2020 program

Due to the worldwide scope of the COVID-19 (Corona Virus) epidemic, Many programs were cancelled or postponed. However, some of the programs were conducted online.

Mechanical

Online	Department of Mechanical Engineering	RAJAGOPALAN　Umamaheswari FUTAI Nobuyuki SHIRAI Katsuaki SUWA Yoshihide NAKAMURA Takahiro	National Taipei University of Technology (Taiwan)	Feb 2021
The present workshop is held at the Toyosu campus of the Shibaura Institute of Technology (SIT) as a global project based learning program. The program aims to extend the fundamentals knowledge on mechanical engineering and to provide an opportunity of working on research projects and learn applications of knowledge in the industry. The program is a joint international workshop between the faculty of mechanical engineering at the SIT and the faculty of energy, refrigeration, and air conditioning at the National Taipei University of Technology (NTUT). In 2018 and 2019, the program was supported by the Sakura Science Plan provided by the Japan Science and Technology Agency. The workshop provides opportunities to visit industry facilities. The participating students gave final presentations at the end of the program. Those who are interested should refer to the websites (https://ssp.jst.go.jp/report2018/k_vol036.html, https://ssp.jst.go.jp/report2019/k_vol032.html) and a magazine (Bunkyo news, vol. 2515) on the program held in 2018. In 2020, we will focus on scientific collaboration in the direction of collaborative research work.				Report
Online	Department of Engineering Science and Mechanics	MATSUHIRA Nobuto	Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (India)	Nov 2020
As a collaborative program development, the following will be implemented. (1) Participation of about 10 undergraduate and graduate students in the laboratory (2) Implementation of advance preparation by skype etc. (3) Setting of a pre-assignment issue by teacher (4) Introduction of mutual robot research (5) Development of preset robot issues (6) Implementation of program development among students (7) Evaluation of outcomes by related teachers				Report
Online	Department of Engineering Science and Mechanics	HASHIMURA Shinji HOSOYA Naoki MAEDA Shingo	King Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi (Thailand) Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (Malaysia)	Nov 2020
One or more laboratory students in the Department of Engineering Science and Mechanics at Shibaura Institute of Technology and one or more laboratory students of KMUTT will attend the program. The purpose of the gPBL is that the students develop and evaluate dielectric elastomer actuators using natural rubber, etc., and devices using them.				Report
Online	Department of Engineering Science and Mechanics	HOSOYA Naoki	Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (Malaysia)	Nov 2020
Global project based learning (gPBL) will be held at Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) in Malaysia. About twenty Shibaura Institute of Technology (SIT) students will make a voyage across to Thailand to attend the gPBL. Both UTM and SIT students are going to take part in the gPBL. They will build teams, which consist of the two countries’ students, and each team works in collaboration to solve assignments for ten days. They will discuss or publish their obtained achievements in the midterm and final presentation in English.				conducted jointly with the above program
Online	Department of Engineering Science and Mechanics	ONO Naoki SAITO Hiroyasu	Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (Australia)	Nov 2020
SIT welcomes about 10 students from RMIT, and with about 10 Japanese students in the department, they will have a technical discussion about some engineering issues in English. Moreover, they will go out and see a facility in the Tokyo area to deepen their discussion in the gPBL.				Report
Online	Department of Engineering Science and Mechanics Center for Promotion of Educational Innovation Malaysia Office	MATSUHIRA Nobuto YOSHIKUBO Hatsuko TACHIBANA Masahiko ISHIZAKI Hiroyuki	Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (Malaysia)	Feb 2021
The learning objectives and purpose of each implementation are as follows. It is expected that the same learning effect will be achieved for the students who will be buddies of mine. It is expected that students will be able to link knowledge and practice by visiting the Department of Mechanical and Functional Engineering labs immediately after the lecture. Prof. Matsuhira's program workshop on humanoid robot NAO: (1) advanced humanoid applications, (2) programming methods in robotics, (3) group work with Japanese university students, and joint presentation experience. As an example of the NANO program workshop, he explained how the university in Japan promotes regional and lifelong learning and plays a role in engineering education.				Report
Online	Department of Engineering Science and Mechanics Innovative Global Program Malaysia Office Innovative Global Program	NAGASAWA Sumito YOSHIKUBO Hatsuko ISHIZAKI Hiroyuki TACHIBANA Masahiko NED Loader	Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia (Malaysia)	Feb 2021
・Micro-robot workshop by Professor Nagasawa: (1) the application area of advanced robotics and (2) learning the technology of embedded robotics. In addition, the buddies were able to (1) provide high-density, one-on-one communication with Japanese university students and (2) build a sustainable relationship through this communication. It is recommended that the buddies continue to communicate with each other after this gPBL. ・Special Lecturers: "Japanese Encounters and Relationships with Foreign Languages and Cultures" (by Assoc. Prof. Yoshikubo), "History of Japanese Robot Culture" (by Prof. Tachibana), "Tips for Improving Communication Skills" (by Prof. Ned), and "Tips for Successful Team Building" (by Prof. Ishizaki). ・Group discussion: To answer the question of how to utilize robots in 10 years' time and how to train young engineers to contribute to this, the students of Japan-Madison will discuss their own views and future practices based on the above workshop and field research, and the group will conclude the discussion.				Report
Online	Department of Engineering Science and Mechanics	TAKASAKI Akito	Suranaree University of Technology (Thailand)	Feb 2021
This program is a gPBL activity with the Suranaree University of Technology in Thailand. Some students will also attend from outside of Thailand so that the total number of participants will be around 40. Each team will propose a new idea or an improvement on one topic given at the gPBL activity. Social gatherings and a field trip will be also provided.				Report
Online	Department of Machinery and Control Systems	ITO Toshio	Loughborough University (The United Kingdom)	Mar 2021
This gPBL aims to analyze European driver behavior data, which are in Loughborough University, by group activity and find issues for traffic safety by comparing Japanese driver data.				Report
Outbound	Department of Mechanical Engineering	SHIRAI Katsuaki	National Taipei University of Technology (Taiwan)	Aug 2020
The students at the Shibaura Institute of Technology (SIT) will visit and stay at the partner laboratory at the Department of Energy and Refrigerating Air-Conditioning Engineering at the National Taipei University of Technology (NTUT) in Taiwan. The participants' students will be 3rd and 4th-year students of the bachelor course at the department of mechanical engineering at the SIT. The maximum number of participants will be 10 students from the SIT. They learn the basic knowledge through lectures and seminars, visit facilities of local industries (including Japanese companies) and local university together with the local students. The SIT students will work on their own research topics assigned individually and report their output at the final presentation.				Program cancelled due to COVID-19
