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Tackling new challenges - RCAST Historical Facts
RCAST, the newest institute attached to the University of Tokyo, was established as a base for promoting a framework of research and education different from the existing university framework. We aim to set a new precedent as a pioneer. We have been targeting new challenges with our established deliberation and executive ability.
History
| April 1877 | The University established as Tokyo Daigaku |
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| July 1921 | Aeronautical Research Institute established |
| September 1930 | Aeronautical Research Institute moved to Komaba |
| March 1946 | Institute of Science and Technology established |
| April 1958 | Aeronautical Research Institute was established |
| April 1964 | Institute of Space and Aeronautical Scienc was established |
| May 1987 | Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology (RCAST) inaugurated with 7 Regular Chairs and 13 Faculty Members (May 21) |
| October 1987 | An Endowed Chair was opened as the first one in Japanese National Universities |
| April 1992 | Inauguration of the Department of Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, Division of Engineering, Graduate School, the University of Tokyo |
| May 1996 | Authorized as Center of Excellence (COE). Center for Collaborative Research (CCR) was established |
| April 1997 | Department of Intellectual Property was established |
| April 1998 | Komaba Open Laboratory (KOL) established |
| August 1998 | Center for Advanced Science and Technology Incubation (CASTI) was established (present TODAI TLO) |
| April 1999 | Research Center for Advanced Economic Engineering (AEE) established (merged into RCAST in March 2004) |
| April 2001 | Advanced Science and Technology Enterprise Corporation (ASTEC) was established |
| August 2001 | Special Coordination Fund for Science and Technology, Strategic Research Center"Open Laboratory of Advanced Science and Technology for Human and Society" Plan started |
| November 2001 | Advanced Technology Business Center (AcTeB) was established |
| April 2002 | Open Laboratory Project with Specially Appointed Faculty and Researcher started (continued until March 2006) |
| April 2004 | National University Corporation, the University of Tokyo, was established RCAST formally acknowledged as 11th Research Institute of the University of Tokyo Both the Management Strategy Committee and the RCAST Board was established |
| May 2004 | A New Endowed Chair was established and an Endowment Professor was recruited |
| April 2006 | Strategic Planning Office was established (to merge the function of AcTeB) |
| April 2008 | CCR was abolished and RCAST incorporated a part of its function |
| September 2008 | SOLAR QUEST, an International Research Center for Global Energy and Environmental Technologies was initiated |
| February 2009 | New establishment of ENEOS LABO |
| April 2009 | Advanced Science and Technology Innovator Development Course for matured students was started |
| April 2010 | Academic-Industrial Joint Laboratory for Renewable Energy was established |
| April 2011 | Bildg.3-South (Environment and Energy Research Bldg.) completed |
| April 2013 | Introduced a post of Special Professorial Chair at the University of Tokyo |
Directors of the Institute
| May 21, 1987 - March 31, 1989 | OHKOSHI, Takanori (Optical Devices) |
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| April 1, 1989 - March 31, 1991 | Hiroaki YANAGIDA (Intelligent Material) |
| April 1, 1991 - March 31, 1993 | Setsuo OHSUGA (Artificial Intelligence) |
| April 1, 1993 - March 31, 1995 | Yoichiro MURAKAMI (Science Technology and Social Value) |
| April 1, 1995 - March 31, 1997 | Teruo KISHI (Advanced Highly Reliable Materials) |
| April 1, 1997 - March 31, 1999 | Etsuo NIKI (Functional Materials for Molecular Information) |
| April 1, 1999 - March 31, 2001 | Yoichi OKABE (Information Devices) |
| April 1, 2001 - March 31, 2004 | Takashi NANYA (Dependable and High-performance Computing) |
| April 1, 2004 - March 31, 2007 | Kazuhito HASHIMOTO (Intelligent Materials Science) |
| April 1, 2007 - March 31, 2010 | Kenjiro MIYANO (Photonics Materials) |
| April 1, 2010 - March 31, 2013 | Yoshiaki NAKANO (Information Devices) |
| April 1, 2013 - March 31, 2016 | Yukio NISHIMURA (Urban Conservation Systems) |
| April 1, 2016 - March 31, 2022 | Ryohei KANZAKI (Intelligent Cooperative Systems) |
| April 1, 2022 - | Masakazu SUGIYAMA (Energy System) |
General Managers of the Institute
| April 1, 1987 - March 31, 1990 | Yoshikazu WATANABE |
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| April 1, 1990 - March 31, 1992 | Takashi TSUCHIDA |
| April 1, 1992 - March 31,1994 | Hitonori NISHIGUCHI |
| April 1, 1994 - March 31, 1996 | Masami IDENOUE |
| April 1, 1996 - March 31, 1998 | Chiaki IZUMIDA |
| April 1, 1998- March 31, 2000 | TANAKA, Yoshikuni |
| April 1, 2000 - March 31, 2002 | Takashi MAEDA |
| April 1, 2002 - March 31, 2005 | Tsutomu SASAKI |
| April 1, 2005 - March 31, 2007 | Kotaro INOUE |
| April 1, 2007 - March 31, 2010 | Hideo SUZUKI |
| April 1, 2010 - March 31, 2013 | Toru NASHIMOTO |
| April 1, 2013 - March 31, 2016 | Kazuaki ITOI |
| April 1, 2016 - March 31, 2020 | Tetsuya KUMAZAWA |
| April 1, 2020 - March 31, 2020 | Toshiro MIYAZAKI |
| April 1, 2022 - March 31, 2024 | Ryuta TAKEMOTO |
| April 1, 2024 - | Masanori KOEDA |
