Members
Professor Dr. Hitoshi WashizuSecretary: Ayaka Tao
Asocciate Professor Dr. Hiraku Oshima( @Riken, Cross Appointment)
Specially Appointed Lecturer: Dr. Ryuichi Okamoto
Specially Appointed Lecturer: Dr. Yoshiki Ishii
Specially Appointed Assistant Professor: Dr. Kosar Khajeh Visiting Associate Professor: Dr. Natsuko Sugimura (@National Institute of Technology, Kagoshima College)
Visiting Professor: Dr. Ryohei Seto (@Wenzhou Institute, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences)
Visiting Associate Professor: Dr. Go Uchida (@Tokyo Metropolitan Univ.)
Visiting Researcher: Dr. Hiroto Achira (@Hyogo Pref. Inst. of Tech.)
Center Researcher: Doctor Course 3d Grade: Naoki Yashiro (NTN Corp.)
Doctor Course 3d Grade: Eiji Tomiyama (RIST)
Doctor Course 3d Grade: Takashi Noda (NSK Corp.)
Doctor Course 3d Grade: Yohei Shimizu (Showa Denko K.K.)
Doctor Course 3d Grade: Hirotoshi Akiyama (NIPPON GREASE Co.,Ltd.)
Doctor Course 3d Grade: Le Nhu Minh Tue (MEXT scholarship student)
Doctor Course 2nd Grade: Tomohiro Kinjo (Asahi Kasei Corp.)
Doctor Course 2nd Grade: Suguru Nishikawa (Sumitomo Chemical Co. Ltd.)
Doctor Course 1st Grade: kazumasa Ishikawa (kyoei Industry Co., Ltd.)
Master Course 2nd Grade: Riku Araki
Master Course 2nd Grade: Yuya Okabe
Master Course 2nd Grade: Keitaro Katayama
Master Course 2nd Grade: Tomoya Hasegawa
Master Course 2nd Grade: Masaki Hayama
Master Course 1st Grade: Kazuki Ito
Master Course 1st Grade: Mizuki Era
Master Course 1st Grade: Takehiro Kobayashi
Master Course 1st Grade: Yudai Tanaka
Master Course 1st Grade: Koshiro Torimoto
Master Course 1st Grade: Keito Nitta
Master Course 1st Grade: Tsuyoshi Fukaya
Master Course 1st Grade: Tomohito Horio
GSC-ROOT student: Taiki Togashi (Hakuryo High School)
- 2021 OBOG
- Yosuke Hamano (MS), Kyosuke Kawakita (MS), Gentaro Sawai (MS), Dr. Le Van Sang (Specially Appointed Lecturer), Dr. Deboprasad Talukdar (Specially Appointed Assistant Professor)
- 2020 OBOG
- Mutsuki Honma (MS), Ryoichi Katsukawa (MS), Ryo Matsuoka (MS), Ukiko Nomura (Secretary), Dr. Daisuke Namekata(Asocciate Professor @Riken R-CCS, Cross Appointment), Kana Nakatsuka (GSC-ROOT Student, Josei Gakuen Senior High School)
- 2019 OBOG
- Yuki Iike (MS), Yuko Teramae (MS), Rio Nakae (MS), Dr. Masaki Okoshi (Researcher, @RIST, ESICB Kyoto Univ.), Dr. Patrick A. Bonnaud (Researcher, @Tohoku Univ.), Dr. Manabu Yagi (Researcher, @RIKEN)
- 2018 OB
- Soma Usui (MS), Taiki Kawate (MS), Kohei Nishikawa (MS), Gentaro Sawai (Kure National College of Technology), Taiyo Taniuchi (GSC-ROOT, The High School of University of Hyogo)
- 2017 OB
- Hirotoshi Akiyama (MS), Masakazu Konishi (MS), Ryota Ashizawa (Hitachi, Ltd.)
- 2016 OB
- Tatsuya Maeda (MS) , Ryo Okawa (MS, Yasuda Lab.)
