Hello FromAobayama
No.5
School of Engineering

2016 July,Tohoku University

Sumo Club of Tohoku University

Research Highlight

Nano-technology for high-speed radiation sensors

Radiation sensors are used in various fields of science and industry. Recent
enhanced capability of radiation sources and expanded uses of these devices
have raised the demand for high-performance detectors, and Professor Keisuke
ASAI and his team at the Department of Applied Chemistry, ChemicalEngineering and Biomolecular Engineering of the School of Engineering atTohoku University are engaged in research in this field. They are developing
radiation sensors based on photon emission upon impinging radiation, i.e.,
scintillation, and radiation-induced changes in the optical properties. They havealready successfully fabricated plastic scintillators incorporating elements ofhigh atomic numbers as oxide nanoparticles with two unique methods: sol-gel
and two-step supercritical hydrothermal methods.

Student Interview: Alexandre Kircher (France)

A Lyon in Sendai

Alexandre Kircher is a 22-year-old student from the Ecole Centrale of Lyon, one of
the top engineering schools of France. Interested in Japanese culture since hischildhood, he was given the opportunity to work in the Sugawa and Kuroda
Laboratory for a whole semester during his gap year between the first andsecond years of his Master Degree, before returning to his home university toplete the last year of his master
macomplete
degree in On-Board System Engineering. At
the School of Engineering of Toh
Tohoku University, he is doing research on Randomgraph Noise (RTN), electronic
electroni noise which appears in small transistors and inTelegraphiable data obtained when a llarge number of transistors are involved.
unreliable

Student Interview: Hafiyan
afiyan Prafianto (Ind(Indonesia)

Gaming Japanese Language

Hafiyanyan comes from Tangerang in Indonesia. His first visit to Japan was in 2007
afterr graduating from a madra
madrasa. He came as an undergraduate student andved a scholarship from M
received
MEXT. Following a one-year intensive Japanese
language training program, he started studying information technology(computer science) in a college of technology in Yamato Koriyama, a small city in
Nara Prefecture. He learnt how to program, a way to maximize the potential
usefulness of computers for humans. He then came to Sendai in 2013, startinghis graduate studies at Tohoku University in the Ito-Nose Laboratory (then ItoLaboratory), mostly by happenstance. His motivation for continuing on tograduate school was to find an application for his rather limited knowledge ofcomputer science.

Sport Club: SumoCampus News
Gyoza party
The Division of International
Education and Exchange of theSchool of Engineering often
organizes events to promote
Japanese culture. The last one,which
attracted
bothinternationalandJapanese
students, was on the theme ofgyoza, a kind of dumpling
consisting of ground meat andvegetables wrapped in a thinpiece of dough, one of the mostpopular dishes in Japan.
Japanese whiskey and tradition.
About a dozen local and foreign
students from the School ofEngineering recently enjoyed a
day trip around Miyagi andYamagata. The annual excursion
around the region, organized by
IEED, is always a great way forstudents to get to know more
about Tohoku, as well as eachother. The trip this past winterbegan at the Nikka Whisky
distillery on the outskirts ofSendai.

Defending the Flag of Tohoku University

Among the range of extracurricular activities on offer at Tohoku University is sumo wrestling. Highly revered
among Japanese, sumo is Japan's national sport. Sumo wrestling was originally performed on the grounds ofa shrine before becoming a professional sport during the Tokugawa period. When the shogunate collapsed
and Japan opened its ports to the international community, steps were taken to rapidly modernize thecountry. This included an official decree encouraging people to cut their topknots and wear their hair in thewestern style. These days, sumo wrestlers are among the few remaining wearers of the traditional chonmage
hair style. So important is this hair-do that the centerpiece of a sumo wrestlerʻs retirement ceremony
includes snipping off the top knot.
Detailed web version: http://newsletter.eng.tohoku.ac.jp/Editor: Division of International Education and Exchange, School of Engineering, Tohoku University
Publisher: Yasushi Uematsu, Associate Dean, School of Engineering
Contact: Ieed-eng@grp.tohoku.ac.jp
6-6-0４ Aramaki-aza-aoba, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, 980-8579, Japan. Tel / Fax: +81-22-795-3452

Cherry picnic
Every April, all laboratories ofTohoku University hold Hanami,
the Japanese tradition ofenjoying the beauty of flowers,especially cherry blossoms, while
picnicking with friends orco-workers.