Outbound	Department of Engineering Science and Mechanics	ONO Naoki	Worcester Polytechnic Institute (The United States)	Aug 2020
This program will be done with the collaboration of Prof.Powell at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI), who is a long-time friend of Ono's. The SIT students will have technical discussions on a research project with WPI counterpart students, including English communication and comparison of each country's technology issues. Factory visits in the Boston area, and visits to MIT, Harvard will be included. END				Program cancelled due to COVID-19
Outbound	Department of Engineering Science and Mechanics	ONO Naoki	Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (Australia)	Feb 2021
SIT students in the department will visit RMIT and have a discussion about an engineering issue with the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) students in English. If possible, they will go out and see a facility to deepen their discussion.				Program cancelled due to COVID-19
Outbound	Department of Engineering Science and Mechanics	SAITO Hiroyasu	King Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi (Thailand )	Jul 2020
Global project based learning (gPBL) will be held at King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi (KMUTT) in Thailand. The students joining this program will discuss the concepts for their original measurement systems with an embedded micro-computer. A useful framework is provided for scratching their concept system. The students can easily build their own systems just by replacing the sensors in the provided framework with their target sensors. The results of group work will be evaluated by the degree of achievement of their concept. If the students are working on their research themes including sensing devices or measurements of physical quantities, we believe the program should be useful for their work. Also, the program could provide a chance for future research collaborations between KMUTT and SIT.				Program cancelled due to COVID-19
Outbound	Department of Engineering Science and Mechanics	TAKASAKI Akito	Udayana University (Indonesia)	Aug 2020
This program is a gPBL activity with Udayana University in Indonesia. After group work among Indonesian and SIT students, each group will make a presentation at the mid-term and final presentation. A social gathering, as well as a field trip, will also be planned.				Program cancelled due to COVID-19
Outbound	Department of Engineering Science and Mechanics	TAKASAKI Akito	AGH University of Science and Technology (Poland)	Feb 2021
This program is a gPBL with AGH University of Science and Technology in Poland. Before the gPBL activity on Energy or Environment, students have to make some fundamental experiments and set a theme on group work. The students have to have their presentation twice at the mid-term and final presentation. 10-hour Communicative English classes will be also provided to SIT students.				Program cancelled due to COVID-19
Outbound	Department of Engineering Science and Mechanics	HOSOYA Naoki	Universitas Gadjah Mada (Indonesia)	Aug 2020
Global project based learning (gPBL) will be held at Universitas Gadjah Mada (UGM) in Indonesia. About twenty Shibaura Institute of Technology (SIT) students will make a voyage across to Thailand to attend the gPBL. Both GUM and SIT students are going to take part in the gPBL. They will build teams, which consist of the two countries’ students, and each team works in collaboration to solve assignments for ten days. They will discuss or publish their obtained achievements in the midterm and final presentation in English.				Program cancelled due to COVID-19
Outbound	Department of Machinery and Control Systems	ITO Toshio	Hanoi University of Science and Technology (Vietnam)	Feb 2021
This exercise is paired with Inventive and Creative Design. Therefore, the exercises are implemented along with the lecture. A development process that includes planning, basic design, detailed development design, and structural analysis is learned through the exercise. You design it using CAD software such as CREO and Solidworks since digital engineering technology is introduced. The universal design and reverse engineering techniques are used in the upper development as well as the CAE structural analysis. If you take the lecture, you have to also take Inventive and Creative Design.				Program cancelled due to COVID-19
Outbound	Department of Machinery and Control Systems	ITO Kazuhisa	University of LAquila (Italy)	Sep 2020
Students from SIT and the University of LAquila make mixed teams and proposed a novel mechanical device/system for supporting equipment (welfare equipment, labor-saving equipment) in production plants applying the concept of universal design. In the program, students first visit laboratories and companies involved in the theme and start from discovering the problem. The final proposal content is to explain the concept, by making proposals including not only function designs, motion simulation, and control algorithms, but also energy-saving and price setting, it is possible to make detailed designs utilizing the specialty fields of participants. This is a very good opportunity to make the most of the knowledge and experience cultivated in the compulsory subjects at the College of Systems Engineering and Science so far.				Program cancelled due to COVID-19
Inbound	Department of Mechanical Engineering	UCHIMURA Yutaka	National Taipei University of Technology (Taiwan)	May 2020
The present workshop is held at the Toyosu campus of the Shibaura Institute of Technology (SIT) as a global project based learning program. The program aims to extend the fundamentals knowledge on mechanical engineering and to provide an opportunity of working on research projects and learn applications of knowledge in the industry. The program is a joint international workshop between the faculty of mechanical engineering at the SIT and the faculty of energy, refrigeration, and air conditioning at the National Taipei University of Technology (NTUT). In 2018 and 2019, the program was supported by the Sakura Science Plan provided by the Japan Science and Technology Agency. The workshop provides opportunities to visit industry facilities. The participating students gave final presentations at the end of the program.				Program cancelled due to COVID-19
Inbound	Department of Engineering Science and Mechanic	NAGASAWA Sumito	King Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi (Thailand)	Oct 2020
Thai students, who participated in the gPBL program held in KMUTT last year, come to our campus. Japanese students and Thai students solve one theme together. The students give a presentation of the results they have discussed and debated in English.				Program cancelled due to COVID-19
Inbound	Department of Engineering Science and Mechanics	ONO Naoki	Worcester Polytechnic Institute (United States)	Oct 2020
This program will be done with the collaboration of Prof.Powell at WPI, who is a long-time friend of Ono's. WPI undergraduate students will be staying at some laboratories in the department, and do experiments and researches. They will have technical discussions and cultural exchanges with the undergrads and grads students in the laboratories. END				Program cancelled due to COVID-19
Inbound	Department of Engineering Science and Mechanics	TAKASAKI Akito	AGH University of Science and Technology (Poland)	Sep 2020
This program is a PBL activity accepting students from AGH University of Science and Technology in Poland. The topic of the activity will be energy and the environment. Students have to discuss them and present their results at the mid-term and final presentation. A facility tour near the Toyodu campus will be also provided. This program may be canceled in case AGH cannot support their students' travel expenses.				Program cancelled due to COVID-19

