E-VISION

2010

E-VISION MAGAZINEEnglish Engineering Education Program Graduate School ofEngineering, Hokkaido University, Kita-ku, Kita-13, Nishi-8, Sapporo
060-8628 JAPAN

Photo:
Mifue SHIMAMURA

E-VISION

2010
WINTERSPRING

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CONTENTS

11
Report for
Warung Jawa
by
Kango Ito19
The “ECO
Experiment” reportbyCarlito3
Information fromnew e3 officerby
new e3 officers

13
Looking back andmoving forwardbyRichard Alorro

21
Photos6
My favorite placein sapporo
byMifue Shimamura

16
e3 by Numbers

9
Questionnaire
Resultsby
Kango Ito18

Contents

What’s in thisissue?

ofby Peet HomchnenbyRichard Alorro

Let’s learn
JapanesebyTomoo Tsuyuhara

E-vision team members
Shohei MAEDA
Tomoo Tsuyuhara
Kango ITO
Richard Alorro
Carlito Tabelin
Yadab Dhakal
Peet Homchnen
Dikdik Dwiparandi
Thanks to everyone’s cooperation, E-vision 2010 spring issue isfinally published. I hope you’ll like this and get to know more
about e3 members by picking up this magazine.
Again, thanks for all the people who worked on this magazine!

E-vision

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The ne w e3 o ffic e r s
The new e3 officers.....

What have we been working on?
In our life in Sapporo, most of us have participated in events organized by the e3 Student
Organization (e3SO) such as the graduation ceremony last Friday 6th of March, or the E-lympics.
In these events, fabulous food is served and there are recreational activities that at least for awhile take out our minds from the stress of the work we carry on day by day. But, is that all what
e3SO had to offer?
During the last 6 months, the elected e3 officers have been trying to find an answer to thequestion: What is e3 and where are we going? We, the officers of the e3SO believe that thefollowing 5 points hold the key for improving our organization and leading it to diversify its
activities and objectives:
1. It is important to have a long term vision of what e3SO would be in the next 5 or 10 years.

This is e3SO’s Vision and Mission

2. Standardization of procedures
3. Financial reform to make it easier for everyone to join the organization
4. Diversification of activities and benefits to its members.
5. Contribute to the University efforts towards internationalization (e.g. Hokkaido University

Initiative for Sustainable Development -HUISD).

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We will briefly introduce the first four points and why wechose them.
1. E3SO Vision and Mission

The vision of any organization reflects the ideal future condition. We have understood that there
should be more to e3SO than just the recreational activities and the parties we hold every month. E3
studentship is changing. More families are joining, so the events and services of e3SO should alsochange as well. So after careful debates, we propose the following e3SO mission and vision.
“To become the model student organization of graduate schools in Hokkaido University
seeking for internationalization”-e3SO Vision
We found in the constitution, the mission of the organization. Article 3, section 2, summarizes it:“Section 2 The Organization aims to work for the welfare and promotion of academic, social,
cultural and other common interests of all its members.”
E3SO Constitution, Article 3, section 2
2. Standardization of procedures

E3SO officer work should be supported by a systematic framework that enables acting e3SO
Officers to execute their duties with the highest efficiency, providing the members of the e3SO with acontinuously high performance. The e3SO should act as an administrative team which does notentirely rely on individual commitment but on a sturdy framework. Some examples of improvements
for easier interaction that we are working on are:• Online Course Evaluation• Task Group Financial format• Task Group Evaluation Form
• Online Event evaluation• E3SO blog webpage
3. Financial reform to make it easier for everyone to participate.

Since many professors, staff and students at Hokudai actively participate in the events organized by
the e3SO, and due to the changing studentship make-up, we have developed a financial reform tomaintain all the possibilities open for everyone in a way which does not confront to any particular or
general interests. The new scheme will be effective starting April 2010.
4. Diversification of activities

Here we present some of the ideas that we have been working on, as well as continuing with theones from previous administrations. The VC Social would like to provide all members with opportunity
to get to know each other and relax. If you have any idea of new events or activities, feel free tomake suggestions to him.
• Transformation of Bonenkai into a Winter E-lympics• Pizza night + Movie night• Services for e3 Students such as discount tickets.
• More family-oriented activities.
• Promotion of activities of interest to the e3SO community.
So let’s work together for the internationalization of our university! This might not be easy, but wewill definitely pave the way for new developments to follow!

