Tohoku University STEM Summer Program (TSSP) 2024
WEEK 1
SunMonTueWedThu

FriSat16-Jun17-Jun18-Jun19-Jun20-Jun21-Jun22-Jun9:00-12:00
Opening Ceremony &Orientation
Welcome Speech(Vice President, Prof. Yamaguchi)

9：00-12：00
Lecture 2
Sendai's 17th-century
mission to the Vatican: Its
intent and influence thereof
on Japanese culture
Prof. Shidara

9：00-12：00
Introduction to Tohoku/13:00-16:00
University (Prof. Kasukabe)
Challenging Experiments for
Orientation for Tohoku
Quantum Theory (1):
University STEM Summer
Interference effect of light
Program (Profs. Watanabe, Koike)
Prof. Kasukabe
Self-introduction (1 min PPT x
4F Lecture Hall, Aoba Memorial
30=~30 min)Hall (C03), Engineering (C03)Student Laboratories (A06) on（青葉記念会館 (C03) 4階大会
Kawauchi Campus
4F Lecture Hall, Aoba Memorial議室） on Aobayama East
Hall (C03), Engineering (C03)
CampusKawauchi Campus（青葉記念会館 (C03) 4階大会議室） on Aobayama East
Aobayama Campus
CampusAM
9:00 12:00

Aobayama Campus
ArriveinSendai

Lunch (with TU students)

9：00-12：00
Lecture and Lab Visit 3
Artemisinin, from potent
antimalarial agent to newanti-cancer therapeutics
Prof. Sasaki

Lunch (with TU students)

Here We Go Again!:
Reflections on Applying toGrad School
Ms. Escalona

8:15-17:00
Field Work
Prof. Kakegawa

13:30-16:30
Japanese Culture 1
Japanese Flower
Arrangement (Kado)
Prof. Chen

9：00-12：00/13:00-16:00
Challenging Experiments for
Quantum Theory (2):Vibrational modes of stringsand music
International Research InstituteEngineering Laboratory
Prof. Kasukabeof Disaster Science (J31)
Complex Building (C10), Lecture
Multi-purpose hall (1st floor) （災Room 1, Room No.101
害科学国際研究所(J31)１階多目
School of Engineering的ホール）, on New Aobayama （工学研究科総合研究棟講義室 Student Laborarories (A06) on１，campus
Kawauchi Campus
101室） on Aobayama EastCampus
Aobayama Campus
Kawauchi Campus
Aobayama Campus

PM
13:00
16:00

Aobayama Campus
Lunch (with TU students)

Lunch (with TU students)(Earthquake and Tsunami
Disaster: Lesson from 3.11
Tohoku Great Earthquake)

14:00-17:00
Lecture and Lab Visit 1
Tsunami disaster mitigation
Prof. Suppasri

4F Lecture Hall, Aoba Memorial
Hall (C03), Engineering (C03)（青葉記念会館 (C03) 4階大会議室） on Aobayama EastCampus

13:00-16:00
Interactive Japanese
Language
Instructors: Ms. Backley &Ms. MikodaIntroducing yourself andgetting to know JapanesepeopleAobayama Commons (J41)
Lecture Room No. 1 & 2,
School of Agricultural Science（農学研究科青葉山コモンズ第1及び第2講義室）on
Aobayama New Campus
Aobayama Campus

WEEK 2SunMon

TueWedThuFriSat

23-Jun24-Jun25-Jun26-Jun27-Jun28-Jun29-Jun9:00-12:00
Paper Aircraft Competition 1Prof. Takahashi

9:00-12:00
Lecture and Lab Visit 7
Introduction to Spintronics
Former President, Prof. Ohno

8:50-11:30
Lecture and Lab Visit 4
Introduction to aircraft design
Prof. AbeAM
9:00 12:00

Creative Engineering Center(D02)
創造工学研修センターonAobayama East Campus

Conference Room, 5th Floor,2nd Building (C10), Institute ofFluid Science (流体科学研究所、2号館5階会議室) on KatahiraCampus

Aobayama Campus

Laboratory for Nanoelectronicsand Spintronics (E04)(ナノ・スピン実験施設) A401 on
Katahira Campus

8：40-12：00
Japanese Culture 2
Rinno-ji (temple) 輪王寺 andShikan taza 只管打坐 (zazenfor its own sake)Prof. Koike & Prof. Kasukabe
Rinnouji Temple(輪王寺)

