- ADACHI Yoshitaka (National Institute for Materials Science)
- HATANO Hitoshi (Kobe Steel)
- HIGASHIDA Kenji (Kyushu University)
- II Seiichiro (National Institute for Materials Science)
- KOYAMA Toshiyuki (Nagoya Institute of Technology)
- MITAO Shinji (JFE Steel Corporation)
- MIYAMOTO Goro (Tohoku University)
- MIYATA Kaori (Sumitomo Metal Industries)
- OHTANI Hiroshi (Kyushu Institute of Technology)
- TAKAHASHI Manabu (Nippon Steel Corporation)
- TANAKA Masaki (Kyushu University)
- TODAKA Yoshikazu (Toyohashi University of Technology)
- TSUCHIYAMA Toshihiro (Kyushu University)
- TSUJI Nobuhiro (Kyoto University)
- TSUZAKI Kaneaki (National Institute for Materials Science)
- UEJI Rintaro (Kagawa University)