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BONENKAI ARTICLE!

Figure: PANI KHELA game for new year in Bangladesh
Last December, the bonenkai (which might be the last one) was held. This time, the task group
committee joined efforts to create an event that is interesting and that could give the participants
something more than full bellies.
Creativity is a major concern when engineers don’t have a specific objective ahead. Therefore,
we had to meet many times to get a concrete idea. Finally it was set: we would make a nice gamefor everyone to participate:
Subject: Celebrations of New Year around the world. Groups: 3, chosen by color.
Then, as any kind of work, research was needed. People contributed with ideas and celebrations
from their own cultures, since the group was very international and from many places around theworld.

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My favorite places in Sapporo
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Hana Cafe Silver Rain & Margaret

Hana Cafe Silver Rain & Margaret (south8 west3 : new store opened)
is a unique place that has a flower shop and a cafe next to one another.
You can enjoy a nice cup of coffee (450 yen~) while looking at
beautiful flowers. The place is very cozy. The last order is 6:30 p.m.
(south8 west3)

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BY MIFUE SHIMAMURA
Cafe Madu

Cafe Madu (North 5 West 2 in Stellar Place) is a very chic cafe located on
the 2nd floor of Stellar Place in Sapporo station. This is my favorite cafeby far. The interior is very modern, and the drinks are rather cheap(coffee is 350 yen~). They have great sweets as well. Recommended forgirls who like to stay in a cafe for hours just to chat! Open until 9 p.m.!
You can also enjoy lovely cafe art (drawing on coffee).
Cat cafe, Love-Neko

Cat cafe, Love-Neko (South 2 West 5) is an interesting cafe where you canenjoy a cup of coffee and hang out with a bunch of CATS!!! It is amazing
how people come up with different ideas. There, you can watch/touch/playwith about 15 different cats. Open until 10 and the charge is 480 yen/30
minutes. I know some of you think “what!!! It's stupid to pay just to touchcats!!!” but if you are a cat loving person, it's totally worth it!

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BY MIFUE SHIMAMURA
JitladaJitlada (South 4 West 5) is my favorite Thai food restaurant in
Susukino. I am not a big fan of spicy food but I can find plenty of nonspicy delicious Thai dishes here. The Chef is a Thai lady. You can find a
lot of different drinks including alcohol beverages. It is not so cheap todine out here, so I recommend you to go for special occasions! Open until
midnight on weekends.
Sapporo Science Center

The last place is Sapporo Science
Center (Atsubetsu Chuo 1 jo 5 chome –1 minute from Shin-Sapporo
Station). The best thing about thisplace is the planetarium. Each month,they show different constellations
with a different theme (50 minutes
show). If you like stars, it's a greatplace to visit monthly. They also have
many scientific things about sound,light, and robots etc...
You can play there all day and you may learn new things! The fee is1000 yen. During winter time, they close at 4:30p.m.
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Love Neko: http://www.loveneko.jp/pc/index.html
Jitlada: http://www.tosh-net.com/jitlada/
Sapporo Science Center: http://www.ssc.slp.or.jp/

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E3 MEMBER’S DAILY LIFE
Questionnaire Results by Kango ITOQuestionnaire
Food･Favorite restaurant in Sapporo･Favorite bar
・Favorite Café・Favorite food in engineering Cafeteria
Culture･Recommend store to buy presents

The objective of a questionnaire is to collect thepractical information about our daily life and sharethem to make e3 students more active!

･Your favorite place for sightseeing in Hokkaido･The best movie to watch after having a stressful day･The best music to wake up toLife

The questionnaire that everyone answered is shownin the right. We received 24 responses. The twomost common opinions (No.1 or No.2) and someinteresting comment to the questionnaire are shown
below.

