♦  We invite Prof. Xing Zhou from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore as a Visiting Professor for about 6 days.(August 2011)

♦ Prof. Iwai had a talk in University of Science and Technology China, Hafei and Xiamen University , Xiamen, China.(August 2011)

♦ Prof. Iwai had a keynote speech in ICMAT 2011 in Singapore.(July 2011)

♦ Mr. Kitayama(M2) had an oral presentation and Mr. Dariush Hassan Zadeh had a poster presentation in INFOS 2011.(June 2011)

♦ Dr. Simon Deleonibus from LETI had DL Talk of IEEE EDS Japan Chapter, in TIT Suzukakedai campus on June 20.(June 2011)

♦ Prof. Iwai, Associate Prof. Parhat and Mr. Dou Chunmeng(D3) gave their presentation in 219th ECS Meeting in Montreal, Canada.(May 2011)

♦ Mr. Soshi Sato(D3) won "Best Poster Award" in Taiwan-Japan Workshop " Nano Devices".(March 2011)

♦ Taiwan-Japan Workshop " Nano Devices" is held at Suzukake Hall, Tokyo Insittute of Technology.(March 2011)

♦  We invite Prof. Zhenchao Dong from University of Science and Technology of China, as Visiting Professors for about 10 days.(February 2011)

♦  We invite Prof. Hei Wong from City University of Hong Kong, Prof. Sorin Cristoloveanu from Grenoble Polytechnic Institute and University of Grenoble, Prof. Simon Deleonibus from LETI, Prof. Jong-Hyun Lee from Kyungpook National University, Prof. Caludio Fiegna from University of Bologna, and Prof. Francisco Gamiz from University of Granada, as Visiting Professors for about one week.(February 2011)

♦  Four students from Prof. Iwai lab. gave their presentation in 2011 IWDTF.(January 2011)

♦  We invite Prof. C.K.Sarkar, Jadavpur University, India as a Visiting Professor for three weeks and Prof. Yu-Long Jiang, Fudan University, China for one week.(January 2011)

♦  We invite Prof. Maimaitiming Aini, Xinjiang University, China, as a Visiting Professor for two months.(January 2011)

♦  Mr. Kiichi Tachi(D3) won 2010 IEEE Electron Devices Society, Japan Chapter Student Award. (December.2010)

♦  Prof. Iwai was offered the position of 'D.J. Gandhi Distinguished Chair Professor' in the Department of Electrical Engineering, IIT, Bombay; from Dec. 23, 2010 to Jan. 15, 2011(December 2010)

♦  We invite Prof. Wang Yang from Lanzhou Jiaotong University (China) as a visitng reseracher for about one month; from Dec. 8 to Jan. 10.(December 2010)

♦  Mr. Kiichi Tachi(D3) gives a presentation in 2010 IEDM(International Electron Devices Meeting), San Francisco.(December 2010)

♦  Prof. Iwai gives a presentation in Peking University and The Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.(October 2010)

♦  Prof. Iwai gave a presentation in ICSICT 2010 Mini-Colloquiathe, Shanghai, China.(October 2010)

♦  Prof. Iwai gave a presentation in the Seminar, Nano Devices and Material Technology, Nepal.(October 2010)

♦  We invite Associate Prof. Yasenjiang Wufer, Xinjiang University, China, as a Visiting Professor for five months.(September 2010)

♦ 6 members from Prof. Iwai lab. give their presentations at The Electrochemical Society, Las Vegas, USA, October, 2010 (October.2010)

♦  We invite Prof. N. Mohankumar, SKP Engineering, India, and Lecturer Mainak Mukherjee, SMIT, India, as Visiting Professors for one month.(September 2010)

♦ Prof. Iwai gives his presentation at International Union of Materials Research Societies(IUMRS-ICA 2010), Qingdao, China, September, 2010 (September.2010)

♦ Prof. Iwai gives his presentation at Shandong University, Shandong, China, September, 2010 (September.2010)

♦ Prof. Kenji Natori gives his presentation at 2010 International Conference on Solid State Devices and Materials (SSDM 2010), September, 2010 (September.2010)

♦ Three members of this lab. give their presentation at ESSDERC 2010, September, 2010 (September.2010)

♦ Prof. Hiroshi Iwai gives Invited Speech at SISPAD 2010(The International Conference on Simulation of Semiconductor Processes and Devices), September 6, 2010 (September.2010)

♦ Prof. Hiroshi Iwai gives Keynote Speech at AWAD2010(2010 Asia-Pacific workshop on Fundamentals and Applications of Advanced Semiconductor Devices), July 1, 2010 (July.2010)

♦ Assistant Prof. Kuniyuki Kakushima gave a presentation at2010 Symposia VLSI Technology and Circuits. June 15, 2010 (June.2010)

