VII. Cooperation

One of the most important philosophies in Green Asia is diligent and strenuous collaboration,
which spans not only inside–outside spheres of Kyushu University but also academic–industrial
sectors as well as domestic–overseas relations. Bolstered cooperative ties with those organizations
play a crucially significant role in the educational process designed in the Green Asia Program.
When the program began, the 4 departments (3 departments in Interdisciplinary Graduate
School of Engineering Sciences: Departments of Applied Science for Electronics and Materials,
Molecular and Material Sciences, and Energy and Environmental Engineering, and 1 department in
Graduate School of Engineering: Department of Earth Resources Engineering) that have
responsibility to administer the Green Asia Program concluded campus-wide partnership agreementswith 4 institutes and 6 faculties in Kyushu University, and then the cooperation has widened as
described below (Figure 7-1). In addition, the program has been operated with the domesticcooperation of 6 core-partner institutions overseas, 6 core-partner companies in Japan, and 3 local
governments (Figure 7-2). Each of such organizations picked out a person in charge of the program.
He not only participates in the program actually but also estimates and advises the program from anobjective standpoint as a member of the Advisory Board and plays a role to drive aplan-do-check-act (PDCA) cycle effectively.

Research Center forGreen Technology(established in April, 2018)

Figure 7-1. Campus-wide collaborative ties with the Green Asia Program.

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Figure 7-2. Off-campus collaborative ties with the Green Asia Program.

1. International Cooperation
Although Kyushu University as well as each professor committed to the Green Asia Program
has affluent world-wide networks, this program has focused on seeking strong, real and concrete
partnerships with major universities and institutions in Asia. Thus, MoUs were executed between
Kyushu University and six partner institutions overseas, all of which are top-ranked universities intheir respective countries: Mahidol University (Thailand), Malaysia–Japan International Institute ofTechnology (MJIIT) in 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). This
network is called “Six Overseas Core Partner Institutions”.
1.1. International Advisory Board Meeting
International Advisory Board Meeting had been held concurrently with the International Forumfor Green Asia, and a person in charge of the program from each of the Six Overseas Core PartnerInstitutions had been invited to the meeting.
(1) Academic Year 2016: The 6th International Advisory Board Meeting
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29, 2018. This was scheduled 2 days before the International Forum for Green Asia 2016 (see VI. 1(1)), and a day before the 3rd International Symposium of Integrated Research and Education Centerfor Energy Conversion, Storage, Saving, and Transport Technologies (detailed in VI. 3). Three
professors from the Six Overseas Core Partner Institutions were invited to the meeting at theChikushi campus, and a professor joined the meeting through Skype from his country (Table 7-1). In
addition, a professor from University of Tasmania, Australia, attended it as an observer.
In this meeting, first the progress and current situation of the program was reported, and theimplementation, results, and plan for the admission and the plan of the overseas fieldwork wereexplained. Then sufficient exchange of views on cooperation for their future plans was conducted,
and the future concepts for the program were discussed.
Table 7-1. Participants in the 6th International Advisory Board Meeting
Affiliation
NameMalaysia–Japan International Institute of Technology
Megat Johari Megat Mohd Noor
Indian Institute of Technology, Madras
Muthuswamy Kamaraj
Nilesh Jayantilal Vasa1
University of Dhaka
Subrata Kumar Aditya
University of Tasmania
Xiaolin Wang2
Kyushu University (I2CNER3)
Bidyut Baran Saha
Kyushu University (Interdisciplinary Graduate School ofAkira Harata
Engineering Sciences)
Jun Tanimoto
Aya Hagishima
Kyushu University (Graduate School of Engineering)
Keiko Sasaki
Kyushu University (Green Asia Education Center)Yasuyuki Nakano
Kyaw Thu
Hiroshi Furuno
Andrew Mark Spring
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3Through Skype form his country, As an observer, International Institution for Carbon-Neutral Energy
Research.

Photo 7-1. Participants in the 6th International Advisory Board Meeting.

(2) Academic Years 2017 and 2018
The International Advisory Board Meeting was not held in 2017 and 2018.

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1.2. Overseas Fieldwork
The Overseas Fieldworks had been supported by the Core Partner Institutions: MahidolUniversity (2012 and 2014), National University of Singapore (2012), and Malaysia–Japan
International Institute of Technology (2013). Unfortunately, after the academic year of 2015, thefieldworks were not conducted in such institutions because of various reasons (detailed in IV. 7).
1.3. International Internship
The Green Asia Program has also received support for International Internship from the Core
Partner Institutions. In the academic years from 2016 to 2018, 2 students conducted their researchworks in the institutions, National University of Singapore and Institut Teknologi Bandung (detailedin IV. 6.2).

2. Domestic Cooperation
The Green Asia Program asked six major organizations to participate as domestic partners fromthe non-academic sphere, called “Six Domestic Core Partner Organizations”: Kyushu Electric PowerCo. Inc., Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Cooperation, Ube Industries, Ltd., Sumitomo Metal
Mining Co., Ltd., and Daikin Industries, Ltd., and also three local governments under the joint
project of Green Asia International Strategy by Fukuoka Prefecture, Fukuoka City, and Kitakyushu
City.
2.1. Domestic Advisory Board Meeting
The Domestic Advisory Board Meeting was held on November 29, 2017 (Photo 7-2),
concurrently with the International Forum for Green Asia 2017 (detailed in VI. 1 (2)). A person incharge of the program from each of 3 companies out of the Six Domestic Core Partner Organizations
was invited to the meeting (Table 7-2). A person of Chiyoda Cooperation that has been provided
classes for Industrial Systems (III) (see IV. 4) was also invited (Table 7-2). In this meeting,explanations, exchange of views, and discussions were carried out concerning several topics such as
the contents, progress, and current situation of the program, careers of the students after earning thedegree, cultivation of human resources who are expected in industry, and future plans of theprogram.