･Your original way to protect yourself against the cold
･Your original way to get up early･Your original way to diet･The important thing you cannot live without
Love

FOOD

･A good way to get a Boyfriend/Girlfriend･Place to go on a date･Favorite restaurant in Sapporo→No.1: Warung Jawa, Halal food

（N14W1）

Reason: Halal food, and I get to meet a lot of
people (Rafiq). /only halal food restaurant in Sapporo(Indra)No.2: Pa mi Casa, Dominican Food

(N16W4)

Reason: Big portions, delicious food, cheap price(David) /excellent homemade food at good price! (Alex)･What characteristic do you like best in the opposite sex?
･What characteristic don't you like in the opposite sex?

･The best movie to watch after having a stressfulday→No common answer

Several opinions: Otoko wa tsurai yo(Werawan)/ Comedy movies, like The
Simpson's Movie (Rafiq)/ Flash of Genius because yourecall how important is to maintainthe courage to persist and achieve
what ever you believe in (Karo)

Others: Picante(Nikol) /Mohan dish(Guizani)/
Cheese & Cheese(Juan) etc...

CULTURE･Your favorite place for sightseeing in Hokkaido→No.1: lake Toya
Reason: most beautiful natural place I have seen

(Guizani). / Close, easy to reach, full of nature andpossibilities for hiking and outdoor activities. (Karo)No.2: Rishiri and Rebun island
Reasons: Super crazy hostels are there in summer(Kango)Others: Hokudai because it’s close (Dayway)

LIFE･Your original way to protect yourself against thecold→No.1: Wearing more clothes
Reasons: Not original, just double/triple layer(Juan)
Others: Winter hibernation (Guizani)/ Eat hot foods like Ramen or miso
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･Your original way to get up early→No.1: Using alarm clock or phone alarm
Reasons: it's easy and very loud (Dream)/
No.2: lots of liquids before going to bed
Reason: The need for alleviating will wake you up.

The ammount of water depends on yourbody and the number of hours you want tosleep (David)

Others: Searching for solutions (Sochan)/ Put the alarm beside my ear(Indra)/ Think about research/an
upcoming meeting (Lec)･A good way to get a Boyfriend/Girlfriend→No.1: By luck
Reasons: something or someone destined for you will

never escape (anonymity)

Other opinions: I want to know (Hide)/ H a ve c o n f i d e n c e i nyourself (Werawan)/ Lose the feeling of "needa boy/girlfriend (Dayway)･Place to go on a date･Your original way to diet
→No common answer,

Several opinions: Do a lot of experiments(Lec)(Tolits)

LOVE/ Eat more protein and less carbo/ Avoid meat as much as possible,
eat fish and vegetables (Guizani)→No.1: Café or restaurant
Reasons: the Café to have long conversations, thetrip for the unexpected!(Karo)/ Any café or place where music is softand you can talk freely (David)

No.2: Park, around Hokudai
Reasons: Close, naturally a beautiful place especiallyaround this time.(Dayway)/･The important thing you cannot live without→No common answer,

Several opinions: Water (Tolits)/ Eye glasses(Werawan)/ Good sleep, Delicious food andlove (Tomoo)/ Me because without Me, I am just me(Dayway)･What characteristic do you like best in the
opposite sex?

No.1: Smart, Intelligent, and Funny
No.2: Smile
Reasons: Almost all people don’t have the reason

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LUNCH BREAKREPORT FOR

yahhhhI ; m h u n g r y “ WA R U N G J AWA ”
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curry)We (Richard, Peet, Tomoo and Kango)
went to Warung Jawa, No.1
restaurant among e3 students, tolook for the secret.
Q1) What kind of shop or what kind of fooddoes they serve?

Warung Jawa is the only
restaurant serving Halalfood in Hokkaido.

Food items are from not only
Indonesia but also Philippine andThailand, spices are from Pakistan,meat are from Australia,

More Richard!!!

Warung Jawa is separated in two
parts, restaurant and food items.

