Qdai-mail Tsushin #087
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Friday, April 25, 2025
Kyushu U's CONNECT Issue 6: Our annual English university magazine is available from the link below!
https://www.kyushu-u.ac.jp/en/university/publicity/publications/connect
Kyushu U Connect: Keep up to date on how Kyushu U is engaging with society.
https://www.kyushu-u.ac.jp/en/university/connect/
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**Topics
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* Engineering students from Kyushu University take part in US semiconductor training
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From March 5 to 17, 2025, six students from the School of Engineering and four from the Graduate School of Information Science and Electrical Engineering participated in a 10-day semiconductor education program at Boise State University in Idaho, United States (U.S.). The program was part of the Japan-U.S. University Partnership for Workforce Advancement and Research & Development in Semiconductors (UPWARDS).
https://www.kyushu-u.ac.jp/en/topics/view/634
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* Kyushu University Forum "KYUDAI NOW" in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam was held
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The Kyushu University Forum "KYUDAI NOW" was held in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, on Wednesday, March 19, 2025, following its inaugural event in Hanoi in 2023. The forum aims to showcase Kyushu University's latest research across various disciplines, strengthen connections with its alumni, and build networks with individuals engaged in education, industry, and local government in both Vietnam and Japan. The event gathered approximately 100 participants, including Kyushu University alumni, individuals with study experience in Japan or aspirations to study there, professionals from private companies, and members of academia.
https://q-aos.kyushu-u.ac.jp/en/events/kyudai_now/6586/
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* Kyushu U ranks fifth in Times Higher Education Japan University Rankings 2025
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On April 3, 2025, the British higher education journal Times Higher Education (THE) announced the 2025 Japan University Rankings.
Kyushu University ranked fifth overall in Japan, moving up one place from the previous ranking (2023).
https://www.kyushu-u.ac.jp/en/topics/view/638
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* Trilateral collaboration with UIUC and NTU:Sustainability workshops held and new seed fund launched
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Kyushu University has been working to strengthen collaboration with its strategic partners—the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) and National Taiwan University (NTU)—since February 2024, following the establishment of a center under the UNIQ Trilateral Alliance framework.
From March 17 to March 19, a three-day in-person workshop titled "Smart, Sustainable, and Healthy Urban Futures – Interdisciplinary Approaches to Building Climate-Resilient Cities" was held at Kyushu University, with the Ito Campus serving as the main venue.
https://www.kyushu-u.ac.jp/en/topics/view/639
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**Research
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* Simulating the fluid dynamics of moving cells to map its location
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Utilizing numerical simulations, researchers have succeeded in recreating the fluid dynamics of flowing cells like blood or immune cells in the circulatory system. The team recreated the cells by programing them as deformable 'capsules' and placed them in a tube with a pulsating 'flow.' This in-silico model revealed that capsules will move to a specific position depending on two factors: the deformation of the capsule and the pulsation frequency.
https://www.kyushu-u.ac.jp/en/researches/view/334
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* A new Denisovan mandible from Taiwan
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Fukuoka, Japan—An international research team from Japan, Taiwan, and Denmark investigated the ancient protein sequences of Taiwan's oldest hominin fossil and discovered that it was derived from a male Denisovan individual. The discovery of the Denisovan fossil from Taiwan has revealed that they were widely distributed in Asia. The findings were published in the journal Science.
https://www.kyushu-u.ac.jp/en/researches/view/335
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**Notice
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* Kyushu University Library Collection to be designated as Japan's Important Cultural Property
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Fukuoka, Japan —A set of Japanese annotated Buddhist scriptures from more than a thousand years ago, the Golden Light Sutra (Japanese: Konkōmyōsaishōō-kyō, original title: Suvarṇaprabhāsottama-rāja-sūtra), housed in Kyushu University Library, is expected to be designated as an Important Cultural Property of Japan. This will be the third cultural property from Kyushu University to be recognized, and the first in around 50 years.
https://www.kyushu-u.ac.jp/en/notices/view/498
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* Associate Professor Daisuke Inoue's Microscope Work Wins the 2024 NIKON JOICO AWARD Special Art Prize
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Daisuke Inoue, Associate Professor in the Faculty of Design, Kyushu University, has received the Special Art Prize at the "2024 NIKON JOICO AWARD" for his microscope art work.
This award, organized by Nikon Solutions Co., Ltd., is a unique initiative that comprehensively evaluates the "artistic quality" and "academic value" of images captured through a microscope. In the field of biology, the astonishingly beautiful patterns and colors created by the minute structures of life are captured alongside scientific discoveries, while from an artistic perspective, their visual appeal and creativity take center stage. This fusion of bio and art serves as a catalyst for sparking new inspiration.
https://www.design.kyushu-u.ac.jp/en/topics/27130/
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* Kyushu University showcases carbon-neutral research at Expo 2025
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Kyushu University's Direct Air Capture and Utilization device (known as DAC-U) is in development as part of a NEDO-Moonshot Project, led by Professor Shigenori Fujikawa from the International Institute for Carbon-Neutral Energy Research (WPI-I²CNER) and Research Center for Negative Emissions Technologies (K-NETs) at Kyushu University.
This is the carbon neutral vision laid out in Kyushu University's exhibit, which is part of the "Future Society Showcase" at Expo 2025, Osaka, Kansai, Japan, open from April 13 to October 13, 2025. The exhibit is installed in the largest demonstration carbon capture test plant in Japan, which visitors to Expo 2025 can tour by reservation.
https://www.kyushu-u.ac.jp/en/notices/view/502
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**Event
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* Kyushu University EU Centre "Jean Monnet CoE Kyushu, Third Stage (JMCoE-Q3) Kick-off Seminar" <Hybrid>
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Date: 2025.4.24 [Thu] 15:50 – 17:20
The Kyushu University EU Centre has started a new project, the "Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence-Kyushu, Third Stage (JMCoE-Q3)." The project is funded by the EU Erasmus+ and will run from December 2024 to November 2027. As a kick-off seminar, on Thursday 24 April, Prof. David Ramiro Troitiño from Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia, will give a lecture entitled 'e-Governance and e-Democracy in the European Union'. (Hybrid format, with consecutive interpretation, free of charge).
https://www.kyushu-u.ac.jp/en/events/view/554
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* Q-AOS Brown Bag Seminar Series
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Date: Every Wednesday 12:10 – 12:50
Every Wednesday during lunch, learn about research related to SDGs in Asian and Oceanian regions and expand your research network at the Q-AOS Brown Bag Seminar Series. The webinar is free, available in English and Japanese, and open to everyone!
https://www.kyushu-u.ac.jp/en/events?tag_id=2
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