Materials/Applied Chemistry

Online	Department of Applied Chemistry	YOSHIMI Yasuo	National Taiwan University of Science and Technology (Taiwan) Widya Mandala Catholic University (Indonesia) Osaka Institute of Technology (Japan) Tsuda University (Japan)	Aug 2020
Teams of students of SIT, WMCU, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology (NTUST), Osaka Institute of Technology, and Tsuda University have a competition about the design of chemical experiments. The achievement was analyzed by discussion between the pair and make an oral presentation.				Report
Online	Department of Applied Chemistry	YOSHIMI Yasuo	National Taiwan University of Science and Technology (Taiwan) Widya Mandala Catholic University (Indonesia) Osaka Institute of Technology (Japan)	Feb 2021
The participants are divided into several groups and discuss "Eco-friendly new normal after COVID-19". The achievement was published on YouTUBE.				Report
Outbound	Department of Applied Chemistry	NOMURA Mikihiro	Chungnam National University (Republic of Korea)	Feb 2021
The separation processes which separates things are used in various fields such as liquor distillation, fuel cell, and water purifier. Here, these separation technologies are "membranes". In the development of membranes, we should separate efficiently. It is necessary to make pores smaller than nanometers to separate molecules. In this internship, together with experiments and presentations, we will concentrate on research on separation membranes in overseas laboratories.				Program cancelled due to COVID-19
Outbound	The global course of Engineering and Science	MIRYALA Muralidhar	Universiti Putra Malaysia (Malaysia)	Aug 2020
Sending the SIT, students to UPM- research-based gPBL. Venue- Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM), Selangor, Malaysia Duration- two weeks Students and Period-5 to 10 students will be sent to UPM from August to September Students Level- bachelor 4th year and master students from Department of Material Science&Engineering. Students will work with a specific problem along with UPM students. Both students and faculty members will join the program and will conduct gPBL at the Department of Physics, UPM, Selangor, Malaysia. Research plan and problems will be planned by both faculty members.				Program cancelled due to COVID-19
Inbound	SIT Research Laboratories	XIAOBIN Zhang	University of Science and Technology Beijing (China)	Jul 2020
Experiments and data analysis regarding material engineering will be carried out during the stay. For example, micro-processing and preparation about materials using an electron microscope, and let the student accumulate knowledge and technics about nanomaterials. Moreover, almost all of the students are their first time come to Japan, they are strongly interested in the history and concept of Shibaura Institute of Technology, which will be a valuable reference for their future study abroad. Furthermore, the students will also visit other universities or institutes in order to see the research equipment that is not included in SIT.				Program cancelled due to COVID-19
Inbound	Department of Applied Chemistry	YOSHIMI Yasuo	University of Madras (India)	Oct 2020
Fiji Cup Quiz will be held on the first day. The participants were selected by online quiz one month before. Top classed participants are invited with financial travel support. The final tournament is held in the hall of Toyosu Campus.				Program cancelled due to COVID-19

