{"id":28789,"date":"2026-05-28T00:48:34","date_gmt":"2026-05-27T17:48:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mtec.or.th\/en\/?p=28789"},"modified":"2026-09-09T08:23:31","modified_gmt":"2026-09-09T01:23:31","slug":"mtec-nstda-mou","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mtec.or.th\/en\/mtec-nstda-mou\/","title":{"rendered":"MTEC, NSTDA Signs Academic and Research Cooperation Agreement with the University of Toyama, Japan"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"28789\" class=\"elementor elementor-28789\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c965cdc elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c965cdc\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ffec8d0\" data-id=\"ffec8d0\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3b1f1da elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"3b1f1da\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1365\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mtec.or.th\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/140826-01-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-28790\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mtec.or.th\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/140826-01-1.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.mtec.or.th\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/140826-01-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mtec.or.th\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/140826-01-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.mtec.or.th\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/140826-01-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.mtec.or.th\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/140826-01-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ab82228 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ab82228\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-dc21f51\" data-id=\"dc21f51\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-24f3ad8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"24f3ad8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">The National Metal and Materials Technology Center (MTEC), National Science and Technology Development Agency (NSTDA), led by <strong>Assoc. Prof. Toemsak Srikhirin, Executive Director of MTEC<\/strong>, together with delegates from MTEC and the Eastern Economic Corridor of Innovation (EECi), visited the <strong>University of Toyama, Japan<\/strong>, from May 19\u201322, 2026, to attend the signing ceremony for a broad framework agreement on academic and research cooperation between NSTDA, through MTEC, and the University of Toyama.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">The signing ceremony was held on May 20, 2026, at the University of Toyama. <strong>Prof. Shigeru Saito, President of the University of Toyama<\/strong>, together with university executives, including Vice President Kitajima, Vice President Sakai, Vice President Aizawa, and Special Advisor Dohda, attended the ceremony as witnesses. The agreement aims to promote academic and research collaboration, as well as knowledge exchange, between the two institutions, particularly in materials technology, lightweight materials, aluminium, titanium, and technologies related to future industries.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c6e7a61 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c6e7a61\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6ac7e48\" data-id=\"6ac7e48\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f78730b elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"f78730b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mtec.or.th\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/140826-01-2-1-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-28792\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mtec.or.th\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/140826-01-2-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.mtec.or.th\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/140826-01-2-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mtec.or.th\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/140826-01-2-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.mtec.or.th\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/140826-01-2-1.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6dacf0f\" data-id=\"6dacf0f\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8d97be7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"8d97be7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mtec.or.th\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/140826-01-2-2-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-28793\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mtec.or.th\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/140826-01-2-2-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.mtec.or.th\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/140826-01-2-2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mtec.or.th\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/140826-01-2-2-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.mtec.or.th\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/140826-01-2-2.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-dfccf81 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"dfccf81\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d063706\" data-id=\"d063706\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-271d6d3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"271d6d3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Following the signing ceremony, Prof. Shigeru Saito, President of the University of Toyama, delivered the opening remarks. Assoc. Prof. <strong>Toemsak Srikhirin<\/strong> then presented MTEC\u2019s research and development directions in response to future challenges, followed by a presentation by <strong>Assoc. Prof. <\/strong><strong>Peerawat Nuntawong<\/strong> entitled <em>\u201cMachine Learning and Artificial Intelligence in Tribology Research.\u201d<\/em> Faculty members and researchers from the University of Toyama also presented research conducted by the <strong>Advanced Aluminium International Research Center (ARC)<\/strong> and the <strong>Advanced Titanium International Research Center (TRC)<\/strong>. In addition, <strong>Dr<\/strong><strong>. Ekkarut Viyanit, Deputy Executive Director of MTEC<\/strong>, delivered a presentation entitled <em>\u201cCurrent Status and Future Outlook of Thailand\u2019s Aluminium Industry,\u201d<\/em> providing an opportunity to exchange information on the current situation and future development trends of Thailand\u2019s aluminium industry.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d3b3b84 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d3b3b84\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0a2bc3d\" data-id=\"0a2bc3d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5383956 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"5383956\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mtec.or.th\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/140826-01-3-1-1024x768.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-28794\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mtec.or.th\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/140826-01-3-1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.mtec.or.th\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/140826-01-3-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mtec.or.th\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/140826-01-3-1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.mtec.or.th\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/140826-01-3-1.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-30030a4\" data-id=\"30030a4\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6a6a5ac elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"6a6a5ac\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mtec.or.th\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/140826-01-3-2-1024x768.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-28795\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mtec.or.th\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/140826-01-3-2-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.mtec.or.th\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/140826-01-3-2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mtec.or.th\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/140826-01-3-2-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.mtec.or.th\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/140826-01-3-2.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-caa3bdd elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"caa3bdd\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5408f51\" data-id=\"5408f51\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3e5d49b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3e5d49b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Another key activity was a roundtable discussion entitled <em>\u201cFuture Technology Development and Collaboration on Light Materials Technology,\u201d<\/em> which provided experts from Thailand and Japan with an opportunity to exchange perspectives on the development of lightweight materials technologies and discuss potential directions for expanding future research collaboration.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">During the visit, the delegation also toured the ARC research center as well as organizations and companies in Toyama. The delegation additionally visited the <strong>Central Research Institute of Kobe Steel Company<\/strong> for technical exchanges aimed at strengthening collaborative networks with Japan\u2019s academic and industrial sectors. 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