< Restaurant menu >・Lunch(￥650)- Indonesian curry with rice.
- It’s delicious and very popular inthis restaurant.
・Nasi Goreng(￥550),

Mie Goreng(￥550)- Nasi = Rice and Goreng = frying.
Mie = noodle .
- It’s a kind of fried rice and of fried
noodles with Indonesian taste- Hungry Tomoo<Food items>
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t urpis ma s s a v o l u p t a t u m d o ne c
Q2) why did the owner decide to have Q3) why do so many e3 students
the shop in Sapporo?
love this place?
One Indonesian beautiful lady, Widya, is the ownerof the restaurant.
9 years ago she started an import goods store in
North 28jo.
The reason is just for herself because it’s diﬃcult to get
Halal food during that time.
And sometimes she delivered goods for the mosque inNorth 14jo. But the location of North 28jo is so far fromthe mosque that she moved the store near to the mosque.
The current 3rd store opened in 2009 with a lot of help byforeign students.

It is feels like the “Home” for Muslim andpeople can release their stress here.
Of course the food is nice but the ambiance or
the relaxing atmosphere of Warung Jawa that
attracted more people.

Q4）Comment from Widya to e3 students
Do your best on your work and please come to
Warung Jawa if you have some troubles!

- Research members- Lunch(Indonesian Cury) , Nasi goreng and Mie goreng- Shop for selling food items

Warung Jawa
Adress: first basement of Zeus
building, North 14 jo and West3 chome, Sapporo
Tel:011-708-6880,
Fax: 011-788-2365
Opening hours: 12:00-20:00
except Sunday and public
holidays
Shop Owner
Widya

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Richard is a third year doctoral student and belongs to the Laboratory of Mineral Processing and Resources Recycling

Alumni Updates

Looking Back and Moving Forward
By Richard Diaz Alorro, D3

The English Engineering Education program or e3 was born in 2000 as English Graduate Programin Socio-Environmental Engineering (EGPSEE). One decade after its birth, e3 has continued to serve nonJapanese and even Japanese speaking students with a study program conducted entirely in English. The
program serves as a haven to many engineering graduate students who want to hone further theiracademic, research, professional and personal skills in an international environment. Since its inception
until September of 2009, e3 has awarded 73 Master of Engineering and 41 Doctor of Philosophy degrees
to students from 27 countries. After 10 years of existence, e3 is proud to have molded about a hundred
engineers, scientists, academicians, and researchers who are now backbones of some universities,
institutes, and companies around the world. To celebrate this commendable accomplishment, let us all
pay tribute to some of our alumni and join them as they look back to their memorable Hokudai days.
May their experiences and exemplary achievements serve as a guide and a challenge for us as we move
forward in making our distinct marks under the sun.
The Hong Kong Polytechnic
How did EGPSEE
DR. JIAN-GUO DAI of
University in China, Dr. Dai is3happily married and is blessed (now e ) contribute in(Dai) - China
with a 6 year old son.
Assistant Prof. Jian-Guo
Dai finished his PhD in Structuraland Geotechnical Engineering
under the English Graduate
Program in Socio-Environmental
Engineering(EGPSEE)
in
September 2003. He was among
the pioneering batch of students
who joined EGPSEE. Dr. Daicompleted his studies at theLaboratory of Engineering for
Maintenance System of theDivision of Built Environment
under the supervision of Prof.
Tamon Ueda. Now an AssistantProfessor at the Department ofCivil and Structural Engineering

2003 in Hokudai

one way or another, toyour current status inlife, chosen profession?
I spent 5 years at Hokkaido
University, including three yearsof PhD study in EGPSEE and two
years of post-doctoral research.
These years provided me
precious time and energy toabsorb broad knowledge and to
conduct research relevant tostrengtheningof
concrete
structures using fiber reinforced
polymer (FRP) composites, life
cycle management of concrete
structures, structural use of
cementitious composites, etc.

