About

・About GRGLMM

The Global Research Group on Light Metals Manufacturing (GRGLMM) aims to promote dialogue among university, industry, and government communities to advance the science, technology, and practice of light metals manufacturing such as aluminum, magnesium and titanium.

The Research Group provides an international platform to promote research, collaborations, and dissemination of knowledge in light metals manufacturing through conferences, meetings, reports, publications, and the institution's website.

・GRGLMM Meetings

GRGLMM Meetings, taking place every year, comprise of

- working meetings of the subgroups,

- mutual information of members by reports from member-countries,

- reports of subgroup chairmen,

- presentations of technical papers,

- technical visits to industrial companies and/or research laboratories of Universities

- with additional cultural visits if appropriate.

・Subgroup Activities

Subgroup Meetings, taking place two to four times per year, are organized by each subgroup co-chairs.

・Excective Members

Kuniaki Dohda (Northwestern University, US) - Govenor

Kornel Ehmann (Northwestern University, US)

Jian Cao (Northwestern University, US)

Saha Pradip (Boeing Co., Ltd., US)

Gracious Ngaile (North Carolina State University, US)

Peter Groche (Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany)

Laurent Dubar (University of Valenciennes, France)

Mitjian Kalin (University of Ljubljana, Slovenia)

Ramesh Kumar Singh (Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, India)

Sathyan Subbiah (Indian Institute of Technology Madras, India)

Numpon Mahayotsanun (Khon Khen University, Thailand)

Sukunthakan Ngernbamrung (MTEC, Thailand)

Meng Yonggang (Tsinghua University, China)

Ruxu Du (South China University of Technology, China)

Zhen Zhao (Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China)

Chengliang Hu (Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China)

Tatsuhiko Aizawa (Shibaura Institute of Technology, Japan)

Norio Takatsuji (University of Toyama, Japan)

Noriyasu Oguma (University of Toyama, Japan)

Tohru Sasaki (University of Toyama, Japan)

Tomomi Shiratori (University of Toyama, Japan)

Takashi Matsumura (Tokyo Denki University, Japan)

Ikumu Watanabe (National Institute for Materials Science, Japan)

Hoichi Kitano (National Institute for Materials Science, Japan)