Katahira Campus

Katahira Campus

Lunch (with TU students)

PM
13:00
16:00

9:00-17:10
Field Trip(Shiroishi (Castle) and Sword
Smith Workshop)

Lunch (with TU students)

13:00-16:00
Lecture and Lab Visit 5
Secrets of the JapaneseswordsProf. Ohuchi

13：00-16：00
Lecture and Lab Visit 6
Research Expedition in
Antarctic Waters
Prof. Okoshi

4F Lecture Hall, Aoba Memorial
Hall (C03), Engineering (C03)（青葉記念会館 (C03) 4階大会議室） on Aobayama EastCampus

Aobayama Commons (J41)
Lecture Room No. 1, School of
Agricultural Science（農学研究科青葉山コモンズ
on Aobayama New Campus

Lunch (with TU students)

13:00-16:00
Paper Aircraft Competition 2
Prof. Takahashi, Prof.
Watanabe & Prof. Koike
Creative Engineering Center(D02)
創造工学研修センターonAobayama East Campus
Aobayama Campus

Aobayama Campus

Lunch (with TU students)

13:00-16:00
Interactive Japanese
Language
Instructors: Ms. Backley &Ms. Mikoda
Shopping and ordering foodand drinks
Aobayama Commons (J41)
Lecture Room No. 1 & 2,
School of Agricultural Science（農学研究科青葉山コモンズ第1及び第2講義室）on Aobayama
New Campus

Aobayama Campus
Aobayama Campus

Tohoku University STEM Summer Program (TSSP) 2024 (tentative)
WEEK 3
SunMonTue

WedThuFri

Sat

30-Jun

1-Jul

2-Jul

3-Jul

4-Jul

5-Jul

6-Jul

9：00-12：00
Lecture 8(1) Synchrotron Radiation
Facility: A Measurement
Platform Providing HighBrightness X-rays
Prof. Yoshida

9：00-12：00
Lecture and Lab Visit 9(1) Protein Folding Problem:
Efforts to solve the simple
but notoriously difficult
puzzle are now
revolutionizing life sciences.
Prof. Takahashi

9：00-12：00
Lecture and Lab Visit 11
Structural Metallic Materials
for Industry Innovation
Prof. Yoshimi

9:00-12:00
Lecture and Lab Visit 13
Nonverbal Information toEnrich Future
Telecommunication
Prof. Kitamura(2) Using Light Sources toShine new Light on
Chemistry
Prof. YinAM
9:00 12:00(2) Future Medicine
Challenges: Perspectives
from the Tohoku Medical
Megabank ProjectProf. Kinoshita

University House Aobayama(UHA), Interaction Building(L16), 1st Floor, Meeting room,（ＵＨ青葉山 (UHA), インタラクショ
ン棟 (L16), １階, 研修室）on
Aobayama New Campus

Science Complex A (H02),
Room No. 303 (理学合同A棟303号室) on Aobayama NorthCampus

Aobayama Campus

Aobayama Campus

Lunch (with TU students)

Lunch (with TU students)

Materials Science andEngineering (B01)
M531, RIEC Main building
Lecture room 1 (Room No. 101)
(G10) on Katahira Campus（工学研究科材料科学棟(B01) （電気通信研究所本館5階 M531
セミナー室、片平キャンパス）講義室１(101室)）on Aobayama
East Campus
8:15-16:20

Aobayama Campus

Katahira Campus

Lunch (with TU students)

Lunch (with TU students)

Field Work
Prof. Kasukabe & Prof.
Watanabe(Chusonji Konjikido (temple)
and Toyota Factory)
13:00-16:00
Lecture and Lab Visit 12
Discover, Measure, andInnovate Tactile Sensations
Prof. Okuyama

13：00-16：00
Lecture and Lab Visit 10
13：00-16：00
Origin of Life: The early EarthJapanese Culture 3
Japanese Martial Arts (Aikido)
made the first life
Prof. Fujino
Prof. Furukawa

PM
13:00
16:00

Kawauchi Sub Arena, 3rd Floor(B05)(川内サブアリーナ棟3F) on
Kawauchi Campus

13:00-16:00
Interactive JapaneseLanguage
Instructors: Ms. Backley &Ms. Mikoda
Introducing your own culture
and finding out about Sendai