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During
mystay
at doctoral fellow further developed her irreplaceable role in creating a
independent
research warm family atmosphere for all
Hokudai, what had deeply my
impressedmewere
the capability, which is indispensible EGPSEE students.
invaluableadvicesand to my current position. Many
continuous support of and thanks to Prof. Ueda and to the
Message for the
nurturing by my supervisor, Prof. EGPSEE of Hokudai! Thanks also
Tamon UEDA, who also provided goes to the members of current e3 students
me many opportunities to have Laboratory of Engineering for
Systemand I hope that today you are proud
extensive international exposures. Maintenance
The three years of PhD study laid Division of Built Environment for of Hokudai and tomorrow
down a solid foundation for my sharing with me many pieces of Hokudai would be more proud of
research career, and the following sweet memories. Last but not you.
two years research as a post- least, thanks to Dr Werawan for

2009	
  in	
  Zhengzhou,	
  China	
  for	
  an	
  
FRP	
  conference

Pipat	
  with	  other	
  EGPSEE	
  studentsDr.	
  Pipat	  now

at the Lafarge Centre de communication skill recognized
DR. PIPAT
Recherché in Saint Quentin by my boss and technician under
my responsibility.
TERMKHAJORNKI Fallavie, France.
T (Pipat)
How did EGPSEE (now- Thailand
3e ) contribute in one way
another, to yourPipat, as he is fondly called orby his closest friends, is a cement current status in life,and concrete specialist. He camechosen profession?
from
ThailandandjoinedEGPSEE in 2000 as a master
From an academic point ofstudent. He finished his PhD inview, I am now working in theEnvironment
andResources
same area with my doctoral
Engineering in September 2005
studies while I was in EGPSEE.
under the supervision of Prof.
From a social and inter-personal
Toyoharu Nawa. Dr. Pipat is now
point of view (provided byworking as a Research Engineer
EGPSEE
activities)
highdealing with cement and concrete

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lot from such international EGPSEE activities helped me
improve my EQ (Emotional
activities.
Now, I live in France Quotient) a lot.
For me, a diploma is like awhich has again a completely
In EGPSEE (now e3), we different culture, language and key to open a door that normal
have students coming from working style. Nevertheless, it people cannot open. However, if
different countries with different does not cause me a lot of trouble. we only have the key, we cancultures and backgrounds. For I got compliments from my surely open the door but we may
sure, to do an activity together, it colleagues and boss about my not know how to walk to reachis not so easy. We have to be communication and management the goal once inside. We needmore or less flexible, have a skills. I would say that without more skills that sometimes are
positive attitude and be active. my experience with EGPSEE not written in any text book but
From my experience, I learned a activities, I might not be able to can be learned from such
adapt myself so fast in France. international activities.

Message for thecurrent e3 students

2 daughters (4 and 2 years
DR. ROFIQ IQBAL andold).
(Rofiq) -Indonesia

How did EGPSEE (nowFor Dr. Rofiq Iqbal, joining e3) contribute in one
EGPSEE is one of the best
way or another, to yourdecisions he made in his entire
life. Dr. Iqbal was also among the current status in life,
first batch of students who joined chosen profession?
EGPSEE in 2000. He finished his
Masters in September 2002 andJoining EGPSEE is one of
his PhD in Hydroscience and my best decisions in life. Since I
Environmental
Protection was a new staff member in theEngineering in September 2005. university at that time, obtaining
He was an adviser of Dr. a higher degree was a must, andHarukuni Tachibana of the EGPSEE had given me the chance
Laboratory of Water Environment to fulfill the requirements. And
Protection Engineering, Division today, as a graduate of a bigof Environment and Resources Japanese university like Hokudai,Engineering. Currently, he is the it created a lot of benefits andhead of the Water Treatment good circumstances in myEngineering Laboratory and a workplace.
member of Water and Wastewater
Engineering Research Division of
Message for thethe Faculty of Civil andEnvironmental Engineering of current e3 students
Institut Teknologi Bandung in
Ed Summa, Ed Astra.
Bandung, Indonesia. He is
happily married and is blessed Reach for the highest stars, andwith 2 sons (10 and 8 years old) you will achieve the highest
place.

