Apr. 2022

Vol.4
前書き： 京都大学大学院エネルギー科学研究科の国際化を加速させる組織として、国際先端エネルギー科学研究教育センター（ IAESREC）を設置しています。
IAESREC ニュースレター第 4 号では、コロナ禍中で様々な困難を乗り越え研究を進めてきた、当研究科のダブルディグリープログラム生を紹介します。
Preface: International Advance Energy Science Research and Education Center(IAESREC) is an organization established by Graduate School of Energy Science Kyoto
University, which is aiming for the acceleration of international research and education.
The 4th volume of IAESREC newsletter will introduce our double degree students who
have overcome difficulties to keep on their research during this pandemic situation.

ダブルディグリー学生紹介
Introduction of double degree students

Peizhao Liu
京都大学―ボルドー大学（フランス）
ダブルディグリープログラム 博士 ２021 年卒業生
京都大学大学院エネルギー科学研究科
エネルギー基礎科学専攻量子エネルギープロセス分野

I am Peizhao LIU, from China. I was a Ph.D.
student with a double doctoral degree program
between the University of Bordeaux (France)
and Kyoto University. I successfully defended
my doctoral thesis last year 21th September
2021 under the supervision of Prof. Reiko ODA(University of Bordeaux) and Prof. Takashi
SAGAWA (Kyoto University). And I am very
grateful to obtain two doctoral degrees from theUniversity of Bordeaux and Kyoto University.

It was really nice and wealth experience toinvolve in the double doctoral degree program.
I would like to thank my supervisors Reiko
ODA, Takashi SAGAWA sensei, and all theApr. 2022
two University leaders who conduct the double

It is worth making friends in different countries

doctoral degree program. Thanks to theknowing their lifestyles, tasting different

international research collaboration which

delicious food, and visiting different beautiful

finally developed into a double doctoral degreeplaces in such two enthusiastic and energetic

program, I have had a chance to experience

countries.

different studies, life, and culture in different
countries.

After one year of study at Kyoto University
between 2018 and 2019, I come back to France

Firstly, it is a close research collaboration withand finished the rest of study at the University

myactiveof Bordeaux. It is pity that I have no chance toluminescent nanocrystals complexed withback to Kyoto University again for thechiral silica ribbons”. At Oda’s lab, we arecollaboration program or conference because ofexperts on chiral silica ribbons, while at Sagawa

the Covid-19 pandemic. I am really missing thesense’s lab, we are good at luminescentstudy and life experience in Kyoto and I am

nanocrystals. So it is beneficial to conduct thewilling to back again to experience all theresearch project and finally we published

beautiful memory. Hoping the epidemic end

several articles in high impact factor journals.

soon and we have more connection in the wholeAlso, it broadens my horizon to study atworld.

research

project“Opticallydifferent countries. I can meet with moredifferent researchers who have different majorsand also different thinking perspectives. I learn
a lot from my two supervisors and groupmembers. Secondly, it is nice to experience
different lives in different countries. France andJapan have different cultures, food, landscape.

Apr. 2022Athaya Fairuz Mahadita
京都大学―マラヤ大学（マレーシア）
ダブルディグリープログラム 修士 2021 年卒業生
京都大学大学院エネルギー科学研究科
エネルギー社会・環境科学専攻
エネルギー経済分野

Greetings to everyone! My name is Athaya
from Indonesia, a master student in Graduate
School of Energy Science through Japan
ASEAN Collaborative Education Program(JACEP) scholarship – a double degree
program between University of Malaya andKyoto University.
Being one of this program awardees make mebeyond grateful as I can experience a remarkablejourney between two countries. The developmentof renewable energy is likely different among
countries due to several reasons such as economical background, resources, technologicaladvancement, and culture. Therefore, being able
to pursue a master's study in Malaysia and Japan
gives me an incredible two-sided perspective.
Japan’s education is also internationallyacknowledged, notably, for the Kyoto University
as one of the world's top universities which
focused on upgrading research infrastructure on
engineering and environment among graduate
students with multicultural circumstances.
However, things got so much different during mystudent life due to the pandemic situation –online classes, limited research activities, border
restriction. Those unusual circumstances require

me to adapt and manage time wisely. Luckily,
my supervisor and other lab members are very
helpful even though I have not physically present
there, so I do not have big issues to go throughmy research. In Kyoto University I focus on
research topic of energy security in Indonesia as
impact of COVID-19 situation.
During my stay in Kuala Lumpur, I spent myspare times to go around Malaysia with otherfriends. We explore the city and experience
local cultures. Those moments will be
reminisced forever. Even though I have notbeen in Kyoto currently, I love that Kyoto is theancient city with traditional Japanese cultureswith developed city center. I adore that the city
has numerous temples and palaces as well as
peaceful places like gardens.

