- - About our laboratory
- In our laboratory, we are grappling with a transdisciplinary research from perspectives of natural science and social science. The former consists of materials science mainly based on thermodynamics and thermal engineering, and the latter consists of industrial ecology based on life cycle analysis and material flow analysis.
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- Information28 September 2021
- The students' room will be moved to E44.
- Activities22 September 2021
- A joint seminar between Tohoku University, The University of Tokyo, and Ritsumeikan University with four laboratories has been held too. One student from my lab got awarded the best presentation prize. Congratulations!!
- Activities12 September 2021
- A joint seminar among Osaka City University, Kyoto Prefectural University, and Ritsumeikan University with four laboratories has been held. Two students from my lab got awarded the best presentation prize. Congratulations!!
- Paper・Presentation10 August 2021
- Our paper entitled "Evaluating Transport Energy Efficiency in Domestic Long-Distance Travel: Japan as a case study" has been accepted to the journal of "Transportation Research Record (IF=1.56)".
- Paper・Presentation5 August 2021
- A paper entitled "Estimating material flows of two-wheelers in Cambodia imported from Asian countries as used products" has been accepted to Global Environmental Research.
- Paper・Presentation26 May 2021
- A new paper entitled "Benefits of a regional co-processing scheme: the case of steel/iron and cement industries in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia" has been accepted to "Journal of Cleaner Production (IF=9.297).
- Activities26 April 2021
- Our collaborative paper entitled "Estimating the generation of recycled metals from obsolete motorcycles in Vietnam for ELV management" by Daiki Kurogi, Shoki Kosai, Genya Murakami, Phong Lai Thai, Nguyen Duc Quang, Tran Duc Huy, TheLuong Nguyen, Eiji Yamasue has been accepted to Journal of Material Cycles and Waste Management (IF = 2.863).
- Paper・Presentation30 March 2021
- Our paper entitled "Microwave-based approach to recovering zinc from electric arc furnace dust using silicon powder as a non-carbonaceous reductant" has been accepted to JOM (The Journal of The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society, IF = 2.471)
- Activities14 December 2020
- Twelve third grade students join to our laboratory.
- Paper・Presentation5 December 2020
- Our paper entitled "Evaluation of resource use in the household lighting sector in Malaysia considering land disturbances through mining activities" collaborating with Prof. Sangwon Shu and Mr. Yang Qiu of UCSB has been accepted for publication in Resources, Conservation & Recycling (IF = 10.204)!! Our alumni, Ms Arnidah Badin strongly contributed to this paper.
- Paper・Presentation1 December 2020
- An original article on natural science entitled "Evaluating influences of impurities on hydrogen production in Si-water reaction" has been accepted to the International Journal of Hydrogen Energy (IF = 5,816).
- Information2 November 2020
- Prof. Yamasue's project "A Core of Excellence for Solving "Resource Paradox Problem" by Multi-Value Circulation" has been approved to the 4th phase project by the R-GIRO (Ritsumeikan Global Innovation Research Organization!
- Paper・Presentation1 November 2020
- Our paper entitled "Natural resource use of gasoline, hybrid, electric and fuel cell vehicles considering land disturbances" has been accepted to "Resources, Conservation & Recycling (IF = 10.204)
- Paper・Presentation30 October 2020
- A paper on the mining activities evaluation behind a traction lithium-ion battery production has been published to Journal of Cleaner Production. (IF=9.297)
- Paper・Presentation18 October 2020
- The following paper has been accepted to the journal, Environmental and Sustainability Indicators! "Ecological footprint and Total Material Requirement as environmental indicators of mining activities: Case studies of copper mines"
- Paper・Presentation8 September 2020
- The following two papers by a senior researcher of my lab, Mr. Shoki Kosai (soon Dr.), have been accepted to an e-Book "EcoDesign and Sustainability II"
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- Information15 May 2020
- Our activities have been introduced in a leaflet of our college.
- Paper・Presentation18 April 2020
- Our paper on "Chronological transition of relationship between intracity lifecycle transport energy efficiency and population density" has been accepted to "Energies".
- Activities14 April 2020
- Ms. Fujimura Shiho (graduate in FY 2019) is awarded an encouragement prize for her poster presentation in the Spring meeting by Iron and Steel Institute, Japan.
- Information1 April 2020
- Dr. S. Kashiwakura joins our laboratory.
- Activities20 February 2020
- Our TMR database has been updated for steels and special steels.
- Activities23 December 2019
- We held an end-of-year party.
