1)Title of the presentation(tentative): Advances in Nano-to Mega-technology of Elastomers

2) Biography:

Born in 1942 in Kamakura, Kanagawa, Japan

Graduated from Department of Applied Physics, The University of Tokyo with Bachelor Degree in 1965.

Graduated from Department of Applied Physics, Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo in 1967.

Member of Research Staff of Bridgestone Tire Central Research, Kodaira, Tokyo from 1967 to 1980

Doctor of Engineering, The University of Tokyo in 1972.

Visiting Scientist of Bell Laboratories, New Jersey, USA from 1972 to 1975.

Lecturer, Associate Professor, and Professor of the Department of Applied Physics, The University of Tokyo from 1980 to 2003.

IBM Summer Faculty Fellow in 1985.

Consultant to Bell Laboratories in USA in 1986 and 1987.

Harold A. Morton Distinguished Visiting Professor of The University of Akron, Ohio, USA in 1993.

Emeritus Professor: The University of Tokyo from 2003.

Professor of Department of Organic and Polymeric Materials in the Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Tokyo

Institute of Technology from 2003 to 2008.

Emeritus Professor of Tokyo Institute of Technology from 2008.

Professor and Principal Investigator at WPI-AIMR Tohoku University from 2008 to 2012.

Special Professor of Tokyo Institute of Technology from 2012.to 2017

President of The society of Rubber Industry, Japan from 1995 to 1997.

Vice President of The Society of Polymer Science, Japan from 2000 to 2002.

Specialist to The Supreme Court in the field of polymer science and engineering from 2006 to 2016

ISO/TC45/SC4/WG9 Elastomeric Isolators, Convener, from 2000.

Program Director, Innovation Head Quarters, Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST) from 2013 to 2015

Special professor of Beijing University of Chemical Technology from 2013

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4) Name: Toshio NISHI

5) Nationality: Japan

6) Affiliation: Emeritus Professor of The University of Tokyo and Tokyo Institute of Technology

7) Researching interest: Structure and properties of polymer blends, alloys, and composites. Polymer nanotechnology.

Polymer megatechnology.

8) Achievements

Studies on miscibility and phase separation in polymer alloys---Award of the Society of Polymer Science, Japan.(1991).

Studies on the molecular motion and higher order structure of filled elastomers----Oenshlager Award.(1998).

Creation of the science of polymer alloys and pioneering of polymer nanotechnology----Merit Award of the Society of Polymer Science, Japan.(2005).

Pioneering studies on structure and properties on complex elastomers---- IRCO Medal(2009).

Development of super fuel efficient tire compound based on nanotechnology----Tire Technology International Award for Innovation and Excellence 2013 Life Time Achievement Award.(2013).

Special Honor Award by The Association of Synthetic Resin, China (2013).

Long service award----ISO/TC45(2013).

International and domestic standardization award by the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry, Japan (2017).

Honorary member of The Society of Rubber Science & Technology, Japan (2018)