Fostering Long-Term Creativity and Innovation with Science and Technology
Disciplines Based on Ochanomizu Spirit “Migakazuba” in the Next Generation of Global Leaders

Program for Leading Graduate Schools

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January 2017

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Contents
Global Internship Report ・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・2

Notice on the Leading Program International Symposium ・3
Activity Report ・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・4
Special Practice in Global Science & Technology andNew Students interview ・・6
Introduction of the counseling office ・・・・・・・・・7
Information ・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・8

Christmas Market in Cologue (Germany)

IGlobal Internship in 2016 (see p.2)
The Marenostram building (Spain)

TopicGlobal Internship

Global Internship Report

Taking on challenges to succeed in the wider world

Global InternshipStudents participate in medium to long-term internships (Global Internship I & II) at research institutions, companies, and other universities bothin and outside of Japan to advance their Project Based Team Study (PBTS) research. Students are provided with robust assistance to undertakeinternships outside Japan.
Last year the ﬁrst year students completed the Global Internship I and learned much from the invaluable experiences they gained off campus. We
have received glowing reviews from instructors at the internship sites on the research results and work performance of the interns.

Yuyu So〈Advanced Sciences; Computer Science (D1)〉College of Computer and Information Science, Northeastern University, USA
I visited Northeastern University and attended an introductory course on programming. The
course was aimed at improving problem solving skills through programming. It was a hugecourse; we had 400 students, 7 lecturers, and 50 TAs and tutors. The students were highly
motivated and the lecturers were making efforts to improve their teaching all the time. Myhost professor gave me the opportunity to help the students solve the exercises as well as tograde the exams. Through these activities, I observed how much progress each student madeduring the semester.
Moeka Nakayama〈Advanced Sciences; Chemistry and Biochemistry (M2)〉
Lanxess Deutschland GmbH, Germany

List of Global Internship I & II sites for the 2016 academic year (as of December 2016)● Global Internship I (3-6 months): Scheduled in second year of master’s program
NameMajor

Destination

PeriodResearch target

September - December,
2016

PBTS TCDD Team
Computational approaches to the docking problems.

Duong Thi Thu Ha

M2, Biological Sciences,
Life Sciences

Barcelona Supercomputing Center - Life
Sciences - Protein interaction and docking(Spain)

Megumi Kitagawa

M2, Mathematics,
Advanced Sciences

Institute of Mathematics Polish Academy ofSciences, Banach Center (Poland)

September - December,
2016

PBTS TCDD Team
Studies on symmetric properties from a mathematics
approach. Enhanced global communications skills
through interactions with experts.

Moeka Nakayama

M2, Chemistry andBiochemistry,
Advanced Sciences

Lanxess Deutschland GmbH (Germany)

September - December,
2016

PBTS TCDD Team
Learned about corporate environmental conservation
activities in Germany, one of the most advanced countries
regarding environmental issues.

Misato Takahashi

M2, Physics,
Advanced Sciences

Tokyo university (Japan)

December, 2016
- April, 2017

PBTS TCDD Team
Research on electronic structure utilizing photoelectron
spectroscopy. Learned about data analysis methods, etc.

2Period

wsNe&Info

International Symposium: “Corporate Expectations for Women PhDs”(Admission free, Prior registration required)
An open international symposium entitled “Corporate Expectations for women PhDs” will be held to facilitate
networking between sci-tech students and industry.
Simultaneous interpretation is available. (English - Japanese)“Corporate Expectations for Women PhDs”● Global Internship II (6-12 months): Available during ﬁrst and second years of doctoral program
Name

I performed an internship in German chemical company, Lanxess GmbH Business Unit
Leather for 3 months. The project target PBTS is to develop the detection method for dioxin. Inorder to learn about the effort of chemical companies to avoid pollution and save environment,
I belonged to the Department of Health, Safety, Environment and Quality (HSEQ).
Tanning, which is one of the most important steps of leather making, contains many kindof chemicals. The effects of tanning agents on the environment and consumer health wereinvestigated by collecting f low samples of making leather and rub tests in the pilot plant.
Getting rich knowledge about safety use of harmful chemicals, it should be utilized for next
PBTS project.
In addition, through the experience of working in foreign companies, I found many common and different points of working style,
hours, attitude, and so on. This experience should be given me many good aspects in the future.