♦  Prof. Arun Chandorkar, IIT Bombay, gave IEEE EDS DL Talk at Tokyo Institute of Technology. June 11, 2010 (June.2010)

♦  Prof. Hiroshi Iwai gave the presentation at IEEE EDS Mini Colloquium, Institute for Microelectronics Stuttgart (IMSCHIPS), Stuttgart, Germany, June 7, 2010 (June.2010)

♦  Prof. Parhat Ahmet gave the conference presentation at IWJT-2010 in Shanghai, China. (May.2010)

♦ We invite Professor Arun Chandorkar from IIT Bombay, India, as a Visiting Professor for one and a half month.(May 2010)

♦  Prof. Parhat Ahmet gave the conference presentation at 217th ECS Meeting Vancouver. (April.2010)

♦ 6 members of this laboratory have graduated(Mar.2010)
and now 6 people are working for SAMSUNG, TOSHIBA, NIPPON STEAL CORPORATION, MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, Metropolitan Express Co, East Nippon Express Company Ltd..

♦  Mr. Abudukelimu Abudureheman won Semi ECS Engineer Award: Best Student 3rd place at CSTIC 2010(China Semiconductor Technology International Conference). (March.2010)

♦  Three students of Prof. Iwai lab gave the conference presentation at CSTIC 2010(China Semiconductor Technology International Conference). (March.2010)

♦  SKP Engineering College Chairman, Mr. K.Karunanithi and Quality Director, Mr. Jiju Abrahamjacob visited us and met with Dean of Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Prof. Mishima and Director of Frontier Research Center, Prof. Ohmachi.(March 2010)

♦ We invite Professor Tang Zhenan from Dalian University of Technology, China, as a Visiting Professor for one week.(March 2010)

♦ We invite Professor Yi Shi from Nanjing University, China, as a Visiting Professor for two weeks.(February 2010)

♦ We invite Professor Chandan Kumar Sarkar from Jadavpur University, India, as a Visiting Professor for three weeks.(February 2010)

♦ We invite Associate Professor Henryk Przewlocki and Dr. Tomasz Gutt from Insitute of Electron Technology, Poland, as a Visiting Professor for one week.(February 2010)

♦ We invite Mr. Kaushik Nayak, Doctor course student, from IIT Bombay as a Visiting Scholar for three weeks.(February 2010)

♦ We invite Prof. Aierken Abuliemu from Xinjiang University as a Visiting Professor for one month and Prof. Mamtimin Gheni from Xinjiang University for ten days. (February 2010)

♦ We invite Vice-President Prof. Zhou Yichun and Prof. Wang Jinbin from Xiangtan University and Prof. Bhadra Prasad Pokharel from Institute of Engineering, Pulchowk, Nepal as Visiting Professors for ten days. (January 2010)

♦ Mr. Kiichi Tachi(D3) and Ms. Miyuki Koda(D1) won IEEE EDS Japan Chapter Student Award. (January 2010)

♦ Prof. Iwai stayed IIT Bombay for two weeks as D.J.Gandhi Visiting Professor. (January 2010)

♦ We invite Associate Professor Lu-Chang Qin from Department ot Physics and Astronomy, University of North Carolina as a Visiting Associate Professor for two weeks. (January 2010)

♦ We invite Professor Wang Yang from Lanzhou Jiaotong University as a Visiting Professor for two months. (December 2009)

♦ Professor Hiroshi Iwai gave seminars at Xian Jiaotong University and Northwestern Polytechnical University in Xian, China. (December 2009)

♦ Professor Hiroshi Iwai gave the conference presentation at CODEC 2009, Calcutta University and Jadavpur University. (December 2009)

♦ Professor Hiroshi Iwai gave the conference presentation at IIT Madras, SKP Engineering College International Workshop 2009 and IEEE EDS Mini Colloquia DL Talk at Government Engineering College, Port Blair. (November 2009)

♦  Professor Hiroshi Iwai gave the conference presentation and 14 members of Prof. Iwai lab. gave Poster presentation at G-COE PICE International Symposium on Silicon Nano Devices in 2030: Prospects by World�fs Leading Scientists. Mr. Hideaki Arai won Best Poster Award.(October.2009)

♦  Professor Hiroshi Iwai, Assistant Professor Kuniyuki Kakushima, Visiting Scholar Milan Kumar Bera, Mr. Maimaitirexiati Maimaiti(Doctor course student), Mr. Hideaki Arai(Master course student), Mr. Hiroto Nakayama(Master course student), Mr. Kiyohisa Funamizu (Master course student)and Mr. Tomotsune Koyanagi (Master course student)gave the conference presentation at 216th ECS Meeting, Vienna. (October.2009)

