A two-day meeting exploring the frontiers of Mechanical Science, held at Tohoku University, as a part of their 21st Century Centre of Excellence Programme which is now in the fifth year.

Professor Sadahiro Tsurekawa and Vicky Yardley (Cantab) |

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Mechanical Science |

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A creep testing facility equipped with in situ observation microscope |

Vicky's car |

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Winter flowers in the campus of Tohoku University |

Winter flowers in the campus of Tohoku University |

Winter flowers in the campus of Tohoku University |

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Rocket engine and Vicky |

Shinkansen shaft made from steel |

Shinkansen shaft made from steel |

Snow plough |

Steam turbine |

Steam turbine |

Steam turbine |

Steam turbine |

Steam turbine |

Steam turbine |

Fick's second law of diffusion with an additional term due to hydrostatic pressure |

Vicky and Steels |

Machine for the creep testing of metals |

Machine for simulating irregularities in the flow of blood |

laser surface topography instrument |

Shrine to the Date Masamune who boosted the status of Sendai |

Shrine to the Date Masamune who boosted the status of Sendai |

Shrine to the Date Masamune who boosted the status of Sendai |

Shrine to the Date Masamune who boosted the status of Sendai |

Shrine to the Date Masamune who boosted the status of Sendai. Vicky and Harry |

Shrine to the Date Masamune who boosted the status of Sendai. Vicky and Sadahiro |

Fountain for washing hands |

Shrine to the Date Masamune who boosted the status of Sendai |

Shrine to the Date Masamune who boosted the status of Sendai |

Shrine to the Date Masamune who boosted the status of Sendai |

Shrine to the Date Masamune who boosted the status of Sendai |

Bronze dragon, Shrine to the Date Masamune who boosted the status of Sendai |

Shrine to the Date Masamune who boosted the status of Sendai |

Shrine to the Date Masamune who boosted the status of Sendai |

Shrine to the Date Masamune who boosted the status of Sendai |

ZuiHo Den |

Japanese swords, Shrine to the Date Masamune who boosted the status of Sendai |

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Bronze dragon, Shrine to the Date Masamune who boosted the status of Sendai |

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An original photograph, Shrine to the Date Masamune who boosted the status of Sendai |

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Shrine to the Date Masamune who boosted the status of Sendai |

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Bridge in Sendai |

Bridge in Sendai |

Celebrating Vicky's birthday and fourteen other items. |

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Vicky about to begin her lecture on the crystallography of creep-resistant steels |

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At the Namashkar Indian restaurant in Sendai |

At the Namashkar Indian restaurant in Sendai |

At the Namashkar Indian restaurant in Sendai |

At the Namashkar Indian restaurant in Sendai |

At the Namashkar Indian restaurant in Sendai |

At the Namashkar Indian restaurant in Sendai |

Yamagata prefecture: pearlitic steel ropes used for the cable cars |

Yamagata prefecture: pearlitic steel ropes used for the cable cars |

Yamagata prefecture: pearlitic steel ropes used for the cable cars |

Yamagata prefecture: pearlitic steel ropes used for the cable cars |

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On the mountain in Yamagata prefecture |

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Yamagata prefecture: pearlitic steel ropes used for the cable cars |

The temperature was -12 centigrade, mountain in Yamagata prefecture, Japan |

The temperature was -12 centigrade, mountain in Yamagata prefecture, Japan |

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The cable-car infrastructure |

The cable-car infrastructure |

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The temperature was -12 centrigrade, with a strong wind, Yamagata prefecture, Japan |

The temperature was -12 centrigrade, with a strong wind, Yamagata prefecture, Japan. The trees here are cocooned in heavy snow. |

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The temperature was -12 centrigrade, with a strong wind, Yamagata prefecture, Japan. The trees here are cocooned in heavy snow. |

The temperature was -12 centrigrade, with a strong wind, Yamagata prefecture, Japan. The trees here are cocooned in heavy snow. |

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The temperature was -12 centrigrade, with a strong wind, Yamagata prefecture, Japan. The trees here are cocooned in heavy snow. |

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The temperature was -12 centrigrade, with a strong wind, Yamagata prefecture, Japan. The trees, covered in snow. |

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The temperature was -12 centrigrade, with a strong wind, Yamagata prefecture, Japan. The trees, covered in snow and frost. |

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The temperature was -12 centrigrade, with a strong wind, Yamagata prefecture, Japan. The trees, covered in snow and frost. |

The temperature was -12 centrigrade, with a strong wind, Yamagata prefecture, Japan. The trees, covered in snow and frost. |

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The temperature was -12 centrigrade, with a strong wind, Yamagata prefecture, Japan. The trees, covered in snow and frost. |

Icicles |

The temperature was -12 centrigrade, with a strong wind, Yamagata prefecture, Japan. The trees, covered in snow and frost. |

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Non-slip surface |

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The script on the right (vertical) can be interpreted as "Harry" |

The corresponding Katakana script for Bhadeshia |

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Yamadera, a Bhuddist temple. Yama stands for 'mountain' and 'dera' for temple. The sanctuary has some 40 buildings on the mountain. |

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Bronze bell |

Bronze statue of a student of a famous poet who travelled Japan and wrote about it. |

Bronze statue of the famous poet who travelled Japan and wrote about it. |

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Yamadera, a Bhuddist temple. Yama stands for 'mountain' and 'dera' for temple. The sanctuary has some 40 buildings on the mountain. |

Yamadera, the surrounding scenary. |

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Yamadera, the surrounding scenary. |

Yamadera, the surrounding scenary. |

Yamadera, the surrounding scenary. |

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Yamadera, the surrounding scenary. |

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The team which scaled the mountain. |

Bronze at the Yamadera Bhuddist temple, Japan |

Bronze at the Yamadera Bhuddist temple, Japan |

Bronze at the Yamadera Bhuddist temple, Japan |

Bronze at the Yamadera Bhuddist temple, Japan |

Bronze at the Yamadera Bhuddist temple, Japan. This is at the summit of the mountain. |

Bronze at the Yamadera Bhuddist temple, Japan. |

Bronze at the Yamadera Bhuddist temple, Japan. |

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At Professor and Mrs Watanabe's house. |

At Professor and Mrs Watanabe's house. |

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At Professor and Mrs Watanabe's house. |

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