Curriculum Vitae

Prof. Dr. Hitoshi Washizu
Graduate School of Simulation Studies, University of HyogoPositions
- 2021- Professor, Graduate School of Information Science, University of Hyogo
- 2015- Professor, Graduate School of Simulation Studies, University of Hyogo
- 2012-2015 Senior Researcher, Leader, Washizu Research Group, Frontier Research Center, Toyota Central R&D Labs., Inc.
- 2001-2012 Researcher, Tribology Lab., Toyota Central R&D Labs., Inc.
- 2001 Editor, Baifukan Co., Ltd. (Publisher of Science & Technologies)
Academic Degrees
- 2001 Ph. D. in Polymer Physicalchemistry, Kazuo Kikuchi Laboratory, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, the University of Tokyo
- 1998 MS in Polymer Physicalchemistry, Kazuo Kikuchi Laboratory, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, the University of Tokyo
- 1996 BS in Biophysics, Yoshimi Tsuchiya Laboratory, School of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Tokyo Institute of Technology
- 1989 Chigusa High School, Aichi Prefecture
Project Researcher at MEXT (the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Japan) (with Grants)
- 2022- RIKEN, Visiting Researcher
- 2022- Computational Science Lab., Inc. CTO
- 2015-2022 Research Center Professor at the Elements Strategy Initiative for Catalysts and Batteries (ESICB), Kyoto University.
- 2012-2015 Project Researcher, the Elements Strategy Initiative for Catalysts and Batteries (ESICB), Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
- 2007-2011 Co-researcher at the Next-generation Supercomputer System Project, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT), Japan
- 2003-2006 Co-researcher at the National Research Grid Initiative (NAREGI) Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT), Japan
Part-time Lecturer etc
- 2006-2020 Part-time Lecturer of Micro-nano System Engineering at Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University
- 2017 Part-time Lecturer of Mechanical Engineering at Graduate School of Engineering, Tottori University
- 2016 Part-time Lecturer of Mechanical Engineering at Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo
- 2014 Special Lecture at Graduate School of Engineering, Keio University
- 2004-2011 Special Lecture at Graduate School of Engineering, Tokyo City University
- 1996 Teaching Assistant, School of Arts and Sciences, The University of Tokyo
Academic Societies
- American Chemical Society Referee of J. Am. Chem. Soc.
- Royal Society of Chemistry Referee of Chem. Sci.
- Materials Research Society Invited lecture at MRS 2008
- Tribology and Lubrication Engineering Society
(STLE)
TLT (Tribology & Lubrication Technology) Technical Editor (2022) - MMM2018 The 9th Multiscale Materials Modeling (MMM) conference, Symposium Organizer.
- The Molecular Simulation Society of Japan
2014-2017, 2019- Board member - Kansai lubrication society
2021- Board member - The
Society of Polymer Science, Japan
2016- Board member of Research Group on Computational Polymer Science (RGCPS) - Japanese
Society of Tribologists (JAST)
2019-2021 Board Member
Technical Committee (Proposed by Member) Molecular Simulations for Tribology 2005- Organizer, 2016- Chair
Technical Committee (Proposed by Society) Applying AI to Tribology, 2020- Chair
2017- Associate editor of Tribology Online
2012-2014 Editorial Committee member, 2013 Secretary Editor
2013 Information Committee member
2015-2016 Award Committee member
2017-2018 Education Committee member
2017- Journal Committee member (Chair, Editor in chief)
2017- International Committee member (Vice-Chair)
Local Organizing Committee member of Tribology conferences 2008 Autumn, 2012 Spring, 2013 Spring, 2018 Autumn, 2021 Autumn
World Tribology Congress: 2009 Session Organizer, Associate Solicitor, 2022 reviewer
International Tribology Congress 2015, 2019, Session Organizer, 2023 Organizing Committee member - The Japan
