Activity records of Takahashi Lab. [FY: 2017]
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Activities in 2017 (School year: Apr.2017 - Mar.2018)
26th, Mar, 2018 Graduation ceremony & farewell party
On March in 2018, Hiroki Kitamura and Andile Maqhuzu completed doctor course with doctor degree and master course with master degree, respectively.
Congratulation!
5 years passed since Kitamura joined our research group as a master student.
Hiroki Kitamura works in National Institute for Environmental Studies (NIES) and Andile Maqhuzu goes to doctor course.
March is always happy, delightful, but a little sad season for Takahashi.
In the farewell party, I gave one message to all graduates of my group as well as Yoshikawa lab. and Tokimatsu lab.
I strongly wish all graduates will make my message true in the future.
26th, Mar, 2018 Doctor research interim presentation
Shenglei Lin made his interim presentation of doctor research.
He will give final presentation on late Jun, 2018. It's reaching the important stage to finalize doctor research.
His thesis will be examined by Department of environmental science and technology, Interdisciplinary graduate school of Science and Engineering.
After that, new doctor thesis will be examined by Major in Global Engineering for Development, Environment and Society, Department of Transdisciplinary Science and Engineering, School of Environment and Society.
Very confusing.
23rd, Mar, 2018 Excellent poster award! @Kanto branch workshop of JSMCWM, Tokyo
Takahashi lab. memberts, Dr. Kunta, 8 doctoral students (Kitamura, Lin, Song, Baskoro, Jiang, Tshumah-Mutingwende, Leeabai, Astryd) and 4 master students (Maqhuzu, Tian, Adisti, Dilshati) made their poster presentations in Kanto branch workshop of Japan Society of Material Cycles and Waste Management (JSMCWM) in the headquarters office of Obayashi construction corporation.
Hiroki Kitamura, Shenglei Lin, and Rosamond Tshumah-Mutingwende won excellent poster awards.
Congratulation!
Hiroki Kitamura successfully won excellent poster award 4 times in Kanto-branch workshop in recent 4 years.
Shenglei Lin completed excellent poster award for all of JSMCWM conferences (Spring conference in 2015, annual conference (autumn) in 2017, and Kanto-branch workshop).
Rosamond Tshumah-Mutingwende won 3 awards, 2 excellent poster awards and 1 excellent presentation award, in this fiscal year (FS:2017).
Very productive year for them!
12-16th, Mar, 2018 DT-13/ICAL-3 @Puducherry, India
Shenglei Lin made his oral presentation in Desert Technology-XIII/International conference on Arid Land-III @Puducherry, India.
So terrible troubles happened. Hard trip!
25th, Feb, 2018 Erich returned back Austria
Erich Neuwirth, came from TU Wien and stayed in our group for 6 months, went back Austria.
His final task is master thesis completion based on experiments and analyisis here.
During Takahashi and Lin visited Cambodia, other members had farewell party for him.
22-26th, Feb, 2018 Landfill site survey in Cambodia
After the international seminar of Urban Water Project (PI: Prof. Yoshimura, Tokyo Tech) in Phnom Penh, Takahashi and Lin visited a landfill site in Siem Reap for on-site survey, where is famous for Angkor monument.
We visited there with Prof. Takemura in Civil Engineering department, Tokyo Tech, Prof. Tanchuling in University of the Philippines Diliman, Prof. Ratha and Prof. Boreborey in Institute of Technology of Cambodia.
All wastes generated by Angkor tourists is going to this landfill site. Therefore, it is a negative aspect of tourism industry in Siem Reap.
After the field trip, we visited Angkor.
Excellent, and too hot!
19th, Feb, 2018 Best paper award in environmental engineering research
A peer-review paper of Tahakashi, published in Journal of Japan Society of Civil Engineers-G and presented in 54th Environmental Engineering Research Forum in Gifu University, was selected for best paper award.
It's a great honor! Thanks a lot.
17th, Feb, 2018 Reunion of the alumni/alumnae of Yoshikawa, Takahashi and Tokimatsu lab.
Alumnae and Alumni of Yoshikawa, Takahashi and Tokimatsu lab. reunited. This reunion party would be hosted every 2 years.
Mr. Nakai and Mr. Fong joined the party. Nice to meet you again!
Around 80 persons enjoyed it.
13th, Feb, 2018 Final presentation for master degree
Andile Maqhuzu made the final presentation for master degree.
He is one of the first master course graduates since GEDES started.
Good and hard works in 2-year master course! He goes to doctor course since April, 2018.
31st, Jan, 2018 GEDES workshop on students' activities
Global Engineering course for Development, Environment and Society, GEDES, gives credits to student activities inside/outside campus such as presentation in international conference, field survey, internship, and teaching assistant.
4 doctoral students of Takahashi lab. (Baskoro, Jiang, Tshuma-Mutingwende, and Astryd) reported their TA activities and presentations in international conferences.
In GEDES, doctoral students need to get 6 credits through such activities for graduation.
What problems did they face? How to overcome? What improvements? How to make use of experiences? High presentation skill is requried to report them within limited time and limited presentation slides.
20th, Jan, 2018 Paper accepted ( J. Water Process Engineering )
The first paper of Irwin Maulana, who completed master course on March, 2017, was accepted for publication in Journal of Water Process Engineering.
Congratulation!
16th, Jan, 2018 Visit from Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB)
Prof. Soewondo, Prof. Setiyawan, and students in Bandung Institute of Technology visited us.
