This project is a continuation of an earlier INTPART project from 2015 to 2018 called 'Norwegian-Japanese Aluminium alloy Research and Education Collaboration' (NJALC), with the partners NTNU, University of Toyama, Tokyo Institute of Technology, SINTEF Industry and Hydro Aluminium. The content and objectives of the INTPART project is i) Research collaboration , ii) student exchange and collaboration on education, including joint supervision of MSc and PhD candidates and joint courses, iii) Internships in aluminium industry which connect education, research and innovation. In the earlier project we built a solid network within aluminium industry and academia in Norway and Japan and obtained international recognition through three joint workshops, one summer school, and ten student exchange and industry internships. Industry internships have been at Hydro Aluminium in Norway and the four Japanese aluminium companies YKK, Kobelco, UACJ and Nippon Light Metals. The objective of this project is to consolidate and further develop relations and collaborative activities, within academia and industry in Japan and Norway, as a basis for stronger and more formalized bonds. In addition to the two Universities in Toyama and Tokyo, a third University, Kyushu University is involved. The main activities in the collaboration are research collaboration within alloy development and characterization, internships, student exchange and development of joint intensive MSc/PhD courses.
The project has been severely affected by the corona pandemic. In 2019, we had two NTNU students on internships at YKK in Japan, and at the beginning of 2020 we had two more, at Kobelco and Toyo. The last two had to break up and return home from Japan earlier than planned. Three students from Tokyo Tech (one PhD and two MSc) were at Sunndalsøra (Hydro) and Trondheim (NTNU) at the end of last year. The planned workshop in Tokyo in May 2020 was canceled, as were two planned internships and exchanges (two from Japan and one to Japan). A postdoc stay in Kyushu in 2020 was also put on hold. We have attended the CAMRIC conference in Toyama in September 2020 and 2021 online. We have an MSc student in Trondheim who hopes to go on an exchange to YKK in the beginning of 2022, but we have not made the decision about whether she will go or not yet. We are now planning a workshop in Japan in May 2022, but have not yet decided if it will be doable. In 2021, we have had a couple of joint publications, and are still working on some. We have extended the project by one year, but will apply for a further extension. We hope to continue the networking activities in 2022.
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This proposal presents a Phase-2 continuation of the ongoing INTPART project, Norwegian-Japanese Aluminium alloy Research and Education Collaboration (NJALC), with the partners NTNU, University of Toyama, Tokyo Institute of Technology, SINTEF Materials and Chemistry and Hydro Aluminium. The content and objectives of Phase-1 and its Phase-2 continuation are: i) Research collaboration , ii) student exchange and collaboration on education, including joint supervision of MSc and PhD candidates and joint courses, iii) Internships in industry which connect education, research and innovation. In the Phase-1 project we have built a solid network within aluminium industry and academia in Norway and Japan and obtained international recognition through three joint workshops, one summer school, and ten student exchange and industry internships. Industry internships have been at Hydro Aluminium and four Japanese aluminium companies. The objective of the Phase-2 project will be to consolidate and further develop relations and collaborative activities, both with academia and industry in Japan, as a basis for stronger and more formalized bonds. One additional partner (Kyushu University) is included.