Photo 7-2. Participants in the Domestic Advisory Board Meeting in 2017.
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Table 7-2. Participants in the Domestic Advisory Board Meeting in 2017
Affiliation
NameNippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Cooperation
Manabu Takahashi
Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd.
Kimiaki Utsunomiya
Daikin Industries, Ltd.
Shinya Okada
Chiyoda Cooperation
Yoshihide Fueda
Kyushu University (Interdisciplinary Graduate School ofAkira Harata
Engineering Sciences)
Jun Tanimoto
Seigi Mizuno
Aya Hagishima
Kyushu University (Green Asia Education Center)Yasuyuki Nakano
Hiroshi Furuno

2.2. Domestic Fieldwork
The Domestic Fieldworks have been supported by the Domestic Core Partner Organizations. In2017, the Green Asia Program students and faculty members visited Fukuoka Rinkai 3R Station(Recycling Plaza) and Fukuoka City Disaster Prevention Center in Fukuoka city (detailed in IV. 7.2(2)). In 2018, one of the fieldwork sites was Kyushu Electric Power Hatchobaru Geothermal Power
Plant in Oita (detailed in IV. 7.2 (3)).
2.3. Internships
The Six Domestic Core Partner Organizations have also supported the internship programs. In
the academic years from 2016 to 2018, many students conducted their research works in thecompanies or their overseas subsidiaries: a student carried out the Practice School in DaikinIndustries, Ltd., and a student conducted the Domestic Internship in Daikin Industries, Ltd. (see IV.
6.1).
2.4. Others
Chiyoda Cooperation has been provided classes for Industrial Systems (III) from 2014 (see IV.
4).

3. Campus-wide Cooperation
When the program began, the 4 departments responsible for the administration of the Green
Asia Program concluded campus-wide partnership agreements with 4 institutes (Institute forMaterials Chemistry and Engineering, Research Institute for Applied Mechanics, Science andTechnology Center for Cooperative Research, and Research Institute for East Asia Environment) and6 faculties (Faculties of Engineering Sciences, Engineering, Economics, Law, Humanities, andDesign) in Kyushu University.
Then, Research and Education Center of Carbon Resources that had managed the Global COE
Program “Novel Carbon Resource Sciences” and Research and Education Center for Advanced
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institutes in total participated in the campus-wide cooperation until Research Institute for East Asia
Environment closed at the end of March, 2015. While Science and Technology Center forCooperative Research was reorganized into Global Innovation Center in October, 2016, andResearch and Education Center of Carbon Resources and Research and Education Center for
Advanced Energy Materials, Devices, and Systems merged to establish Research Center for GreenTechnology, the close campus-wide cooperation has been maintained (Figure 7-1).
3.1. Cooperation with Research and Education Centers
The Green Asia Education Center has managed common classes and practical works, andorganized international forums along with two research and education centers at the Chikushi
campus: Research and Education Center of Carbon Resources, and Research and Education Centerfor Advanced Energy Materials, Devices, and Systems (see VI. 3). The deepening cooperation wasconductive to building a new virtual research and education center “Integrated Research andEducation Center for Energy Conversion, Storage, Saving, and Transport Technologies” in 2014. Inaddition, the Green Asia Education Center will close at the end of March, 2019, and then participate
in Research Center for Green Technology in April, which was established by the consolidation of thetwo research and education centers.
3.2. Cooperation with Education Programs
The Green Asia Program has cooperated with Cooperational Graduate Education Program forthe Development of Global Human Resources in Energy and Environmental Science and Technology(Campus Asia Program) that is a master’s double degree program with Shanghai Jiao Tong
University and Pusan National University. The two programs have communally managed someclasses. In addition, a system and a rule for the Campus Asia Program students to transfer to the 3rdyear of the Green Asia Program was prepared, and in the academic year of 2015, 2 domestic students
and 1 international student who completed the Campus Asia Program passed the screening andmoved to the Green Asia Program as the 2nd batch student. The domestic students earned theirdoctoral degrees in March, 2018.
The Green Asia Program has also cooperated with Intellectual Exchange and Innovation (IEI)
Program that has been operated as an internationalized doctoral program in Interdisciplinary
Graduate School of Engineering Sciences, and communally managed Domestic Fieldworks (see IV.
7.2) and an international forum (see VI. 1 (3)).
3.3. Cooperation with Programs for Leading Graduate School
Three programs for Leading Graduate Schools have been executed in Kyushu University:“Advanced Graduate Course on Molecular Systems for Devise” (Molecular Devise), “Graduate
Education and Research Training Program in Decision Science for a Sustainable Society” (DecisionScience) as well as the Green Asia Program. They started a working group to continue and expand
the programs with the participation of a Vise-President as the head and another Vise-President and a
Secretary General of Kyushu University as well as coordinators and responsible professors of theprograms as the principal members, and have regularly held meetings (Photo 7-3).

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Photo 7-3. Working group meeting of three programs for Leading Graduate Schools.

4. Off-campus Cooperation
During from 2014 to 2016, the Green Asia Program has 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 a Flexible, Enduring, Peaceful Society Organization”(TAOYAKA Program) in Hiroshima University. In 2016, the Green Asia Program arranged thefieldwork carried out in Kitakyushu, Oita, and Kumamoto (detailed in IV. 7.3).

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