Society of Mechanical Engineers
JSME-IIP/ASME-ISPS Joint Conference on Micromechatronics for Information and Precision Equipment, MIPE 2009, 2015, 2018, 2022: Session Organizer, MIPE 2022: Organizing Committee member
2013-2014, 2016- Session Organizer of Anual meetings
2012- Organizer at Micro-Nano Engineering Simposium - The Chemical Society of Japan
- KINKA CHEMICAL SOCIETY
Computer Chemistry Committee member (2021-) - The Surface Science Society of Japan
Member of the branch of the Science of Friction, Lecturer at the civil lecture in Chubu - Society of Computer Chemistry, Japan
- Hyogo Prefectural Institute of Technology : Technology Advisor
- GSC-Hyogo Kobe consortium comittee member (2019-)
- New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization, Japan (NEDO): Technology Committee member (2018-)
Awards
- 2004 Young Researcher Award, Japanese Society of Tribologists
- 2015 Paper award of TROL, Japanese Society of Tribologists
- 2016 Student award, Japanese Society of Tribologists (Tatsuya Maeda)
- 2017 The Best Poster Award, in 5th Malaysia-Japan Tribology Symposium (MJTS2017) (Masakazu Konishi)
- 2017 "The Best Poster Award" in 6th World Tribology Congress (WTC2017). (Hirotoshi Akiyama)
- 2017 "The Best Poster Award" in 6th World Tribology Congress (WTC2017). (Masakazu Konishi)
- 2018 The Best Poster Award, in Kansai Lubrication Round-Table Conference. (Kohei Nishikawa)
- 2018 The Best Poster Award, in 9th Autumn school of Tribology. (Kohei Nishikawa)
- 2018 Information, Intelligence and Precision Equipment Division, Certificate of Merit for Best Presentation, The Japan Scociety of Mechanical Engineers. (Kohei Nishikawa)
- 2018 Student award, Japanese Society of Tribologists (Kohei Nishikawa)
- 2019 The Best Poster Award, in 10th Autumn school of Tribology. (Mutsuki Honma)
- 2019 The Best Student Presentation Award, in 33d Meeting of Molecular Simulation Society of Japan. (Yohei Shimizu)
- 2019 Student award, Japanese Society of Tribologists (Yuki Iike)
- 2020 Best Research Award, University of Hyogo
- 2020 Best Presentation Award, The Young Researchers Community of the Japan Association of Solution Chemistry (Yoshiki Ishii)
- 2020 Best Poster Award, Symposim of University of Hyogo (Yoshiki Ishii, Nobuyuki Matubayasi, Go Watanabe, Takashi Kato, Hitoshi Washizu)
- 2021 Encourage Award, 23th Students Conference of The Society of Chemical Engineers, Japan (Kana Nakatsuka, Takehiro Kobayashi, Ryo Matsuoka, Yoshiki Ishii, Hitoshi Washizu)
- 2021 The Excellent Poster Award, in Kansai Lubrication Round-Table Conference. (Kyosuke Kawakita)
- 2021 Young Scientist Award, The Japan Association of Solution Chemistry (Yoshiki Ishii)
- 2021 Best Poster Award, CCP2021 (XXXII IUPAP Conference on Computational Physics) (Yoshiki Ishii)
- 2022 Student award, Japanese Society of Tribologists (Tomoya Hasegawa)
- 2022 MIPE2022 Student Award (Masaki Hayama)
- 2022 Best Poster Award, Symposim of University of Hyogo (Takashi Noda)
- 2022 Best Voting Prize, All Japan Students Research Presentation in GSC (Taiki Togashi)
Teaching
- Elements of Computational Physics (Master Course, 2018-)
- Elements of Computational Science (Master Course, 2016-2017)
- Simulations for Practical Materials (Master Course, 2015-)
- Fundamentals for Material Simulation (Doctor Course, 2016-)
- Simulation and modeling of Natural and Social Phenomena (Bachelor Course, Department of Sicences, University of Hyogo, 2016-)
- Micro Technology (Bachelor Course, Department of Engineering, University of Hyogo, 2017-)
- Special Lecture in Mechanical Engineering (Master Course, Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, 2016)
- Special Lecture in Mechanical Engineering (Master Course, Graduate School of Engineering, Tottori University, 2017)
- Special Lecture in Micro-Nano System Engineering (Master Course, Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University, 2006-)