[Event Information]

Kansai Technology CPD Seminar

Date and time: Saturday, April 2017, 4 8: 13-30: 15
Location: Kobe Motomachi Hyogo Prefectural Civic Center (local venue only)
Cost: JSPE member / 1500 yen, JSPE non-member / 2500 yen
Title: "Catalyst utilization and future expectations"
Lecturer: Professor Emeritus, Miyazaki University Kenji Tabata
CPD: 2PDH

Abstract:
The catalyst is a substance that is difficult to catch because it does not appear on the front stage.Recently, catalysts are used in familiar products other than those for chemical plants.In addition to introducing the catalyst development that the performers have been involved in so far, we will also introduce some of the catalysts that are expected to be developed for the future society.

Lecturer Biography: Completed the master's program at Kobe University Graduate School in 1975
Joined Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. in 1977
1988 Ph.D. in Engineering from the University of Tokyo
1998 Joined Research Institute of Innovative Technology for the Earth
2004 Appointed Professor, Faculty of Engineering, Miyazaki University
Retired from Miyazaki University in 2015 and continues to the present

After the seminar, we are planning a social gathering with one coin (500 yen).

[Implementation report]

Participation: 10 people (7 PE, 2 PEN, 1 other)

Although it became independent in the Kansai area, Kenji Tabata held a technical seminar on "catalysts".At first, he explained the concept of "catalyst", and then looked back on the catalyst development at the home appliance company to which Kenji Tabata belonged, the national research institute, and Miyazaki University, and introduced some examples.In the second half, although the difficulty level increased, he explained the expression of catalytic function by computational science. Although it was a seminar related to "chemistry", which is rare for JSPE members, I was able to meet two people for the first time.

After the seminar, as usual, a one-coin social gathering was held at the seminar venue with eight people, including Mr. Kenji Tabata, who was a lecturer, and we deepened our friendship with each other for a little over an hour.

JSPE Planning Subcommittee