III. Cooperation
One of the most important philosophies employed in Green Asia is diligent strenuouscollaboration, which spans not only inside – outside spheres of Kyushu University but also academic– industrial sectors as well as domestic – overseas relations. We have though that bolsteredcooperative ties with those organizations play a crucially significant role in the educational processthat we have designed in the Green Asia Program.
The following scheme shows the fundamental assets in terms of those collaborations.

Figure 3-1. Various collaborative ties with the Green Asia Program

1. International CooperationAlthough Kyushu University as well as each of the professors committed to the Green Asia
Program have affluent world-wide networks, this program has focused on seeking strong, real andconcrete partnerships with major universities and institutions in Asia. Thus, we executed MoUs with
six partner institutions, all of which are top-notch research universities in their respective countries:
Mahidol University (Thailand), Malaysia–Japan International Institute of Technology (MJIIT),
Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) (Malaysia), Institut Teknologi Bandung (ITB) (Indonesia),
Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras (India), National University of Singapore (NUS)(Singapore), and the University of Dhaka (Bangladesh). We call this our network of “six overseas
core partnering institutions”.
As tangible forms of cooperation with them, the Green Asia Program annually conducts thefollowing two events:-International Advisory Board Meeting (IAB Meeting): we humbly invite counterpart
professors from each of the six overseas core partnering institutions in order to enhance ourcollaboration, also obtain meaningful suggestions from them to make the field provided by
the Green Asia Program a truly internationalized melting pot from educational point of view.
85-Short-term trip: we take the Green Asia course students in a live spot to experience what ishappening in Asia in terms of regional industry, research at local institutions, and realenvironments. The short visit takes place once a year. We ask one of our overseas core
partnering institutions to serve as host for each visit. The short-term trips in 2014 and 2015
academic years are reported in II 3.7 (1).

1.1. International Advisory Board Meeting(1) The 4th International Advisory Board Meeting
We invited six faculty members from overseas core partnering institutions of the Green Asia
Program, one for each institute, to the International Forum for Green Asia 2014 on November 28 and29, 2014, and also held the 4th International Advisory Board Meeting in the afternoon of November
29 in Chikushi Campus (Table 3-1). In this meeting, we explained an annual progress and future
plan of our program, including the international admission and overseas short-term trips, and thenhad an exchange of views on them. Particularly, many opinions for issues of recruitment such as ascreening system and a scholarship were provided and discussed.
Table 3-1. Participants in the 4th International Advisory Board Meeting
InstitutionNameMahidol University (Thailand)
Malaysia-Japan International Institute of Technology
Institut Teknologi Bandung (Indonesia)
Indian Institutes of Technology Madras
National University of Singapore
The University of Dhaka (Bangladesh)
Kyushu University

Taweechai Amornsakchai
Megat Johari Megat Mohd Noor
Rudy Sayoga Gautama Benggolo
Nilesh Jayantilal Vasa
Kyaw Thu
Md. Sekul Islam
Akira Harata
Jun-ichiro Hayashi
Keiko Sasaki
Yasuyuki Nakao
Bidyut Baran Saha
Hiroshi Furuno
Andrew Mark Spring

Photo 3-1. The 4th International Advisory Board Meeting86(2) The 5th International Advisory Board Meeting
In 2015 academic year, we selected four faculty members from overseas core partnering
institutions on this program, and invited them to the International Forum for Green Asia 2015 onNovember 27, 2015. Therefore, we held the 5th International Advisory Board Meeting in theafternoon of November 26 in Chikushi Campus (Table 3-2). In this meeting, we explained an annual
progress and future plan of our program, including the international admission and the overseas
short-term trip, and then had an exchange of views on them.
Table 3-2. Participants in the 5th International Advisory Board Meeting
InstitutionNameMahidol University (Thailand)Institut Teknologi Bandung (Indonesia)
National University of Singapore
The University of Dhaka (Bangladesh)
Kyushu University

Taweechai Amornsakchai
Rudy Sayoga Gautama Benggolo
Kyaw Thu
Kumar Aditya
Akira Harata
Jun Tanimoto
Seigi Mizuno
Keiko Sasaki
Yasuyuki Nakao
Bidyut Baran Saha
Hiroshi Furuno
Andrew Mark Spring

Photo 3-2. The 5th International Advisory Board Meeting

1.2. Overseas Short-term Trip
Overseas Short-term Trip have been supported by the overseas core partnering institutions. In
2014 academic year, we visited Mahidol University, and held a joint workshop (II 3.7 (1) b)). The
University of Dhaka also supported us in planning the short-term trip to Bangladesh in 2014
academic year, but it was unfortunately cancelled at the last minutes because of political unrest inDhaka (II 3.7 (1) a)). In 2015 academic year, we had a joint workshop with Yonsei University
although the university is not our overseas core partnering institutions (II 3.7 (1) c)).

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1.3. International InternshipWe have also received support for International Internship from the overseas core partnering
institutions. In 2014 academic year, a Green Asia course student conducted his research activity in
Institut Teknologi Bandung (II 3.6 (2)).

