IV. Public Relations
1. Concept Image and Logotype of the Green Asia Program
As the first step in achieving strategic publicity for the Green Asia Program with a commonimage, we determined a logotype that expresses the intentions and the contents of the programappropriately and briefly. It is based on the letters G and A (the initial letters of Green Asia), and it
shows an environmental scene and a development (Figure 4-1).

Figure 4-1. Logotype

2. Publications
2.1. Pamphlet
An abridged version of the program pamphlet, in English and Japanese, was created bycondensing information on the its objectives, features, and organizational structure into four A4-size
pages (two double-page spreads). This was helpful in explaining the program to our contacts. The
content of the booklet was updated for its second printing.
The complete version of the pamphlet, in English and Japanese, is 18 A4-size pages long
(Figure 4-2). It begins with a greeting from the program’s leaders and coordinators, followed byeight pages on details of the program. It then covers affiliated institutions, profiles of the program
faculty, and contact information. Demand has been relatively high, such as when we hand out copies
during visits to affiliated institutions overseas; therefore, we have already reprinted the material
several times. The first edition was put together in a short amount of time, which meant that somesections were only lightly edited. For each reprinting, we have made revisions, leading to a nearlycomplete version for this academic year.
2.2. Newsletter
We publish a newsletter in Japanese twice a year. The first edition was released in March 2013,
the second in September 2013, and the third in March 2014.
Contents of the third edition (see Figure 4-3) include the following:
1. The lifestyle of graduate students in the Green Asia course
2. Introduction of Green Asia professors’ research76

3. Activity reports for second-year students in the course
4. Activity reports
5. Introduction of course lectures
6. GA Program faculty
7. Schedule and information

The length was 16 A4-size pages.

Figure 4-2. Pamphlet Cover Design

Figure 4-3. Newsletter Volume 3 Cover Design

2.3. Bulletin
We publish a bulletin in English once a year. The first edition was released in October 2013
(Figure 4-4). Contents of Volume 1 were as follows:
1. Message
2. Green Asia Program
3. Green Asia Personnel
4. List of Mentors
5. Research Profiles
6. Colloquium
7. Green Asia Workshops
8. Conferences
9. Student Research77

10. Students List
11. Contact and EventsThe length was 28 A4-size pages.

Figure 4-4. Bulletin 2013 Cover Design

2.4. Green Lecture Book Series
All lectures that are part of the Green Asia Project are conducted in English, and materials forthe classes are gathered and prepared independently by each professor as reference material. We
have decided to turn these English reference materials into a textbook series that will be published.
Plans are in place to publish one to two books per year. In FY 2013, the Green Asia Lecture BookSeries, Part 1 and Prof. Jun Tanimoto’s Mathematical Analysis of Environmental Systems were
published by Springer Publishing (Figure 4-5).
In FY 2014 and beyond, we plan to issue, through Springer Publishing, English edition
textbooks on Micrometeorology, Fundamentals for Fluid Dynamics, Thermal-relating Engine
Technique, and Heat and Mass Transfer.

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Figure 4-5. Mathematical Analysis of Environmental Systems

2.5. Joint Journal
We previously published seven volumes of the Journal of Novel Carbon Resource Sciences,
under the G-COE Program. Now, as the joint journal of both programs, we publish Evergreen
biannually. Volume 1 was issued in March 2014 and included seven articles: four on Novel Carbon
Resource Sciences and three on the Green Asia Strategy. The contents of Evergreen, Volume 1(Figure 4-6) are listed as follows:
ContentsPreface
From Novel Carbon Resource Sciences:• Zhe Xu, Yoshiaki Takahashi, Akihiko Takada, Elastic Modulus of the Gel made fromInterpenetrating Polymer Networks in Phase Separated State• Loren Tusara, Ryuichi Itoi, Characterization of Solid Deposits formed in Geothermal Surface
Facilities• Hao Hu, Akihiko Takada, Yoshiaki Takahashi, A Study of Density for Pullulan/Ionic LiquidSolutions

