September was packed with conferences, and our laboratory had many opportunities to present their latest research and exchange ideas with researchers from across Japan and around the world.

Experimental Mechanics Conference @ University of Toyama

Presentations：

• Prof. Noritaka Saito “AC Impedance Characteristics and Electrical Conduction Mechanisms of Iron Oxide-Containing Molten Slags“
• Assistant Prof. Takehiro Sumita “Advancement of the Hot-Thermocouple Technique for High-Temperature Materials Research“

Mining and Materials Processing Institute of Japan Conference @ Fukuoka Institute of Technology

Presentations：

• Jaehoon Park (D3) “Effects of Cooling Rate on Self-Pulverization Behavior and Carbonation Efficiency of Electric Furnace Slags for CCUS Applications“
• Masato Ogawa (D2) “Surface Tension Measurements of Molten Oxides under Controlled Oxygen Partial Pressure and External Electric Fields Using the Maximum Bubble Pressure Method“
• Masaki Hirose (M1) “Electrical Conductivity Measurements of Transition Metal-Containing Molten Oxides“
• Haruki Tanoue (M2) “High-Precision Electrical Conductivity Measurements and Compositional Dependence of CaF₂-Al₂O₃-CaO-Based Molten Slags for Specialty Steel Refining“
• Ryo Kawasaki (M2) “Analysis of Solid Dissolution Behavior in High-Temperature Melts“
• Kento Nakanishi (D3) “Effects of Interfacial Properties on the Viscoelastic Behavior of Multi-Phase Systems Containing High-Temperature Melts“
• Assistant Prof. Takehiro Sumita “Development of a Novel Hot-Thermocouple Technique Using LabVIEW-Based Control“

Atomic Energy Society of Japan Meeting @ Ehime University

Presentations：

• Yoshihiko Nakayama (D1) “Electrical Conductivity Measurements of Phosphate-Based Glass Melts for Radioactive Waste Vitrification Processing“

11th International Congress on Ceramics @ Hokkaido

Presentations：

• CHEA Monyneath（D1）　”Thermoelectric Performance of ZrB2-MoSi2 Composite for Thermocouple Applications”

The Japan Institute of Metals and Materials & The Iron and Steel Institute of Japan Joint Meeting @ Akita University

Presentations：

• Yoshihiko Nakayama (D1) “Electrical Conductivity Measurements of MOx-Fe₂O₃-P₂O₅ Glass Melts for the Design of Novel Dry Processing Routes“
• Prof. Noritaka Saito “Effects of Composition and Solid Phases on the Foaming Behavior of CaO-SiO₂-FexO Molten Slags“
• Prof. Noritaka Saito “Electrical Conductivity Measurement and Modeling of CaO-SiO₂-Al₂O₃-FexO Molten Slags for Hot Metal Production in Electric Smelting Furnaces“

Liquid Metal Processing & Casting Conference @ United States

Presentations：

• Haruki Tanoue（M2）　”Electrical Conductivity of Molten CaF₂–Al₂O₃–CaO-based ESR Slags: Measurement and Modeling ”
• Assistant Prof. Takehiro Sumita ”Electrical Conductivity Measurement of Molten Slags Utilizing the van der Pauw–Ohta Method ”

September was an exciting and productive month for our laboratory. Our students and faculty received valuable feedback on their research and engaged in stimulating discussions with researchers from diverse fields. We are grateful for the many insightful comments and positive responses to our presentations, and we look forward to incorporating these ideas into our future research. We would like to thank everyone who attended our presentations and contributed to the discussions!！