Members

Professor Dr. Hitoshi Washizu
Secretary: Kazuyo Nagahama
Asocciate Professor Dr. Cheng Tan( @Riken, Cross Appointment)
Specially Appointed Associate Professor: Dr. Ryuichi Okamoto
Visiting Lecturer: Dr. Yoshiki Ishii
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: Tomohiro Kinjo (Asahi Kasei Corp.)
Doctor Course 3d Grade: Suguru Nishikawa (Sumitomo Chemical Co. Ltd.)
Doctor Course 3d Grade: kazumasa Ishikawa (kyoei Industry Co., Ltd.)
Doctor Course 3d Grade: Minami Soma (Kyodo Yushi Co., Ltd.)
Doctor Course 2nd Grade: Takehiro Kobayashi
Doctor Course 2nd Grade: Shotaro Yamaguchi
Doctor Course 1st Grade: Yasukaze Nishimura
Doctor Course 1st Grade: Akinori Fujita
Master Course 2nd Grade: Yudai Ishino
Master Course 2nd Grade: Yoshito Kashihara
Master Course 2nd Grade: Naoki Takahashi
Master Course 1st Grade: Yodai Tanabe
Master Course 1st Grade: Yuto Terumoto
Master Course 1st Grade: Akito Nakamura
Master Course 1st Grade: Kaito Nomura
Master Course 1st Grade: Kyoka Hirota
Shota Fujimoto (Kobe High School, GSC-ROOT student)

2024 OBOG: Sou Imai (MS), Yudai Ogawa (MS), Takayuki Tomokiyo (MS), Ryuji Hanano (MS) Mr. Mitsuyoshi Yagyu (Researcher), Taiki Togashi (Hakuryo High School, GSC-ROOT student).
2023 OBOG: Kazuki Ito (MS), Mizuki Era (MS), Yudai Tanaka (MS), Koshiro Torimoto (MS), Keito Nitta (MS), Tsuyoshi Fukaya (MS), Tomohito Horio (MS), Dr. Kosar Khajeh (Specially Appointed Assistant Professor), Mr. Mitsuyoshi Yagyu (Researcher), Taiki Togashi (Hakuryo High School, GSC-ROOT student).
2022 OBOG: Ayaka Tao (Secretary), Le Nhu Minh Tue (Ph. D., MEXT scholarship student), Riku Araki (MS), Yuya Okabe (MS), Keitaro Katayama (MS), Tomoya Hasegawa (MS), Masaki Hayama (MS), Dr. Hiraku Oshima(Associate Professor, @Riken, Cross Appointment).
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 Hyogo

Positions

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, 2025- 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, 2019-2022, 2024- Board member
Organizing committee member of 30th Symposium on Molecular Simulations
Chair of organizing committee member of 38th Symposium on Molecular Simulations
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)
Tribology Online, Associate Editor.
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, 2027 Himeji: Chair of Organizing committee
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)
2022 Excelent Award, JSEC2022JSEC (Japan Science & Engineering Challenge) (Taiki Togashi)
2023 Excellent Poster Award, K-TRIB2023 (3rd Korea-Tribology International Symposium (Koshiro Torimoto)
2023 Student award, Japanese Society of Tribologists (Tomohito Horio)
2023 The Best Poster Award, in 13th Autumn school of Tribology. (Takayuki Tomokiyo)
2024 "3rd Place (Poster Presentation)", in 6th Malaysia-Japan Tribology Symposium (MJTS2024) (Ryuji Hanano)
2024 Student award, Japanese Society of Tribologists (Yasukaze Nishimura)
2024 The Best Poster Award, in 14th Autumn school of Tribology. (Naoki Takahashi)
2024 "Best Poster Award" in ASIATRIB&CICT2024 (7 th ASIA INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON TRIBOLOGY & 9th CHINA INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON TRIBOLOGY) (Yasukaze Nishimura)
2024 AICE Award (Akinori Fujita)

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-)