- Paper・Presentation10 December 2019
- Our paper on "Estimation of the metal flow of WEEE in Vietnam considering lifespan transition" has been published in the journal of Resource, Conservation & Recycling.
- Activities2 December 2019
- Dr. Christoph Helbig from Augsburg University, temporarily staying in Waseda University, visited our laboratory.
- Activities1 December 2019
- Nine third-grade students have joined our laboratory.
- Activities26 October 2019
- Mr. Mizuno and Ms. Fujimura have made poster presentations at an International Symposium (Harmonic 2019). Mr. Mizuno won a poster prize! Congratulations!
- Activities4-6 September 2019
- We had a joint meeting with Matsubae lab and Miki-Hiraki group of Tohoku University.
- Information20 August 2019
- Ms. Nakagawa, a master course student, will stay the laboratory of Prof. Dr. Luca Ciacci, Rimini campus, Bologna University from the end of August.
- Paper・Presentation19 August 2019
- We are proud to share our newly accepted paper to the Journal of Japan Society of Civil Engineers entitled "Anthropogenic Disturbance by Domestic of Gold Mining in Mongolia."
- Activities17 August 2019
- Prof. Yamasue gave an invited talk at the fourth seminar by Itadakimasu.info on the topic "Food and Resources".
- Activities5 August 2019
- A public defense for Mr. Masihullah Ahmadi was held.
- Activities3 August 2019
- We had a joint-lab-meeting with Kyoto Prefectural University, Osaka City University and Ritsumeikan University.
- Activities16-17 July 2019
- We examined a Tatara ironmaking operation with Osaka high school students.
- Paper・Presentation8 July 2019
- A paper entitled "Applicability of Wiedemann-Franz Law to Thermal Conductivity of Molten Field’s Metal” by Mr. Mizuno of master course student has been accepted to Materials Science Forum.
- Information7 July 2019
- Our laboratory is introduced in the Journal of LCA, Japan. (in Japanese)
- Paper・Presentation4-6 June 2019
- Ms. Fujimura (a master course student) give a talk at the Spring meeting of the Japan Society of Powder and Powder Metallurgy, 2019 at Tokyo Institute of Technology.
- Information24 May 2019
- Prof. Yamasue takes a position as a member of the board of directors for “Phosphorus Industry Development Organization”.
- Information24 May 2019
- Prof. Yamasue takes a position of a president of “The Research Center of Technology and Management” of Ritsumeikan University
- Paper・Presentation12-15 May 2019
- Three presentation have been made at the conference ISIE-SEM.
- Paper・Presentation16 May 2019
- A paper on "Total Material Requirement for the Global Energy Transition to 2050: A focus on transport and electricity” has been accepted to the journal of “Resources, Conservation and Recycling”.
- Activities9 May 2019
- We had a first party in FY 2019.
- Paper・Presentation10 April 2019
- A paper discussing about "An optimum treatment for waste electronic home appliance in remote area: the case of Kinmen, Taiwan" has been published to the journal of "Waste Management".
- Information1 April 2019
- Associate Professor Eiji Yamasue has been promoted to Full Professor
- Paper・Presentation22 February 2019
- A paper entitled "Recommendation to ASEAN nuclear development based on lessons learnt from the Fukushima nuclear accident" written by Mr. Kosai has been accepted for publication in Energy Policy
- Activities11 February 2019
- Eight students of our lab have finished their public defenses.
- Information4 February 2019
- Dr. Mahdi Ikhlayel has moved to the laboratory of Prof. Fukushima, Tohoku University.
- Paper・Presentation15 January 2019
- Our collaborative paper entitled "Structure and catalytic behavior of CuO-CeO2 prepared by High-Energy Ball Milling" by Prof. Dr. TheLuong Nguyen has been accepted to Royal Society Open Science.
- Information1 January 2019
- Collaborative research on "Development of innovative rare metal separation process using organic solvent (JST's program on "Innovation in manufacturing for new process of sustainable resource recycle") with Prof. Dr. Takahiro Miki has started.
- Activities14,18 December 2018
- We held a lunch party (14 Dec), and a jointed party for a welcome-party for junior students, welcome-home party of Ms. Fujimura, and end-of-year party (18 Dec.)
- Activities01 December 2018
- Eight number of junior students joined our lab.
- Paper・Presentation29 November 2018 - 01 December 2018
- Dr. Jordi and Prof. Yamasue participated Sino-Japan Symposium for Industrial Ecology held at Institute of Urban Environment, Chinese Academy of Science, in Xiamen, China, coordinated by Prof. Dr. Ichiro Daigo and Prof. Dr. Weiqiang Chen.
