MIRAI (未來)
(Manufacturing Institute for Research on Advanced Initiatives)
Pan-Pacific Manufacturing Research Institute
 
 
MIRAI is a bridge to connect concurrent manufacturing issues to real industry and research institutions, a bridge to bring brilliant engineers to a manufacturing community, and a bridge to envision future manufacturing technology.
 
MIRAI was established to create a framework for collaborative research and education on the substantial issue facing precision manufacturing in the Pacific Rim region (United States, Japan, Korea, Taiwan, Singapore, Canada, Mexico, South America, etc.). Participants include university and technical institutes and national laboratories, government agencies and industry in the participating countries. Topics of research could include: environmentally conscious design and manufacturing, sustainable systems of production, clean energy and alternative energy sources for manufacturing, product and process design for sustainability and environment. Research will include an engineering perspective on these topics and should be based on analysis, simulation and experimental efforts. The results should contribute to the availability of tools for engineers, scientists and business experts to utilize to insure that products, processes and systems of manufacture are designed, developed, produced and utilized in a sustainable way. It is anticipated that within this framework (similar to existing EU programs) there will be much greater, longer term collaboration yielding greater impact in research. The problems to be addressed must be long term, high risk and have the potential for a measurable impact on the societies participating. An important requirement is that the collaborative projects be independent of any “major influence” from one of the participants or organizations.
 
Manufacturing Institute for Research on Advanced Initiatives (MIRAI)
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    When: 7/10/2007
    Where: Nagano, Japan
 
    When: 7/10/2007
    Where: Nagano, Japan
    
 
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MIRAI Secretariat
5114 Etcheverry Hall
University of California
Berkeley, CA 94720-1740, USA
TEL: +1-510-643-4439
FAX: +1-510-643-5599