Electrical/Electronic/Information

Online	Department of Electrical Engineering	FUJITA Goro	Hanoi University of Science and Technology (Vietnam) Institut Teknologi Bandung (Indonesia)	Nov 2020
This internship offers gPBL with the　Institut Teknologi Bandung (ITB). Laboratory gPBL experiments, faculty tours, and, local exchange activities help attendees to understand the different environments from Japan.				Report
Online	Department of Electronic Engineering	KOIKE Yoshikazu YOKOI Hideki KANOH Shinichiro	King Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi (Thailand)	Dec 2020
The gPBL program has been carried out since 2015 with Electronics and Telecommunications department, KMUTT. The students discussed and created a system using Arduino micro-computer in relation to sensors, control, and bioengineering for around 3 weeks (11days in Japan and 11days in Thailand). Both SIT and KMUTT students cooperate with each other in the program. Before the beginning of the gPBL, SIT students make a plan of the gPBL to find and to make a team with KMUTT students. To make the student's education effect higher, the gPBL is an important subject in the department curriculum. This time, we expect SIT students to play an important role in the final presentation.				Report
Online	Department of Electronic Engineering	UENO Kazuyoshi YOKOI Hideki ISHIKAWA Hiroyasu	King Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi (Thailand)	Mar 2021
In order to implement gPBL for device areas, students will break down electronic systems used in society. Students will learn what kind of electronic and optical devices are actually used, and what kind of technology is used there. Japanese and Thai students will also jointly investigate and learn through discussion what technologies are required in the future. The target is the second, third, and fourth-graders, and it is expected that it will lead to the research exchange of KMUTT and SIT in the future. The following is a concrete plan: survey of how and what products are used in Thailand (the difference from Japan), and purchase the electronic products sold in Thailand electrical stores, disassemble it in a team of 2 Japanese and 2 Thai, examine the used electronic and optical parts, and find out the specs and functions of the product and the technology used on the Internet, etc. Finally, students will make presentations.				Report
Online	Department of Information and Communications Engineering	MORINO Hiroaki HORIE Ryota	Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (Malaysia)	Sep 2020
To find social problems to solve through field works and interview to Malaysia local community, and present solutions to them using IoT(Internet of Things). Learn English communication focusing on technical issues through collaboration with UTM students, also experience cultural exchange.				Report
Online	Department of Computer Science and Engineering Department of Electronic Information Systems	FUKUDA Hiroaki MIYOSHI Takumi YAMAZAKI Taku	Dong A University (Vietnam) UCSI University (Malaysia) Malaysia-Japan International Institute of Technology (Malaysia) Ming Chi University of Technology (Taiwan) Kyungpook National University (Republic of Korea))	Feb 2021
This gPBL is a collaborative program brought by two departments: Dept. of Information Science and Engineering, and Dept. of Electronic Information Systems. SIT students are supposed to develop software applications with international students of not only Dong A Univ. but also other partner universities. The software application should be equipped with wireless communication functions to communicate among some device types such as laptop computers, mobile phones, and embedded systems. Through this gPBL program, participant students will be expected to learn the way of global thinking and the method to develop software applications, and also to obtain experience of international team-working and communication. In addition, this gPBL program is registered as a GTI consortium-supported gPBL, and then member universities and companies may join together.				Report
Online	Department of Computer Science and Engineering Department of Information and Communications Engineering	KIMURA Masaomi HORIE Ryota MORINO Hiroaki	Suranaree University of Technology (Thailand)	Feb 2021
SIT students will discuss problemｓ such as social problems or problems in a company with students in SUT, and propose their solutions. During the program, English communication ability and global view should be fostered.				Report
Online	Department of Bioscience and Engineering	HANAFUSA Akihiko	I-Shou University (Taiwan) Institut Teknologi Sepuluh Nopember (Indonesia)	Mar 2021
Students firstly learn three fundamental concepts for C programming; variables, conditional jump, and loop processing, then, functions, arrays. In the second half, I/O device access techniques and AD conversion are introduced. On these steps, the popular control board Arduino is used together for practical device controls. Also, the subject should be considered, assigned, and solved by each group. And finally, a presentation about the subject should be performed in other groups. This course provides basic knowledge and skill of embedded programming. Programming is now one of the common skills for engineers and this also leads to a practice of logical thinking ability for problem solving.				Report
Outbound	Department of Electrical Engineering	ANDOU Yoshinobu	Hanoi University of Science and Technology (Vietnam)	Feb 2021
In this class, students will join a global project based learning (gPBL). Students will accomplish some robotics missions with foreign students in other countries. Students will discuss the extra function of robots with foreign students. Teams of students will propose some robotics external functions based on a line tracing robot. Finally, teams of students will have some presentations and demonstrations about the robotics function. The practice period is about 2 weeks. Students should join some guidance from this class. Students should submit daily reports and final reports of this class.				Program cancelled due to COVID-19
Outbound	Department of Electrical Engineering	SHIMOMURA Shoji	National Taiwan University of Science and Technology (Taiwan)	Feb 2021
You can learn the basic skill of power electronics in one of the best laboratories in the world. You learn how to make a PCB, and how to make the/DC converter. Also, you use DSP for the control of the DC/DC converter. You will make a pair with Taiwanese students. You can enjoy not only the power-electronics but also the night market in Taiwan.				Program cancelled due to COVID-19
Outbound	Department of Electrical Engineering	YOSHIMI Takashi	Pusan National University (Republic of Korea) University of Ulsan (Republic of Korea)	Sep 2020
In this program, SIT students visit the Robotics Laboratories of Pusan National University and the University of Ulsan in Korea. The students experience robotics and automation researches at the above two Laboratories under the support of Prof. Min Cheol Lee (PNU) and Prof. Kanghyun Jo (UoU) and their graduate students. With the cooperation of students from the partner laboratories, the students solve issues set for robotics and automation and present the results together as gPBL. Also, in the laboratory of the local host faculty, the students experience laboratory activities through participation in meetings and experiments, etc., and deepen insights in this field by visiting related laboratories and nearby companies.				Program cancelled due to COVID-19
Outbound	Department of Electrical Engineering	YOSHIMI Takashi	Obuda University (Hungary)	Mar 2021
In this program, SIT students visit the Antal Bejczy Center for Intelligent Robotics, Obuda University, Budapest, Hungary. With the cooperation of students from the partner laboratories, the students solve issues set for this program and present the results together as gPBL. The students experience robotics and virtual reality researches under the support of Associate Prof. Peter Galambos and his graduate students at his lab. Also, in the laboratory of the local host faculty, the students experience laboratory activities through participation in meetings and experiments, etc., and deepen insights in this field by visiting related laboratories and nearby companies.				Program cancelled due to COVID-19
Outbound	Department of Information and Communications Engineering	KAMIOKA Eiji	Universiti Utara Malaysia (Malaysia)	Aug 2020
This program is organized by the Department of Information and Communications Engineering in SIT and is aimed at activating collaborative research and student mobility with Universiti Utara Malaysia(UUM) and Universiti Malaysia Perlis(UniMAP). The theme of the gPBL is Information and Communication Technologies, especially AIoT (AI & IoT). The program is divided into three activities, that is to say, Field Work-based gPBL, research workshop, and cultural exchange.				Program cancelled due to COVID-19
Outbound	Department of Information and Communications Engineering	TANAKA Shinichi	Kyungpook National University (Republic of Korea)	Aug 2020
Students are assigned some projects on robotics and communication engineering. SIT students are expected to work together with KNU students, discussing and talking in English, thereby developing basic international communication skills. No expertise in robotics or communication engineering is required. Students who are interested in international activities are welcome.				Program cancelled due to COVID-19
Outbound	Department of Computer Science and Engineering	IJIRI Takashi	Thai-Nichi Institute of Technology (Thailand)	Feb 2021
