12. Interim Report for Doctoral Research (3rd Stage Gate)
In principle, every student in the 4th year of the program (the 2nd year of doctoral course) faces
evaluation of the interim report for doctoral research. He or she makes an oral presentation for progress
and future plan of the research, and earns 4 credits for “Doctoral Research (II)” after passing.
Two departments in Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Engineering Sciences, Department ofApplied Science for Electronics and Materials and Department of Molecular and Materials Sciences,have organized the interim report for the own students, and therefore, the Green Asia Program students
belonging to the two departments participated in the interim report. The Green Asia faculty members
also attended the presentation to evaluate the Green Asia Program students.
On the other hand, since Department of Energy and Environmental Engineering inInterdisciplinary Graduate School of Engineering Sciences and Department of Earth Resources
Engineering in Graduate School of Engineering have not conducted such interim report, the Green
Asia Program has set the interim report for the students belonging to the two departments.
The reports conducted in the academic years from 2016 to 2018 were listed in Table 4-22. All
the students passed.

13. Green Asia Report (4th Stage Gate)
The Green Asia Program students face the evaluation of the Green Asia Report as the 4th stagegate. The students combine knowledges on science, technology, and industrial structures as well as
industrial cooperation in Asia and the nature of societies and economies to realize the concept of Green
Asia, which they have developed through discussions in International Exercise A (detailed in IV. 5.1).
Based on such knowledges, each student chooses a theme and writes a paper (Green Asia Report) tobe submitted to a peer-reviewed international journal such as Evergreen (see X. 1). The Green Asia
Program students belonging to the Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Engineering Sciences cancount the published paper as one of at least two published papers that are demanded as a requisite forapplication to the doctoral degree (unfortunately the students in Graduate School of Engineeringcannot treat the paper for the requisite).
According to rules changed in 2018, the submission to the journal is not necessary, and thestudents are also allowed to submit the results as a report-style document in order to pass the 4th stagegate. But in this case, they cannot treat the report as one of the two published papers in applying thedegree mentioned above.
The Green Asia Reports are listed in IV. 5.1.

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Autumn2016

Spring2017

Table 4-22. Schedule of the Research Review and Proposal
Date of Presentation, and Batch and (the Number) of the StudentASEM
MMS
EEE and ERE(organized by ASEM)(organized by MMS)
(organized by GA)
March 17
March 17
1st batch domestic (3)1st Batch domestic (3)March 92nd Batch domestic (1)2nd Batch international (1)April 4
2nd Batch domestic (2)Autumn2017

April 12
2nd Batch international (1)October 11
2nd Batch international (1)3rd Batch domestic (1)April 18
2nd Batch domestic (2)October 12
2nd Batch international (3)November 22
3rd Batch domestic (2)Spring2018

March 8
2nd Batch international (1)3rd Batch domestic (5)April 3
2nd Batch international (2)Autumn2018

April 11
3rd Batch international (2)October 10
4th Batch domestic (1)April 26
3rd Batch domestic (1)October 26
3rd Batch international (2)November 7
3rd Bbatch international (2)ASEM: Applied Science for Electronics and Materials; MMS: Molecular and Materials Sciences; EEE:
Energy and Environmental Engineering; ERE: Earth Resources Engineering; GA: Green Asia Program

14. Final Qualifying Examination and Doctoral Thesis (5th Stage Gate)
The Green Asia Program students face the doctoral defense as the 5th and final stage gate at theend of the five-years program. The defense is carried out according to the procedure prescribed in eachdepartment to which the student belongs. In addition, any students who fulfilled the prescribed criteria:
at least 77 credits and 3.0 or more GPA, wrote the thesis in English, and also faced the defense in
English are qualified to earn the doctoral degree in the Green Asia Program, and finally they canreceive one of the three degrees, Doctor of Engineering, Doctor of Science, or Doctor of Philosophy,
with the term “Completed Advanced Graduate Program in Global Strategy for Green Asia” (see II. 1and II. 2.7).
The results of the final qualifying examination for the 1st and 2nd batch students are shown inTable 4-23. The titles of their doctoral theses and the fields of their degrees are listed in Table 4-24.

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Table 4-23. Result of the Final Qualifying Examination for the 1st and 2nd Batch StudentsDepartmentStudentCandidate
Holderfor the Degreeof the Degree
1st Batch Domestic Student (Degree Day: March 2017)
Applied Science for Electronics and Materials1
322
Molecular and Materials Sciences1000
Energy and Environmental Engineering1
111Earth Resources Engineering2
222Total655
2nd Batch Domestic Student (Degree Day: March 2018)
Applied Science for Electronics and Materials1333
Molecular and Materials Sciences1000
Energy and Environmental Engineering1111Earth Resources Engineering2
111Total
5552nd Batch International Student (Degree Day: September 2018)
Applied Science for Electronics and Materials1
433Molecular and Materials Sciences1211Energy and Environmental Engineering1
22
2
Earth Resources Engineering2
111Total
977
1Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Engineering Sciences; 2Graduate School of Engineering
Table 4-24. Thesis Title and Degree Field of the 1st and 2nd Batch StudentsStudent
Dept.*
Degree FieldThesis Title
1st Batch Domestic Student (Degree Day: March 2017)
Microstructures Characterization for FerromagneticCoPt Alloy by Electron Microscopy and Numerical
Hiroshi Akamine
ASEM
Engineering Calculations
赤嶺 大志
電子顕微鏡法と数値計算による強磁性 CoPt 合
金の微細組織評価
Study on Production of n-Type Ultrananocrystalline
Diamond Films Prepared by Coaxial Arc Plasma
Hiroki Gima
Deposition
ASEM
Engineering
儀間 弘樹
同軸型アークプラズマ堆積法により作成した n型超ナノ微結晶ダイヤモンド膜の創製に関する研究
Fundamental Study Aiming for Sustainable Urban
Environment from Viewpoints of Wind Engineering
Tsuyoshi SatoEEEEngineering and Comparative Sociology
佐藤 幹
持続可能な都市環境実現のための風工学と比較
社会学による基礎的研究*Department: ASEM (Applied Science for Electronics and Materials), EEE (Energy and EnvironmentalEngineering) in Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Engineering Sciences96