Major

Destination

Kaori Nishida

D1, Sciences,
Human-Environmental

Tokyo Engineering Consultants Co - Ltd.
(Japan)August, 2016
- February, 2017

PBTS Water puriﬁcation Team
Acquired practical experience toward learning about
utilization methods of data associated with water,
and participated in research presentation.

Kei Hashimoto

D2, Biological Sciences,
Life Sciences

Riken (Japan)

August, 2016
- February, 2017

PBTS Sychronization Team
Analysis of skin formation mechanism.

Yuyu SoD1, Computer Science,Advanced Sciences

College of Computer and Information
Science, Northeastern University (USA)

September - December,
2016

PBTS Education Team
Observed how beginners learn about programming
based on “How to Design Programs.”

Akiko Mito

D2, Chemistry andBiochemistry,
Advanced Sciences

Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports,
Science and Technology (Japan)

October - December,
2016

PBTS Education Team
Researched and analyzed examples on enhancing thequality of university education, and collected data
related to graduate school education.

Nanami Kawaguchi

D1, Chemistry andBiochemistry,
Advanced Sciences

Toray Industries, Inc. (Japan)

November, 2016
- January, 2017

PBTS Water puriﬁcation TeamConducted practical training on medicinal moleculardesign.

Kimiko Yamashita

D2, Physics,Advanced Sciences

Laboratory of Subatomic Physics &Cosmology, Grenoble (France)

November, 2016
- May, 2017

PBTS Sychronization Team
Held discussions on conducting model simulations
on physical phenomena.

Registration Form

Research target

Day & Time: Tuesday, March 7th, 2017
● Symposium – 13:00-17:00● Networking Session – 17:30-19:30
Venue: Ochanomizu University● Symposium – Inter-faculty Building 2, Room 201● Networking Session – Student Commons Building, 2F
Registration: Prior registration is required for Symposiumand Networking Session. See our website,
http://leading.dc.ocha.ac.jp/leading/en/e20170307/

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Activity Report

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Visit to Vietnam and Thailand

We carried out promotional activities in sci-tech universities in Vietnamand Thailand.
Vietnam – August 23-24, 2016
Ho Chi Minh University of Technology
Vietnam National University, Ho Chi Minh City
University of Science

Exchange meeting with outsideprogram Members

We visited Vietnam’s Ho Chi Minh City to boost our networking with top ranked
technology-related universities. We held a presentation of our program and informed
Vietnamese students about the appealing advantages of studying in Japan.

October 21, 2016
PBTS Lounge (Rooms 605 & 606), Graduate Schoolof Humanities & Sciences Building

Thailand – August 30, 2016
Asian Institute of Technology (AIT)Four female leaders who are active at company and research
institute visited our program. The purpose of this meeting
was to enhance students’ knowledge and understanding about
working outside university. After giving short introduction
and presentation, each guest had information exchange talks
with total thirteen students from the program. All students
were highly motivated by this interactive contact with theactive members. Regular exchange meetings are underplanning to strengthen the relationship between industry anduniversity.

Scenes from the presentations

AIT is one of Ochanomizu University’s partner institutions and its international
students account for approximately 70% of its student population, English
being the official language at AIT. We discussed collaboration possibilities withrepresentatives of their International Affairs ofﬁce.

4AIT campus with its lush greenery

Overseas promotional activity in United
Arab Emirates (UAE) with Japan
International Cooperation Center (JICE)
23 to 29 October 2016
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (UAE)

Under the auspice of JICE, lecturer R. Yamamoto Ravenor represented
Ochanomizu University and its Program for Leading Graduate Schoolsat NAJAH - UAE’s leading higher education event in Abu Dhabi, andat the American University of Sharjah (AUS). At NAJAH, hundredsof visitors (22 nationalities) stopped at our booth throughout the 3days. Being the only women’s university represented at this fair,
Ochanomizu Univ. drew a large audience especially in the secondday, which was open to female visitors only. Follow up inquiries
followed soon after the NAJAH event and the presentation at AUS,
along with positive feedback from organizers and participants.