In the Department of Information Science and Engineering, exercises are held continuously from the first half of the 1st year. In "Advanced information exercise 2 C" of the latter half of the 3rd year, an exercise entitled "Interactive Virtual Space Design and Construction," utilizing virtual reality technology as an intuitive interface exploiting human space capability, and utilizing the programming skill, each student group creates an interactive system with visual, auditory and tactile stimuli. This gPBL is based on the exercise (The students who do not take this exercise should participate in a workshop held separately). Assuming more than 2 graders of our department, a hybrid team of SIT and TNI students will develop a media interactive system. At the end of the gPBL, a presentation will be held. We also visit a factory of a company during the gPBL period.				Program cancelled due to COVID-19
Outbound	Department of Computer Science and Engineering	SASANO Isao	Chonnam National University (Republic of Korea)	Aug 2020
At Chonnam National University (JNU) in South Korea, we have a gPBL where around 5 students in SIT and around 5 students in JNU participate. We divide the participants into a few groups and in each group, the participants discuss what they do, write a program, and make a presentation on the final day. Each student in SIT will be required to submit a report after the gPBL and will be evaluated based on the presentation and the report. We are currently considering two candidates for the topic. One is to write programs that control electric devices through smartThings by using Groovy language or Visual Block language. The other is to write contract code that is executed on blockchain such as Ethereum by using languages such as Solidity. In the gPBL, we are planning to visit some electric power company (which is actually an IT company) or a museum about the history of Korea, located near JNU.				Program cancelled due to COVID-19
Outbound	Department of Computer Science and Engineering	NAKAJIMA Tsuyoshi	Hanoi University of Science and Technology (Vietnam)	Jul 2020
In this PBL, students learn the basics of web application development technologies with students (HEDSPI) majoring in Japanese language and information technology at Hanoi University of Science and Technology (HUST). The students use Japanese (and English in some cases) to communicate in the gPBL. With the cooperation of Sun* Inc., which is an established offshore software company in Vietnam, they will provide lecturers throughout the program. The students use Ruby (and Ruby on Rails as a Web app framework) to develop their Web applications, and experience all processes essential for application development, such as ideas on, requirements definition, development process with teams, and testing. Then, on the last day, the students make presentations on their deliverables. In addition, tours of local offshore companies will also be held. In this gPBL, not only group work on-site, but also meetings online before onsite sessions, and teaming and technical orientation are held in advance.				Program cancelled due to COVID-19
Outbound	Department of Computer Science and Engineering	FUKUDA Hiroaki	Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology (Vietnam)	Sep 2020
This gPBL will be conducted with SIT and HCMUT. The main target of this gPBL is 2nd and 3rd-year students for a basic understanding of IoT technology. This gPBL will be 4th times in 2020 in which students have discussions, developing IoT-related software, and giving their presentations. Besides, we plan to go field works to feel foreign cultures and environments				Program cancelled due to COVID-19
Outbound	Department of Computer Science and Engineering	FUKUDA Hiroaki	Hanoi University of Science and Technology (Vietnam)	Jan 2021
In this gPBL, students from SIT and HUST extend the functions of line trace robots as a term. We will conduct this gPBL with Prof. Trung and Prof. Hung who belong to the department of SoICT in HUST. We send students from SIT to HUST, then they will solve any problems regarding Robots. Also, they will give their presentations and evaluated.				Program cancelled due to COVID-19
Outbound	Department of Electronic Engineering	SASAKI Masahiro	California State University, East Bay (The United States)	Aug 2020
DIGITAL SYSTEM INTEGRATION PROJECT is an intensive course that will train students in the design and implementation of a series of field-programmable gate array (FPGA) design projects. Emphasis will be placed on integrating a complete system with programmable logic that includes a processor, VGA monitor, A/D converter, and D/A converter. Students will practice skills learned in previous classes to integrate a complete system then verify it using standard test equipment such as the logic analyzer, oscilloscope, and function generator. Students will gain practical experience in system design and test in a collaborative team environment.				Program cancelled due to COVID-19
Outbound	Department of Electronic Engineering	SASAKI Masahiro	Hanoi University of Science and Technology (Vietnam)	Feb 2021
EXTENDING ROBOT FUNCTION USING LINE TRACING ROBOT gPBL is an intensive course that will train students through collaboration between SIT and the School of Information and Communication Technology, Hanoi University of Science and Technology (HUST). The mission of this gPBL is to extend the functions of line tracing robots such as obstacle detection, obstacle avoidance, making a sound, automatic parking system, and so on. Both host professors are graduates of SIT and cooperate with our gPBL. SIT students are dispatched to HUST and will gain practical experience from this learning program in a collaborative team environment with HUST students.				Program cancelled due to COVID-19
Outbound	Department of Electronic Engineering	PREMACHANDRA Chinthaka	Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka (Sri Lanka) Wayamba University of Sri Lanka (Sri Lanka)	Aug 2020
Internation Electronic Internship collaborating with Srilankan universities.				Program cancelled due to COVID-19
Outbound	Department of Electronic Engineering	PREMACHANDRA Chinthaka	University of Moratuwa (Sri Lanka)	Aug 2020
Image processing and robotic internship collaboration with the University of Moratuwa.				Program cancelled due to COVID-19
Outbound	Department of Electronic Engineering	MUGURUMA Hitoshi	Handong Global University (Republic of Korea) Dongyang Mirae University (Republic of Korea)	Mar 2021
Electronics is closely related to biotechnology and bioengineering. We practice the basic operation of biotechnology while communicating with local students of Dongyang Mirae University and Handong Global University. We manipulate genetic information, which is a design drawing of life, and incorporate it into microorganisms to produce useful substances. In that process, we will experience the use of various electronic devices. We also use gene analysis software to experience the fundamentals of life information. Also, we fabricate a biosensor using useful substances.				Program cancelled due to COVID-19
Outbound	SIT Research Laboratories	PHAN Xuan Tan	Hanoi University of Science and Technology (Vietnam)	Feb 2021
The program is mainly divided into three activities, which are AgPBL, Tutorials, and Observation tour of research laboratories. AgPBL stands for "Advanced" Global PBL. AgPBL is a teaching method in which students create ideas to solve a given problem and evaluate the ideas in a group discussion manner. AgPBL includes two additional activities. Firstly, problems to be solved are not provided in advance, hence, students will find the problems existing in a specific topic. Secondly, the students will actually develop a system based on their ideas to show the feasibility. Through the two additional activities, the students will learn how to clarify research issues and acquire practical skills. These abilities are indispensable in engineering research. That is why this is called "Advanced". In this program, four tutorials with different topics and an observation tour in which participants visit two research laboratories are prepared in order to acquire general knowledge about the topics. This program is hosted by the School of Information Communication Technology, Hanoi University of Science & Technology, Vietnam.				Program cancelled due to COVID-19
Inbound	Department of Electrical Engineering	YOSHIMI Takashi	Obuda University (Hungary)	Nov 2020
This program accepts students from Obuda　University, Hungary to SIT robotics laboratories. The students join the lectures of SIT professors, discuss the research topics with Japanese professors and graduate students, and visit some related companies in Japan.				Program cancelled due to COVID-19
Inbound	Department of Information and Communications Engineering	MORINO Hiroaki	Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (Malaysia)	Oct 2020
This is an extension of gPBL to be held in September 2020 in UTM, whose participants are assumed to be basically the same as those in PBL in UTM. They bring IoT systems they implemented in the gPBL in UTM to Japan, and create a new extended system to solve problems or to meet new demands they newly find through discussion.				Program cancelled due to COVID-19
Inbound	Department of Electronic Engineering	PREMACHANDRA Chinthaka	University of Moratuwa (Sri Lanka)	May 2020
Image processing and robotics internship at SIT collaborating with a student team from two Srilankan universities.				Program cancelled due to COVID-19

