Lunch before vising JFE (the steel company where Tomoyuki and Kazu work)
At lunch before visiting JFE
A museum in Kurashiki. To get to Kurashiki from Kyoto, Harry took the Shinkansen from Kyoto to Okayama, followed by the Rapid City Liner from Okayama to Kurashiki
Kurashiki
Punting in Kurashiki
Hiroshi Matsuda and Tomoyuki, at the JFE laboratories where Harry gave a talk.
We all then went together to Kyoto in order to attend the Iron and Steel Science Symposium
Group photograph outside the JFE laboratories
At the rail station in Kurashiki
Ohtusuka and Suresh Babu
Harry, with Gary M. Cola Jr., the man who obtains bainite in 80 milliseconds
The reception before the conference
Kaneaki Tsuzaki welcoming everyone
Manabu Takahashi, General Manager of one of the Nippon Steel Laboratories (PT group member)
We then went to a small vegetarian restaurant in Kyoto
The first day of Bainite and Martensite
Professor Emeritus Maki
Manabu Takahashi giving his talk on the kinetics of the bainite reaction
Poster sessions - each author also made a 2 minute formal presentation to the entire audience
Rolls-Royce staff (Paul and Colin)
The vegetarian meal
Professor Tsuchiyama (PT group member)
Professor Morris from Berkeley
At the confeence banquet
Professors Morris, Umemoto and Maki
Professor Emeritus Maki is now with Nippon Steel and this is the group of young scientist he supervises.
Kaneaki in action
Professor Masato Enomoto on the right.
Harry thanking the organisers, audience and Professor Maki
Professor Tsuji on the left