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3rd Edition

GLobal Community Lounge
bridges international
students and Japanese
students for cultural
exchange. But, in 2021 GCL
had introduced 「GCL
Individual meeting 予約表」 where students can
now book one to one
meeting session forstudying or English
practice purpose.

Venue: Zoom,
Date: Weekdays
Time: 11:30 ~ 13:00
or 16:30 ~ 18:00 or both!
Join CHEERS Line Group for thelatest info
Access from Moodle
https://horyu.el.kyutech.ac.jp/
course/view.php?id=767

GCL ON ZOOM

Throughout this year, GCL had
organized many interesting events
such as Culture Day, quiz session,
free talk and so on.

During Malaysia Culture Day, afamous tourist spot called Batu
Cave was introduced. Besides,
virtual tour was also done via
Google Map.

During Korean Culture Day, tourist spots such as
Gyeongbokgung and Gwanghwamun were introduced.
Besides, virtual tour around Lotte World was also done
via Youtube’s Vlog.

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Alumni International Student Speak ” ”Professor Liang Jianguo graduated from Kyutech with Doctoral degree(PhD) in 2010. He had worked in Japan foralmost 10 years prior going back to China and currently working in Taiyuan University of Technology as a professor.
The editors would like to express our deepest gratitude for accepting this interview.
1.What is your best experience while studying in Kyutech?
The best part is that I pursued my Ph.D. there while I had many exchanges. Kyutechemphasizes “to instill a deep knowledge of science and engineering in high caliber
students” since the foundation, which I completely agree. While I was doing my studies
there, I also served as the leader of international students’ group of the university. I likethe environment academically. Also, exchanges and communications have given me many
insights on one’s study and life. I have made many friends and knew a lot of like-minded
colleagues who I cherished till today. This gives me great courage in my Kyutech life.

Prof. Liang Jianguo

2. Why did you choose to come back to China even you already had a good career in Japan?
I worked in Japan for almost ten years. China and Japan have become both the biggest global carbon fiber markets,
which is my area of research. Seeing that China has great development prospects in this area, on the one hand, I
feel that I can utilize my skills and ability to make some contributions, face up challenges and meet with newopportunities. On the other hand, I would like to devote myself into the Japan-China cooperation, I feel there is hugespace for me to promote the exchanges, serving as a bridge for the two countries.
3.Any advice for new international students who are coming to Kyutech or are starting their new life
here in Japan?
Kyutech offers many opportunities for international students to enjoy cultural exchanges. For new students fromthe beginning, I would say you can take advantage of all your university has to offer. Kyutech provides an incredible
perspective that reflects the best of higher education. However, the pressure of earning high grades on exams,
doing good papers and achieve successful laboratory experiments can sometimes make motivated students feellike you are tied to the library. Make sure to allocate time well and take time to participate in student activities,
exchanges, and programs. The extracurricular experiences can be just as important to building a career as how
well you do in the classroom. I encourage all new students to be confident and brave in pursuit of their dreams.
4.Any good tips/advice for graduates after graduation especially in their future career?
From your professors at university to the network of alumni, your opportunities are boundless. Keep contact withyour teachers and friends. They are valuable assets who can provide you with their heartfelt congratulations if
you have success and great comfort when you are down. While you are expected to hone your skills as scientists,
engineers, or professionals in any field, you can always keep the spirit of curiosity and a desire for knowledge.
Reference: http://mc.tyut.edu.cn/info/1027/4036.htm

2Newly Graduated Students Speak ” ”
There are some students that will graduate in March 2022 and they were asked some questions by the editor.
What have you learned from Kyutech?
What do you think the biggest change the Kyutech had done to you ?
What is your best experience / memory in Kyutech ?
What advice do you want to give to undergraduates at school?

What ?
Piao Taihe, China, Advance Informatics

have you learned from Kyutech?
Sometimes we need to go out to know
how reality works.

I took a lot of classes and learned
much of knowledge of informatics
technology. I really thank all the
professors because they are so
nice and professional. They arereally trying to help us if we haveany questions.

Don’t be worried about how you couldchange your life, because time can makeit for you.

I felt I can be independent. Before I came to Kyutech, I don’t have
many experiences of living alone and arrange my schedule. Now, I
can arrange my life by myself.

is your best experience/memory
in Kyutech?

I met lots of friends from different countries. I feel so lucky that I
know them. They are my biggest treasure. They helped me not only
physically, but also made me grow up. I really thank Kyutech forgiving us the place and the chance like GCL to know each other.
“Do what you want. You are young and free. Don’t be afraid tospeak Japanese and English. Please show yourself as much as you
can.”do you think the biggest change theKyutech had done to you?