♦  Professor Kenji Natori and Doctor course student Lee Yeong-hun gave the conference presentation at SSDM 2009(2009 International Conference of Solid State Devices and Materials), and Prof. Natori won SSDM Award. (October.2009)

♦ Assistant Professor Kuniyuki Kakushima and Doctor course student Soushi Sato gave the conference presentation at ESSDERC 2009. (September.2009)

♦ We invite Prof. Hei Wong from Department of Electronic Engineering, City University of Hong Kong as a Visiting Professor for 10 days and he gives IEEE Distinguished Lecture. (July.2009)

♦ Dr. Asutosh Srivastava from Jadavpur University conducts collaborative research in Iwai lab. from May to August for India-Japan Cooperative Science Programme of DST-JSPS Joint Research Project.(May.2009)

♦ Prof. Iwai won The Commendation for Science and Technology by the Minister of Education, Culture, Science and Technology, Prizes for Science and Technology, Development Category Award.(April.2009)

♦ 6 people of this laboratory have graduated(Mar.2009)
and now 5 people of them are working for Sony Corporation, ANALOG DEVICES, Nippon Steel Corporation, NEC Corporation, Mitsubishi Electric
and now Ms. Kouda is studying at Iwai Lab of Dept.of Electronics and Applied Physics.

♦ We invite Prof. Pey Kin Leong from Nanyang Technological University as a Visiting Professor for 5days and he gives IEEE Distinguished Lecture.(Feb.2009)

♦ We invite Prof. Maimaitiyiming Aini from Xinjiang University as a Visiting Professor for one month and he gives IEEE Distinguished Lecture.(Jan.2009)

♦ Ms.Kouda won Yasuda Award in "Thin Films and Surface Physics Division and Silicon Technology Division of THE JAPAN SOCIETY OF APPLIED PHYSICS, Gate Stack Technology and Physics".(Jan.2009)

♦ Dr. Asutosh Srivastava from Jadavpur University conducts collaborative research in Iwai lab. for India-Japan Cooperative Science Programme of DST-JSPS Joint Research Project.(Jan.2009)

♦ Prof. Iwai won IEEE 2008 EDS Distinguished Service Award.(Dec.2008)

♦ Prof. Chandan Kumar Sarkar from Jadavpur University conducts collaborative research in Iwai lab. for India-Japan Cooperative Science Programme of DST-JSPS Joint Research Project.(Dec.2008)

♦ Assistant Prof. Kuniyuki Kakushima won "IWDTF Young Resarcher Award" in The 2008 International Workshop on "Dielectric Thin Films for Future ULSI Devices: Science and Technology".(Nov.2008)

♦ Dr. Milan Kumar Bera conducts collaborative research in Iwai lab. as a Visiting Scholar of TIT Frontier Research Center. He is provied by The Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) under the "JSPS Postdoctoral Fellowship for foreign Researchers" during two years.(Nov.2008)

♦ 3 members of this laboratory presented papers on the results of their studies in The 2008 International Workshop on "Dielectric Thin Films for Future ULSI Devices: Science and Technology".(Nov.2008)

♦ 7 members of this laboratory presented papers on the results of their studies in PRIME 2008, 214th Meeting of ECS.(Oct.2008)

♦ We invite Dr. Yueh-Chiu Lin from National Chiao Tung University as a Visiting Scholar for three months.(Sep.2008)

♦ We invite Ms. Yi Ching Ong from Nanyang Technology University as a Visiting Associate for four days.(Sep.2008)

♦ Dr. Cor Claeys(IMEC Director, IEEE EDS President)visited us and gave IEEE Distinguished Lecture.(August.2008)

♦ Prof. Iwai was granted the title of Visiting Professor from Xinjiang University.(July.2008)

♦ We invite Prof. Tian-Ling Ren from Tsinghua University as a Visiting Professor for one week and he gives IEEE Distinguished Lecture.(June.2008)

♦ We invite Prof. A.N.Chandorkar from IIT Bombay as a Visiting Professor for two months and he gives IEEE Distinguished Lecture.(May.2008)

♦ 5 people of this laboratory have graduated(Mar.2008)
and now 3 people of them are working for following companies...
→Mr. Oishi is working for TOSHIBA Corporation
→Mr. Adachi is working for Sony Corporation
→Mr. Morozumi is working for Fujitsu Corporation
and now Mr.Sato and Mr.Kawanago are studying at Iwai Lab of Dept.of Electronics and Applied Physics.