Dr.	
  Iqbal	
  with	  his	
  supervisor	
  and	
  senpai	  during	
  his	
  supervisor's	
  reGrement	
  day,	
  May	
  2007.

	
  Roﬁq	
  during	
  a	
  seminar	
  in	
  New	
  Orleans,	
  2005.

Richard is a third year doctoral student and belongs to the Laboratory of Mineral Processing and Resources Recycling(Richard	
  
is	
  a	
  third	
  year	  doctoral	
  student	
  and	
  belongs	
  to	
  the	  Laboratory	
  of	
  Mineral	
  Processing	
  and	
  Resources	
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I am more than sure that a
my master’s in the field ofhydropowerengineering,
I great future is waiting for you all
worked for 5 years in this field, involved in different academic/
and then decided to continue research activities under e3
Dr. Giri spent five years of with the academic activity. I got program. I heartily wish you an
opportunity
topursue enjoyable time out there and a
his life at the Hydraulic Research an
futurein
bothLaboratory of the Graduate doctoral studies as a PhD scholar successful
SchoolofEngineeringof at the Hydraulic Research professional as well as social life.
Hokkaido University. He joined Laboratory under the EGPSEEEGPSEE in 2001 and after program. I had an immense
finishing his PhD studies in River opportunity to be involved in theEngineering (river flow and research activities of one of theadvancedresearch
sediment transport) in 2004, he mostworked as a JSPS (Japan Society laboratory in the world under thefor the Promotion of Science) guidance of Professor Yasuyuki
research fellow from 2005-2007. Shimizu. During my Phd andSanjay, as he is known to his Postdoc research, I became
friends and colleagues, is now acquainted with a number ofaffiliated with an Independent cutting edge research topics andResearch Foundation - Deltares tools in river engineering field,
Winter	  in	
  Hokudaigotrathersignificant(www.deltares.nl/en), located in and
Delft, the Netherlands as a exposures in the international
researcher/advisor (a permanent arena associated with this field.
position) at the River Engineering This eventually led to theand Water Transport Department continuation of my professional(Unit of Inland Water System), activities in one of the world's
particularly
dealingwith leading organizations - Deltares.

DR. SANJAY GIRI
(Sanjay) - Nepal

research, consulting and advisory
I feel myself very lucky inactivities
relatedtoriver this regard.
engineering and morphology. He
is happily married to Ms. Olga
Giri and is blessed with three Message for the current
children, Anish (15), Natasha (11) e3 students
and Ayusha (5).
During my affiliation with
EGPSEE program, I 'grew up' not
How did EGPSEE (now only in terms of academic and/or
professional aspects, but also ine3) contribute in one way terms of social awareness. I had aor another, to your great opportunity to be involved
current status in life, in a number of social activities
carried out together with EGPSEE
chosen profession?
family. I got big support and
EGPSEE, in essence, has a encouragement from Ma’am
big contribution to my current Werawan (I should always
professional life. After finishing mention this!).

Dr.	
  Sanjay	
  Giri

AlumniUpdates

Richard is a third year doctoral student and belongs to the Laboratory of Mineral Processing and Resources Recycling(Richard	
  
is	
  a	
  third	
  year	  doctoral	
  student	
  and	
  belongs	
  to	
  the	  Laboratory	
  of	
  Mineral	
  Processing	
  and	
  Resources	
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e3 by Numbers
by Richard Diaz Alorro, D3
If you were asked to describe our English Engineering Education (e3) program
quantitatively, how would you answer? We would be glad to assist you on this matter!
Here are some important statistics that would help us know better our e3. The data
presented herein represents the e3 student population as of the Winter Semester of2009.

Figure 1 – e3 student population by country.

China tops the rank with 13, followed by Bangladesh with 9, and by
Philippines and Indonesia with 6 students each.
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As of Winter Semester2009,
e3 has 48 doctoral, 31
master, and 4 research
students.
Figure 2 – e3 students by academic level.