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• Kyuwon Kyoung, Ryota Yoneda, Reiji Hattori, A Detection Method for Multi-Touch on
Single-Layered Capacitive Touch Panel
From Green Asia Strategy:• Kutub Uddin, Ibrahim I. El-Sharkawy, Takahiko Miyazaki, Bidyut Baran Saha, Shigeru
Koyama, Thermodynamic Analysis of Adsorption Cooling Cycle using Ethanol-Surface
treated Maxsorb III Pairs• Kazuhide Ito, Micro- and Macro-Scale Measurement of Fungal Growth under Various
Temperature and Humidity Conditions• Cong Li, Kazuhide Ito, Performance Evaluation of Industrial Air-Shower in Removal of Gasand Liquid-phase Contaminants from Human Body

Figure 4-6. Evergreen (Vol. 1)

2.6. Proceedings
We are publishing nonpeer reviewed research papers by lecturers in the International Forum forGreen Asia, held once a year. In FY 2013, the forum was held in conjunction with theInterdisciplinary Graduate School of Engineering Sciences Seminar on November 29 and 30.
Proceedings from the event were published (Figure 4-7). We plan to publish one volume of theproceedings this year as well.

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Figure 4-7. Proceedings of the International Forum for Green Asia

3. Website
Our website content includes greetings, curriculum information, introductions of program
faculty (including overseas and technical mentors), introductions of affiliated institutions (includingoverseas and domestic core affiliates), information on student recruitment, activity reports,
administrative information, and access information (Figures 4-8 and 4-9). The website served as aregistration portal for our Kick-Off Symposium, as well as to provide information on seminars. Inaddition, the website was a means for participants to register for the Kick-Off Symposium. Japaneseand English versions of the main pages are available, as well as smartphone-compatible pages. A
prominent banner runs across the home page of the Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Engineering
Sciences, Kyushu University, which directs traffic to our site (Figures 4-10).
We have also expanded recruiting information for overseas students and have newly createdseveral dedicated pages that allow online submission of applications (Figure 4-11).

4. Other Prints
Furthermore, we created a poster for the Kyushu University-Hokkaido University Joint Activity
Reporting Meeting, a pamphlet and poster for the Doctoral Education Leading Program Forum 2013,and pamphlets for student recruitment (Figure 4-12).

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Figure 4-8. GA Website Home Page

Figure 4-9. Sample Contents from the GA Website

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Figure 4-10. Banner on the Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Engineering Sciences Home Page

Figure 4-11. Website for Overseas Students

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Figure 4-11. Website for Overseas Students (continued)

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Figure 4-12. Examples of Posters and Handouts

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Figure 4-12. Examples of Posters and Handouts (continued)

5. Presentation and Information Session
We had opportunities to inform people about the Green Asia Program at various symposia andmeetings as follows:
A. Harata, Advanced Graduate Program in Global Strategy for Green Asia (short openingspeech)
The 9th International Symposium on Novel Carbon Resource Science (九州大学グローバ
ル COE プログラム拠点「新炭素資源学」
第 9 回国際シンポジウム), Chikushi Campus,
Kyushu University, 2012.11.2-3
A. Harata, What is Advanced Graduate Program in Global Strategy for Green Asia? (グリーンアジア国際戦略プログラムとは何か？)
Opening Ceremony of “Green Asia Education Center” and Kickoff Meeting of Kyushu
University Program for Leading Graduate School “Advanced Graduate Program in Global
Strategy for Green Asia” (「九州大学グリーンアジア国際リーダー教育センター」開所式ならびに文部科学省・日本学術振興会博士課程教育リーディングプログラム「 グ リ ー ン ア ジ ア 国 際 戦 略 プ ロ グ ラ ム 」 キ ッ ク オ フ 会 議 (2013)), Fukuoka,
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A. Harata, Introduction of Green Asia Program
Kyushu University-NUS Joint Seminar, 2013, National University Singapore (NUS),Singapore, 2013.1.30
K. Sasaki, Introduction of Advanced Graduate Program in Global Strategy for Green Asia
in Kyushu University
Institut Teknologi Bandung, Indonesia, 2013.3.18
A. Harata, Introduction of Research and Education Activities at Kyushu University:
Kyushu University Program for Leading Graduate School “Advanced Graduate Programin Global Strategy for Green Asia” (九州大学の研究教育活動紹介：大学院リーディングプログラム「グリーンアジア国際戦略プログラム」)
Meeting of Kyushu University Shinwa-kai (九州州大学親和会講演会), Ito Campus,Kyushu University, 2013.4.27
H. Shimada, Introduction of Advanced Graduate Program in Global Strategy for Green
Asia in Kyushu University
Institut Teknologi Bandung, Indonesia, 2013.5.9
K. Sasaki, Introduction of Advanced Graduate Program in Global Strategy for Green Asia
in Kyushu University
Autumn Joint Meeting of the Societies Associated with Resources and Materials 2013 (平成 25 年度資源・素材関係学協会合同秋季大会), Hokkaido University, Hokkaido,
2013.9.3,
A. Harata, Introduction of Program for Leading Graduate School Green Asia (openingremarks)
Innovative Materials for Processes in Energy Systems 2013, Ito Campus, Kyushu
University, 2013.9.4-6
B. B. Saha, Introduction of Program for Leading Graduate Schools Advanced Graduate
Course in Global Strategy for Green Asia
Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, 2013.11.20
A. Harata, Program for Leading Graduate Schools–Advanced Graduate Program in Global
Strategy for Green Asia
International Forum for Green Asia, Chikushi Campus, Kyushu University, 2013.11.29-30
H. Miki, Introduction of Advanced Graduate Program in Global Strategy for Green Asia inKyushu University
University of Ghana, Ghana, 2013.12.11