Sharing opinions at the meeting
Meeting with JICE alumni

2At Ho Chi Minh City
University of Science“Overcoming the Challenges to the Chemical Industry– the Lanxess Deutschland GmbH Example”
November 2, 2016
Room 415, Faculty of Science Building 1
At NAJAH

As an executive advisor of our graduate program, Mr. Luis
López-Remón, vice president of Lanxess Devtschland GmbH- Germany, gave a lecture titled, “Overcoming the Challenges
to the Chemical Industry - the Lanxess Example,” to students
from Science departments.
Lanxess is a leading specialty chemicals company and iscurrently operating 54 production sites worldwide. Mr.
López-Remón, the Head of Leather Business Unit, explainedin a clear and humorous way how the company develops andmanufactures chemical products sustainably. At a meetingwith students after his lecture, he advised them to study
towards PhDs and do internships overseas to broaden theirhorizons.
Mr. Luis López-Remón45

Program for Leading Graduate SchoolsForum 2016
November 11 – 12, 2016
Hilton Tokyo Odaiba

The Program for Leading Graduate Schools Forum 2016 attracted people fromthe total of 62 Leading Programs. Posters introducing the programs of each
university were put up as a way to provide the universities with a chance to meetwith companies wishing to hire graduates with doctoral degrees. Our university
welcomed many visitors, attracted to our area by the posters created by ourstudents. We particularly received attention from companies who are actively
seeking to hire women with doctorates, and our students made spirited efforts todiscuss and introduce the activities conducted by our Leading program and thevarious PBTS topics, as well as the research topics of their majors.

5Special Practice in Global Science & Technology
The Program for Leading Graduate Schools, which aims to develop
global leaders in the ﬁeld of science and technology, offers as part ofits coursework the Special Practice in Global Science & Technology
on an annual basis. This special practical course gives students theopportunity to conduct laboratory work using advanced equipment
in a variety of ﬁelds, and aims to broaden their academic outlook. In
the 2017 academic year, four courses on physics, chemistry, humanenvironment, and food and nutrition were offered between Augustand September. Students actively participated in ﬁelds outside theirarea of specialization and were able to broaden their perspectives
through studies using advanced equipment in different ﬁelds.
(15 classes of 90 minutes each per course)

Introduction of the counseling fuction of theLeading Graduate school promotion Center
The counselling office at the Leading Graduate School has started in January 2016 and aims to provide supports forstudents to have effective and fulﬁlled academic years at this school. Counsellors are available to discuss your concerns andunexpected difficulties you face in the course ofstudy for major and minor subjects, and to give you
Student counseling Oﬃce
advice to pursue the academic achievements. The
service is available in both English and Japanese.
Location: Graduate School of Humanities and Sciences
Building (Room 503)

Physics Course

Counseling staﬀ

● Special Practice in Global Science & Technology II (Physics Course) : Augest. 29, 30, 31, September. 2, 5
● Special Practice in Global Science & Technology III (Chemistry Course) : Augest. 2, 3, 4, 8, 9,● Special Practice in Global Science & Technology V (Food and Nutrition Sciences Course) : September. 12, 13, 14, 15● Special Practice in Global Science & Technology VI (Human Environment Sciences Course) : Augest. 1, 2, 3, 8

Food and Nutrition Sciences Course

Chemistry Course

Introducing our New Students
NGUYEN Thi Doan Trang

NewStudents

My academic interest is in the humanenvironment transactions, especially
how the physical environment wouldimpact on human behaviors andthoughts (Ph.D., 2014). I believe thatany subjects related to human beings
should be studied from diverse ﬁelds,
so that I continue to put my efforts towiden my expertise in the areas suchas architecture, urban sociology,
and environmental psychology.
Project Based Team Study, PBTS,
Setsuko Takahashi
is a unique program for Leading
Graduate School, which allows students from different ﬁelds
to engage in speciﬁc research tasks together. By utilizing myresearch experience and knowledge built in my academic
career, I am happy to support students in PBTS to study in thisschool while they continue to pursue their major subjects.

Course: Human-Environmental Sciences Division of Life Science
Home country: Vietnam
Hobby: Yoga

I come from Ho Chi Minh City – a City in the South of Vietnam withsunshine all year round. I decided to pause my career as a lecturer atHo Chi Minh City University of Natural Resources and Environment
for higher education in Japan from Fall 2016. I have been specializing
in environmental management for over seven years since the day I accomplished my Master ofScience degree (2009). Conducting a number of projects on this discipline as well as giving the lectures on the same ﬁeld
led me to the strong interests in environmental – human interaction science which is my major course now. About the PBTS
which highlights the Leading program in Ocha-dai, so far I keep questioning myself how I contribute to the team as the only
member working in Environmental Science. It is quite challenging and exciting ! Our team members are different in majors
and experiences in term of cultures and languages, but we do have the same desire in doing the research addressing two global
issues nowadays including human health-food security and environmental protection. Therefore, I believe we have a goodfoundation for our PBTS to be proceeded while we are willing to collaborate aiming to the common target of the project.

