2021 Summer Camp
August 10-12, 2021
The University of TokyoONLINE

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Designing Future Society Fellowship2021 Summer Camp UTokyo and world-leading universities Ph.D students discuss and exchange
ideas to propose an international research project with your team members todevelop an innovative device related to “New Normal” after COVID-19.
 49 Participants from 9 universities of 7 countries & regions and 1 company22021 Summer Camp

3Ratio ofParticipants

80%▲ Satisfaction

Widening the scope of my research

Very much
69%

Developing an international networkof friends/colleagues▲ Participants

Yes
29%
Expanding my knowledge of otherengineering fields

UT (non-Japanese)
51%

56%

24%

Obtaining valuable
teamwork/leadership experience

Asia
9%

UT(Japanese)
27%

58%

Somewhat
2%

Improving brainstorming /discussion
skillsAmerican continent
7%
Europe and Africa
4%62%

Researcher in company 2%▲ Which areas beneficial

Details of Participants
Affiliation

The University of Tokyo

Korea University
Ludwig-Maximilians-University MunichMassachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan
Peking University
Rice University
Tsinghua University
University of Cambridge
University of Oxford
Indian Institute of Science (TOSHIBA CORPORATION)

4MajorNumberAdvanced Interdisciplinary Studies
1
Aeronautics and Astronautics
3
Applied Chemistry1
Architecture
2
Bioengineering
1Complexity Science and Engineering
1Electrical engineering and Information Systems
1
Environment Systems
1
Materials Engineering
2
Mechanical Engineering
19
Precision Engineering
2
Science-Chemistry1
Systems Innovation
1
Urban Engineering
1
Bioengineering
1Physics
1
Mechanical Engineering
1
Institute of Nanoengineering and Microsystems
1
College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering
1
Applied Physics
2
Electronic Engineering2
Department of Engineering
1
Department of Materials
1
Civil Engineering
1
Total49

Slack # cultural exchange

5Opening
Welcome messages :Prof. Maruyama
Prof. Mitsuishi

Self Introduction

6

Introduction of program Guidance::Prof. Kasahara

Prof. Harada

Team Meeting –taskYour task is to propose an international research project withyour team members to develop an innovative device related to“New Normal” after COVID-19.
Presentation template Problem identification
 Idea of New Device
 International research project Organization of international
research team
 Potential impact
 Roadmap & Budget• 7 teams (7 participants/team) were organized in advance.

7Final Presentations

8

Evaluation & Awards

9

Comments given to each teamBest Innovation
Team 2 (Air guiding extractor)

Questionnaire Summary (1)10Did you enjoy
the SummerCamp ?

Self
introduction

Virtual lab
tour

Researchpresentation

Culturalexchange

Team meeting

Final
presentations

Organization

All (2021)

4.5

4.6

4.2

4.5

4.4

4.7

4.6

4.6

Invited from universities

4.2

4.2

3.9

3.8

3.7

4.4

4.6

4.4

UT (non-Japanese)

4.6

4.7

4.2

4.7

4.6

4.7

4.7

4.7

UT (Japanese)

4.5

4.5

4.0

4.4

4.3

4.6

4.7

4.6

Invited from companies

4.0

4.0

3.0

4.0

3.0

5.0

5.0

4.0

 Basically, most of the participants enjoyed the camp very much.
 Scores vary depending on the affiliation.

Questionnaire Summary (2)In which areas did you find the camp beneficial?
Expanding myDeveloping an
Obtaining
Improvingknowledge ofinternational
valuablebrainstorming/dis
network of
teamwork/leaders other engineering
cussion skills
fieldsfriends/colleagues
hip experience

Widening thescope of myresearch

Ratio

2021

80%

62%

58%

56%

24%

2020

68%

68%

72%

76%

36%

 The camp surely enhanced the “competency” of the participants.

