Tokyo Institute of Technology established the Open Innovation Platform as an organization for full-scale management of collaborative research. OIP will promote large-scale collaborative research by means of a collaborative research cluster system in which the University cooperates closely with industry in comprehensive collaborative research that endeavors to encompass the process from new business development to social implementation.
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Under the leadership of Director Osamu Watanabe (Vice-President), Tokyo Tech Open Innovation Platform will establish a system for promptly promoting large-scale collaborative research activities through the decision-making by Associate Director and General Creative Manager (GCM) Yoichi Oshima. The necessary and specialized information provided by Creative Managers (CM) in charge of specialized fields and Project Creative Managers (PCM) managing projects will help the GCM for his prompt and accurate decision-making to support each process in the university’s research activities from planning to commercialization for research management, intellectual properties strategies, research planning, and strategies for commercialization of research results.
About the Collaborative Research Clusters
We will establish “Tokyo Tech Open Innovation Platform Collaborative Research Cluster (hereinafter called “Collaborative Research Cluster”)” as large-scale research activities working together with each company, primarily in the fields of energy and material, which are Tokyo Tech’s forte, and also in the fields of mechanics and biotechnology, which are other fields of focus, then promote research development activities.
Moving forward, we will endeavor to expand the research areas undertaken by those collaborative research clusters and increase the number of them toward the activation of large-scale collaborative research.
Toyota Mobility Foundation Advanced Traffic Safety Collaborative Research Cluster
Company Name
TOYOTA Mobility FOUNDATION
Establishment Period
April 1, 2024 to March 31, 2027
Cluster Director
Motoki Shino(Professor, School of Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology)
Associate Cluster Director
Kenichi Yagi(Director-Programs, Program Management Group, TOYOTA Mobility FOUNDATION)
NSK Tribology Collaborative Research Cluster
Company Name
NSK Ltd.
Establishment Period
December 1, 2023 to March 31, 2027
Cluster Director
Tadahiko Shinshi(Professor, Institute of Innovative Research, Tokyo Institute of Technology)
Associate Cluster Director
Ken-ichi Shibasaki(Head of Core Technology R&D CENTER Operating Officer, NSK Ltd.)
EX-Fusion liquid metal Collaborative Research Cluster For Future Creation
Company Name
EX-Fusion inc.
Establishment Period
October 1, 2023 to September 30, 2026
Cluster Director
Masatoshi Kondo(associate Professor, Laboratory for Zero-Carbon Energy, Institute of Innovative Research, Tokyo Institute of Technology))
Associate Cluster Director
Kazuki Matsuo(CEO, EX-Fusion inc.)
Tokyo Ohka Kogyo Collaborative Research Cluster For Future Creation
Company Name
TOKYO OHKA KOGYO CO.,LTD.
Establishment Period
June 1, 2023 to March 31, 2027
Cluster Director
Nobuhiko Nishiyama(Professor, School of Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology)
Associate Cluster Director
Yusuke Narumi(Director, Officer, Department Manager/New Buisiness Development Dept.,TOKYO OHKA KOGYO CO.,LTD.)
Rakuten Mobile Next Generation Edge Computing Network Collaborative Research Cluster
Company Name
Rakuten Mobile, Inc.
Establishment Period
June 1,2023 to May 31,2026
Cluster Director
Kei Sakaguchi（Dean, Program Coordinator, Tokyo Tech Academy for Super Smart Society Professor, School of Engineering, Dept. of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technolog)
Yukitaka Kato（Professor, Director of the Laboratory for Zero-Carbon Energy, Institute of Innovative Research, Tokyo Institute of Technology)
Associate Cluster Director
Takeshi Isobe,Dr.Eng.(General manager Monozukuri and R&D Strategy Div,Mitsubishi Materials)
Associate Cluster Director
Yoichi Murakami（Professor, Laboratory for Zero-Carbon Energy, Institute of Innovative Research, Tokyo Institute of Technology)
JFE Engineering Collaborative Research Cluster for Carbon Neutrality
Company Name
JFE Engineering Corporation
Establishment Period
July 1,2022 to June 30,2025
Cluster Director
Kenji Takeshita(Specially Appointed Professor-Institute of Innovative Research, Tokyo Institute of Technology)
Acting Cluster Director
Yukitaka Kato（Professor, Director of the Laboratory for Zero-Carbon Energy, Institute of Innovative Research, Tokyo Institute of Technology)
Associate Cluster Director
Toru Shiomitsu (Director-Research Center of Engineering Innovation,Technology Headquarters, JFE Engineering Corporation)
artience Collaborative Research Cluster
Company Name
ａｒｔｉｅｎｃｅ CO., LTD.
Establishment Period
January 13, 2022 to January 12, 2025
Cluster Director
Ryoji Kanno (Institute Professor, Director of Research Center for All-Solid-State Battery, Institute of Innovative Research, Tokyo Institute of Technology)
Associate Cluster Director
Hiroshi Tsutsumi (Associate Professor, School of Life Science and Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology)
ULVAC Advanced Technology Collaborative Research Cluster
Company Name
ULVAC, Inc.
Establishment Period
September 22, 2021 to September 30, 2026
Cluster Director
Hiroshi Akatsuka (Associate Professor of Laboratory for Zero-Carbon Energy, Institute of Innovative Research, Tokyo Institute of Technology)
Associate Cluster Director
Junya Kiyota (General Manager, Institute of Advanced Technology, ULVAC, Inc.)
LG Material & Life solution Collaborative Research Cluster
Company Name
LG Japan Lab Inc.
Establishment Period
April 1, 2021 onward
Cluster Director
Masato Sone (Professor, Institute of Innovative Research, Tokyo Institute of Technology)
Associate Cluster Director
ChangHo Oh (President, LG Japan Lab Inc.)
TEPCO Collaborative Research Cluster for Decontamination and Decommissioning (D&D) Frontier Technology Creation
Company Name
Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings, Inc.
Establishment Period
April 1, 2020 onward
Cluster Director
Kenji Takeshita (Director and Professor of Laboratory for Zero-Carbon Energy, Institute of Innovative Research, Tokyo Institute of Technology)
Associate Cluster Director
Junichi Matsumoto (Corporate Officer, General Manager, Project Management Office, Fukushima Daiichi Decontamination and Decommissioning Engineering Company, Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings, Inc.)
Acting Cluster Director
Yukitaka Kato（Professor, Director of the Laboratory for Zero-Carbon Energy, Institute of Innovative Research, Tokyo Institute of Technology)
Idemitsu Kosan Collaborative Research Cluster for Advanced Materials
Company Name
Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd.
Establishment Period
April 1, 2020 onward
Cluster Director
Toshiaki Ougizawa (Professor, School of Materials and Chemical Technology, Vice President, Tokyo Institute of Technology)