The divisions with mostnumber of e3 students
include the Built
Environment (19),Solid Waste, Resources andGeo-Environmental
Engineering (15),and Subject Group of
Mechanical and Intelligent
System Engineering (13).
Figure 3 – e3 students by division or subject group.

The top three scholarships
awarded to e3 students are
MEXT-e3 (33), MEXTEmbassy (16), and
AUN/SEED-Net (6). e3
has 12 self-supporting
students.

Figure 4 – e3 student population by scholarship.
Source:	  English	  Engineering	  Educa2on	
  (e3)	
  Oﬃce	  through	  h9p://www.eng.hokudai.ac.jp/e3/no2ces.htm	
  (Special	
  thanks	
  to	
  Dr.	
  Werawan	  Manakul-­‐Ueda	
  for	  the	
  informa2on)
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LET’ S LEA RN
J A P A NES E!
B Y TOMOO T SUY U H A R A

In this corner, we’ll provide you with some Japanese slangthat is very common among Japanese youths, and you
cannot find from the dictionaries.

IkemenIt means “good looking guy”. However, the application of this word is very
wide. You can use ikemen to those who are not so cool, but have very
fashionable styles. But if you are called ikemen by Japanese girl, you should
feel delighted.

KY

KY is the capital letter of Japanese sentense “Kuuki Yomenai”. It means “cannot read the situation”
or “cannot sense the atmosphere”. In general, Japanese culture puts emphasis on cooperativeness, soJapanese tend to behave similarly with others. If your behavior is outstanding and very
characteristic, your behavior will be called “KY” and regarded as strange in some cases.

Ukeru

Ukeru means interesting, funny, fascinating. It has the same meaning asomoshiroi, but more informal. If you hear some interesting story from yourfriends, just use “sore ukeru!”

Samui

The meaning of itself is “feel cold”. But sometimes it is used against boring jokes. Sometimes whensomeone tells boring jokes, everybody stop talking and give him a cold look, this is a chilly
atmosphere (samui).

Let’s speak Japanese!
!
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The “ECO Experiment” Report
By Carlito Tabelin
The “ECO experiment” masterminded (or should I
say initiated?) by our dearest mother, Ma'am
Werawan to replace the existing organizational
structure of officers in e3 was a success. The first “labrats” used in this “experiment” were from various
nationalities: Nikol of Canada (the name looks Russian
right?), Alexander of The Dominican Republic (named
after the greatest general of all time, I guess…), Lek ofThailand (her name is longer that this and I am sorry I
could not even pronounce it…), and Adriano of Brazil(his name sounds familiar if you are into Mexican
telenovelas) who replaced Sayem from Bangladesh
about a quarter into his term. This team steered all thetask groups composed of the students throughout theyear in activities ranging from parties to field trips andsports festivals. Hats down to these guys for sacrificing
their precious time to oversee all these activities. Ifthey were not around, all those activities may not havebeen possible, that means, NO PARTIES…. (Can you
imagine that...) CONGRATULATIONS again to all theofficers and task groups who participated in the
success of all the activities of ECO.

Laboratory of Groundwater andMass Transport
had always been a big challenge on the officers even
before that time, but the more lenient and cool-headed
approaches of the previous presidents were most of
the time enough to put the group back on track. In my
opinion, the previous structure of ECO in which allactivities had to be organized by the officers, was too
hard (just imagine organizing at least one party onceor every two months on top of your experiments,
classes, and other activities). So basically, the officers
will be overworked and have low enthusiasms in theirjob, add to that the frustrations brought by negative
comments from students after a particularly bad party
and a meeting between the officers will surely turnugly. Our adviser, Ma'am Werawan, saw this coming
and devised a more officer-friendly approach to the
problem, that is, to elect a steering committee
composed of a chairman and 3 vice chairmen that willoversee the task-groups that will be put in-charge ofeach activity. This will also ensure that all the students
have a hand in the organization and conduct of theactivities.
Now let’s meet the new officers of ECO.

