21The O■ce of Sophia Sustainability Promotion (OSSP) was established in July 2021 by Sophia School Corporation which operated Sophia University aiming to further promote initiatives that ful■ll its social responsibility. In July 2024, to further promote its activities, OSSP and the O■ce for the Promotion of Diversity were reorganized into the O■ce for the Promotion of Diversity and Sustainability(OPDS). Sophia University has engaged actively in research, education and social contribution activities and initiatives that related to sustainability promotion as represented by SDGs. OPDS plays a role in overall control, grasps a complete view of the various activities, disseminates information both within and outside the University, enhances collaboration with external organizations for the existing activities, and fosters new activities. OPDS is hiring student sta■ members with ■exible and inventive minds to create new values from interdisciplinary exchange of ideas among faculty, sta■, and students. At present, OPDS has three major scopes of activities, namely Campus Improvement, Planning and Implementation, Information Dissemination. Student sta■s actively participate in tasks of public relations, information collection, institutional design as well as supporting relevant o■ces.The Strategic Alliance of Catholic Research Universities (SACRU) is a global network of Catholic universities dedicated to research and teaching excellence, engagement and global collaboration informed by Catholic social teaching. Advancing world leading knowledge and higher education for the common good through SACRU collaborations will be the mission of SACRU. The vision of SACRU will be to reinforce the link between faith and reason in the digital age, enhance research for the common good, promote global education, develop digital transformation, accelerate interdisciplinarity in education and research, and contribute to knowledge and technological transfer through various global academic engagement activities and initiatives.Challenging the Possibility of Three Primary Color Light-Emitting Devices Based on Nanocolumns and NanocrystalsThe Nanotechnology Research Center was established in April 2008 as Sophia University’s core organization for nanotechnology research. Its present activity centers on collaborative projects with companies.This center operates to study various subjects based on GaN nanocolumns and related nanocrystals, which were pioneered by the project team member,that is, aiming at overcoming the challenging issues of nitride semiconductor emission devices, developing the fundamental technology of three primary colors emitting devices, exploring novel solid state physics based on nanocrystals,and ■nally clarifying the physics of nanocrystal e■ect of nanocolumns.Recently, blue light-emitting diodes (LEDs) attracted attention because they led bright and energy-saving white light sources. This research project aims the development of base technology of three primary colors integrated laser / LEDs with the highly functional and ultra■ne structures, in which red, green,and blue laser / LEDs are monolithically prepared on the same crystal, wasachieved. This new generation light emitting devices, which provide a microsize full color light spot, exerts a great impact on the full-color application ■eld by innovating display systems of laser / LED projection displays, retina scanning personal displays, and so on.MIRAI is a collaboration between 7 Japanese universities and 10 Swedish universities. The primary purpose of this collaboration is to advance long-term research collaborations and promote Sweden and Japan as leading nations of global large-scale research infrastructure. The third phase of MIRAI (2024-2026) embarks on a bold mission to focus on global challenges, to be tackled collaboratively. By this, MIRAI aspires to contribute not only to the Sweden-Japan collaborations but also to global issues that should be discussed and handled across nations on the international scale.Research and Development Center forCAE technologies applied fornext-generation transport aircraft designAiming to realize virtual testing in aircraft designThis center is engaged in activities aimed at the research and development of Computer Aided Engineering (CAE) technologies which can contribute to the design of commercial aircraft.Our main objective is to smoothly carry out outsourced work from Tohoku University related to the Development of Aircraft Design Technologies for Ideal Composite Structures, a New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO) research project.More speci■cally, the following two types of research topics are to be conducted.(1) Development of Design Simulator for Aircraft Structures using thermoplastic CFRP(2) Development of Virtual Testing Technologies for thermoplastic CFRP StructuresBased on computational mechanics and composite material engineering,our research and development includes various engineering analyses using numerical simulation methods such as the Finite Element Method (FEM), as well as validation experiments and software development.The results of this research promise to contribute to the development of Japan’s aerospace industry. Furthermore, by establishing subjects of study in relation to the content of work and by giving research guidance to our students, it is expected that in the future we will be able to produce excellent engineers who can play an active part in both the aerospace and manufacturing industries.PICK UPPICK UPNanotechnology Research CenterInitiatives Related to Diversity & SustainabilityInternational Cooperation Activities in the Field of ResearchProject Research Division(As of July 2024)
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