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In a hopeful manner, the experience, professional
skill, attitude, and knowledge that I obtain during
my proposed study will benefit me greatly inachieving my future success in order to deliver asignificant contribution to renewable energy
innovation and usefulness for a human being.

： Zu：Zu：May
京都大学―マラヤ大学（マレーシア）
ダブルディグリープログラム 修士 ２年生
京都大学大学院エネルギー科学研究科
エネルギー社会・環境科学専攻
エネルギー社会工学分野

My name is Zu Zu May, come from Myanmar,
also a double master’s degree student under theJACEP scholarship (Japan ASEAN Collaborative
Education Program). This program must be one
year at the University of Malaya (UM), Malaysia,
and one year at Kyoto University (KU), Japan.
Although my bachelor’s background is
Mechanical engineering, graduated from Yangon
Technological University (YTU), Myanmar, I justwant to join this program due to the simple reasonof studying in two different universities of twodifferent countries. I also want to broaden myknowledge on renewable energy, energy security,and policy for the development of my country,
Myanmar. However, the Covid 19 has ruined all
my dreams at that time. I could not join the second
batch of this program although I got thisscholarship in November 2019.

At that time, I really felt depressed. But I
did not give it up. I joined the third batch
again in September 2020 for one semester
from my hometown. After that, I could
come to Malaysia as the first step of mydream and already finished research in UM
in September 2021. I am still in Malaysia
waiting for coming to Japan. Moreover, I
have already completed one semester at
KU through online courses.

Apr. 2022
Currently, I am doing my research in thedepartment of Social Engineering for Energy
System of Graduate School of Energy Science
under the supervision of Professor Ishihara. I
really want to create a herculean relationshipbetween student and professors because it canenhance the quality of research and projects inSince I have dedicated my entire life to trying
to be the best in everything, I manage my time
for both studying and leisure. I love traveling,crocheting, cooking, and handicraft (origami). I
always give time to them. I had already traveled
to a lot of famous places in Malaysia with myfriends during these ten months such as aroundthe way of cooperating with each other. Generalconsideration made by collaborative advice
from different perspective views could bring
the research environment advanced. Therefore,
I always join the lab meeting every month andgot a lot of knowledge and advice from otherlab members. Whenever I finish my work or
there is something I want to ask about myresearch, I ask and discuss it with my professor

Kuala Lumpur, Bukit Gasing Hiking, Langkawi
Island, Malacca, and Penang. It was really having
fun. Now, I stay tuned for Japan. As I am
fulfilling my dream of studying abroad day by
day in this pandemic situation, I still hope fornormal conditions all over the world, no masks,
no vaccines, and no disturbances to study andwork.

via Evernote, which is very useful software forthat kind of pandemic situation, I got theanswer quickly back from my professor.
Therefore, it is not difficult to communicate
with my professor. Then, I planned a schedule
to manage my study time for my research. My
current research interest in KU is about Energy
Security in Energy Generation Mix in
Myanmar towards 2050. There are still someissues about policy, knowledge of adopting
sustainable and renewable energy in Myanmar.
The role of energy security will be very wideand useful in the future development of
Myanmar’s energy sectors. Therefore, I
believe that my research project will be kind of
helpful to my country.

Apr. 2022

： Truong：Quoc：Huy
京都大学―マラヤ大学（マレーシア）： ダブルディグリープログラム 修士
京都大学大学院エネルギー科学研究科
エネルギー社会・環境科学専攻： エネルギーエコシステム学分野

Hi everyone. My full name is Truong QuocHuy. I am a student of Master of Renewable
Energy – Double degree program. I have been
studying this program since October 2020 andI am currently in my 2nd year of the program.
I jointed this program through the introductionof my teacher at Can Tho University. Talking
about the Master of Renewable Energy, thiscourse will take 1 (one) year at the Universityof Malaya, Malaysia and 1 (one) year at Kyoto
University, Japan.
There are several reasons that motivated me tojoin the program. Firstly, when studying in thisprogram, students will study for 2 years in 2
different countries. This helps students like me
to experience many cultures, as well as thescientific and technological progress of eachcountry. Second, using renewable energy willbe the trend of the future. To be able to put
renewable energy into practice, I needed to

２年生

understand the principles, properties, and how
to operate the associated equipment, and thisprogram has given me what I have mentioned.
While doing research at Malaya University,
most of the time was affected by the Covid
epidemic, so I could not conduct experimentsin the laboratory, but mainly studied thedocuments of equivalent studies. Fortunately
for me, when the deadline for the report wasonly a few months, the laboratory was allowed
to operate, so I promptly arranged theexperiment and completed the report on time.
During that time, I also regularly sent emails toProfessor Kawamoto in Japan. He is very
friendly and gives me full support.
I just want to say to new students that if you
have a passion for renewable energy and havethe ideal of building a green planet, do nothesitate to register for this course to getamazing experiences.

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