Doctral course

1st grade in doctoral course student
Michael Ofotsu Portuphy

Research subject：Study on Developing a Model for Estimating Organically Bound Tritium (OBT) Behaviour in Soil.
Background:MPhil. Radiation Protection, BSc. Chemistry (University of Ghana)
Hometown:Big-Ada, Ghana (West Africa)
Birthday:Jun. 7th
Hobbies:Travelling, watching soccer
Motto: Perseverance conquers all

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2st grade in doctoral course student
Akito Ipponsugi

He received his Master degree from Kyushu University and Pusan National University in March 2021.

Research subject：Study on the development of tritium transfer simulator for JA-DEMO.
Hometown:Hiroshima city
Birthday:Feb. 10th
Hobbies:Carp (local baseball team), Movies, Musics, Skiing, Hiking, etc.
One more thing: Stay hungry. Stay foolish.
Homepage:核融合エネルギーに魅せられた大学院生｜エネルギー問題を解決したい (researcher-life.com)

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Doctoral Program Special Research Student from Sichuan University
Ruichong Chen

Ph.D candidate Chen returned to China in October 2020.

Research subject：Comprehensive Stability Improvement of Core-shell Structured Li4TiO4-Li2TiO3 Tritium Breeding Ceramic Pebbles by Pvp-Assisted Granulation

Affiliation：Sichuan University（Special Research Student in Kyushu University）

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Yoshiaki Miho

He received his doctorate in the PhD program for working people in September 2019.

Research subject：Study on improving the performance of the tritium concentration separation method by the water distillation method with catalytic function

Affiliation：Sasakura Engineering Co. Ltd.

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Kazuya Furuichi

He received his doctorate in the PhD program for working people in September 2017.

Research subject：Study on tritium transfer behavior in concrete and natural soil

Affiliation：CHIYODA Cororation

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