Architecture/Civil Engineering

Online	Department of Civil Engineering Innovative Global Program	INAZUMI Shinya ANAMI Kengo KONNO Katsuaki NAMIKAWA Tsutomu KATSUKI Futoshi MIYAMOTO Hitoshi KANAE Yukiko IWAKURA Seiji NAKAGAWA Masafumi IYODA Takeshi	Kasetsart University (Thailand) Asian Institute of Technology (Thailand) Suranaree University of Technology (Thailand) National University of Civil Engineering, Hanoi (Vietnam)	Sep 2020
A global PBL was held online by Google Meet under the theme of "Roles of civil engineers during/after the COVID-19 pandemics". In the group activities, the theme "Roles of civil engineers during/after the COVID-19 pandemics" was shared and discussed within each group. At the general event, we received a special lecture from Prof. Dr. Suttisak Soralump (Kasetsart University), a well-known geotechnical engineer in both Thailand and Japan, and Mr. Ricky Wong (Sanshin Corporation; General Manager of Overseas Business Headquarters) who is active in the world including Japan, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam on Jet Grouting (high-pressure injection stirring method, which is one of the ground improvement methods).				Report
Online	Department of Planning, Architecture and Environmental Systems	NAKAMURA Hitoshi MASUDA Yukihiro SUZUKI Shunji	Institut Teknologi Sepuluh Nopember (Indonesia)	Oct 2020
International Workshop on Planning and Design for Urban and Environmental Issues in Surabaya, Indonesia. This program will be conducted in collaboration with the Department of Urban & Regional Planning and the Department of Architecture at ITS.				Report
Online	Department of Planning, Architecture and Environmental Systems Department of Architecture	MATSUSHITA Kiwa YAMASHIRO Satoru	Aalto University (Finland)	Mar 2021
In this program, SIT students together with the faculty and students from Aalto University make researches on the redevelopment areas in Tokyo, survey the specific site, and propose a program and architectural design suitable for the site based on their researches. It is run as a design workshop, in which students from both universities form a group of four or so and work together. SIT and Aalto University has had a workshop since 2019, and intend to maintain the continuous relationship. In 2020, the workshop takes place in Tokyo in March 2021 for about 10 days. The participants are 15-20 students from the School of Planning, Architecture and Environmental Systems and the School of Architecture, and 20 graduate students from Aalto University.				Report
Online	Department of Architecture	SHINOZAKI Michihiko TANIGUCHI Taizo	Institute Teknologi Bandung	Nov 2020
This course brings in general introduction of digital design and various computational methods of the design-making process including: theoretical and pedagogical aspects of digital design, computational optimization, computational understanding of traditional and heritage valued, parametric design, BIM, VR/AR in design & 3-days of workshop of computational design.				Report
Outbound	Department of Architecture	ITOU Youko	University of LAquila (Italy)	Feb 2021
Using the exchange class with L'Aquila University in Italy, we plan the design lessons of buildings in English by an intensive class. Students experience architectural design, some visits, having many kinds of lecture in English, and thus promoted their understanding of the building in English. This program aims at the historic analyses of the target cities, the space understanding of the main building, the inspection of the professional drawing office, and finally the students complete their new design and structure. If candidates are over 10, professors assign an examination about the ability for English conversation, in order to select the participants. The Japanese students (approximately ten) join the Italian students of the L'Aquila University and perform a design theme.				Program cancelled due to COVID-19
Outbound	Department of Architecture	SHIDE Kazuya	Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman (Malaysia)	May 2020
SIT students and partner students jointly measure a traditional Malaysian house and then create a wooden model and a building information modeling (BIM) model. Both students jointly publish outcomes, aiming to exchange knowledge and technology of building products with each other.				Program cancelled due to COVID-19
Outbound	Department of Architecture	SHIMIZU Ikuro	National University of Laos (Laos) Rajamangala University of Technology Phra Nakhon (Thailand)	Sep 2020
Bangkok, Thailand's capital, is famous as one of the world's leading megaregions, but the gap between Bangkok and local communities is only getting bigger. Politics, culture, and capital are all concentrated in Bangkok, and the local community is so weak that it has become normal for a long time. This workshop will attempt to revitalize such a small community near Bangkok using design. We aim to revitalize society by clarifying the problems that society faces by creating new architectural design methods using local culture and wisdom.				Program cancelled due to COVID-19
Outbound	Department of Architecture	SHIMIZU Ikuro	Maejo University (Thailand) Chiang Mai University (Thailand)	Dec 2020
Chiang Mai, the ancient capital of northern Thailand, has a long history and a rich ecological environment that supports the kingship. In recent years, Chiang Mai has been losing its cultural landscape including traditional architecture due to rapid tourism development and ecosystem destruction. In this workshop, design surveys in Chiang Mai and its suburbs will be carried out and reveal such changes in the landscape, and while promoting concrete architectural design and landscapes, the local architecture and landscape will be restored and the local community will be activated.				Program cancelled due to COVID-19
Outbound	Department of Architecture	SHIMIZU Ikuro	Souphanouvong University (Laos))	Mar 2021
Laos, located on mainland Southeast Asia, is a multi-ethnic country with a nominal population of more than 50 ethnic groups, and until the 1980s it had shut down the country due to civil war and socialization. Recent reforms and opening-up on the economy have brought great benefits to the nation, such as the development of national land and infrastructure, but on the other hand, urbanization has progressed and cultural diversity has greatly fluctuated. In addition to knowing the traditional culture of Laos, this workshop aims to promote the sustainable use of traditional houses in the local community by renovating traditional houses.				Program cancelled due to COVID-19
Outbound	Department of Architecture	MINAMI Kazunobu	Huangshan University (China)	Oct 2020
Based on the experiences of the previous gPBL from 2015 to 2018, SIT and the partner Universities in China will organize an advanced design workshop such as the design studio for the restoration of the local historical village.				Program cancelled due to COVID-19
Outbound	Department of Planning, Architecture and Environmental Systems	ISHIKAWA Yuji	University of Canterbury (New Zealand)	Sep 2020
In this gPBL, students are going to visit to learn the latest seismic engineering in Christchurch, New Zealand with the University of Canterbury and the University of Auckland. Christchurch had experienced huge damage by means of the Christchurch earthquake in 2011. Indeed, several historical masonry buildings were collapsed. Although Christchurch has been struggling to recover from the damages of the Christchurch earthquake disaster, some new seismic technologies have applied practiced in Christchurch. Students can understand the Christchurch earthquake and the recovery planning and latest seismic technologies by representative chartered engineers, Professors, and students in New Zealand. Before visiting NZ, students have to learn Christchurch earthquake and the latest seismic technologies in Japan to discuss the different points with each country. Finally, attendance has to give an English presentation in New Zealand. I expect attendances to create an opportunity to know international engineering sense for their future activities.				Program cancelled due to COVID-19
Outbound	Department of Planning, Architecture and Environmental Systems	SUZUKI Shunji	Vienna University of Technology (Austria)	Sep 2020
Students of Shibaura Institute of Technology (SIT) and Students of Shibaura Institute of Technology (SIT) and Vienna University of Technology (TU Wien) will jointly form teams and work together on research and plan-making for the selected sites in Wien, on urban design, transportation, and management. SIT and TU-Wien have been developing mutual understanding and friendship by the gPBL since 2017, sending and hosting every other year. The program has received a high reputation from the participants of both universities. In 2020, the program is planned to be in late September and early October, for about 10 days. The participants will be; about 24 from SIT: undergraduate students from the department of planning-architecture-environmental systems and civil engineering, graduate students from architecture and construction engineering, and about 15 from TU-Wien, students from spacial planning.				Program cancelled due to COVID-19
Inbound	Department of Civil Engineering	INAZUMI Shinya	King Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi (Thailand) Kasetsart University (Thailand)	Feb 2021
# Purpose: Regarding disaster prevention and mitigation technologies that protect the geosphere from natural disasters (earthquake disasters and heavy rain disasters, etc.) common to Japan and Thailand, students who major in civil engineering at our university (SIT), Kasetsart University (KU) and King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi (KMUTT) will study solving various issues through global PBL. ## Activities: (1) Accept KU and KMUTT students and conduct gPBL. (2) Lectures on the Tokyo metropolitan area and the environment, and then conduct field visits to the geosphere disaster prevention facilities and research institutes to understand the current situation. In this way, basic information on gPBL is shared. (3) A group consisting of 5 people from 1 group will be organized, and a team of 5 people and 10 teams will be used to discuss problems, determine themes, and discuss solutions. (4) Make a final presentation in English, and each university teacher will comment on the results.				Program cancelled due to COVID-19
Inbound	Department of Architecture	AKAHORI Shinobu	Hanyang University (Republic of Korea)	Sep 2020
Hanyang University students visit SIT for a month to develop each students' skills for designing architecture by collaborating with foreign students and communicating with foreign students in English. Students will have a wider and deeper view of the city and architecture through this exchange program. During this program, students will have the opportunity to visit contemporary and historical architecture in Tokyo and Kyoto.				Program cancelled due to COVID-19
Inbound	Department of Architecture	SATO Hirosuke	Shih Chien University (Taiwan)	Sep 2020
This is a global workshop with Shin Chien University in Taiwan. Students of both universities will break into some mixed teams to make an architectural proposal. The future revitalization plan of the selected site based on the understanding of the history of the place and social change is the expected result. Students will gain better understandings of social and architectural history, learn how to collaborate with others, and improve their communication skills in English through the workshop.				Program cancelled due to COVID-19
Inbound	Department of Architecture	NISHIZAWA Taira	Moscow Institute of Architecture (Russia)	Sep 2020
Exchange program with MARHI (a), which will be held in Sept and Oct 2020, spend 4weeks designing a large international facility with a group. Each group normally consists of 4 students, 2 Russian and 2 Japanese. The official language is English. The final scheme should reach the quality of the graduate works in the master course.				Program cancelled due to COVID-19
Inbound	Department of Architecture	YAMASHIRO Satoru	Sapienza University of Roma (Italy)	Sep 2020
By exchange lesson with the University of Rome, Sapienza, Italy, practical training in architecture in English will be conducted in intensive classes. Experience design, tours, and various lectures in English to promote understanding of architecture in foreign languages. Aiming at the historical analysis of target cities, spatial understanding of major buildings, an inspection of design offices, and construction of new design (design and structure) guidelines. Improve English conversation skills and give qualifications to successful candidates only. Japanese students (about 10-15 people) join this workshop class with the University of Rome. Promote understanding of international architecture through the design, tour, and various lectures. While having the background of Japan and Italy, we will share the ability of new design while taking up the theme of disaster and architecture among countries that have a common ground as earthquake-prone countries.				Program cancelled due to COVID-19
Inbound	Department of Architecture	TANAKA Atsuko	The University of Sydney (Australia)	Jul 2020
The workshop students will be divided into mixed groups - with students from Sydney University and SIT, working together. The goal is for each group of students to understand the social and physical context of an area -Fukagawa in 2019 and Kanda in 2020 and understand how to create a designed response that emerges from and enriches that culture. The students will learn how to identify the ‘hidden context’ in the small, complex area in which many different un-connected activities take place. This project raises the question of how to respond to the context. The research done in this workshop will investigate the underlying histories and patterns of use and show how these complex areas are in fact clusters of coherent architecture. The project will bring together students and teachers from many different countries - many of the Sydney-based students were born in other parts of Asia, and the teachers will be from Japan, Australia, and Britain. Therefore, a uniquely broad range of different perspectives, and experiences, will under-lay the study.				Program cancelled due to COVID-19
Inbound	Department of Architecture	MINAMI Kazunobu	Huangshan University (China)	Sep 2020
The teachers and students from the partnership University in China will visit SIT and participate in the gPBL program with SIT students. In the previous program, students visited the construction sites and factories of the most advanced Japanese construction and housing projects.				Program cancelled due to COVID-19

