![MIRAI will be comprised, initially, of a set of affiliates from US, Japan, Mexico and Korea, for example: University of California at Berkeley (Laboratory for Manufacturing and Sustainability (LMAS), Dornfeld), Keio University (Inasaki Lab (Aoyama Lab)), RIKEN (Ohmori), KIMM (Hwang), KITECH (Han), Pusan National University (Jeong) and Monterrey Institute of Technology (Rodroguez). These affiliates would be supported by resources, and collaboration with, industry in the Pan Pacific region as well as national government agencies. Industries would also be invited to participate as Corporate Members and, as such, would share in the governance of MIRAI. MIRAI, through the Board and the Directorate, would define a set of initial demonstration collaborative projects between at least two partners from differing countries, e.g. Keio-UC Berkeley-RIKEN, or KITECH-RIKEN-UC Berkeley. These projects would involve shared responsibility for research, exchange of researchers, and common reporting of progress in technical communications (e.g. in technical archival publications, conference proceedings, or special publications.) The MIRAI technical director would serve, with an advisory panel, to insure that the collaborations were effective and, importantly, resources were available. A draft organization chart is given above.
List of participating institutions (current)
Keio University, Yokohama, Japan
- Inasaki’s Lab (Prof. Ichiro Inasaki)
- Aoyama’s Lab (Prof. Tojiro Aoyama)
RIKEN (The Institute of Physical and Chemical Research), Wako, Japan
- Discovery Research Institute (Dr. Hitoshi Ohmori)
KIMM, Daejeon, Korea (Dr. Kyung-Hyun Whang)
KITECH, Incheon, Korea (Dr. Myeong Keun Han)
Pusan National University, Pusan, Korea
- NCRC (National Core Research Center for Hybrid Materials Solution) (Prof. Haedo Jeong)
University of California, Berkeley, USA
- LMAS (Laboratory for Manufacturing and Sustainability) (Prof. David Dornfeld)
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, USA
- Engineering Division (Dr. Kem Robinson)
Mori Seiki Co., Ltd., Nagoya, Japan
List of participating institutions: proposed (in discussion) and potential (to be contacted)
[Proposed]
Kobe University, Kobe, Japan
- Moriwaki’s Lab (Prof. Toshimichi Moriwaki)
University of California, Davis, USA
- IMS (Intelligent Manufacturing System) (Prof. Kazuo Yamazaki)
University of Sao Paulo, Sao Carlos, Brazil (Prof. Joao F. G. Oliveira)
[Potential]
University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada (Prof. Yusuf Altintas)
Mitsubishi Materials Kobe Tools Corporation, Akashi, Japan (Dr. Yasuyuki Yamada)
Monterrey Institute of Technology, Monterrey, Mexico (Prof. Ciro Rodriguez)](Organization_files/shapeimage_2.png)
Organization
When: 1/26/2007
Where: Paris, France
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