♦ Mr.Oishi won ISTC2008 Best Student Paper Award.(Mar.2008)

♦ Prof.Iwai was invited to IIT Bombay as D.J.Gandhi Distinguished Visiting Professor. He gave the Golden Jubilee Distinguished Lecture.(Dec.2007-Jan.2008)

♦ Prof.Iwai won the Seventh Teiichi Yamazaki Award.(Nov.2007)

♦ Prof.Iwai won the IEEE BCTM Award.(Oct.2007)

♦ Mr.Kawanago won the STARC Symposium 2007 Excellent Poster Award.(Sep.2007) ♦ Prof.Iwai won the Japan Society of Applied Physics Fellow Award.(Aug.2007) ♦ Dr.Ng who has graduated and returned to Malaysia. works for TSMC(Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company)(July2007)

♦ Dr.Molina got a doctor's degree,and is working for National Institute of Astrophysics,Optics and Electronics(Mexico)(June2007)

♦ 6 people of this laboratory have graduated(Mar.2007)
and now 4 people of them are working for following companies...
→Mr.Shiino is working for TOSHIBA Corporation
→Mr.Shiozawa is working for Canon Inc.
→Mr. Nakagawa is working for Nippon Telegraph and Telephone East Corporation
→Mr.Nagahiro is working for Sony Corporation
and now Mr.Tachi and Mr.Song are studying at Iwai Lab of Dept.of Electronics and Applied Physics.

♦ Dr.Ng has graduated and returned to Malaysia.(Sep.2006)

♦ 7 people of this laboratory have graduated(Mar.2006)
and now they are working for following companies...
→Mr.Aiba is working for HOYA Corporation
→Mr.Kuroki is working for DENSO Corporation
→Mr. Nakagawa is working for CHUBU Electric Power Co.,Inc.
→Mr.Fukuyama is working for Elpida Memory,Inc.
→Mr.Yoshizaki is working for ANALOG DEVICES,Inc.
→Mr.Kou is working for MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
→Mr. Chong is working for Fuji Zerox Co.,Ltd.

♦ Assistant Prof. Parhat Ahmet won the OHM Technology award . (Nov.2005)
♦ 5 people of this laboratory have graduated(2005.3)
and now they are working for following companies...
→Dr. Kim is working for Samsung(Korea)
→Mr. Kobayashi is working for Victor Company of Japan, Limited (JVC)
→Mr. Sato is working for Sharp Corporation
→Mr. Miyauchi is working for Ricoh Co.,Ltd.
→Mr. Yoshida is carrying on business on his own

♦ Prof. Iwai has given a Plenary Talk at IEDM Conference
 (Dec. 2004 in San Francisco)

 More information about IEDM, access www.his.com/~iedm

♦ A student of this labratory, Jun-ichi Tonotani has graduated(2004.9)
and his thesis of earned doctorate is here

♦ 2 people of this labratory have graduated(2004.3)
and now they are working for following companies...
→Mr.Oshima is working for Sony Corporation
→Mr.Ueda is working for Matsushita Electric Industrial Co.,

♦Prof.Iwai assumed the office of IEEE EDS President(2004.1)
IEEE EDS President's Message here

♦ 6 people of this labratory have graduated(2003.3)
and now they are working for following companies...

→Mr.AKAMA is working for Denso Corp.
→Ms.OSHIMA is working for Hitachi Corp.
→Ms.KASHIWAGI is working for Sharp Corp.
→Mr.KIKUCHI is working for Panasonic Mobile Communications Corp.
→Mr.TAGUCHI is working for Fuji Xerox Corp.
→Mr.YAMAMOTO is working forHitachi Corp.

♦Ms. Kashiwagi, who was a student of this labratory, was confered a
diploma as a valediatiorian.(2003.3)

♦Nano Tech 2003 + Future "International Congress and Exhibition on Nanotechnology" was held at MakuhariMesse in Tokyo (2003.2.26-28)
♣Pictures are here

♦ Prof. Iwai won the JSAP award for the best commentary paper. (2002.8)

♦ Students' thesis (Mr.Akama, Ms.Ohshima, and Ms.Taguchi) are selected for ESSDERC 2002 (2002.5)

♦ Ms.Kashiwagi won the outstanding performance award of the intramural presentation of master thesis idea. (2002.4)

♦ 9 announcements were performed in the Society of Applied Physics in this spring. (2002.3)
→ Announcement materials here

♦Mr. Satoh and Mr. Takeda graduated from this lab., and each was employed in Yamaha Corp., and NEC Corp..(2002.3)
→Mr.Satoh's master paper here
→Mr.Takeda's master paper here
→Photographs of farewell party here

♦Mr.Aoki of Agilent Technologies acquired the paper doctor's degree (2002.2.8)
→Paper here

♦According to NIKKEI research, prof. Iwai is ranked 3rd as a prominent researcher whose papers have been quoted many times in the world. (2002.1.7)
→Article here (in Japanese)

♦Prof. Iwai's paper was published in "Breakthrough"(December)(2001.12)
→ Details here (in Japanese)