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VII. Cooperation

One of the most important philosophies in Green Asia is diligent and strenuous collaboration, which spans not only inside–outside spheres of Kyushu University but also academic–industrial sectors as well as domestic–overseas relations. Bolstered cooperative ties with those organizations play a crucially significant role in the educational process designed in the Green Asia Program.

When the program began, the 4 departments (3 departments in Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Engineering Sciences: Departments of Applied Science for Electronics and Materials, Molecular and Material Sciences, and Energy and Environmental Engineering, and 1 department in Graduate School of Engineering: Department of Earth Resources Engineering) that have responsibility to administer the Green Asia Program concluded campus-wide partnership agreements with 4 institutes and 6 faculties in Kyushu University, and then the cooperation has widened as described below (Figure 7-1). In addition, the program has been operated with the domestic cooperation of 6 core-partner institutions overseas, 6 core-partner companies in Japan, and 3 local governments (Figure 7-2). Each of such organizations picked out a person in charge of the program. He not only participates in the program actually but also estimates and advises the program from an objective standpoint as a member of the Advisory Board and plays a role to drive a plan-do-check-act (PDCA) cycle effectively.

Figure 7-1. Campus-wide collaborative ties with the Green Asia Program.

Research Center for Green Technology

(established in April, 2018)

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Figure 7-2. Off-campus collaborative ties with the Green Asia Program.

1. International Cooperation

Although Kyushu University as well as each professor committed to the Green Asia Program has affluent world-wide networks, this program has focused on seeking strong, real and concrete partnerships with major universities and institutions in Asia. Thus, MoUs were executed between Kyushu University and six partner institutions overseas, all of which are top-ranked universities in their respective countries: Mahidol University (Thailand), Malaysia–Japan International Institute of Technology (MJIIT) in Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) (Malaysia), Institut Teknologi Bandung (ITB) (Indonesia), Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Madras (India), National University of Singapore (NUS) (Singapore), and the University of Dhaka (Bangladesh). This network is called “Six Overseas Core Partner Institutions”. 1.1. International Advisory Board Meeting

International Advisory Board Meeting had been held concurrently with the International Forum for Green Asia, and a person in charge of the program from each of the Six Overseas Core Partner Institutions had been invited to the meeting. (1) Academic Year 2016: The 6th International Advisory Board Meeting

In 2016, the 6th International Advisory Board Meeting was held in the afternoon of November

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29, 2018. This was scheduled 2 days before the International Forum for Green Asia 2016 (see VI. 1 (1)), and a day before the 3rd International Symposium of Integrated Research and Education Center for Energy Conversion, Storage, Saving, and Transport Technologies (detailed in VI. 3). Three professors from the Six Overseas Core Partner Institutions were invited to the meeting at the Chikushi campus, and a professor joined the meeting through Skype from his country (Table 7-1). In addition, a professor from University of Tasmania, Australia, attended it as an observer.

In this meeting, first the progress and current situation of the program was reported, and the implementation, results, and plan for the admission and the plan of the overseas fieldwork were explained. Then sufficient exchange of views on cooperation for their future plans was conducted, and the future concepts for the program were discussed.

Table 7-1. Participants in the 6th International Advisory Board Meeting

Affiliation Name Malaysia–Japan International Institute of Technology Megat Johari Megat Mohd Noor Indian Institute of Technology, Madras Muthuswamy Kamaraj

Nilesh Jayantilal Vasa1 University of Dhaka Subrata Kumar Aditya University of Tasmania Xiaolin Wang2 Kyushu University (I2CNER3) Bidyut Baran Saha Kyushu University (Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Engineering Sciences)

Akira Harata Jun Tanimoto Aya Hagishima

Kyushu University (Graduate School of Engineering) Keiko Sasaki Kyushu University (Green Asia Education Center) Yasuyuki Nakano

Kyaw Thu Hiroshi Furuno Andrew Mark Spring

1Through Skype form his country, 2As an observer, 3International Institution for Carbon-Neutral Energy Research.

Photo 7-1. Participants in the 6th International Advisory Board Meeting.

(2) Academic Years 2017 and 2018

The International Advisory Board Meeting was not held in 2017 and 2018.

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1.2. Overseas Fieldwork The Overseas Fieldworks had been supported by the Core Partner Institutions: Mahidol

University (2012 and 2014), National University of Singapore (2012), and Malaysia–Japan International Institute of Technology (2013). Unfortunately, after the academic year of 2015, the fieldworks were not conducted in such institutions because of various reasons (detailed in IV. 7). 1.3. International Internship

The Green Asia Program has also received support for International Internship from the Core Partner Institutions. In the academic years from 2016 to 2018, 2 students conducted their research works in the institutions, National University of Singapore and Institut Teknologi Bandung (detailed in IV. 6.2). 2. Domestic Cooperation

The Green Asia Program asked six major organizations to participate as domestic partners from the non-academic sphere, called “Six Domestic Core Partner Organizations”: Kyushu Electric Power Co. Inc., Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Cooperation, Ube Industries, Ltd., Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd., and Daikin Industries, Ltd., and also three local governments under the joint project of Green Asia International Strategy by Fukuoka Prefecture, Fukuoka City, and Kitakyushu City. 2.1. Domestic Advisory Board Meeting

The Domestic Advisory Board Meeting was held on November 29, 2017 (Photo 7-2), concurrently with the International Forum for Green Asia 2017 (detailed in VI. 1 (2)). A person in charge of the program from each of 3 companies out of the Six Domestic Core Partner Organizations was invited to the meeting (Table 7-2). A person of Chiyoda Cooperation that has been provided classes for Industrial Systems (III) (see IV. 4) was also invited (Table 7-2). In this meeting, explanations, exchange of views, and discussions were carried out concerning several topics such as the contents, progress, and current situation of the program, careers of the students after earning the degree, cultivation of human resources who are expected in industry, and future plans of the program.