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Study/Research Programsfor International Students in Partner
Universities Overseas
Program Information
TargetProgram Name

Summer
Program

Exchange
ProgramLanguage

Duration

Undergrad.

Grad.

TESP
(Tohoku University Engineering Summer Program)・Robotics Course
・Electrical & Electronic Engineering Course

English2weeks―㾎TSSP(Tohoku University Science Summer Program)

Science, Engineering

English2weeks㾎―TUJP(Tohoku University Japanese Program)

Japanese Language, Culture and Society

English/Japanese

2weeks㾎―JYPE(Junior Year Program in English)

Engineering, Science, Agriculture

English1-2semesters㾎―IPLA(International Program in Liberal Arts)

Economics, Management, Education, Literature,
Agricultural Economics, Law

English1-2semesters

DEEp-Bridge(Direct Enrollment Program for Humanity/Social science faculties)

Arts & Letters, Education, Law, Economics &Management

Japanese(JLPT N3 or higher)

DEEP(Direct Enrollment Education Program for Natural science faculties)

Engineering, Science, Medicine, Dentistry,
Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Science, Agriculture

English/Japanese

COLABS(Cooperative Laboratory Study Program)

All Natural Sciences Courses

COLABS Short-term <Intensive>(Cooperative Laboratory Study Program − Intensive)
COLABS Short-term <Workshop-style>(Cooperative Laboratory Study Program ‒ Workshop-style)
IMAC-U(International Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Course)
IMAC-G(International Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Course)
DegreeProgramField―

1-2semesters

㾎㾎

1-2semesters㾎㾎English1-2semesters―㾎All Natural Sciences Courses

English32days ‒ 3months―

㾎All Natural Sciences Courses

English10days ‒ 31days―㾎English4-year bachelorʼsprogram㾎―

English2-year masterʼs and3-year doctoral programs―㾎―㾎case by case㾎―㾎

Fields in the Division of Mechanical Engineering
Fields in the Division of Mechanical Engineering

IMSE(International Materials Science and Engineering Course)

Metallurgy, Materials Science, Materials Processing

EnglishDouble Degree Program

Engineering, Science, etc.

English/Japanese

1.5-2years

International Doctoral Program

Engineering, Information Sciences, EnvironmentalStudies, Biomedical Engineering

English3-year doctoral
programInternational Doctoral Program (PhD)
http://www.eng.tohoku.ac.jp/english/admission/procedure/doctoral.html
IMAC-U (Bachelor), IMAC-G (Master,PhD)
http://g30.eng.tohoku.ac.jp/imac/
IMSE (Master)
http://g30.eng.tohoku.ac.jp/imse/

Academic Exchange Agreementswith Foreign Institutions
Tohoku University Level: 190
http://www.bureau.tohoku.ac.jp/kokusai/exchangei/scientificj/en/university-en.html
School of Engineering Level: 67
http://www.bureau.tohoku.ac.jp/kokusai/exchangej/scientificj/en/department-en.html

㾎(3rd, 4th year)

2-year masterʼs
program

Admission Information forInternational Degree Programs(3rd, 4th year)

Support for International Students
Japanese Language ClassIn Aobayama, IEED of SoE offers various levels ofJapanese classes for international students.
Beginners tackle learning Japanese with curiosity,and some try to improve their Japanese withpassion.
The classes/levels are as follows;
Basic Japanese 1 & 2, Intermediate Japanese 1 & 2,Scientific and Technical Japanese A & B.

Tutor SystemTohoku University has a “tutor system” for newinternational students. Tutors are mostly Japanese
students or international students who have stayedin Japan for a relative long time and know well aboutJapan.
Tutors help new international students on and off
campus. There are many international alumni whostill keep in touch with their tutors as their “firstfriend in Japan” even after graduation.

Detailed web version: http://newsletter.eng.tohoku.ac.jp/
Editor: Division of International Education and Exchange, School of Engineering, Tohoku University
Publisher: Yasushi Uematsu, Associate Dean, School of Engineering
Contact: Ieed-eng@grp.tohoku.ac.jp
6-6-0４ Aramaki-aza-aoba, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, 980-8579, Japan. Tel / Fax: +81-22-795-3452(doctoral)