- Paper・Presentation21 November 2018
- We are proud to share that one of our paper entitled "Investigation of Secondary Resource Flows Regarding of End-of-Life Vehicles (Elvs) in Small Islands: The Case of Kinmen, Taiwan" has been accepted to the journal "Sustainability".
- Paper・Presentation17 November 2018
- Mizuno-kun has a talk on a microwave smelting at Sympo2018 in Kokura.
- Activities7 November 2018
- Yesterday, we held dinner party!
- Paper・Presentation7 November 2018
- A paper entitled "Dynamic vulnerability in standalone hybrid renewable energy system" by Mr. Kosai has been published to a journal Energy Conversion and Management. Congratulations!!
- Paper・Presentation02 October 2018
- Our paper entitled "Global Warming Potential and Total Material Requirement in Metal Production: Identification of Changes in Environmental Impact through Metal Substitution" by S. Kosai and E. Yamasue has been accepted to "Science of the Total Environment".
- Information02 October 2018
Two types of DSC have been set in our lab.
- Activities25 September 2018
- A paper entitled "Vehicle Energy Efficiency Evaluation from Well-to-Wheel Lifecycle Perspective" based on Nakanishi-kun's graduation thesis has beec accepted to Transportatin Research Pard D: Transport and Environment.
- Information23 September 2018
- Ms. Fujimura of master course student has started to study abroad in Prof. Helmut Rechberger's laboratory at Vienna University of Technology.
- Activities19-21 September 2018
- Mr. Masih of master course student made a poster talk at ISIJ meeting.
- Activities13-14 September 2018
- We visited NSSMC Oita works and I2cener of Kyushu Univeristy.
- Activities10-12 September 2018
- We visited NSSMC Oita works and I2cener of Kyushu Univeristy.
- Paper・Presentation3-7 August 2018
- Prof. Yamasue, Dr. Jordi, Mizuno-kun (M1) and Kurogi-kun (UG) visited Hanoi University of Science and Technology, Vietnam for international conferences (Yamasue, Jordi, Mizuno), field survey (all), and an invited talk (Yamasue).
- Activities13-15 August 2018
- Dr. Sabatini and Prof. Yamasue visited world heritage in Yamaguchi prefecture for field survey.
- Activities8 August 2018
- We hold a joint seminar with Osaka City University (Mizutani lab), Kyoto Prefectural University (Yamakawa lab), and Ritsumeikan University (Hashimoto lab and Yamasue lab).
- Information28 July 2018
- Updated member page
- added Dr. Mahdi Ikhlayel
- added Mr. Nobuyuki Kinami
- Paper・Presentation20 July 2018
- A paper on the waste treatment in isolated island in Taiwan entitled "Waste shipments for energy recovery as a waste treatment strategy for small islands: the case of Kinmen, Taiwan" has been published to Journal of Material Cycles and Waste Management.
- Information19-20 July 2018
Kyoto meeting was held by theme-1 member (Umeda-lab, Kobayashi-lab, Matsumoto-group, Yamasue-lab) of Environmental research and Technology Development fund (S-16) at Kyoto Research Park.
- Paper・Presentation15 July 2018
- Prof. Yamasue made a talk entitled "Resource Intensity for Menu Items: How Much Land is Required to provide for each Dish?" at 10th Workshop on Multimedia for Cooking and Eating Activities in Stockholm, Sweden.
- Information13 July 2018
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- Information7 July 2018
- Mr. Mizuno, a master course student, will give his first oral talk entitled "Applicability of Wiedemann-Franz Law to Thermal Conductivity of Molten Field’s Metal" at the 13th International Conference on the Physical Properties and Application of Advanced Materials 2018 (ICPMAT2018) scheduled to be held from 4-7thSeptember 2018 in Hanoi, Vietnam.
- Information7 July 2018
- Ms. Fujimura will stay for three months or so at Prof. Rechberger's laboratory in TU Wien (Vienna University of Technology) from the end of September. She will learn a research method from the viewpoint of social sciences.
- Paper・Presentation6 July 2018
- A paper on the waste treatment in isolated island in Taiwan entitled "Waste shipments for energy recovery as a waste treatment strategy for small islands: the case of Kinmen, Taiwan" has been accepted to Journal of Material Cycles and Waste Management.
- Information1 July 2018
- Dr. Mahdi Ikhlayel joins our laboratory as an assistant researcher.
- Information28 June 2018
- A book on phosphorus recycling and recovery partly written by Prof. Yamasue has been published.