Interview

I am from Sendai, a mother of two. My
main research interests lie in the ﬁeldof developmental psychopathology,
investigating risk and resilience factors
forming individual psychologicaladjustment. After completion of myundergraduate study in Education,
I studied Arabic Language at Cairo
American University in Egypt, thenApplied Psychology in Universityof East London in the U.K. My
living experiences in several Middle
Chieko Kibe
Eastern countries (Lebanon, Egypt,Bahrain, and Iran) and the U.K. have cultivated my down to earth
appreciation toward different cultures and societies, which embrace
both human commonality and individual uniqueness. As a counselorat the program for Leading Graduate school, I would like to support
the future leaders to optimize their learning from psychologicalperspectives utilizing my personal as well as professional
backgrounds. “Be Just and Fear Not.”

Student’s Report
Kirin Yokohama beer factory tour
October 14, 2016
Namamugi Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama city Kanagawa
Nanami Kawaguchi, Kaori Nishida, Kurumi Yoshimura
Professor Masahiro Otaki, Dr. Gary Richards, Dr. Edward Foley

We visited the wastewater treatment facility of Kirin Yokohama
Brewery as a part of our PBTS activities. Four engineers of thecompany welcomed us and kindly explained the design andoperation of their wastewater treatment system in detail. Afterthe presentation and information exchange, we made a plant tour
to the facility with hard hats and work jacket (see photo). It was really a good opportunity for us to know the size and efﬁciency of an actual
wastewater treatment system and how it is operated cost-effectively.
Reported by Nanami Kawaguchi

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■ Activities
October 21, 2016

■ Scheduled activities
January 4, 2017-March 31, 2017
January 13, 2017
January 18, 2017
February 22, 2017
March 7, 2017
March 15, 2017

mQE (middle Qualifying Examination)
2nd Report on Global Internship, 2016
Information session for prospective students for Academic
Year 2017 April.
Selection examination for Academic Year 2017 April (iQE)
International Symposium: Corporate Expectations for
Women PhDs
pQE (periodic Qualifying Examination)■ Global Internship I & II in Fy 2016
Global Internship I
September, 2016-December, 2016
December, 2016-April, 2017
Global Internship II
August, 2016-February, 2017August, 2016-February, 2017
September, 2016-December, 2016
October, 2016-December, 2016
November, 2016-January, 2017
November, 2016-May, 2017

Lanxess AG (GmbH)Tokyo university (Japan)
Riken, Kobe Branch (Kobe, Japan)
Tokyo Engineering Consultants Co., Ltd. (Tokyo, Japan)
Northeastern University (United States)
Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (Tokyo, Japan)
Toray Industries, Inc. (Kamakura, Japan)
Laboratory of Subatomic Physics & Cosmology, Grenoble (France)

Editor’s notes
Participating the Global Internship, students will not only
gain unique experience through on-site practical work but,particularly with regard to internships outside Japan and they
will gain invaluable experience by dealing with situations
and environments unlike those found at home. Hopelly they
will make use of such experiences and make tremendous
strides to advance their potential.

Leading Graduate School Promotion Center,Ochanomizu University
Graduate School of Humanities &Science Building, Room No. 601
2-1-1 Otsuka, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo
112-8610, Japan
E-mail: leading-ocha@cc.ocha.ac.jp
http://leading.dc.ocha.ac.jp/leading/en/

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Hosted the “Discussions Between Students andLeading Program members from outside the university”
NAJAH - UAE’s leading higher education events (Abu Dhabi)
Special Lecture by Mr. Luis Lopez-Remon, LanxessForum 2016, Program for Leading Graduate Schools
Hosted the “Work in Progress for Post - Doctorate Students”
Special Lectures in Global Science & Technology I
1st Report on Global Internship, 2016
Seminar on Career Development, Information session
for prospective students for Academic Year 2017 April

January 2017

Selection process for Academic Year 2017 April
Information session for prospective students : December 21, 2016 , January 18, 2017
Application: February 6 - 17, 2017
Selection examination: February 22, 2017
Acceptance announcements: February 28, 2017 (on the website)
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