Mathematical Sciences

Online	Department of Mathematical Sciences	FUKUDA Akiko NAKATSU Tomonori	Institut Teknologi Sepuluh Nopember (Indonesia)	Nov 2020
In this program, we will conduct global PBL to solve the problems of Indonesia by a mathematical approach. First, the lecturer will give an explanation of subjects and lecturers on some methods for analysis. After that, we make a group with several students of ITS and SIT and work for solving problems for each group, and finally give presentations for results. Through this program, students will understand various problems of Indonesia, improve global communication skills, and improve skills for solving problems using mathematical knowledge. Also, students can cultivate a global perspective through intercultural exchanges through activities such as sightseeing, simple Indonesian language courses, and local traditional dance.				Report
Inbound	Department of Mathematical Sciences	SHIMIZU Kenichi	University of Guam (United States)	Jun 2020
In this program, we will conduct an inbound PBL for undergraduate students of the University of Guam (UoG). UoG and SIT students are divided into small groups, perform group work on mathematical sciences and mathematics education, and give a presentation of the discussions. Also, students will be able to participate in English classes concerning mathematical sciences at the Omiya campus of SIT, visit facilities in the Tokyo area related to mathematical science and technology, and conduct activities aimed at introducing Japanese culture to UoG students, as well as sightseeing and social gatherings, in order to interact with each other.				Program cancelled due to COVID-19

Bioscience

Outbound	Department of Bioscience and Engineering	ZULKHARNAIN Bin Azham	Malaysia-Japan International Institute of Technology (Malaysia)	Mar 2021
The first gPBL program designed especially for Bioscience course students in the Department of Bioscience and Engineering, SIT. This gPBL program will take place in Malaysia-Japan International Institute of Technology (MJIIT) in Kuala Lumpur for 10 days in early March. SIT students will be working together with Malaysian students to understand and scientifically investigate the environmental pollution issues in the metropolitan city of Kuala Lumpur.				Program cancelled due to COVID-19
Inbound	Department of Bioscience and Engineering	FUKUI Koji	University Malaysia Sarawak (Malaysia)	Aug 2020
This is the 6th gPBL with University Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS) involving bioscience students. Every year during summer break, SIT students will be presented with an opportunity to work together with students in UNIMAS to solve problems related to biotechnology. Previously, students were given the task to solve problems such as investigate food safety, propose how to solve energy crisis with biotechnology, investigate mass fish death, and more. Students will also have the opportunity to experience different environments and cultures by engaging with the diverse ethnicity of the Malaysian people. Participating students will be assessed to measure how this program has impacted them.				Program cancelled due to COVID-19

Design

Online	Department of Engineering and Design	YANG Wonseok	Nanyang Polytechnic (Singapore) Sangmyung University (Republic of Korea) Future University Hakodate (Japan)	Oct 2020
Nanyang Polytechnic, Sangmyung University, Future University Hakodate: 「International Virtual Design Workshop 2020」Based on the aims of nurturing global designers that represent Asia. This time, due to the influence of Corona, it was held online using zoom, and the theme was pandemic. It was the first commotion I experienced in my life, and I had a lot of interesting ideas and feasible ideas.				Report
Online	Department of Engineering and Design Department of Electronic Information Systems	HIDAKA Kyoko MIYOSHI Takumi	Assumption University (Thailand)	Nov 2020
[Theme] Ubiquitous Lighting (Designing Interactive Art Lighting Online) (1) [6 Weeks] 11/16 (Mon) - 12/21 (Mon), 2nd Period (11:00 - 12:30 JST) Participated in an online lecture at the Faculty of Architecture and Design, Thailand Assumption University Instructor: Joe Suphawong Reference website: http://www.joexposure.com/ (2) [Mid-term report] Submit mid-term report in early January Work prototype or blueprint (3) [Exhibition] 1/30-2/7=Bangkok Design Week (I can't go there because it's in Bangkok, Thailand.) Reference website: https://www.bangkokdesignweek.com/ (4) [Preparation and participation in a one-day symposium: Online symposium to be held in the week of February 8] Guest Speaker Discussion, Student Work Presentations, Questions Simultaneous live streaming in the Assumption University Auditorium and a proceedings booklet will be published Host: Shibaura Campus and Hidaka Lab. Reference website: https://bit.ly/3c6NpEE				Report
Online	Department of Engineering and Design	YANG Wonseok YOSHITAKE Ryoji	Kookmin University (Republic of Korea)	Feb 2021
“Design Workshop Through Different Cultural Experiences” Kookmin University and Shibaura Institute of Technology College of Engineering and Design held a workshop in Tokyo with the objective to exchange and cooperate with others by creating opportunities to experience different cultures and creating common values.				Report
Outbound	Department of Engineering and Design	ASHIZAWA Yusuke	King Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi (Thailand)	Jan 2021
Design Workshop that will be held in KMUTT at Thai with various Asian universities. It takes 10 days and makes some design proposals through fieldwork and some presentation.				Program cancelled due to COVID-19
Outbound	Department of Engineering and Design	SHIMADA Akira	Hanoi University of Science and Technology (Vietnam)	Feb 2021
The program addresses the function enhancement of a line tracing robot at Hanoi University of Science and Technology (HUST). It consists of individual work to implement a line tracing robot (Mission 1) and group work to propose and develop advanced functions of the robot (Mission2). Mission1 focuses on both hardware and software development of a line tracing robot and time trials on the specified courses are held. In Mission2, the work is done in a team with HUST students and the participants are required to propose new functions of the robot. If necessary, they can go to the electronic parts shop to get additional devices and sensors. At the end of the program, the deliverables are evaluated based on the presentation and demonstration.				Program cancelled due to COVID-19
Outbound	Department of Engineering and Design	HASHIDA Noriko	Politecnico di Milano (Italy)	Apr 2020
With Milan techie, I perform a design workshop. As for the theme, "what is the charm of the manufacturing of Japan?"I push forward the manufacturing project using the technique of the medium and small-sized business of Tokyo now. I investigate a point about a charm of the Japanese manufacturing in an example with Tokyo medium and small-sized business (Tokyo east credit association), a study plan, the trial product which technique and the Shibaura Institute of Technology life of design engineering department) Japan designed. From each other's different viewpoints, I make the charm of the manufacturing of Japan clear and tie it to suggestions. A world design product is displayed during a period of Salone del Mobile Milano during this period. I inspect these and investigate them and make use of suggestions.				Program cancelled due to COVID-19
Outbound	Department of Engineering and Design	YANG Wonseok	Kookmin University (Republic of Korea) University of UlsanRepublic of Korea (Republic of Korea) Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (Republic of Korea)	May 2020
"Design Workshop Through Different Cultural Experiences": Shibaura Institute of Technology, College of Engineering and Design visited Korea for workshops with the purpose of exchanging and cooperating by creating opportunities for understanding and common values through experiences of intercultural experience with Kookmin University and the Department of Product Environment Design at Ulsan University.				Program cancelled due to COVID-19
Outbound	Department of Engineering and Design	YANG Wonseok	University of Illinois (The United States)	Sep 2020
Department of Art & Design at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and College of Engineering of Design at Shibaura Institute of Technology conducts workshops to interact and collaborate in order to create mutual understanding and sharing new value.				Program cancelled due to COVID-19
Inbound	Department of Engineering and Design	HASHIDA Noriko	King Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi (Republic of Korea)	Aug 2020
This program has been conducted chiefly by Yang Lab. and Hashida Lab. (Dept. of Engineering and Design). In 2020, the program was held by three Asian countries; South Korea, Thailand, and Japan. This year, Taiwan will join the program, so that it will be held by four Asian countries. The content of the program will be along with the past ones. It will be group ideation held in Shibaura Campus.				Program cancelled due to COVID-19
Inbound	Department of Engineering and Design	NODA Natsuko	Prince of Songkla University, Phuket Campus (Thiland)	Feb 2021
In this gPBL, you learn "to think using models" in designing, which is one of the most important keys in the development of products and systems. At first, you learn the basics of various modeling techniques such as UML, and then consider and evaluate what you want to make, what should be made, and what kind of structure realize what you designed. The ability of modelling from various viewpoints is very useful not only for software development but also for designing in many fields. Let's learn "thinking with models" together with Thai students.				Program cancelled due to COVID-19
Inbound	Department of Engineering and Design	SAWA Takekazu	Seoul National University of Science and Technology (Republic of Korea)	Feb 2021
The department of design engineering will have the workshop with the SEOUL TECH Design Engineering department. The theme is that think about the useful functions and the high added value of industrial products. The contents are as follows, Orientation, field survey, group work, intermediate presentation, company tour, panel discussion, final presentation.				Program cancelled due to COVID-19

