber Caused by Negative Fluid Pressure under Glycerol Lubrication, Tribology International [Open Access] https://doi.org/10.1016/j.triboint.2023.109213

• 2023.12.14
  

  Prof. Nishi delivered an invited lecture at the Tribology Research Sectional Meeting of the Society of Rubber Science and Industry, Japan./西駿明助教が日本ゴム協会トライボロジー研究分科会 において招待講演を行いました．

• 2023.12.14
  

  We gave five invited lectures at “The 14th Tribodynamics Research Meeting” held by The Japanese Society of Tribologists./日本トライボロジー学会「第14回トライボダイナミクス研究会」にて、5件の招待講演を行いました．

• 2023.12.05
  

  Prof. Yamaguchi appeared on NHK BS “Kyu-jien” (broadcasted on December 4, 2023) and explained about the friction between a rosin bag and a finger./山口健 教授がNHK BS「球辞苑」（2023年12月4日放送）に出演し，ジンバッグと指の摩擦について解説しました．