RIEC Open Day
Every year RIEC holds an open day to present research and educational activities to the public, university staff, students and alumni as well as representatives from the industry. The RIEC Open Day is taken place on weekend in early October. All the research laboratories, research centers, and machine shops of RIEC exhibit various types of demonstrations focused on their research fields.
The exhibitions include some historical devices and instruments developed in RIEC, such as magnetron tubes and steel recorders, historical milestones of RIEC activities. In addition, we have planned a number of open experiments and craft classes that parents and children can participate in, which have been well received. Some of them draw long lines every year.
In recent years, the event has been canceled or held only online due to the severe impacts of a large typhoon and COVID-19, but in FY2022, we were able to hold the event in person for the first time in four years. In order to prevent the spread of infection, we decided to require pre-registration for on-site participation to limit the number of participants and duration of stay. In addition, a special website was opened with many movies related to the contents of the exhibition, making a hybrid event where the atmosphere of the exhibition could be enjoyed even online. Within two days from the start of registration, all of the approximately 1,600 slots were filled, and on the day of the event, there was a long queue in each open experiment and craft class.
The FY2023 Open Day is scheduled in October as a joint event with other research institutes on Katahira campus.
In addition, please enjoy virtual RIEC Open Day on the following Web page.
https://www.riec.tohoku.ac.jp/koukai/
RIEC News
As a part of RIEC’s publication service, “RIEC News” is published.
With the 75th anniversary of the establishment of RIEC, RIEC News introduces cutting-edge’s research and the vision of the future from RIEC’s contributions to the progression of science and technology in Japan. RIEC News was first launched in March 2011. Every issue introduces special topics such as large scale projects and Specially-Promoted Research, etc. RIEC News also includes current information about each laboratory and center, all kinds of RIEC events, research exchange meetings, laboratories open to the public (RIEC Open Day), etc. English version was also launched in March 2014. Further, RIEC News offers a notification service by mail whenever a new issue is released and an electronic version of every issue published so far can be downloaded by following the link below.
https://www.riec.tohoku.ac.jp/riecnews/
With the 26th issue of RIEC News, it has finished multi-monthly publication style as before. From April 2020, in order to bring you the latest research results and event information as quickly as possible, RIEC News was renewed to a new web-based publication style. The new RIEC Newsweb is published by the following link.
