Committees

1.Research Activities

There are special research committees and a standing research committee relating to our research activities.

• Research Planning Committee: A standing research committee and is always active in seeking new research subjects.
• Collaborative Research Committee: The themes of collaborative research committees range from not only up-to-date ones but also to technical ones relating to problems that arise daily. The collaborative research activities on the theme requested by a sister organization, the Japan Spring Manufacturers Association (JSMA) contribute to the technology upgrade of companies with no regard to their size and of the spring industry as a whole.

2.Event Activities

Conferences, seminars and workshops are being held on a regular basis. Each activity is planned by its operating committee.

• Event Planning Committee: The main roles of this committee are to develop an annual schedule of events and to find out candidates for the special topic lecture at a semiannual lecture meeting.
• Regular Events Committee: This committee makes a plan for and operates a semiannual lecture meeting, reception and the annual general meeting.
• Operation Committee of Informative Gathering: An informative gathering to discuss fundamental and/or advanced technologies on springs and related products is held once a year. This committee makes a plan for and operates the gathering.
• Technology Exchange Meeting for Young Engineers: The main purpose of this once a year meeting is to provide a place for study and interaction in order to raise the next generation of young and active engineers. Overseas events are being planned as well.
• Operation Committee of Basic Technology Seminar: The main purpose of this once a year seminar is to foster novice engineers through practical training and lectures on the basic technologies of springs and related products. This committee makes a plan for and operates the seminar.
• Operation Committee of Manufacturing Seminar: This committee plans a once a year seminar that offers a chance to study basic technologies of spring manufacturing and/or related technologies to small business managers and people involved in manufacturing.
• Promotion Committee for Internationalization: This committee is in charge of promoting internationalization of JSSE, overseas public relations and response to inquiries from abroad.
• Committee for Selecting Spring Technological Heritage: The main jobs of this committee are to ask for information about historical machines and books that made a significant contribution to the development of spring industry, to select the machines or books that are worthy to be honored as Spring Technological Heritage and to publish them to JSSE members in the hope that learning developing history will lead to further development.

3.Publishing Activities

There are three standing committees that handle publishing activities.

• Editorial Committee for Transactions of JSSE: Transactions of JSSE is annually published by this committee. It contains papers from members and collaborative research reports.
• Editorial Committee for Monthly Bulletin: JSSE Monthly Bulletin has been published by this committee since 1971. It covers event schedules, committee activities, a summary of seminar papers, informative tips, etc. and plays an important role in keeping members up to date on JSSE activities.
• IT System Committee: The main roles of this committee are to promote computerization of information, such as JSSE activities, information about spring and spring related technologies, and publications, and to make the computerized information widely known by E-mail or Website.

Subcommittees