SHORT INFORMATION OF TIME SCHEDULE OF ICMR 2005 Akita is located in the north-eastern part of the Oct. 20 8:00 Registration ｡ ｡ mainland of Japan (around 40 north latitude and 140 The Second Circular with Call for Papers Thu. east longitude), is known as the nice resorts facing the Japan Sea on the west and hot springs in the mountain 9:00 Opening Ceremony area on the eastern border. Each distinct season offers The Fifth International Conference on 9:30 Plenary Session [1] own scenic charm, especially“golden｡ autumn”in｡ October. Temperature｡ is around 13 C ((average, 18 C 11:50 Lunch Break (daytime), 8 C (nighttime)) in the late October with mild Materials Engineering for Resources 13:00 Plenary Session [2] and fair weather. 15:20 Coffee Break It takes one-hour flight from Haneda ( International Airport) with 8 flights a day (All Nippon 15:30New Materials for 15:30 Construction Life Science, Materials for Airways 4 flights, Japan Airline 4 flights). Flight service Special Session Sustainable is also available from . International flight (A1, A2) Development, service is available from Seoul, Korea (Korean Air. 3 Special session flights a week). You can also enjoy a 4-hour bullet train ICMR 2005 (B1, B2) trip from Tokyo (Akita Shinkansen). ICMR 2005

18:20 Coffee Break TRAVEL AGENT 18:30 Conference Ceremony JTB Corp (JTB)has been appointed as the official travel AKITAAKITA Oct. 21 8:00 Registration agency. Travel/Hotel inquires should be addressed to: October 20 Thu.－22 Sat., 2005 Fri. ICMR2005 Desk, JTB Corp(JTB) Akita Office, Akita View Hotel, Akita City, Japan 9:00New Recycling 9:00 Advanced 3-2-5 Omachi Akita, 010-0921 Japan Systems, Special Materials for Facsimile: +81-18-865-5189 Session (A3, A4) Sensors and E-mail: [email protected] Information Storage, Special Session (B3, B4)

12:00 Lunch Break 13:00 Environmental 13:00 Processing and Science and Characterization of Technology, Functional Special Session Materials, Special (A5, A6) Session (B5, B6) 15:30 Coffee Break 15:45Computer 15:45 Topics, Special Engineering and Session (B7, B8) Materials Engineering for Resources, Special Session (A7, A8) Oct. 22 Inquiries should be addressed to Sat. 9:00Poster Session AP1 9:00 Poster Session BP1 ICMR 2005 AKITA SMERJ c/o Faculty of Engineering and Resource Science, 12:00 Lunch Break Organized by : Akita University 13:00Poster Session AP 2 13:00 Poster Session BP 2 The Society of Materials Engineering for Resources of Japan Akita, 010-8502 JAPAN Fax: +81-18-889-2439 Faculty of Engineering and Resource Science, Akita University 16:10 Closing Ceremony E-Mail: icmr [email protected] And URL: http://smerj.ie.akita-u.ac.jp/icmr.htm Akita Prefecture Microstructure, Mechanical Properties and Deformation Behavior ZK60 Magnesium Alloy.