- Information28 June 2018
- A paper on power reliability evaluation written by Mr. Kosai entitled "Evaluating Power Reliability Dedicated for Sudden Disruptions: Its Application to Determine Capacity on the Basis of Energy Security" has been published to "Sustainability".
- Information18-21 June 2018
- Prof. Yamasue gave following three presentations RFG2018 held in Vancouver, Canada;
- Criticality Analysis of Rare Earth Elements based on Total Material Requirement）
- Minerals-Energy Nexus and the Future of Low-Carbon Technologies (by McLellan, Kyoto University)
- Global trends in resource demand for technological shift in the automotive industry from the viewpoint of Total Material Requirement (by Prof. Matsubae, Tohoku University)
- Activities1 June 2018
- Mr. Mizuno (master course student) made a poster presentation at Aster forum.
- Information25 May 2018
- Prof. Yamasue carried out a field survey at a copper mine in Bor, Serbia.
- Information24 May 2018
- Prof. Yamasue gave an invited talk at Nobi Sad University, Serbia.
- Information23 May 2018
- Prof. Yamasue gave a talk on "Decoupling" at an international conference (SAM12) held in Metz, France.
- Information19 May 2018
- Prof. Yamasue visited TU Wien, Vienna, Austria.
- Activities4 May 2018
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- Activities2018.4.19
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- Paper・Presentation2018.4.16
- A paper on crystal structures and electronic band structures for hypothetic lithium boron nitride intercalation compounds co-authored with Dr. Jungryang Kim has been accepted for the publication for Journal of Alloys and Compounds.
- Information1 April 2018
- New fiscal year (2018) in Japan has started, and 8 undergraduate students formally join our laboratory. Let's enjoy!!
- Information31 March 2018
- Dr. Benjamin Sabatini from MIT joins our laboratory as a post-doc fellow by a JSPS program.
- Information27 March 2018
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On March, we made following presentation for domestic conferences;
- Information22 March 2018
- Seven undergraduate students graduate our university. Congratulations!!
We had a farewell party!!
- Information16-17 March 2018
- A field survey on cement and steel industries in Hanoi have been made by Dr. Jordi and Mr. Kosai in Vietnam, and a meeting for collaboration has been simultaneously done also by Prof. Yamasue as well mainly with Prof. Dr. Nguyen Duc Quang and Prof. Dr. Tran Duc Huy at the Hanoi University of Science and Technology.
- Information15 March 2018
- Prof. Yamasue gave an invited talk on "Microwave Heating Process from the Viewpoint of Social Science" at the 5th meeting in FY 2017 organized by 188th committee by JSPS.
- Information7 March 2018
- A paper on the evaluation method for external dependency in terms of mining activities entitled "Comprehensive Analysis of External Dependency in terms of Material Criticality by Employing Total Material Requirement: Sulfuric Acid Production in Japan as a case study" has been accepted to a journal of "Minerals".
- Information3 March 2018
- A paper on resource intensity for food material production entitled "Framework and Evaluation of Total Material Requirement for Food Production ~Specific TMR for Food Production in Japan~" has been accepted for the publication to Journal of LCA Japan.
- Activities25 February 2018
- Contribution of Prof. Yamasue to Zeze high school is appeared in a newspaper.
- Information14 February 2018
- A seminar entitled "Sino-Japan Workshop on the Anthropogenic Cycles and Environmental Burdens of Cement and Iron Driven by Urbanization in Asia" has been approved for A Bilateral Joint Research Program by JSPS (Leader: Prof. Ichiro Daigo, the University of Tokyo). Our group contributes as co-researchers.
- Information31 January 2018
- A paper on novel evaluation method for material's function entitled "Data Envelopment Analysis for steel production with the use of Total Material Requirement" has been accepted for the publication to the journal of "Matériaux et Techniques".
- Information7 December 2017
- A reviewing paper on lifetime for electric and electronic devices has been accepted to Journal of LCA, Japan.
- Activities3 December 2017
- Ms. Shiho Fujimura visited Taiwan as a part of GRGP program of our university. (link)
- Information1 December 2017
- Eight 3rd grade students tentatively joined our laboratory.
- Information7 November 2017
- A paper on the potential of TMR reduction by the recycling of home appliances in Japan, Vietnam, and Thailand entitled "Reduction in Total Materials Requirement by Materials Recycling of Home Appliances in Japan, Thailand and Vietnam" has been accepted in the Journal of LCA, Japan.
- Activities13 October 2017
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- Information1 October 2017
- A new master course student (Mr. Ahmadi Masihullah) from Afghanistan joined our laboratory.