Multidisciplinary

Online	Department of Machinery and Control Systems Department of Electronic Information Systems Department of Information and Communications Engineering	HASEGAWA Hiroshi WATANABE Dai MANO Kazunori YAMAZAKI Atsuko	Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa (Portugal) King Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi(Thailand) Suranaree University of Technology(Thailand) Chiang Mai University (Thailand) UCSI University (Malaysia) Universidade do Minho (Portugal) Universidad de Navarra (Spain) University of Vigo (Spain) Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia do Maranhão (Brazil)	Jul 2020
The overall goal of the Cross-cultural Engineering Project (CEP) at EURO is innovation creation. Successful students in this course will acquire the integrated capacity of problem-solving, which is required when they work as a member of an international and/or interdisciplinary team, through integrated problem-solving experience in CEP course, whereby students would be triggered by setting their own theme selected from suggested keywords by the lecturers, then exposed to hands-on experience on “Systems thinking”, “Systems Method”, and “Systems Management”. To acquire the integrated capacity of problem-solving, which is required when they work as a member of an international and/or interdisciplinary team, through integrated problem-solving experience in the Global PBL course.				Report
Online	Department of Machinery and Control Systems Department of Electronic Engineering Department of Electronic Information Systems Department of Information and Communications Engineering Department of Architecture and Environment Systems	HASEGAWA Hiroshi WATANABE Dai MURAKAMI Kayoko INOUE Masahiro YOKEMURA Taketoshi MANO Kazunori YAMAZAKI Atsuko ICHIKAWA Manabu	Suranaree University of Technology (Thailand) Hanoi University of Science and Technology (Vietnam) Institut Teknologi Sepuluh Nopember (Indonesia) UCSI University (Malaysia) Institute of Engineering and Technology, Mongolia (Mongolia)	Dec 2020
The mixed team of multinational, and interdisciplinary fields performs synthetic problem solving based on Systems Thinking and methods. The overall goal of the Global, Industrial, and Community Cooperative Project Based Learning (GIC2 PBL) is synthetic problem solving to industrial and community problems. Additionally, Oh My God (OMG) experience as improvisation education is performed for getting the creative adaptation skill to unexpected changes in a project. Successful students in the program will acquire the integrated capacity of problem-solving, which is required when they work as a member of an international and/or interdisciplinary team, through synthetic problem-solving experience in GIC2 PBL program, whereby students would be triggered by setting their own theme selected from suggested keywords by the lecturers, then exposed to hands-on experience on “Systems thinking”, “Systems Method”, and “Systems Management”.				Report
Online	Department of Electronic Information Systems	MANO Kazunori	King Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi (Thailand)	Feb 2021
This program aims to acquire comprehensive problem-solving skills through exercises by international and interdisciplinary project teams. At the global PBL, Shibaura Institute of Technology graduate students (and some undergraduate 3, 4 graduate students) and KMUTT students organize project teams. The project themes are set from keywords related to society widely such as environment, health, welfare, life, etc. including SDGs. In order to realize the themes, students will solve comprehensive problems by using concepts and techniques of "systems thinking", "systems methods", and "systems management". The implementation program of this gPBL consists of (1) ice break and team formation, (2) theme determination, requirement analysis, and target setting, (3) formulation of an evaluation plan and budget plan, (4) design review, (5) plan activities based on field research and prototype development, (6) final presentation.				-
Online	Department of Electronic Information Systems Department of Machinery and Control Systems Department of Planning, Architecture and Environmental Systems	NAKAI Yutaka MUTO Masayoshi ICHIKAWA Manabu	Institut Teknologi Bandung (Indonesia)	Feb 2021
This program is mainly organized by NAKAI Laboratory, Department of Systems Engineering and Science in SIT and is aimed at activating collaborative research and student mobility between ITB(Institut Teknologi Bandung) and SIT. The theme of the gPBL is "Social Solution based on Data Science", based on machine learning. The program is divided into three activities, that is, gPBL, cultural exchange, and research institute visit.				Report
Outbound	Department of Engineering and Design	KATO Kyoko	King Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi (Thailand) Panyapiwat Institute of Management (Thailand)	Feb 2021
In this program, students will propose Kaizen ideas that improve a production system of a factory owned by a Thai company. In the process, students make cross-border teams to 1) visit and observe an actual workplace (the factory) to identify problems, 2) develop Kaizen ideas based on their observations, 3) try out their ideas, and 4) finalize and present their Kaizen proposals. Because of its 1) applicability to students regardless of their age, gender, and work experience, 2) the excellent partnership with PIM, KMUTT, and companies in Japan and Thailand, and 3) providing the opportunity for students to see “real-world” problems, this program earned quite positive reputations among students.				Program cancelled due to COVID-19