With the New Year, new officers came in to fill up
the shoes left behind by the previous ones. As a small
tribute to these extraordinary people who will sacrifice
their time for us, we are dedicating one article in EVision especially for them. I am in Bali, Indonesia at
the moment attending a conference. It is very hot here
(320C) when only a few hours ago I was in the deadof winter in Sapporo. I am free today so I am looking
in front of my laptop thinking of words to best describe
the people whom I am going to introduce later on.
But before that, let us first look back at why this “ECO
Experiment” happened. The old ECO officers werecomposed of a President, two vice presidents, asecretary, a treasurer, a PRO and the E-Vision incharge. About three years ago, the multiculturaldifferences of the officers got the better of them
resulting in problems too complex to be solved. TheseCHAIRMAN
Juan – Juan is a second year doctoral student of theLaboratory of Structural Analysis. He loves to go ice
or rock climbing and mountaineering (this guys loves
the outdoors obviously). His research is about
reinforced concrete with hysteretic dampers. Juan is afamily guy who loves to hang-out with his wife, Ana,
and their baby. His most unforgettable experience inJapan is that he became a father here. He hates
winter because it’s cold but nonetheless loves to playwith snow which is not found in his country, Colombia.

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She loves winter because she said “I have an excuse
not to wake up early”. What a nice excuse indeed.

VICE-CHAIRMAN ACADEMIC
David - David is a first year doctoral student from
Colombia. He is a member of the Laboratory ofhuman environmental systems. His hobbies include
reading(We all love reading, right? Especially thosescientific articles from science-direct),

watching

movies and going out with friends.
If you’re interested in ground source heat pump,desuperheater and subcooler systems then David is
your man. He is “soft” when it comes to touchingmovies because he said he cries a lot while watchingt hem (don’t wor r y David, we all do t hat
sometimes….). He said one of the most unforgettable
experiences he had in Japan was when his Sensei
finally said “Anshinshita” which translates to “I amrelieved”. He also loves the winter of Sapporo
because it’s the time for snowboarding and skiing but
he hates it also because it’s too long and he said he
could not breath air at normal oxygen proportions(whew… that was something…)

VICE-CHAIRMAN SOCIAL
Aguru – Aguru is a first year master’s student in the
Laboratory of Sustainable Sanitation. His hobby isreading (I told you all e3 students love to read…). His
research is about wastewater treatment. During his
free time, he loves to go to Starbucks, drink brewed
coffee and watch beautiful ladies passing by (Wow… I
didn’t know you could do this in Starbucks…). Aguru
loves to sing and does this often in his room (I guesseverybody do this especially in the shower…). One
day, his apartment manager came and told him that
his neighbour is complaining about his singing (Aguru,
you are still lucky your neighbour did not call thepolice…). He doesn’t like winter because it’s cold but
loves the winter scenery (I also agree with the scenery
especially at night after a snow storm…breathless…).

So here are the guys who will man the executive
chairs of ECO for this school year.
To all of those who have problems and inquiries
especially the new students, please feel free toapproach the ECO officers.
Good luck to them and がんばってください！

VICE-CHAIRMAN FINANCE
Reyna – Reyna is a first year master’s student in thelaboratory of Eco-processing. She has only one hobby
and that is to watch anime (Maybe this is the “real”
reason she chose Japan for her studies…). Her
research is about the reduction of metal oxides bymolten salt electrolysis (whew… salt means sodium
chloride, right?..) She describes herself as being shy
with her free time usually “wasted” on internet surfing
and of course, the one everybody loves, Facebook.
Her most unforgettable experience in Japan waseating raw horse meat during the Bonenkai of theirlaboratory (Wow…sounds tasty…).

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by Carlito Tabelin

by Carlito

by Zheng Meng
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by Werawan

by Mamunby Anhby Mokhtar

by LiHuai

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E-vision
E-Vision is the magazine of the English Engineering Education Student Organization (ECO),
and is published twice a year on-line.
E-Vision stands for English and the vision of the e3 students of the Graduate School of Engineering,
Hokkaido University, Japan. It is the vision of facing academic challenges in the global context.

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