- Information10 September 2017
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補助研究員の光斎さんが執筆した再生可能エネルギーベースのオフグリッドシステムのコストセキュリティ評価に関する論文が採択されました．(Renewable Energy誌，IF=4.357)．
- Information9 September 2017
- 9月5日～9月8日に北海道大学で開催された日本鉄鋼協会第174回秋季講演大会において，卒研生の小柳津顕君が「リサイクルを考慮したステンレス鋼の関与物質総量」というタイトルでポスター発表を行いました．
- Information10 August 2017
- 公益財団法人すかいらーくフードサイエンス財団の平成29年度研究助成として，「ビッグデータ解析による世界の「食」に関わる資源端依存構造の可視化」に関する研究が採択されました．
- Activities21 August 2017
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8月10日に大阪市立大学（水谷研究室）、京都府立大学（山川研究室）、立命館大学（橋本研究室）と合同ゼミを開催しました．当研究室の西浦、福嶋、藤村の３名が優秀発表賞を頂きました！
- Paper・Presentation29 June 2017
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リチウムをインターカレートした窒化ホウ素の電気化学特性に関する論文がJournal of Electroanalytical Chemistry誌に掲載されました．詳細は以下のリンク先をご覧ください．
- Paper・Presentation29 June 2017
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日本の中学生のエネルギーリテラシーとその構造解析に関する論文がInternational Journal of Environmental & Science Education誌に掲載されました．詳細は以下のリンクをご覧ください．
- Information7 June 2017
- 山末准教授の関わったエネルギー環境教育に関する論文「秋津裕，石原慶一，奥村英之，山末英嗣：「日本の中学生のエネルギー・リテラシー調査－ 知識、関心、行動の評価と日米比較 －」エネルギー環境教育研究，第10巻，第2号，（2016）, pp.15-28」がエネルギー環境教育学会の研究論文賞を受賞しました．
- Activities2 June 2017
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卒研生の小栁津君による学会参加報告（SAM11 (Society and Materials Conference) in NTNU）
- Information12 May 2017
- 山末准教授が日本鉄鋼協会「鉄の技術と歴史」研究フォーラムの平成29年度フォーラム研究奨励賞を受賞しました．2017年7月22日（土）に東京工業大学大岡山キャンパス本館1階H111講義室で開催されるフォーラム研究会(10:00-17:15)において，受賞講演を行います．
- Information12 May 2017
- 補助研究員のジョルディさんが，メキシコで開催されるColloquim "Pobreza energética y cambio climático en la región transfronteriza de México y Estados Unidos" (2017年5月17日開催)で招待講演を行います．
- Information12 May 2017
- 研究室の研究内容が機友会（立命館大学理工学部機械システム系の同窓会組織）に紹介されました．
- Paper・Presentation1 May 2017
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Norwegian University of Science and Technology大学（ノルウェー，トロンハイム）で開催される国際会議（11th edition of the Society and Materials Conference, SAM11）において次の二件の発表をいたします．卒研生の小柳津君もポスター発表します．
- Akira Oyaizu, Jordi Cravioto, Ichiro Daigo, Eiji Yamasue: “DATA Envelopment Analysis for Steel Products considering Mining Activities in terms of Total Material Requirement”, 11th edition of the Society and Materials Conference SAM-11, NTNU, Trondheim, Norway, 15-16 May 2017
- Eiji Yamasue, Akira Oyaizu, Kenyu Matsui, Kenichi Nakajimareso, Kazuyo Matsubae, Benjamin McLellan, Ichiro Daigo, and Shinsuke Murakami: “Reconsideration of Prioritization of automotive materials recycling in terms of Total Material Requirement”, 11th edition of the Society and Materials Conference SAM-11, NTNU, Trondheim, Norway, 15-16 May 2017
- Information21 April 2017
- Jordi補助研究員が環境省環境研究総合推進費S-16の研究合宿@葉山に4月19-20日に参加しました．
- Information13 April 2017
- 補助研究員の光斎翔貴さんの歓迎会兼新年度会をしました．
- Paper・Presentation10 April 2017
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スペインのMelia Sitgesで開催された国際会議（Energy Research and Social Science, ERSS 2017）でJordi補助研究員が以下の報告を行いました．
- Jordi Cravioto, Eiji Yamasue: “Energy services and life satisfaction: A study on households in two Mexican communities”, Energy Research and Social Science (ERSS 2017), Melia Sitges, Spain, 2-5 April 2017
- Information10 April 2017
- 2017年度新規メンバーが決定しました．
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A book on phosphorus recycling and recovery partly written by Prof. Yamasue has been published.
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