International Conference on Condition Monitoring at Singapore
- December 5, 2019
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I’m at an international conference on machine condition monitoring in Singapore. I was surprised at the scale of the conference, which was much larger than I had expected. Mr. H is studying in Singapore, and we visited the smart factory of SIMTech where he is working. After the tour, we met up with Mr. Shibata, …
Autumn Meeting of The Japanese Society for Nondestructive Inspection and Battleship Yamato
- November 13, 2019
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I came to Hiroshima to attend the autumn meeting of the Japan Society for Non-Destructive Inspection (JNIDI), leaving Haneda Airport on the night of November 3 and continuing my business trip from Fukuoka to Taiwan to Guangzhou to Nanjing to Shanghai to Hiroshima without ever returning to Tokyo. I arrived at the bus terminal of …
China-Japan High-level Expert Symposiums
- November 11, 2019
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There was a Japan-China high-level researchers’ exchange meeting by field, and I was able to see the Industrial Technology Institute in Nanjing. I also had the opportunity to interact with top-level researchers in China. I hope that we can continue to interact with each other as good rivals and good friends.
Madrid, Spain
- September 13, 2019
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I will be traveling from Granada, Spain to Portoroz, Slovenia. I met up with Prof. A, who was visiting Politecnico de Madrid, and Prof. F of Politecnico de Madrid, who had once been a visiting professor at Tokyo Tech, and we went out for drinks.
Visit to University of Granada + welcome party
- September 12, 2019
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I am here at Prof. Antolino’s laboratory at the University of Granada. On the first day of my arrival in Granada, I had a welcome party with faculty members, researchers, students and their families and friends. I am very happy. Dr. Franc has also stayed at Tokyo Tech as an associate visiting young researcher few …
Student Awards
- August 8, 2019
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The 11th Multidisciplinary International Student Workshop was held at our university, and a short term student from Indonesia who has been here since early June won the presentation award. In spite of a very short time, he conducted experiments, created an AI program, and summarized the results. It was really wonderful to receive the award …
Cultural Experience
- July 23, 2019
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Dr. Todoroki, a short-term foreign student from France, two doctoral students from our laboratory, and I came to Izakaya @ Kanda to listen to Tsugaru shamisen. Two professors from other universities were also joined. The master of the Izakaya is a wine lover, a certified sommelier, and speaks fluent French.
The 24th International AE Symposium
- November 9, 2018
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The 24th International AE Symposium is currently being held in Sapporo, Japan from November 5-9, 2012. As there are no AE specialists in Sapporo, I have been entrusted with a large part of this symposium. I am very relieved that more than 100 people attended the symposium. At the banquet, the Yosakoi circle from Hokkaido …
Dissertation Defense at Delft University of Technology
- November 2, 2018
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I was invited to the degree examination of a doctoral student at Delft University of Technology (the Netherlands) as a judge. During the question and answer session, I was a little puzzled by some of the rules that do not apply to degree examinations in Japan, such as the need to say a spell-like phrase …