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A. Harata, International Education/Exploratory Research: Global Strategy for Green
Asia/X-ray–UV-Vis Correlated Spectroscopy (国際教育／萌芽研究：グリーンアジア国
際戦略／X 線-紫外可視相関分光の試み) (invited Lecture)
Lecture Meeting in Synchrotron Light Application Center at Saga University (佐賀大学シンクロトロン光応用研究センター講演会), Tosu, Saga, 2013.12.19
A. Harata, Approach to Ensure the Quality of Evaluation, Screening, andRecruiting: Advanced Graduate Program in Global Strategy for Green Asia [Theme II:
Quality Assurance, Evaluation, and Screening] (テーマ II：質保証・評価・選抜／質保証のための取組と評価・選抜・リクルートの方法：グリーンアジア国際戦略プログラム )‘Program for Leading Graduate School’ Forum 2013 (博士課程教育リーディングプロ
グラムフォーラム 2013), Osaka, 2014.1.10
H. Shimada, Introduction of Advanced Graduate Program in Global Strategy for Green
Asia in Kyushu University
Institut Teknologi Bandung, Indonesia, 2014.1.22
A. Harata, Advanced Graduate Program in Global Strategy for Green Asia (グリーンアジア国際戦略プログラム )9th Joint Debriefing Session of Hokkaido University and Kyushu University (第 9 回北海道大学九州大学合同活動報告会), Tokyo, 2014.2.1
J. Tanimoto, Introduction of Green Asia Program
Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (in the short visit to Malaysia), Malaysia, 2014.2.11
A. Harata, Introduction of Green Asia Program (invited lecture)
KyushuUniversity-MJIIT

Joint

Workshop at Dewan

Jumaah,Malaysia-Japan

International Institute of Technology (MJIIT), Malaysia, 2014.2.12,
We also held information sessions inside and outside Japan to explain details of the program
and recruit outstanding students as follows:• November 29, 2012

TKP Garden City Kumamoto• January 30, 2013

National University of Singapore• February 22, 2013

Indian Institute of Technology, Madras Campus• February 25, 2013

Universiti Teknologi Malaysia MJIIT• February 26, 2013

Mahidol University• March 18, 2103Vietnam National University, Ho Chi Minh City, College ofSciences; Vietnamese Academy of Science and Technology

88Institute of Materials Sciences; Hanoi University of Scienceand Technology International Training Institute For Materials
Science• March 20, 2013

NationalCentral

University/NationalTaiwan

University(Taipei, Hsinchu, Zhongli), National Chin-Yi University ofTechnology Refrigeration, Air Conditioning and EnergyEngineering• March 28, 2013

National University of Mongolia• April 9, 2013

Chikushi Hall (Chikushi Campus)• May 11, 2013

Chikushi Hall (Campus Open House for the Chikushi Campus)• July 7, 2013

Chikushi Hall (Chikushi Campus)• December 7, 2013

Chikushi Hall (Chikushi Campus)• January 29, 2014

Visit to Hishikari Mine (Pretour for Malaysia)• February 13, 2014

Malaysian SH Electronics Sdn. Bhd.

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