News:
2026. 5. 18 Prof. Eric Jianfeng Cheng formally joined the Cureus Journal of AI-Augmented Research as an
Associate Editor. The journal is part of Cureus Journals, a
Springer Nature journal series, and focuses on human-verified research in which AI meaningfully advances scientific inquiry across disciplines.
[Link]
2026. 3. 17 Prof. Eric Jianfeng Cheng has been invited to serve as a
Guest Editor of
Energy Storage Materials (IF:
20.2)
[Link], for a special issue dedicated to artificial intelligence and machine learning for next-generation energy storage technologies.
2026. 3. 15 Prof. Lumin Wang
[Link] from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, visited our lab and held in-depth discussions with our members on research and academic experiences.
2026. 3. 13 Prof. Chanon Pornrungroj
[Link] from Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand, visited our lab and held productive discussions on potential collaborations in research and personnel exchange.
2026.2.27 Prof. Eric Jianfeng Cheng has been invited to serve as an
Editorial Board Member of
New Energy Materials and Devices (NEMD)
[Link], a new journal dedicated to publishing impactful research on batteries, solar cells, fuel cells, and related key materials. The Editor-in-Chief of the journal is Prof. Xue-Ping Gao of Nankai University.
2026. 1. 8 Prof. Eric Jianfeng Cheng accepted the invitation to serve as Guest Editor for a Special Issue of
Batteries (IF: 4.8). The Special Issue is titled
Integrated Approaches to Solid Electrolyte Development: Synthesis, Mechanics, and Data-Driven Frameworks. Website of the Special Issue:
[Link]
2025. 11. 20 Prof. Mettaya Kitiwan and Prof. Phacharaphon Tunthawiroon from King Mongkut's Institute of Technology Ladkrabang (KMITL), Bangkok, visited our lab. Together with Dr. Ying Li, they exchanged research ideas and shared academic experiences from their doctoral years at IMR, Tohoku University.
2025. 11. 18 Prof. Jianchun Jiang, Academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering (
院士) and Professor at Nanjing Forestry University (NJFU), visited our lab with his research team, accompanied by Prof. Chen Qu from Tohoku University.
2025. 11. 7 (From left to right) Prof. Quanquan Pang from the Peking University (PKU), Prof. Hengxing Ji from University of Science and Technology of China (USTC), Prof. Feng Li from Chinese Academy of Science (CAS), and Prof. Zhenhai Wen from CAS, visited our lab. Interestingly,
All Four received the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars (
杰青) at different stages of their careers.
2025. 11. 6 Prof. Simon Fleischmann from Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Junior Research Group Leader at Helmholtz Institute Ulm, visited our lab together with Prof. Deebansok Sirapraphaby from Tohoku University.
2025. 11. 4 Prof. Shunsuke Yagi from the University of Tokyo (UTokyo), deputy director of Research Center for Sustainable Materials and Energy Integration and special adviser to the President of UTokyo, visited our lab.
2025. 10. 5 Prof. Fei Chen,
Editor of
Materials Science and Engineering A from Wuhan University of Technology, visited our lab and discussed ongoing and potential collaboration opportunities in research and education.
2025. 9. 25 Prof. Takashi Goto, Prof. Cheng's
Ph.D. supervisor at Tohoku University, and Dr. Masahichi Saito, CEO of the Nippon Sheet Glass Foundation for Materials Science and Engineering, held a grant briefing session in seminar room 2-1. Prof. Goto is the Founding
Editor of the Journal of Asian Ceramic Societies, a Fellow of the American Ceramic Society, and an Academician of the World Academy of Ceramics.
2025. 9. 19 Dr. Jihong Fan and Dr. Chengxu Sun from the National Innovation Center par Excellence (NICE) in the Greater Shanghai Area led a delegation to our lab, accompanied by Prof. Qingxin Zheng from Tohoku University. We discussed potential opportunities for future collaboration.
2025. 9. 17 Prof. Cheng Tang from Shanghai University, accompanied by three graduate students, visited our lab to explore opportunities for collaboration in joint research and education programs. During his visit, he also delivered an AIMR lecture titled
"First-principles Investigation of Novel Materials Design and Applications".
2025. 9. 16 Our research paper was published in
Small [Link]. The study systematically compares the sintering effects of hot pressing and spark plasma sintering on the oxide solid electrolyte LLZO. The work was featured on the Tohoku University homepage and received wider attention through coverage in the world’s largest financial newspaper
日本経済新聞.
[Link].
2025. 8. 5 Profs. Jiaqian Qin, Nadnudda Rodthongkum, Wiwittawin Sukmas, and Manuaya Okhawilai from Chulalongkorn University, Thailand, visited our lab together with Prof. Wijak Yospanya from Tohoku University. The visit included fruitful discussion on potential collaborations in joint research and education programs.
2025. 7. 29 Prof. Shinya Ohtsuka from Kyushu Institute of Technology visited our lab and engaged in discussions on potential avenues for joint research collaboration.
2025. 6. 18 Prof. Wan Jiang, an NSFC Distinguished Young Scholar (
杰青) and Director of the Institute of Functional Materials at Donghua University (DHU), Shanghai, along with Dr. Chen (the first Ph.D. student to graduate from Inoue Lab, IMR) and Dr. Sun (DHU), visited our lab.
2025. 5. 8 Prof. Eric Jianfeng Cheng was invited to give a talk at the PACRIM 16 /GOMD 2025 conference in Vancouver, Canada, organized by the American Ceramic Society. The photo was taken at the downtown Vancouver conference venue with Dr. Yingge Du (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory), Dr. Eric Gabriel (Boise State University), and Prof. Candace Chan (Arizona State University).
2025. 4. 9 Dr. Baoan Wu, General Manager of Chongqing Materials Research Institute Co., Ltd., and Mr. Bing Wang, Deputy Chief Engineer of Hefei General Machinery Research Institute Co., Ltd., led a team to visit our lab.
2025. 3. 11 Prof. Shen Ye,
Senior Editor of The Journal of Physical Chemistry, and his research group from the Department of Chemistry at Tohoku University visited our lab and discussed potential collaborations in both research and education.
2024. 11. 18 Prof. Guanglei Cui, an NSFC Distinguished Young Scholar (
杰青) from the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Prof. Yongcheng Jin from Ocean University of China (OUC), and Prof. Huanan Duan from Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU), renowned experts in solid electrolytes, visited our lab.
2024. 11. 17 Dr. Vlad Badilita, a Principal Investigator (PI) at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) in Germany, visited our lab for academic exchange.
2024. 11. 8 Prof. Lianmeng Zhang, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering (
院士) and a professor at Wuhan University of Technology (WUT), visited our lab.
2024. 11. 6 Prof. Xuedong Chen, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering (
院士) and vice president of the China Association for Science and Technology (CAST), led a delegation to visit our lab and conducted a seminar with our group on energy storage materials.
2024. 8. 3 Prof. Linjiang Chai from Chongqing University of Technology joined our group as a Visiting Scholar.
2024. 4. 17 Prof. Desheng Jiang, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering (
院士) and a professor at Wuhan University of Technology (WUT), along with Prof. Rong Tu, Prof. Song Zhang, Prof. Tenghua Gao, and Ms. Xu from WUT, visited our lab.
