2024 year
2026.03.20
The 2025 graduation ceremony was held on Nippon Budokan and Kagurazaka campus, and the thank-you party by the graduate students was held on Toshi Center Hotel. Miss Riku Sakai was awarded.
2026.03.18
Miss Kokona Ochiai, Mr. Samon Suzuki and Mr. Yusuke Setoguchi presented in oral session on the 106th Spring Annual Meeting of the Japan Chemical Society in 2026.
2026.03.17
I gave a special talk on the 93rd ECSJ Spring Meeting 2026.
2026.03.13
We had a throwback to the 2025th year with the graduating students.
2026.03.06
We held the 30th Photocatalysis Symposium to commemorate its 30th anniversary.
2026.03.02
I presented at the 7th Space Symposium of the Center for Space System Creation Research & Photocatalysis International Unit, Faculty of Science, Tokyo University of Science. Additionally, Mr. Dylan Syun Izuma, a 2022 graduate now working at JAXA, gave an invited lecture and brought Astronaut Kanai to our laboratory.
2026.02.20
Students presented at the B4 thesis examination.
2026.02.17
I delivered a presentation at the 1st Functional Materials × Water Environment Engineering Collaboration Forum, as part of the J-PEAKS program.
2026.02.12
Students presented at the M2 master's thesis examination.
2026.02.10
Miss Fukaya was awarded in the poster session on the MRM2025.
2026.02.06
Miss Sakai was awarded in the oral session and Mr. Motodate in the poster session on the mini-symposium of The Flux Growth Society of Japan.
2026.01.30
Students presented at the M1 mid-term examination.
2026.01.27
Alumni Mr. Kubota came to communicate with the present students.
2026.01.24
On the International Symposium on Biomimetic Materials Processing 2026 (BMMP 2026), I gave an invited talk.
2026.01.17
Blue Dia, Inc., the company I founded, has celebrated its first anniversary.
2025.12.23
Our lab had a year-end party at Kashiwa city.
2025.12.19
Our students presented at the poster session on Pacifichem2025.
2025.12.09
Our students presented at the poster session on MRM2025.
2025.12.05
Our students presented on the mini-symposium of The Flux Growth Society of Japan, Miss Sakai, Mr. Sakoda, Miss Tsuruoka, and Mr. Udaka as oral, and then Mr. Okamura, Miss Ando, Miss Fukaya, Mr. Motodate, and Mr. Yamazaki as poster.
2025.12.02
The research work by Mr. Tominaga and Mr. Miyasaka was published in Applied Physics A.
2025.11.29
I gave an invited lecture at the International Conference on Photochemical and Photofunctional Materials 2025 (ICPPM2025), organized primarily by Professor Akira Fujishima, and enjoyed interacting with old friends.
2025.11.25
Our lab communicated with undergraduate students in our department.
2025.11.13
Mr. Okamura presented in oral session on the diamond symposium. And Mr. Setoguchi presented in poster session and won the Student Poster Award.
2025.11.11
I gave an invited talk at The 51st International Congress on Science, Technology, and Technology-based Innovation (STT51) in Bangkok, Thailand. Her Royal Highness Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn attended the opening ceremony.
2025.11.05
We visited Agri-Food Tech Asia Expo (AFTEA) in Singapore and also visited in the related companies.
2025.10.25
The party named KOUKAKAI was held to meet with graduates of our department.
2025.10.20
Mr. Arai, who is a third-year medical student from Nippon Medical School, has been assigned to research through a collaboration agreement between the two universities and will work together until 18th December.
2025.10.17
Alumni Mr. Kubota came to communicate with the present students.
2025.10.15
Alumni Mr. Ishihara came to communicate with the present students.
2025.10.06
I gave an invited talk at International Conference on Functional Crystalline & Sustainable Materials in Bangkok, Thailand.
2025.10.02
As part of J-PEAKS project, a collaborative branch office with Shinshu University was established, and it was featured on our university's website.
2025.09.23
I gave an invited talk at International Symposium on Advanced Water and Environmental Materials in Busan, Korea.
2025.09.11
We held an interim presentation session in the lab, summarized the research results from the first semester, and are now ready to begin the full-scale experiments for the second semester.
2025.09.08
I attended the Advisory Committee meeting for Water Frontier Research Center.
2025.09.01
The results of the NEDO project were released in the web edition of Sankei Shimbun. Sorry only in Japanese.
2025.08.27
We enjoyed so much on the lab trip around Chichibu in Saitama.
2025.08.09
Our lab introduced the research activities and lab's life at the open campus.
2025.08.06
I attended the wake for Emeritus Professor Makoto Yuasa. May he rest in peace.
2025.07.31
I attended the Advisory Committee meeting for Research Center for Space System Innovation, in order to evaluate the fifth annual activities.
2025.07.17
Mr. Okamura presented at the poster session in the seminar about diamond electrodes.
2025.07.02
Dr. Hyun-Ha Kim from AIST gave a lecture about Plasma Chemistry and Environmental Purification to our graduate students.
2025.06.26
On the PPC&PETROMAT SYMPOSIUM 2025, Mr. Sakoda presented in oral session, and Mrs Honda in Poster session.
2025.06.26
Mr. Udaka presented in poster session at the annual meeting on Japan Ozone Association.
2025.06.20
We visited the tomato plant factory at the Oshamambe campus in Hokkaido.
2025.06.10
We visited GreenTech Amsterdam in the Netherlands, and also visited in Wageningen University & Research for technical exchange, and more visited NanoNord in Denmark.
2025.06.07
Our laboratory team participated in the 23rd Sports Festival for the President's Cup and the Chancellor's Cup, and won third place.
Also, Miss Suzuki received the Fighting Spirit Award.
2025.05.24
I attended the final defense of Mr. Jiawei Yan, who was staying for one year as a doctoral student from Shanghai Jiao Tong University until November 2024. I also received a letter of appointment as a visiting professor from his supervisor, Prof. Shangguan.
2025.05.15
I gave an invited talk at 28th International Conference on Semiconductor Photocatalysis and Solar Energy Conversion (SPASEC-28) in Brno, Czech Republic.
2025.05.13
On the 18th International Conference on New Diamond and Nano Carbons (NDNC2025), Mr. Okamura and Miss Fukaya presented in poster session. Visiting Professor Hiroshi Uetsuka followed them.
2025.05.08
Our startup company participated in SusHi Tech Tokyo 2025 at Tokyo Big Sight.
2025.04.23
I gave an talk at 3rd International Conference on Environmental Sustainability Through Waste and Recycling (ENSURE) in Houston, TX.
2025.04.20
Spring Open Campus was held at Noda Campus.
2025.04.15
We held a welcome party by the extra prize I received at the award ceremony on March 25th. I would like to thank all the graduates, current students, staff, and the university.
2025.04.12
Our department did a emergency training and lecture for our students.
2025.04.11
The orientation for new students of the department was held at the Seminar House for two days and one night.
2025.04.07
We are pleased to announce that we have opened our lab for the 2025 fiscal year and have updated our members.