Experience is like root and memory is log
that will bring out flower in the future.

advice do you want to give toundergraduates at school?
Don’t let advice and wisdom go away fromus.

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Yan Hong, China, Advance Informatics

I have learned a lot of basic and advanced knowledge inKyutech and become more professional in my major. Different
culture and the international atmosphere have broadened myview and I become used to the different view to see the world.
I made a lot of new friends in Japan and experienced thedifferent culture. Do not just study at school, study aboard isvery forgivable(interesting) experience.
“Enjoy your life.”

Why community isimportant ?
Two are better than one,If either ofthem falls down, one can help theother up. But pity anyone who falls
and has no one to help them up.
As iron sharpens iron, so one
person sharpens another.

Enjoy your life.
Zhang Hao Ning, China, Interdisciplinary Informatics
I have done some projects with help of lab mates. They are very
professional. My biggest change is Kyutech had broaden my view.
I have never seen so many advanced lab instruments, which isreally helpful for my major.
Once I cooperated with my lab mates to do research. They arevery motivated, hardworking. I really appreciate their help.
“Enjoy your abroad life. Enjoy your study”
Zhang Meng, China, Advance Informatics

I learned a down-to-earth research spirit at Kyutech. From
professors to fellow students, they all do like this. The biggest
change should be that I learned how to treat people and deal withthings better, all things from the perspective of the other party
as far as possible.
What impressed me most was the trip to Oita organized by theuniversity in 2019, which was really enjoyable. It is a pity thatsimilar activities have not been held since the COVID-19.
“I hope students can make more use of the various academic resources of the school and participate
in various activities of the school, to enrich your university life.”
Miguel Villalobos, Costa Rica, Creative Informatics

I learned many things from different cultures thanks to the otherforeign students of Kyutech. I have No biggest changes, though.
Many parties with other foreign students is my best experience andmemory.
“Study Japanese before coming here, and also try to learn theJapanese customs in order to avoid problems.”

Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and thedoor will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives; the one
who seeks finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.
4MEMORY IS GONE BUT IT USED TO BE
MINEWilla Ariela Syafruddin, Indonesia, Creative Informatics

I learned so many new things during my study in Kyutech. I can see a huge
difference between student life in Japan and student life in my home country,
Indonesia. From here I learned a lot about the cultural differences of each country
because I had the opportunity to meet many friends from various countries
throughout studying at Kyutech. I think this is an opportunity that not everyone canhave, and I am very grateful for it.
Kyutech made me become a more an open-minded person after studying at Kyutech because I got so many
opportunities to go abroad with Kyutech finance. I am very grateful that I was able to join conferences and tryout study tours abroad which gave me a lot of new experiences and it also really helped in my researchdevelopment.
I have so many good memories in Kyutech and it’s also because I joined GCL before so I can get so many friends
and learn a new thing from different people from another country. I think the best gift I got from Kyutech is afriend, no matter the difference in language or culture we can still be good friends without adversity.
“Kyutech has so many programs to join study abroad but this day it’s a little bit difficult because of Covid-19.
But now they change it to become online, so I think this one is still a good opportunity to us to learn language
and culture from other countries. Let’s stay healthy and more patience so I hope later in the future the situation
becomes better and the student can join the study abroad directly to the country.”
Aran Blattler, Thailand, Mechanical Information Science and Technology

My PhD study was supported by Japanese government (MEXT) scholarship. My
research field was Precision Engineering and Nanotechnology which focused on
nanoscale measurement applied for semiconductor manufacturing process byusing optical multi-wavelength microscopy. For your imagination, our research
could measure particles size smaller than 100 nm, which is close to theCoronavirus size. Hopefully, our research can be applied to support the medical
research for Coronavirus prevention at the near future. Moreover, my laboratory in Kyutech have given me a lotof experiences and memories not only in academic areas but also in social and cultural skills that have made mylife fulfilling and rewarding.
My laboratory in Kyutech refined me to be good researcher in academic area, which can make theinnovation/invention based on fundamental principle of science/engineering that very important for me torealize the meaning of "SIMPLE BUT EFFECTIVE". Kyutech is like the second home that has given me goodexperience and memories not only in academic areas [Knowledges] but also in social, cultural and life, such as
go to travel by school bus trip, Make/Eat BBQ in the campus after examination, Make MOCHI in the campus during
the season, and so on. [Note that all these events happen before COVID-19 situation]“Try to do your best first by following your dreams or whom you want to be in the future and MAKE IT HAPPEN.
So, you will be happy by your own way/decision. In my case, I want to be a university lecturer and my dream iscoming true after PhD graduation March 2022 or after I go back to my country (THAILAND).”

Is not life more than food, and the body morethan clothes?

Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enoughtrouble of its own. Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, andyet nature feeds them.
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I
don’t wanna look back someday and findeverything that really mattered was right infront of me this whole time.

Pei Yinjian, China, Interdisciplinary
Informatics

Zhao Chuan Ling, China, Creative
Informatics

Dohyun Kim, South Korea,
Electronic and Computer Science

I learned a lot of project experience at
Kyutech that I will use in the real work,and I also gained a better
understanding of cultures around theworld by interacting with students
from various countries. The biggest
change is that it has made me more
self-motivated to learn.

I experienced a good learning
environment in Kyutech, better
integrated into the local life in Japan,
made more international friends, andgot the opportunity to learn more
knowledge.

I don't think I learned as much as I
could have from the lectures at theuniversity, but I think I learned a lot
from the environment of Kyutech andmy status here as a student. I learned
many things such as knowledge of
information
technology
andknowledge from experiences as auniversity student. Being student in aforeign country was a big change forme. I think I have changed and growna lot because of the new people I have
met in Japan.

My best memory was when I firstcame to Kyutech, before the COVID
pandemic had spread, and I went away
to a drone competition with myclassmates and spent time together
living, traveling, and competing.
“In Kyutech you must pay attention to
teamwork and share your projectexperience with your classmates.
There are many problems you cansolve by yourself, but you can also
learn a lot from others' experience.
Don't build the wheel repeatedly.”

Kyutech has improved my ability to
study independently, and also
improved my communication ability
with international friends. It also gaveme more opportunities to participate
in international scientific research
projects, which gave me a good study
abroad experience.
“Undergraduate students should
participate in more club activities toenrich their spare time, but theyshould not delay their studies. If you
want to get a job after graduation,
you should contact your favorite
company for an internship inadvance.”

Before the beautiful things we love becomes the beautiful
things we miss.

Meeting of my current friends, dinnerparties, went camping with them, had
technical discussions and studies withmy circle mates, went to hackathons
with them, etc. Everything that
happened here is my best memory
and experience.
“Don't repeat the year and choose
your lab carefully. Also, don't just do
the assignments given to you, but in
addition to that study also on yourown.”
6Tomato Competition
This is the era of autonomous! And here
autonomous tomato grasping robot. This
competition was hosted by the Kyushu
Institute of Technology and is open to anyone
who is interested. It holds every year aroundDecember. For the last competition, the teamfrom Hayashi laboratory that includes
Japanese and Thai students were joined andwon the first prize. Congrats Hayashi team!
There is a lot of process for developing thisrobot. Starting from the base, that has to movethe robot to the wanted position that tomatoes
are, after that a camera that attached to therobot will capture and send the data to acomputer that will do the image detection
later. For the image detection, it isn’t only todetect a tomato but also to differentiate
between raw and ripe tomato.
Next, the robot will choose the tomato that it wants to pick and send the location to a robot arm tograsp. The gripper also needs to be well designed because it must strong enough to hold thetomatoes when pulling the tomato from the branch, but be careful, not to grip it too strong that it
makes the tomato bruised. Finally, the robot arm will put the tomatoes in the basket and then pickthe next one until the specified time. The score was calculated by the number of tomatoes thatwere picked and deducted from bruised or raw tomatoes.
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Dream as high as the sky, when you fall you will fall among thestars.

National Taiwan University(NTU)-KyutechInternational Study Group Project(ISGP)I know this program through Moodle, オンラ
イン昼休み. That time, I was looking for aninternational program to participate since I’ve
always wanted to join international programwith other universities outside of Japan.

Distance can’t stop
our community
There are three things that are too
amazing for me, and four that I do notunderstand: The way of an eagle inthe sky, the way of a snake on a rock,the way of a ship on the high seas, andthe way how we communicate eachother.

This program was conducted for two months
from October to December, and we weredivided into 6 people in a group. We met oncea week via Zoom and every week we talked
about different topics. During the discussion,
we shared about our culture, our school
experience, we taught each other languages(Japanese, Taiwanese, Chinese and Malay
language), and so on. On a final meeting, weused oVice to communicate with everyone
participated in the program and shared ourexperience throughout this program withother people. Lastly, we also exchange gifts via
the school.
I learnt that NTU is a very big university andhas many places to visit there such as theirnational library. I would definitely visit NTU
when I go to Taiwan. Next, one of my Taiwanese
members is a person who’s very active involunteering and had experience volunteeringin Cambodia for two weeks. It made me realizethat I should have done more things while
being a student. Lastly, NTU students are very
hardworking and they really all out in whatever
they do. It gives me more courage to work
harder on what I am currently doing.