ICMR 2005 AKITA ◆ Danqinig Yi (Central South University; CHINA) Research of AWARD CALL FOR PAPERS A couple of outstanding contributions should be awarded by ICMR on The conference receives the main idea of the first 1991 conference: Characterization Using Impulsive Ultrasound. awarding committee. Beneficial integration of separate ideas in the various and traditional ◆ Gi-Rong Liu (National University of Singapore; SINGAPORE) engineering fields into a new concept, which could provide a promising view Meshfree Adaptive Methods for Stress Analysis in Materilas and TIME TABLE in 21st century. In the fifth conference, the following topics are included in Structures. ◆ July 30, 2005: Final manuscript due for the proceedings the special eight sessions: (1) New Materials for Life Science (2) Construction ◆K. L. Ha (Pukyoung National University; KOREA) Material See“Preparation of the Camera-Ready Manuscript of ICMR 2005”that Materials for Sustainable Development (3) New Recycling Systems (4) can be taken from Web site: http://smerj.ie.akita-u.ac.jp/icmr.htm Advanced Materials for Sensors and Information Storage (5) Environmental ◆ Wonyong Choi (Pohang University of Science and Technology; KOREA) Manuscript for proceeding should be sent to: Science and Technology (6) Processing and Characterization of Functional TiO2 as an Environmental Photocatalyst:Properties and Applications. Prof. Nobuaki Ogawa Materials (7) Computer Engineering and Materials Engineering for ◆ JongWater-based Hoon Hahn Magnetic (Pohang Fluids Universityfor Biomedical of Applications.Science and Technology; Chairperson of Programming Committee, ICMR 2005, c/o Faculty of KOREA) Engineering and Resource Science, Akita University, Akita 010-8502 JAPAN Resources (8) Topics Algorithms of Computer Graphics and the Needs for New Display Continuous-Flow PCR Amplification/Analysis System. E-Mail: icmr [email protected] Materials. Topics listed above are indicative. Authors are allowed to submit papers ◆ C. H. Kim (Chungnam National University; KOREA) Preparation of also on the other topics related to the main purpose of the conference. for Improving Durability of Concrete. REGISTRATION FEE Accepted communications will be presented in poster form. The proceeding ◆ Liu Yong-Kui (Dalian Nationalities University; CHINA) Fundamental Regular Fee: ¥30,000 (include Proceedings) should be prepared. After discussion at the conference, received papers can Damage of Concrete Structures in Tohoku District in Japan. Conference Party Fee: ¥10,000 be submitted as an original paper in a special issue of International Journal Student Fee: ¥10,000 (include Proceedings) of the Society of Materials Engineering for Resources. ◆ Takahisa Okamoto (Taiheiyo Cement Corporation; JAPAN) Challenges Payment must be completed in Japanese Yen (¥) by Transfer by 31 August, 2005 Aspects on Complex Computing Networks. Invited Plenary Lectures: ◆Masami Shoya (Hachinohe Institue of Technology; JAPAN) Frost ◆ Bank Transfer: all costs at transmitter’ ◆ Sung-Kee Chung (Pohang University of Science and Technology; ◆ Bank Name: Akita Bank, Tegata Branch KOREA)of Concrete Construction Structures of in Sphingolipidthe Finnsh Concrete Libraries Code. and their Utilities. ◆MUsingasayuki Supported Shirai (National Metal Catalysts Institute andof Advanced Supercritical Industrial Carbon Sci Dioxidence and ◆ Account Number: 697331 Technology; JAPAN) Environmentally Benign Hydrogenation System ◆ Bank Address: 110-3 Tegata-Yamazaki-Cho,s charge Akita, 010-0854 Japan ◆ AntonioComposition Rubio (Technical University of Catalonia; SPAIN) Reliability DiffusionSolvent. Barrier Coatings on Nickel-based Superalloy. Atom Probe. of Advanced Materials as Obtained by the 3-dimensional ORGANIZING COMMITTEE ◆ Seppo Matala (Kymenlaakso Plytechnic; FINLAND) Service Life Design Functional Material for Separation and Sensing. ◆ Toshio Narita (Hokkaido University; JAPAN) Development of Re-based ◆ Honorary Chairpersons: ◆ ReinerMeasurements Kirchheim of DNA, (Universita Peptide¨t and Go¨ttingen; Protein Microarrays. GERMANY) Chemical H. Tokuda (Ex-President of Akita Univ.) ◆ Nobuhiko Iki (Tohoku University; JAPAN) Thiacalixarene -A Versatilee M. Kawakami (Dean, Faculty. Eng. Resource. Sic. Akita Univ.) Temperature Plasma for Chemical Reaction and Preparation of N. Yoshimura (Honorary Chairman of SMER Japan, Akita Univ.) ◆RFunctionalobert M. Materials.Corn (University of California; U.S.A.) SPR Imaging ◆ Toru Ozeki (Hyogo University of Teacher Education; JAPAN) MonitoringEncoding RNAof Pollutants Polymerase in Atmospheric Omega Subunit,Environment in Biosynthesis of Japan th of General Chairperson: ◆ Kwan-YoungCharacterization Lee of (KoreaBiomaterial-Based University; Micro-and KOREA) Nanostructures. Utilization of Low ChemicalKasugamycin, Analysis an Antibiotic of Precipitation against Rice Samples Blast Disease. and their Statistica F. Hamada (Chairman of SMER Japan, Akita Univ.) Sociology,Evaluation. the Environment and Sustainability. Executive Committee: ◆ Ikuo Kojima (Akita Prefectual University; JAPAN) Involvement of rpoZ, Chairperson: H. Tamamoto (Akita Univ.) ◆ TomokazuUsing Electron Matsue Waves. (Tohoku University; JAPAN) Fabrication and Finance Committee: Chairperson: M. Kagaya (Akita Univ.) Supramolecular Polymers. rough ◆ Yoshitaka Kumagai (Akita International University; JAPAN) Linking Programming Committee: ◆ Akira Tonomura (Hitachi, Ltd; JAPAN) Quantum Phenomena Observed l of Water Treatment System Using Only Natural Materials. Chairperson: N. Ogawa (Akita Univ.) ◆ Akira Harada (Osaka University; JAPAN) Cyclodextrin-based ◆ Tetsushi Iwashita (Yabashi Industries Co. Ltd; JAPAN) Steering Committee: Japan Lime Industry in the World. Chairperson: O. Kamiya (Akita Univ.) ◆ Satoshi Matsumoto (Akita Prefectural University; JAPAN) Development ◆MMetamagnetismitsumasa Iwamoto(Tokyo and Non-Fermi Institute Liquid: of Technology; the Kaleidoscope JAPAN) of Quantum Awarding Committee: Nano-interface Surface Dielectric Polarization Phenomena: Chairperson: S. Goto (Akita Univ.) of Organic Thin Films and Their Application to Humidity Sensors Critical Point - a Topic of Condensed Matter Physics. Detection and Application Committee Members: InvitedSolid Keynote Dielectric Lecturers Breakdown Based on Space Charge Phenomena. ◆Haruyoshi Aoki（Tohoku University; Japan) Superconductivity, K. Abe (Mitsubishi Materials), Y. Arai (Kyushu Univ.), T. Fujita (Univ. Tokyo), M. Hara (Akita Univ.), M. Harada (Kyoto Univ.), J. Hidaka ◆ Parik-KyunPolymer Composites: Shin（INHA Status University; and Trends. KOREA）Plasma Polymerization (Doshisha Univ.), R. Igarashi (Akita Univ.), K. Imano (Akita Univ.), S. Ishio ◆ Yuanxiang Zhou（Tsinghua University; CHINA） Progress in Study. of ◆ Ji-Whan Ahn (Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources; (Akita Univ.), H. Itoh (Akita Univ.), T. Iwashita (Yabashi Industries), M. KOREA) Iwamoto (Tokyo Inst. Tech.), Y. Kanada (Yamagata Univ.), I. Kita (Akita ◆ Lech Czarnecki (Warsaw University of Technology; POLAND) Concrete Univ.), H. Komiyama (Univ. Tokyo), T. Mizuta (Akita Univ.), T. Mizutani (Nagoya Univ.), S. Nakata (Akita Univ.), A. Narita (Akita Natl. College of ◆ ZhanCity-Tunisia-; Chen（Auckland Case Study: University Hydrocarbon of Technology; Pollution of NEWthe City ZEALAND） Co MODE OF PRESENTATION Tech.), M. Nishida (Akita Univ.), T. Nomura (TDK), K. Nuri (Fujikura), T. Study on Plastic Flow during Friction Stir Welding. The technical program consists of three kinds of sessions: Oda (Univ. Tokyo), H. Oikawa (Akita Univ.), H. Osanai (Waseda Univ.), T. ◆ Monem Kallel (Sfax University; TUNISIA) Environmental State of Sfax ◆ Plenary; 35 min-lecture including 5 min discussion. Ohyoshi (Akita Univ.), H.sato(Akita Electronics),H.Sekine(Tohoku Univ.),Y. ◆Keynote; 20 min-lecture including 5 min discussion. Shibuya (Akita Univ.), K. Shinohara (Hokkaido Univ.), K. Sugawara (Akita ◆Zuo Yu (Beijing University of Chemical Technology; CHINA) ◆ Oral and panel; 3 min-lecture each and poster-site discussion. Univ.), T. Takada (Musahi Inst. Tech.), S. Takayanagi (Mitsubishi Materials), astline. The Relationship between Current Fluctuations and Corrosion Dam ◆ Official language is English. A. Tanada (Ueda Sekkai), T. Taniguchi (Akita Univ.), H. Yamada (Iwate at the Early Stage of Pitting on Mild Steel and Commercial Pure Univ.)

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