| FY2007 (The 7th) Research Presentation Meeting Was Held |
| On June 4 (Mon.) and 5 (Tue.), NMRI held the 7th Research Presentation
Meeting at its headquarters in Mitaka. Entitled “We support businesses
to resolve their issues,” the event featured a lecture meeting introducing
the endeavors of NMRI to meet the needs of its customers and the achievements
of researches flourished out of the seeds of NMRI, a poster session as
an interactive exhibition program aiming to make dialogues with visitors,
and an exhibition of works from industrial, academic and public sector
research institutes. In addition, it had a technical consultation corner
and exposed some NMRI’s research facilities such as the Bridge Simulator
for Navigational Risk Research. The event attracted such a great interest of visitors for its lecture program which we composed from the viewpoint of the customers, exhibits from the 23 external organizations and the exposure of the cutting-edge Bridge Simulator for Navigational Risk Research that it received over 370 cumulative visitors, representing 60 persons increase over the last year, who eagerly listened to the lectures and vigorously exchanged opinions. Taking this opportunity, we would like to thank the 23 organizations which exhibited their paneled posters, literatures, models, video programs and other works, once again. 1. Lecture Meeting Program After the keynote lecture, the “Medium- and long-term strategies for developing maritime and oceanic technologies,” was first delivered by President Inoue of NMRI, the Lecture Meeting Program was conducted in two sections in large: “Response to needs” (on the first day) and “Flourishing of seeds” (on the second day). The “Response to needs” section gave an easy-to-understand explication of how NMRI is intend to resolve in its researches the issues of energy and labor saving and, safety and environment which are currently the issues of the greatest concern in the maritime, shipbuilding and similar industries and at the same time introduced the present status of the related research and development activities. The “Flourishing of seeds” section introduced the recent topical achievements in the research areas of the fluid engineering, risk analysis, logistics, production technology, ocean engineering and structure respectively. |
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Scenes at the Lecture Meeting |
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2. Exhibition Program The Exhibition Program comprised a poster session by NMRI, exhibition by industrial, academic and public sector research institutes, technical consultation corner, and exposure of the facilities. (1) Poster session The space for the session was divided into five sections for the research areas of "navigation systems"," environment and energy", "structure, materials and Osaka branch", "ocean engineering", and "fluids engineering and logistics", and presentations were given with 41 posters in total. Efforts were paid for each poster attended by an elucidator at all times to make interactive exchange of opinions with visitors. |
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Scenes at the Exhibition Place |
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(2) Exhibition by external organizations Posters, literatures, video programs, models, and other works were exhibited in the sections divided in the same manner as the poster session, by the following 23 industrial, academic and public sector research institutes (listed in random order): ・Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC) ・Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corporation (JOGMEC) ・Japan Railway Construction, Transport and Technology Agency ・Japan Ship Technology Research Association (JSTRA) ・NIPPON KAIJI KYOKAI (ClassNK) ・The Cooperative Association of Japan Shipbuilders ・The Japan Society of Naval Architects and Ocean Engineers ・The Japan Institution of Marine Engineering ・Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding Co.,Ltd. ・Universal Shipbuilding Corporation ・NEC Corporation ・RION Co.,Ltd. and CATEC Inc. ・Yanmar Co., Ltd. ・Taiko Sangyo Co.,Ltd. ・Three Bond Co., Ltd. ・KANEKA TECHNO RESEARCH Co.,Ltd. ・The Department of Environmental & Ocean Engineering Shool of Engineering, The University of Tokyo ・Department of Mechanical Engineering Informatics School of Science and Technology, Meiji University ・Department of Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering, Yokohama National University ・Faculty of Engineering, Graduate School, Doshisha University ・Marine System Engineering, school of Engineering, Osaka Prefecture University ・Ocean Engineering, Devision of Ocean-Atomosphere Dynamics, Research Institute for Applied Mechanics, Kyushu University ・Education and Research Center for Marine Resources and Environment, Faculty of Fisheries, Kagoshima University (3) Technical consultation corner Specialists from NMRI in the areas of oceanics, ships and vessels, ship machinery, logistics and others responded to technical consultations from visitors. Incidentally, NMRI is always prepared to respond to technical consultations from customers. Please access the NMRI Web page and check the “Endeavors for the dissemination of achievements” page. |
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（４）Exposure of facilities |
| Research facility | Description of what was exposed | Exposing date and hours |
| Bridge Simulator for Navigational Risks Research | Various functions of the Bridge Simulator for Navigational Risks were introduced and demonstrated. | 6/4 ①12:30～13:30 ②16:30～17:30 6/5 ①15:30～16:30 ②17:00～17:30 |
| Ice Model Basin | Model basin experiments for recovering oil spilled under ice were demonstrated. | 6/5 ①12:00～12:30 ②13:00～13:30 ②15:00～15:30 ②17:00～17:30 |
| Facility for life evaluation of ship structural materials | Some test specimens after having been breakdown-tested by a structural model of a large container vessel were shown and the contents of the research were introduced. | 6/4 ①12:30～17:30 |
| The Second Building for Machinery Experiments | The operation of an experimental stirling engine used for waste heat recovery systems of domestic vessels was demonstrated. | 6/4 及び 6/5 12:30～17:30 |
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Visitors looking at the Bridge Simulator for Navigational Risks Research. |
Content of a research being explained in front of a structural model of a large container vessel. |
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Experiment on the oil recovery equipment with the Ice Model Basin. |
Being questioned about the stirling engine. |
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