Table 4-24. Thesis Title and Degree Field of the 1st and 2nd Batch Students (continued)
Student
Dept*Degree Field
Thesis Title
1st Batch Domestic Student (Degree Day: March 2017) (continued)
Fundamental Study Aiming for Sustainable Urban
Environment from Viewpoints of Wind Engineering
Tsuyoshi Sato
EEEEngineering and Comparative Sociology
佐藤 幹
持続可能な都市環境実現のための風工学と比較
社会学による基礎的研究
Study on Cover System and Revegetation Method forthe Prevention of Acid Mine Drainage in Open-PitShinji Matsumoto
Coal Mine in IndonesiaEREEngineering
松本 親樹
インドネシアの露天掘り石炭鉱山における酸性坑廃水の抑制を目的とした覆土および再緑化工法に関する研究
Search for Iron Redox Abilities in Extremely
Acidophilic Microorganisms and Their Use inYusei Masaki
EREEngineering Mineral Processing
正木 悠聖
超好酸性微生物における鉄酸化／還元能及びそれらを利用した鉱物処理に関する研究
2nd Batch Domestic Student (Degree Day: March 2018)
Synthesis and Properties of Chiral Binaphthyl
Yu Narazaki
Dopants for Application to Helical Liquid Crystals
ASEMPhilosophy
楢崎 優
ビナフチル型キラルドーパントの合成，物性及びヘリカル液晶への応用
Detailed Chemical Kinetic Modeling of Primary andYuki Furutani
Secondary Pyrolyses of Lignin
ASEMEngineering
古谷 優樹
リグニン初期熱分解と二次気相反応の詳細化学
反応速度モデリング
Optimization of RF-induced Breakdown of Plasma
Ryota Yoneda
on the QUEST Spherical Tokamak
ASEMEngineering
米田 亮太
QUEST 球状トカマクにおける高周波プラズマ
着火の最適化
Two-Dimensional Regular Traveling Waves inTomoaki Hirakawa
EEE
Engineering Shallow Water and Irregular Ocean Waves
平川 知明
2 次元規則浅水進行波と不規則海洋波
Formation of Bioscorodite for Stabilization ofArsenic Species Derived from Bio-mineral
Masahito Tanaka
Processing
EREEngineering
田中 雅仁
バイオミネラルプロセッシングに由来するヒ素
化学種の安定化のためのバイオスコロダイト法に関する研究*Department: ASEM (Applied Science for Electronics and Materials), MMS (Molecular and MaterialsSciences), EEE (Energy and Environmental Engineering) in Interdisciplinary Graduate School ofEngineering Sciences; ERE (Earth Resources Engineering) in Graduate School of Engineering

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Table 4-24. Thesis Title and Degree Field of the 1st and 2nd Batch Students (continued)
Student
Dept*
Degree Field
Thesis Title
2nd Batch International Student (Degree Day: September 2018)
Studies on Kinetic Analysis and Modeling of Biochar
Zayda Faizah
Gasfication
ASEM
EngineeringZahara
バイオチャーのガス化の反応速度解析とモデリングに関する研究
High-Speed Optical Mode Switch Using Refractive
Index Change Based on Current Injection
Ryan Imansyah
ASEMPhilosophy
電流注入屈折率変化を用いた高速光モードスイッチの研究
Performance Improved Capacitive Wireless Power
Tarek Mahmoud
ASEM
Philosophy Transfer Systems
Atia Mostafa
容量結合無線電力伝送システムの性能向上研究
Development and Characterization of HybridConstructs of Porous Polymer Scaffold and Cell
Azizah IntanMMSEngineering Sheet for Vascular Tissue Engineering
Pangesty
血管組織工学のための多孔質高分子足場材料と細胞シートの複合構造体の開発と評価
Study on Finned Tube Types Adsorber Employing
Activated Carbon–Ethanol Pair for CoolingMarzia Khanam
EEE
Philosophy Applications
活性炭―エタノール系吸着冷凍システム用ファインチューブ吸着器に関する研究
Study on Novel Functional Activated Carbon andComposites for Adsorption Heat Pump Systems
Animesh PalEEEPhilosophy
吸着式ヒートポンプシステムのための新規機能性活性炭および複合材料の研究
Study on Prevention of Acid Mine Drainage atDumping Site by Using Cover System with Coal Ashand Organic Material in Open-cast Coal Mine,
Sendy Dwiki
EREEngineering Indonesia
インドネシアの露天掘り石炭鉱山における石炭灰と有機資材を覆土工法に用いた廃石堆積場からの酸性坑廃水の抑制に関する研究*Department in Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Engineering Sciences: ASEM (Applied Science forElectronics and Materials), MMS (Molecular and Materials Sciences), EEE (Energy and EnvironmentalEngineering); in Graduate School of Engineering: ERE (Earth Resources Engineering)

15. Students’ Educational Records
An individual portfolio for each Green Asia Program student is prepared, in which his or herdeliverables such as reports for Practice School, International and Domestic Internships, and Industrial
Systems, grades for the subjects, reports from his or her mentor or supervisor are filed (Photo 4-21).

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Photo 4-21. Portfolio of the students’ educational records.

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