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Miso Making Activity

For international students, I don’t know that there are many kindsof miso, and definitely don’t know how to cook with miso either.
Fortunately, on December 5th at the cooking room in Iizuka healthcenter, miso making activity was held for the 2nd time. From thelast time, the activity was about making miso. But this time, it was
about how to cook with miso. Though, you did not participate lasttime you were still able to join.
At the beginning of the lesson, a teacher told the story about miso
and its benefit (I did not know that it has a lot of benefits such as
lower blood pressure and prevent cancer!!!), after we got to know
about miso, now it’s time to taste. And we did not just taste one
miso but tasted in various types such as rich(米), soybean(豆),and barley(麦).
For the menu that we cooked that day, we cook in a total of 4
menus with all included miso in it. First, the most taking time tocook, rice, it is like fried rice but we cook with rice cooker instead.
And second, Japanese steam eggs with miso. Third, the maincourse, meat with eggplant and mirin. Do not worry if you do not
eat meat because they also have plant-based meat for you. And
the final one, dessert, persimmon dressing with foam made fromcream cheese, miso, mirin, and sage. After finishing cooking, now
we get to eat. And how can we be left empty-handed? That was
why the teacher also gave some miso for us to cook back home.
The activity took only 2 hours on Sunday morning. And if they held
again, do not forget to join. You will get a chance to cook somedelicious food, meet new international students and learn more
about Japanese food culture.
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Fukuoka Overseas Students Association (FOSA) is
an international student community that covers allarea in Fukuoka prefecture. There are a lot ofstudents from different country joining together.
FOSA has many events every month, like sport
event, cultural event and the most interesting is trip
event. The best memory is when FOSA organized an
event to Yanagawa trip, and we used traditional boat
to go along the edge of Yanagawa river.
FOSA also has collaboration with Work in Kyushu, toinform someone who wants to work in Kyushu.
There are so many companies participated in thisevent. For this year, Work in Kyushu held in two ways
which is offline and online.
Every year, FOSA members will do meeting with
Fukuoka government, and discuss about the
problems that international students face.
FOSA give us a place to know more people, moreinsight about other country, and having fun.

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Computational Multi-Physics Coupled Analysis Laboratory-Ishihara-Niho Laboratory-

This research laboratory develops and applies
computational methods for multi-physics coupledproblems. The multi-physics and multi-system
coupled analysis of insect flapping flight, and thedesign and fabrication of the insect-like MicroElectromechanical system (MEMS). This problem
often appears in novel engineering, biomechanics,
and biomimetics areas.
This Laboratory has a good number of Japanese as
well as international students. It has a good amountof research publications, and all the Ph. D. students
are receiving scholarships. Professors motivate
the laboratory and support to focus on theirresearch giving them ample time and research toexcel in their research. The pictures show someexperiments performed in the CMS facilities for the
MEMS fabrication process.

Faculty: Computer Science and Systems Engineering Department of Intelligent and Control Systems
Professor: Daisuke Ishihara
Associate Professor: Tomoya Niho
Website: http://www-solid.mse.kyutech.ac.jp/en/
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Kyushu Institute of Technology
680-4 Kawazu, Iizuka-shi, Fukuoka, 820-8502, Japan
http://www.iizuka.kyutech.ac.jp/en Student affairs section,
administrative office Phone: +81-948-29-7526
Email: jhogakusei@jimu.kyutech.ac.jp

Editor’s Letter

Nurin
I hope this magazine helps you or gives you
more ideas on how to make your life in Japan
more memorable. Japan offers many chances
for you so, never afraid, and always challengeyourself to try something new even something
unrelated to studies!

Shao
As one of the partners in the magazine
team, my task was interviewing foreign
students. Through that, I was able toimprove my communication skills and I
got to know many friends through themagazine activities. I wish you all thebest~!

Son
Kyutech is the perfect place to give us
time to learn deeply about what
interests us. Because here, they havewell-equipped resources and talented
teachers. In addition to learning what
you like, we also have the opportunity
to experience many things that can't befound anywhere else. I hope everyone
will enjoy studying at Kyutech.

Raja
One of my hobbies is to write or keep a wise, interesting,motivating, and of course romantic phrases. My favorite phrase“ I do not understand the way of a man with a maiden will meet”.
By this magazine, I gladly pour anything I can do, to make people
even be alone but not lonely, and lonely become lovely.
Keep fighting to pursue what your heart wants, not people want.
Even in the darkness, try to find northern stars to point you theway to your dream.
Last, before the beautiful things we love, become the beautiful
things we miss ……

Vinay
My experience in Kyushu Institute of Technology
is wonderful. The current situation due to
COVID19 restricted the participation of extracurricular activities. Hope the situation will
become normal in the coming time and moreinternational students could participate andstudy in Kyutech.