Tohoku University and Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd. have established a collaborative base “Furukawa Electric x Tohoku University Photonics Fusion Co-Creation Research Base” at the Research Institute of Electrical Communication, Tohoku University.
They will collaborate and integrate Furukawa Electric’s core technologies of “metals,” “polymers,” “photonics,” and “high frequencies” cross-sectionally with Tohoku University. They create innovative and budding technologies based on new ideas, and develop highly specialized human resources.
From Furukawa Electric, one employee will work as a specially appointed professor at Tohoku University. Research the latest technology development trends, collect information on research results by Tohoku University, create research themes that contribute to solving social issues by integrating technologies, promote joint research, etc., and develop future measures that Furukawa Electric will implement. reflect.