2. Domestic Cooperation
Yet more than hundreds and thousands collaborations with industry sectors are active in Kyushu
University, the Green Asia Program asked six major organizations to participate as domestic partners
from the non-academic sphere, which we define “six domestic core partnering organizations”:
Kyushu Electric Power Co. Inc., Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Cooperation, Ube Industries, Ltd.,
Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd., and Daikin Industries, Ltd., and several municipal governments
under the joint project of Green Asia International Strategy by Fukuoka Prefecture, Fukuoka andKitakyushu cites.
A wide range of cooperation has been realized, as concretely described in the next section, andis expected to keep our win-win relationships sustainable. One of the typical examples is that someof the firms are willing to offer comprehensive opportunities in which the Green Asia course
students can observe domestic production lines at a factory of the firm, active mining spot; those arefollowed by connecting active oversea spots in a short visit. Another example is that some keyengineers, industry researchers, and practitioners are invited to give special lectures to Green Asia
students through the framework provided by the Green Asia Afternoon Colloquium.
2.1. Short-term Trip
We have support from the six domestic core partnering organizations for both Domestic andOverseas Short-term Trips. We visited Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Cooperation in Chiba andDaikin Industries, Ltd. in Shiga as part of the Domestic Short-term Trip in 2014 academic year (II3.7, (2) a)). In 2015 academic year, we took a tour of facilities of Nippon Steel & Sumitomo MetalCooperation in Oita (II 3.7, (2) b)). Concerning Overseas Short-term Trip, Daikin Industries(Thailand) also provided an opportunity to learn actual manufacturing in Thailand (II 3.7 (1) b)).
2.2. Internships
The six domestic core partnering organizations have also supported our internship programs,
and many Green Asia course students conducted their research activities for Practice School,
Domestic Internship, and International Internship in the companies or their overseas subsidiaries (II3.6).

3. Cooperation with Other Programs and Institutions
3.1. Campus-wide Cooperation(1) Cooperation with Other Programs for Leading Graduate School
There are three executing programs for Leading Graduate School in Kyushu University:881.3. International InternshipWe have also received support for International Internship from the overseas core partnering
institutions. In 2014 academic year, a Green Asia course student conducted his research activity in
Institut Teknologi Bandung (II 3.6 (2)).

2. Domestic Cooperation
Yet more than hundreds and thousands collaborations with industry sectors are active in Kyushu
University, the Green Asia Program asked six major organizations to participate as domestic partners
from the non-academic sphere, which we define “six domestic core partnering organizations”:
Kyushu Electric Power Co. Inc., Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Cooperation, Ube Industries, Ltd.,
Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd., and Daikin Industries, Ltd., and several municipal governments
under the joint project of Green Asia International Strategy by Fukuoka Prefecture, Fukuoka andKitakyushu cites.
A wide range of cooperation has been realized, as concretely described in the next section, andis expected to keep our win-win relationships sustainable. One of the typical examples is that someof the firms are willing to offer comprehensive opportunities in which the Green Asia course
students can observe domestic production lines at a factory of the firm, active mining spot; those arefollowed by connecting active oversea spots in a short visit. Another example is that some key
engineers, industry researchers, and practitioners are invited to give special lectures to Green Asia
students through the framework provided by the Green Asia Afternoon Colloquium.
2.1. Short-term Trip
We have support from the six domestic core partnering organizations for both Domestic andOverseas Short-term Trips. We visited Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Cooperation in Chiba andDaikin Industries, Ltd. in Shiga as part of the Domestic Short-term Trip in 2014 academic year (II3.7, (2) a)). In 2015 academic year, we took a tour of facilities of Nippon Steel & Sumitomo MetalCooperation in Oita (II 3.7, (2) b)). Concerning Overseas Short-term Trip, Daikin Industries(Thailand) also provided an opportunity to learn actual manufacturing in Thailand (II 3.7 (1) b)).
2.2. Internships
The six domestic core partnering organizations have also supported our internship programs,and many Green Asia course students conducted their research activities for Practice School,Domestic Internship, and International Internship in the companies or their overseas subsidiaries (II3.6).

3. Cooperation with Other Programs and Institutions
3.1. Campus-wide Cooperation(1) Cooperation with Other Programs for Leading Graduate School
There are three executing programs for Leading Graduate School in Kyushu University:

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“Advanced Graduate Course on Molecular Systems for Devise” (Molecular Devise), “Graduate
Education and Research Training Program in Decision Science for a Sustainable Society” (DecisionScience), and the Green Asia Program. They started a working group to forward the programs, theprincipal members of which are Vise-President and Secretary General of Kyushu University as well
as responsible persons and coordinators of the programs, and have regularly held meetings.
(2) Cooperation with Other Education Programs or Research Institutions
Along with two research and education centers in Kyushu University Chikushi Campus,
Research and Education Center of Carbon Resources, and Research and Education Center for
Advanced Energy Materials, Devices, and Systems, the Green Asia Education Center contributed toestablish new research and education center “Integrated Research and Education Center for Energy
Conversion, Storage, Saving, and Transport Technologies”. We have a future plan that the tworesearch and education centers will be in charge of a research part of activities, and the Green Asia
Education Center will contribute to an education part.
We have cooperated with Cooperation Graduate Education Program for the Development ofGlobal Human Resources in Energy and Environmental Science and Technology (EEST or Campus
Asia Program). This is a double degree program for master’s course with Shanghai Jiao Tong
University and Pusan National University. Therefore, we prepared a system and a rule to transferfrom the Campus Asia Program to the 3rd year of the Green Asia course (II 3.10). In 2015 academic
year, three students who completed the Campus Asia Program passed the screening and moved to theGreen Asia course.
3.2. Cooperation with Other Universities
From 2014, we have conducted the joint fieldwork with two programs for Leading Graduate
School outside Kyushu University: “Advanced Doctoral Program in Global Resource Management”(Global Resource Management) in Doshisha University and “TAOKAYA Program for Creating aFlexible, Enduring, Peaceful Society Organization” (TAOYAKA Program) in Hiroshima University(II 3.7 (3)).

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