International Cooperative Activities

Annual Report 1996
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CONTENTS
　［Message］　［Outline of Research Activities］　［International Cooperative Activities］　［Statistical Trends in Recent Years］　［Organization of MEL(1997)］　［List of Publications(1996)］　Back to [Main Research Areas]

　　The laboratory actively encourages its members to be involved with overseas research organizations, and each year several staff members leave to stay overseas government or university laboratories for one year. A considerable number of staff member regularly attend overseas conference and research seminars.
　　The laboratory also makes active use of the many invitation programs such as STA and AIST fellowship, to enable guest researchers to visit Japan and work at MEL.
　　The figures show the statistics for international scientist exchange over the past few years, and the table shows some examples of research projects done with the researchers accepted in 1996 fiscal year.

Fig19-1　Number of researchers sent abroad accepted from abroad

Fig19-2　Distribution of accepted researchers by region (man-day, 1996FY)

Example of research projects done with accepted researchers　　　　FY1996

Country	Counterpart Research Institute	Name of Research Project	Days	Fellowship
Germany	Technical University of Chemnitz-Zwickau	Monitoring Technology for Micro Grinding	30	AIST
India	Indian Institute of Technology	Application of Optical Interferometry to Mechanical Engineering	27	AIST
China	Beijing Research Institute of Mechanical and Electrical Technology	High Performance Metal Matrix Composites	30	ITIT
Malaysia	Standards and Industrial Research Institute of Malaysia	High Performance Metal Matrix Composites	30	ITIT
Philippine	Republic of the Philippines Department of Science and Technology, Industrial Technology Development Institute	Effective Production of Materials from Desulferized Coal-Ash	12	ITIT
Singapore	Nanyang Technological University	High Performance Metal Matrix Composites	19	ITIT
Hungary	Technical University of Budapest	Flow Visualization Analysis of a Centrifugal Blood Pump for Ventricular Assist Systems	365	STA
Israel	Ben-Gurion University of the Negev	Distributed Learning in Multi-Robot Assembly Systems	35	STA
Pakistan	Faculty of Engineering & Technology, University of the Punjab	Improvement of Properties of Magnesium Alloy by Powder Metallurgy	92	STA
U.S.A	University of Michigan	Dynamical Robotic Walking	360	STA
Poland	Institute of Aeronautics and Applied Mechanics	Novel Methods for Magnetic Resonance Imaging	261	NEDO
Russia	International Laser Center, M. V. Lomonosov Moscow University	Imaging Simulator for Diagnosis and Therapeutics Utilizing Light	365	NEDO
U.S.A.	Wisconsin University, Engine Research Center	Microscopic Observation of Ignition and Combustion Mechanism of Fuel Spray Droplets	365	NEDO
Brazil	National Center of Technology, "Roberto Simonsen" School	Integrated mechanism of leg and arm	336	JICA
Mexico	Construcciones y Servicios Profesionales de Ingenieria	Mechanism and control of walking machine	197	JICA
Korea	Kwang-Ju Institute of Science and Technology	Characterization and Ultraprecision Motion Control of Slide Mechanism	42	JKF
Korea	Konyang University	Development of Non-contact Probe for 3-dimensional Workpieces using a Laser	366	JKF
Morocco	Mechanical Engineering Department, Polytechnic University	Short pulse laser interaction with materials	60	Other
Portugal	University of Porto	High Performance District Heating/Cooling System	50	Other
U.S.A.	University of Minnesota	Thermal Stress Analysis for Si Single Crystal Growth Process	58	Other
Denmark	Technical University of Denmark	Chemical Reactions at Sliding Solid Surfaces	82	-
France	National Institute of Applied Sciences of Lyon	Triboelectromagnetic Phenomena at Sliding Contacts	167	-
Netherlands	Eindhoven University of Technology	Evaluation of Environmental Load	89	-

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