Photo 7-2. Participants in the Domestic Advisory Board Meeting in 2017.

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Table 7-2. Participants in the Domestic Advisory Board Meeting in 2017 Affiliation Name

Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Cooperation Manabu Takahashi Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd. Kimiaki Utsunomiya Daikin Industries, Ltd. Shinya Okada Chiyoda Cooperation Yoshihide Fueda Kyushu University (Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Engineering Sciences)

Akira Harata Jun Tanimoto Seigi Mizuno Aya Hagishima

Kyushu University (Green Asia Education Center) Yasuyuki Nakano Hiroshi Furuno

2.2. Domestic Fieldwork

The Domestic Fieldworks have been supported by the Domestic Core Partner Organizations. In

2017, the Green Asia Program students and faculty members visited Fukuoka Rinkai 3R Station

(Recycling Plaza) and Fukuoka City Disaster Prevention Center in Fukuoka city (detailed in IV. 7.2

(2)). In 2018, one of the fieldwork sites was Kyushu Electric Power Hatchobaru Geothermal Power

Plant in Oita (detailed in IV. 7.2 (3)).

2.3. Internships

The Six Domestic Core Partner Organizations have also supported the internship programs. In

the academic years from 2016 to 2018, many students conducted their research works in the

companies or their overseas subsidiaries: a student carried out the Practice School in Daikin

Industries, Ltd., and a student conducted the Domestic Internship in Daikin Industries, Ltd. (see IV.

6.1).

2.4. Others

Chiyoda Cooperation has been provided classes for Industrial Systems (III) from 2014 (see IV.

4).

3. Campus-wide Cooperation

When the program began, the 4 departments responsible for the administration of the Green

Asia Program concluded campus-wide partnership agreements with 4 institutes (Institute for

Materials Chemistry and Engineering, Research Institute for Applied Mechanics, Science and

Technology Center for Cooperative Research, and Research Institute for East Asia Environment) and

6 faculties (Faculties of Engineering Sciences, Engineering, Economics, Law, Humanities, and

Design) in Kyushu University.

Then, Research and Education Center of Carbon Resources that had managed the Global COE

Program “Novel Carbon Resource Sciences” and Research and Education Center for Advanced

Energy Materials, Devices, and Systems established in 2013 also joined in the cooperation, and 6

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institutes in total participated in the campus-wide cooperation until Research Institute for East Asia Environment closed at the end of March, 2015. While Science and Technology Center for Cooperative Research was reorganized into Global Innovation Center in October, 2016, and Research and Education Center of Carbon Resources and Research and Education Center for Advanced Energy Materials, Devices, and Systems merged to establish Research Center for Green Technology, the close campus-wide cooperation has been maintained (Figure 7-1). 3.1. Cooperation with Research and Education Centers

The Green Asia Education Center has managed common classes and practical works, and organized international forums along with two research and education centers at the Chikushi campus: Research and Education Center of Carbon Resources, and Research and Education Center for Advanced Energy Materials, Devices, and Systems (see VI. 3). The deepening cooperation was conductive to building a new virtual research and education center “Integrated Research and Education Center for Energy Conversion, Storage, Saving, and Transport Technologies” in 2014. In addition, the Green Asia Education Center will close at the end of March, 2019, and then participate in Research Center for Green Technology in April, which was established by the consolidation of the two research and education centers. 3.2. Cooperation with Education Programs

The Green Asia Program has cooperated with Cooperational Graduate Education Program for the Development of Global Human Resources in Energy and Environmental Science and Technology (Campus Asia Program) that is a master’s double degree program with Shanghai Jiao Tong University and Pusan National University. The two programs have communally managed some classes. In addition, a system and a rule for the Campus Asia Program students to transfer to the 3rd year of the Green Asia Program was prepared, and in the academic year of 2015, 2 domestic students and 1 international student who completed the Campus Asia Program passed the screening and moved to the Green Asia Program as the 2nd batch student. The domestic students earned their doctoral degrees in March, 2018.

The Green Asia Program has also cooperated with Intellectual Exchange and Innovation (IEI) Program that has been operated as an internationalized doctoral program in Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Engineering Sciences, and communally managed Domestic Fieldworks (see IV. 7.2) and an international forum (see VI. 1 (3)). 3.3. Cooperation with Programs for Leading Graduate School

Three programs for Leading Graduate Schools have been executed in Kyushu University: “Advanced Graduate Course on Molecular Systems for Devise” (Molecular Devise), “Graduate Education and Research Training Program in Decision Science for a Sustainable Society” (Decision Science) as well as the Green Asia Program. They started a working group to continue and expand the programs with the participation of a Vise-President as the head and another Vise-President and a Secretary General of Kyushu University as well as coordinators and responsible professors of the programs as the principal members, and have regularly held meetings (Photo 7-3).

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Photo 7-3. Working group meeting of three programs for Leading Graduate Schools. 4. Off-campus Cooperation

During from 2014 to 2016, the Green Asia Program has conducted the joint fieldwork with two programs for Leading Graduate School outside Kyushu University: “Advanced Doctoral Program in Global Resource Management” (Global Resource Management) in Doshisha University and “TAOKAYA Program for Creating a Flexible, Enduring, Peaceful Society Organization” (TAOYAKA Program) in Hiroshima University. In 2016, the Green Asia Program arranged the fieldwork carried out in Kitakyushu, Oita, and Kumamoto (detailed in IV. 7.3).