I Am the President of the University

National Institute of Materials Science and Technology, Japan.

In the director's office.

"Yongchuan-kun, sit down."

Nagakawa Shota sat down, facing the man in front of him, he was still a little nervous.

Watanabe Masami, the current director of the Materials Research Institute, is a steady person and very friendly in dealing with others. Compared with the previous one, Chihara Shuuji, he is a perfect upgrade.

However, Professor Shota Nagagawa would rather work overtime in the laboratory than face Masanami Watanabe.

Especially when the other person squints his eyes and smiles, I always feel a cold air rising from my spine.

"If you narrow your eyes, you are not a good person!"

Nagakawa Shota thought secretly in his heart.

But there was still a smile on his face, and he said in a warm tone: "Watanabe-kun, if you have anything to do, please feel free to arrange it, and I will do my best to cooperate!"

"Actually, it's not a big deal, just what I mentioned on the phone just now." Watanabe Masami said with a smile.

The reason why Watanabe Masanami turned his face aside after receiving the call was because the other party mentioned a school name.

Guanghua University!

This school, which was not even ranked among the top 1,000 universities in the world, made him tremble after hearing it. \b

The National Institute of Materials Science and Technology is one of the largest official research institutes in Japan, with a total of 1,500 employees. It has the Biomaterials Center, the Superconducting Materials Center, the Computational Materials Science Center, the International Center for Nanomaterials, and the High Magnetic Field Center.

He is a recognized leader in the global scientific community in related fields such as superconducting and organic materials, functional ceramics (such as superplastic ceramics), and optoelectronic applications (such as deep ultraviolet lasers and light-emitting diodes). \b

As the head of a world-renowned scientific research institution in the field of materials, Nagakawa Shota felt a little frightened when he thought of some things that happened a few months ago.

"If Guanghua University wants to involve lithium-air battery technology, I..."

Nagakawa Shota's hesitant appearance made Watanabe Masami unhappy, but he still had a smile on his face and asked in a warm voice: "Nagakawa-kun, don't be nervous, you are our number one person in nims lithium batteries, and also the empire in the battery field. An authoritative expert. The reason I called you here is to sit down and talk about the impact of this matter on our nims."

"Yongchuan-kun thinks that if Guanghua University really wants to enter the field of lithium-air batteries, what will be its success rate?"

After receiving the information, it was just a thin two-page paper, which was the list of all personnel in the Lithium-Air Battery Technology Laboratory of Guanghua University.

Including name, age, graduate school, previous work unit and position, and published SCI articles.

It's said to be two pages, but actually half of the first page is taken up by one person's name.

[Name: Kenan Bunir]

【Age: 56】

[Graduation School: PhD, University of California, Berkeley]

[Resume: Associate Professor at Northwestern University, Professor at Pennsylvania State University, Park]

【article:……】

What takes up the most space is the article box, which only lists some articles from top issues.

However, Shota Nagagawa brushed off the article. As a scholar in the same field, he was no stranger to Professor Bunier, and the two had even communicated with each other at some international academic conferences.

It can also be regarded as a plastic friend.

When he saw that the person in charge of the Guanghua University laboratory was Professor Bunir, Nagakawa Shota's eyelids jumped suddenly. Fortunately, as he browsed further, the resumes of other people were much different.

The best one is Professor Bunir. In addition, there are three researchers who are pretty good. As for the others...sorry, they are not even qualified to enter their nims.

Watanabe Masanami, who had been paying attention to Nagakawa Shota's face, did not ask the newly established laboratory of Guanghua University, but changed the topic.

"Yongchuan-kun, where does NIMS rank among all research institutions in the Empire's lithium-air battery field?"

Looking at Watanabe Masanami asking with interest, Nagakawa Shota smiled coquettishly and said, "Currently our nims can probably be ranked third or fourth."

"So backward? Are the first two people the University of Tokyo, Kyoto University or a jaist?" Although Masanami Watanabe is also a famous scientist, he has been focusing on the wrong place in the past ten years. He has focused more on administration and social interaction than on scientific research and academics. .

Seeing Watanabe Masanami being such a fool, Nagakawa Shota cursed him inwardly.

However, I still gave some popular science.

“Currently, the group that has made the most progress in the field of Imperial lithium-air battery research is Zhou Haoshen’s group at the National Institute of Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), followed by Mizuno Tetsuya’s group at the University of Tokyo.”

"Third... In fact, our NIMS is on par with fdk and ntt in terms of strength. However, the recent progress made by the center can completely surpass fdk and ntt!" At the end of the sentence, Professor Nagakawa Shota said confidently.

By the way, I told Watanabe Masanami about the other two competitors.

The air battery developed by fdk, a subsidiary of Fujitsu, generates electricity by chemically reacting hydrogen and oxygen. Utilizing the structure of nickel-metal hydride batteries used in hybrid vehicles and other vehicles, the positive electrode using nickel is replaced with oxygen, and microparticles whose main component is ruthenium are added to promote the reaction.

NTT (Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Company) developed a lithium-air battery that uses a negative electrode. Adding a compound whose main component is manganese can play a catalytic role and promote the chemical reactions necessary for charging and discharging.

As for why they know so much details, because these are all publicly announced, you can find out with a simple search, and you can also learn about the other party's progress through the articles published by the other party.

"How far are we from AIST?" Watanabe Masami asked curiously.

Watanabe Masami has no interest in FDK and NTT, and the second-place Professor Mizuno Tetsuyoshi of the University of Tokyo is the same. Instead, he is very interested in his old neighbor AIST.

AIST, the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology of Japan, is also located in Tsukuba City, Ibaraki Prefecture, like their Materials Institute, but the other party is the largest official research institution in Japan, with many more researchers than them.

And in the largest official research institution in Japan, this Chinese scientist, Professor Zhou Haoshen, is not only a professor at the University of Tokyo, but also the chief researcher of the Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology!

He is also a truly authoritative scientist in the field of lithium batteries in Japan!

"This..." Nagakawa Shota looked embarrassed, a little difficult to give birth.

Watanabe Masami understood it in a second and switched to an analogy object.

"How do we compare with the newly established lithium-air battery technology laboratory of Guanghua University?"

"Although Professor Bunil, the head of their laboratory, is a great man, the level of others is uneven, and it has just been established and has no technical accumulation. Normally, our NIMS Advanced Technology Development Center can beat them." Nagakawa Shota analyzed very objectively.

Watanabe Masami was about to nod his head to be happy, but he suddenly noticed a certain word and looked at Nagakawa Shota with a frown.

"Wait, what do you mean normally?"

"Uh, referring to the achievements of the other party in photon screen technology and optical core technology, we can't use it as a regular reference object." Nagakawa Shota said tactfully.

"What do you mean?" Watanabe Masami was stunned for a moment and didn't quite understand.

"It means... Although the other party has just been established and seems to be much behind us, it is very likely to surpass us in a certain period of time."

Professor Nagakawa Shota considered the other party's research and development progress in photon screens, and added seriously:

"Well, it may not take too long, a year... no, half a year will be enough."

Watanabe Masami:? ? ?

What does it mean?

Are we too bad or is the opponent too strong? !

ps: Don't read the next chapter yet, it's filled with scraps again, it takes too much time to look up information, I'm very sorry.