Engineering Laboratory
Complex Building (C10), Lecture
Room 1, Room No.101
Aobayama Commons (J41)
School of Engineering
Lecture Room No. 1 & 2,（工学研究科総合研究棟講義室
Schoolof Agricultural Science
１，（農学研究科青葉山コモンズ
101室）on Aobayama East
第1及び第2講義室）on Aobayama
CampusNew Campus

Science Complex A (H02),
Room No. 303 (理学合同A棟303号室) on Aobayama NorthCampus

Kawauchi Campus
Aobayama Campus

Aobayama Campus

Aobayama Campus

WEEK 4SunMonTueWedThuFriSat

7-Jul

8-Jul9-Jul

10-Jul11-Jul12-Jul13-Jul

9:00-12:00
Group Work Session（Preparation for Experimental
Reports and/or Wrap-upPresentation）

9:00-12:00
Wrap-up Presentation ofTSSP 2024

9:00-12:00
Lecture and Lab Visit 14
Robotics for Space
Exploration
Prof. YoshidaAM
9:00 12:00

9:00-12:00
Lecture and Lab Activity
Environmental Radiation I
Prof. Koike

9：00-12：00
Japanese Culture 4
Tea Ceremony (Sado)
Prof. Watanabe

Lounge of International
Exchange Building (A12) on
Lecture Room no. 1 (Room 101)
Kawauchi campus,
Graduate School of Information
Engineering Laboratory
in Engineering Laboratory（川内キャンパス:国際交流棟
Creative Engineering Center
Sciences (G01), 2nd Floor,
Complex Building (C10), Lecture（A12）ラウンジ）
Complex Building (C10) （工学 (D02), 1st Floor, Meeting room
Room 207,情報科学研究科
Room 2, Room No.110, School
研究科総合研究棟（青葉山キャ （創造工学研修センター (D02)） and Rm 211 of Kawauchi Circle(G01), 2階, 207室）onof Engineeringand Club Building (B02)
on
Aobayama
EastCampus
Aobayama
East Campus（工学研究科総合研究棟講義室
ンパスC10）第1講義室）on（川内キャンパス: クラブ・サーク
2，110室）on Aobayama East
Aobayama East Campus
ル棟（B02）211） on Kawauchi
Aobayama Campus
CampusAobayama Campus
CampusAobayama Campus

Aobayama CampusKawauchi Campus

Lunch (with TU students)

13：00-16：00
Lecture and Lab Visit 15
Reaction Engineering for
Sustainable Process
Prof. Kitakawa
PM
13:00
16:00

Lunch (with TU students)

13：00-16：00
Lecture and Lab Activity
Environmental Radiation II
Prof. Koike

Lunch (with TU students)

Lunch (with TU students)

Lunch (with TU students)

13:30-15:30
Wrap-upPresentation of
13：00-16：00
13:00-16:00
TSSP
2024
Lecture and Lab Visit 16
Interactive Japanese
Graduate
Schoolof Information
Humanities Approaches toLanguage
Sciences (G01), 2nd Floor,
Disasters
Instructors: Ms. Backley & -Study of Japanese historical
Room 207,情報科学研究科
Ms. Mikoda(G01), 2階, 207室）ondisaster and culturePresentation - Your
Aobayama East Campus
experience of visiting Sendai
Aobayama Campus
Prof. Ebina

Applied Chemistry, Chemical
Engineering and BiomolecularEngineering, Lecture RoomCreative Engineering Center
16:00-16:45
Aobayama Commons (J41)
International Research Institute
Building (E04, Room No.710) on (D02), 1st Floor, Meeting room
Closing Ceremony
Lecture Room No. 1 & 2,of Disaster Science (J31)
Aobayama East Campus, （化 （創造工学研修センター (D02)）
Graduate School of Information
Schoolof Agricultural Science
Seminar room S100
学・バイオ系講義棟, 小講義室
on Aobayama East Campus
Sciences (G01), 2nd Floor,（農学研究科青葉山コモンズ(災害科学国際研究所セミナー（1）（E04, 710号室）, 青葉山東
Room 207,情報科学研究科第1及び第2講義室）on Aobayama
Aobayama Campusキャンパス）室、S100、青葉山キャンパス) on(G01), 2階, 207室）onNew Campus
Aobayama New Campus
Aobayama East Campus
Aobayama Campus
Aobayama Campus
Aobayama Campus
17:30-18:30
Farewell Party
Aobayama Campus

Depart fromSendai