Activities of SPTJ

    Index
         Regular calendar
         International Cooperation
         Group activities
         Regional sections
         Awards  
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Regular calendar
   February:  General meeting (in Kansai area, 1 day)
   May:  Spring annual meeting (in Kansai or Tokyo area for 2 days)
   June : Technical conference (in Kansai or Tokyo area for 2 days)
   July-August: Advanced seminar (for 2-3 days)
   October- November:Autumn annual meeting and Symposium (in Tokyo or Kansai area for 2 days)

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International Cooperation
 Bilateral Meeting
    Korea-Japan Powder Technology Seminar
          (1985, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1993, in Korea)
    Thailand-Japan Symposium on Powder Technology
          (1988, 1991, in Thailand)
    China-Japan Powder Technology Symposium
          (1996 in China)

  Trilateral Meeting
   Trilateral Symposium on Particuology-China, U.S.A. and Japan
          (1988 in China)

  World Congress on Particle Technology
          (1986 in Nurenberg, Germany, 1990 in Kyoto, Japan,  
           1998 in Brighton, UK, 2002 in Sydney, Australia
           2006 in Orlando, USA, 2010 in Nurenberg, Germany)

  APT (Asian Powder Technology Symposium)
          (2000 in Bangkok, Thailand,  2003 in Penung, Malaysia, 
           2007 in Beijing, PRC,  2009 in New Delhi, India.)
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Group activities
 The Society has organized various research groups for  members to study and 
discuss their mutual interests.  Presently active groups are :
 Division of Particulate Preparation and Design
 Research Group on Advanced Grinding Operations and Processes(Japanese only)
 Research Group on Particle Dynamics Simulation(Japanese only)
 Research Group on Advanced Dust Collection Technology
 Aerosol Processing
 Nucleation in Liquid Phase
 Research Group on Scale-up of Cohesive Powder Fluidization
 Control of Powder Structure
 Research Group on Particle Nano-technology(Japanese only)
 Research Group on Particle Charge Control(Japanese only)
 Research Group on Particle Bonding
 Study Group on Powder Handling and Related Phenomena(Japanese only)

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Regional sections
    Regional sections of the society are placed in
       Hokkaido Branch
       Tohoku Branch(Japanese only)
       Kanto Branch(Japanese only)
       Chubu Branch(Japanese only)
       Nishi-nihon Branch(Japanese only)
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Awards
IINOYA AWARD
   For devotion (SUGGEST: contributions) to the development of powder technology and to the promotion of international collaboration.
   Regarding the past awardees, please see here.

 SPTJ BEST PAPER AWARD 
   Given to the author(s) of the best paper published    in the Journal of the Society of Powder Technology, Japan.
   Regarding the past award-winning papers, go to here (under construction).

      Award-winning paper in 2010: 
           Title:Numerical simulation of a bubbling fluidized bed by the coarse grain modeling of DEM
           Authors: Mikio Sakai, Kazuya Shibata, Vanessa M. Kawasaki and Seiichi Koshizuka (Tokyo Univ.)
           Jounral of the Society of Powder Technology, Japan, Vol.47 No.1, pp. 17-25.

  APT DISTINGUISHED PAPER AWARD 
   Given to the author(s) of the best paper published in Advanced Powder Technology.
   Regarding the past award-winning papers, go to here (under construction).
 
      Award-winning paper in 2010: 
          Title: Vortex simulation for non-axisymmetric collision of a vortex ring with solid particles 
          Authors: Tomomi Uchiyama(Naogya Univ.), Hisanori Yagami(Mie Univ.)
                    Advanced Powder Technology, Vol.20 No.5, pp. 447-454 (2009).


  YOUNG RESEARCHERS' AWARD 
   Given to the most promising young researcher(under 35) 
   to encourage continued work in the field of powder technology.

      Awardee in 2010: Dr. Shinya Yamanaka (Muroran Institute of Technol.)
          While the awardee's latest article in Japanese will be translated and published in Advanced Powder Technology,
          his outstanding papers already published in Advanced Powder Technology are as follows:
          
          Original Research Paper
          Title: Preparation of porous particles by liquid-liquid interfacial crystallization
          Advanced Powder Technology, Vol.22 No.1, pp. 125-130 (2011).

          Translated Paper
          Title: Solid base catalysis of calcium oxide for a reaction to convert vegetable oil into biodiesel 
          Advanced Powder Technology, Vol.21 No.4, pp. 488-494 (2010).

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