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Prof. Pag-asa D. Gaspillo of De La Salle University (Philippines) came once again as a Visiting Professor under the Global Joint Education Center for Science and Technology (GJEC). She gave intensive lectures on Water and Wastewater Engineering: Treatment Technologies and Environmental Management System.
JST Sakura Science Exchange Program was held this year. Ten top Chemical Engineering faculty members, researchers and students from top universities all over Southeast Asia (Philippines, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam) and South Korea were invited to join this very fulfilling and well-organized program.
Prof. Sasaki, Mr. Miyanomae, Mr. Hobo and Ms. Mori participated in the 26th MRS-J Annual Meeting held in Yokohama, Japan.
https://www.mrs-j.org/meeting2016/jp/
The 11th International Student Conference on Advanced Science and Technology (ICAST) was held at Kumamoto University on December 8 – 9, 2016. ICAST has been serving to promote international exchange among graduate students and young researchers in various fields of the advanced science and technology.
http://io.its.ac.id/icast-2016-kumamoto/
International conference named "PRIME 2016 on electrochemical and
solid-state science" was held in Honolulu, Hawaii.
This conference is one of the largest conferences in the world including
4,182 technical presentations.
From our laboratory, Prof. Kida and Ms. Miyamoto (M2) attended and gave a presentation about their researches.⇒http://prime-intl.org/
JST Sakura Science Youth Exchange Program was held. 10 young and promising women engineering educators and researchers from 9 universities in 6 ASEAN countries were invited to join. Universities include [Philippines] University of the Philippines, De La Salle University, University of Sto. Tomas , [Thailand] Chulalongkorn University, King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi, [Malaysia] Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, [Indonesia] Sepuluh Nopember Institute of Technology, [Vietnam] Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology, [Cambodia] Institute of Technology of Cambodia.
Prof. Youn-Woo Lee, Professor of the School of Chemical and Biological Engineering and Head of Graduate School of Engineering Practice of Seoul National University (South Korea) came as a Visiting Professor under the Global Joint Education Center for Science and Technology (GJEC). He gave intensive lectures on Chemical Reactor Design to graduate students.
SAKURA Exchange Program in Science (SAKURA SCIENCE)
We invited students and faculty from De La Salle University(Phillipines), University of Phillipines(Phillipines), Chulalongkorn University (Thailland), Universiti Teknologi Petronas(Malaysia), and Seoul University(South Korea).
http://ssp.jst.go.jp/
Our collaborative work with Prof. Ishiwata (Dept. of Physics in Saga Univ.) is highlighted in the Inside Front Cover of Advanced Materials Interfaces.
Dr. Armando T. Quitain received Balik Scientist Program Award from Department of Science and Technology (Philippines) . He will lecture on supercritical fluid and microwave technologies to top universities in the Philippines and build a supercritical fluid apparatus as deliverables.
http://bsp.dost.gov.ph/index.php/about-bsp/overview/the-balik-scientist-program
Prof. Youn-Woo Lee (Seoul National University) visited us and gave a lecture!
Our proposal on the the utilization of marine biomass for development of high-functional nutraceutical for JST A-STEP (Adaptable Seamless Technology Transfer Program through targetdriven R&D) Program has been accepted.
Staff and 3 students from the laboratory went to Malaysia for research discussion related to JSPS Bilateral Joint Research Project with Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS and to attend the International Symposium on Chemical Engineering 2014 (ISChE2014). The Japan team together with the Malaysian counterpart also visited Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB) and FELCRA, a crude oil processing plant in Perak, Malaysia.
Fourteen members of the laboratory participated in the university-sponsored "51st Aso Endurance Walk Race", walking 60 km in the middle of the night from the top of Mt. Aso down to Kumamoto University. We got 3rd to 6th places in the women's category. Congratulations for having those powerful legs and stamina!
Our proposal for e-ASIA Japan-Thai-Philippines Joint Research Project in the field of Functional Materials by JST has been accepted!
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