About IAS

About IAS

Technical fields of Industry Applications Society

The IEEJ Industry Applications Society covers wide technical fields related with industry applications, as an up-to-date source of information contributing toward establish a sustainable society. The latest topics include energy and environment technologies for globalized societies, such as energy savings, new energy developments, energy storage devices, recycling and conservation of resources and so on, and innovations in social (infrastructure) systems and interface technologies for our healthy, safe and comfortable life. The technical fields are shown below:
  • Semiconductor Power Converter
  • Industry Instrumentation and Control
  • Mechatronics Control
  • Rotating Machinery
  • Motor Drives
  • Linear Drives
  • Vehicle Technologies
  • Intelligent Transport System
  • Home and Consumer Appliances
  • Monozukuri
  • Innovative Industrial System
  • Transportation and Electric Railway
  • Production Facility Control
  • Public Plant Engineering

Forty percent of primary energy, such as petroleum, coal and natural gas, has utilized to generate electricity in Japan. Electrical motors consume the sixty percent of the generated electricity. Recently, the further activity of the Industry Applications Society is strongly expected in technical fields from new and renewable energy developments to effective electricity utilization.