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Comments from Participants

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Invited from universities
 I think that having to work around time-zone differences added a unique aspect that I
wouldn't normally have thought as much about. I do wish that I had been grouped withmore people around my research subject area-- I believe our presentations could havebeen much more realistic if we had the benefit of common areas of study, and thiswould reinforce networking with people in our specific field "I think the biggest challenge was the time zone difference. Our team had the greatest
time zone difference by far, which practically meant that we had much less time to workon our presentation compared to other teams. (When my teammates were awake, I wasasleep, and vice versa.) The extra time the other groups had really showed in the qualityof their presentations, in my opinion.I also had other obligations and deadlines besides
this summer camp, and I felt bad that I could not make it a priority compared to theUniversity of Tokyo students who are doing it for credit. I do not think it is completely
fair to group someone like me with people who have a real stake in this summer camp.I
also did not like that our projects had to have a technical seed related to our research.
Everyone has such disparate research backgrounds, it is difficult to identify a technicalseed that relates to at least one person’s research AND COVID-19. In this sense, thescope of this topic is too broad from my point of view. In addition, I think there is anelement of luck in that someone who studies a topic that is broadly applicable (likeCNTs) is more likely to be able to extrapolate their research to COVID-19. Again,Comments from Participants
 with more time this would have been less of an issue--this is related to my point above
about the time zone difference.In spite of these challenges, I did feel like I gained a lot
from this summer camp. The issues I outlined are not fundamental to the summer
camp--they are problems that can be solved. I would certainly recommend thisexperience to others. My only regret is that I could not come to Japan to meet
everyone and see your beautiful country!“ Well organized. All the best for such future events.
 Loved this session, would be better if time is flexible
 Very enjoyable - good to gain understanding of different logically approach/thinking
from across the world. Shame we couldn't meet in person, hopefully soon.
Invited from companies
 "I thank the organizers for their efforts to make this camp. Due to travel restrictions in
Pandemic, personal interaction was inevitably minimized. I felt there could have been
dedicated timeslots for all the team members to showcase their researchpresentations they prepared, and have informal discussion about various topics. In theslack channel, the individual interaction with other team members was rarely achieved
due to busy preparation on proposals.Thank you very much. Looking forward to more
in-person meetings in future. “13Comments from Participants
UT (Japanese) I think it is a very organized camp. It was very difficult to discuss with new members. I
enjoyed this camp. But if it is not an online camp, I think we can discuss it more. But
the online system is nice for making presentation file. I think it's the benefit. Thankyou.
 It was perfect if we had a one more day for cultural exchange with all members before
starting our task!
 "It was very valuable opportunity to work with people from various fields.If we had akind of lecture regarding to the project management at the beginning of the course,
the discussion could go more smoothly." Though I really enjoyed this summer camp, I think it might be better to have a longer
summer camp (4days~1week), to discuss further our idea and to interact with otherstudents. An ice-break session across the groups can be a good opportunity for us tocreate networks among researchers.
 It was a great experience to have discussions with students from various fields. In
particular, we were able to discuss in detail the technical feasibility and the impact onsociety, which deepened our ideas. In addition, I thought the virtual lab tour was agood system. Through it, my technical knowledge was expanded so much.

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Comments from Participants

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 "I cannot imagine the situation of on-site camp, but I guess that we can communicate
more each other, and we have chance to talk with people who are out of the teammembers. In the on line camp, it was very difficult because we cannot know the othermember's status that whether they are busy or not. It can be better experience if we canhave additional communication other than team meetings.However, it was the wonderfulexperience for me. Thank you very much!"
 I felt the suggestions were similar because the theme is a little bit biased. I think thetheme should be more general such as "the idea that can improve the university life" or"the idea that can improve the cross-cultural understanding".
 It was a really pleasant time and we had a good work with teammates though it wanonline. I would like to make more conversation with participants outside the team. Inorder to do so even in online, I suggest "Gather.town" app (perhaps some of you stillknow.). Anyway, it was an good opportunity for me to interact with people from various
backgrounds. Thank you all for organizing this summer camp.
UT (non-Japanese) Memorable 2 days! Thank you all the professors, facilatators, and students!
 Thank you very much.

Comments from Participants16 Thank you for organizing the camp, it was overall a pleasant experience! The schedule
was a little bit tight, so our group was really busy working on the project and we would
have liked to spend a little bit more time just doing cultural exchange and networking
together. At the end, we could spend around 1 hour on Wednesday evening and 1 houron Thursday evening to do cultural exchange. But again, thank you for the camp!
 Time is so limited and we have meeting 8 hours per day which makes us tired. I
suppose if the camp takes longer, it will be more enjoyable. And because of the timedifference, I think an off-line could be truly better. Anyway, thank you for organizing.
 It is very glad to see lots of people from different research fields.This time I just noticed
people from Mechanical Engineering is quiet a lot, so sometimes the project is more
'Mechanical'. I would like to work on project near to my field, but I hope people frommore various research field is preferred from my personal option. Anyway thank youfor holding the Summer Camp and I have a great time.
 I really like this summer camp because I can learn a lot from brainstorming with theteam members who have different research backgrounds and cultures. Thank you somuch for organizing this great camp!! :DComments from Participants17 Very nice camp! Thanks for the organization and also thanks to my teammate fromteam 6. One comment is that the interaction between different teams are very limited.
If we can improve it, it will be very nice.
 self-introduction channel (slack) is ok but introduction time in the team will be moreenjoyable than introducing each.