We had a small workshop for information exchange. Kunta, Song, Jiang, Baskoro, and Astryd presented their research works there.
Because Takahashi has never been to ITB yet, he wish for an opportunity to visit ITB in the near future.
5th, Jan, 2018 Doctor research final presentation
Hiroki Kitamura made final presentation of his dotor research works.
When his works are approved in thesis defense on Feb., he will get doctor degree. It's 5-year compilation since master course.
Xth, Dec, 2017 Birthday
Takahashi lab members celebrated the birthday of Dr. Takahashi.
Birthday presents are coffee set and thermo mags. They are very helpful for Takahashi owing to his huge consumption of coffee everyday.
Some time ago, Takahashi said that he wanted to change his mobile phone to iPhone X®. Hand-made iPhone X cake was also presented to him.
Thank you very much!
8th, Dec, 2017 Year-end party
3 laboratories (Yoshikawa, Tokimatsu and Takahashi lab.) had a year-end party jointly in an Indian restaurant near our campus and Suzukakedai station.
Takahashi has never known this restaurant since he joined Tokyo Tech in 2012.
Near is better!
17-19th, Nov, 2017 54th Environmental engineering research forum of JSCE @Gifu
Fumitake Takahashiand Hiroki Kitamura made their oral presentations in 54th Environmental research forum in Gifu, organized by Japan Society of Civil Engineers (JSCE).
It was the first visit to Gifu University, the venue of this forum.
7th, Nov, 2017 Paper accepted in Applied Environmental Research (Thailand)
Proceeding papers of Tshumah-Mutingwende and Maqhuzu presented in EnvironmentAsia2017 in Bangkok were invited to Applied Environmental Research, which is peer-review English journal in Thailand, and finally accepted in this journal.
Congratulation!
As education policy, Takahashi requests all students to make presentations in international conferences as much as possible aiming for presentation skill improvement.
As the next step for better education, Takahashi might focus more on how to train students to improve conference proceeding papers to publishable level in peer-review journals.
Congratulation!
As education policy, Takahashi requests all students to make presentations in international conferences as much as possible aiming for presentation skill improvement.
As the next step for better education, Takahashi might focus more on how to train students to improve conference proceeding papers to publishable level in peer-review journals.
26-28th, Oct, 2017 Excellent presentation/poster award! @2017 CHINA-JAPAN-KOREA Joint Symposium on Energy and Environment, Dalian
5 students of Takahashi lab. (Kitamura, Lin, Tshumah-Mutingwende, Astryd, Maqhuzu) and Takahashi made their presentations in 2017 CHINA-JAPAN-KOREA Joint Symposium on Energy and Environment in Dalian, China.
Hiroki Kitamura and Rosamond Tshumah-Mutingwende were awarded Excellent presentation award. In addition, Andile Blessings Maqhuzu was awarded Excellent poster award.
In this year, it was 2nd time award for Tshumah-Mutingwende followed by excellent poster award in Korea-Japan joint session, Korea Society of Waste Management.
Congratulation!
24-27th, Oct, 2017 4th Final Sinks @Kyoto
Baskoro Lokahita made his poster presentation in 4th International Conference on Final Sinks, Kyoto.
Conference dinner was said to be great, but unfortunately no photo!
10th, Oct, 2017 Welcome party
Yoshikawa lab., Tokimatsu lab. and Takahashi lab jointly host welcome party for new students.
It was in a Japanse food restaurant, Izakaya style.
27th, Sep, 2017 GEDES workshop on student activities and welcome party
Global Engineering course for Development, Environment and Society, GEDES, gives credits to student activities inside/outside campus such as presentation in international conference, field survey, internship, and teaching assistant.
To get credits, students need to make presentations on their activities in the workshop and report submission.
5 students of Takahashi lab. (Song, Jiang, Tshuma-Mutingwende, Astryd, and Maqhuzu) reported their presentations and discussion in international conferences and presented their findings.
After GEDES workshop, our course hosted welcome party for newcomer students enrolled on Sep, 2017.
Students who reported in the workshop also joined the party.
Unfortunately, Takahashi forgot taking photos.
25th, Sep, 2017 New students joined Takahashi lab.!
Astryd Viandila Dahlan and Tatiya Wannomai completed master course and half-year Japanese language intensive course, respectively.
They enrolled to doctor course.
Dilnazi Dilshati and Giun Jo joined Takahashi lab. as master students.
Patcharanat Kaewmee also joined our group as half-year Japanese language intensive course student and would enroll to doctor course on April, 2018
In addition, Erich Michael Neuwirth joined us as an exchange student from TU Wien. He would stay here for 6 months.
Everyone, welcome to Takahashi lab!
Our group has 16 students now. One more exchange student from Finland would join us on Jan, 2018.
In our group, doctoral students are much more than master students. In waste recycle research field, it might be distinguished all over the world.
22nd, Sep, 2017 Doctor research interim presentation
Hiroki Kitamura made his interim presentation of doctor research.
He will have final presentation on Jan. 2018.
16-20th, Sep, 2017 Best presentation/poster award! @8th China-Japan Joint Conference on Material Recycling and Solid Waste Management, Hangzhou
Takahashi, Kitamura, Lin, Song, Jiang, and Tian made their presentations in 8th China-Japan Joint Conference on Material Recycling and Solid Waste Management in Hangzhou.
Shenglei Lin and Mengzhu Song were awarded Best presentation award and Best poster award, respectively!
Two weeks ago, Lin won Excellent poster award in 28th annual conference of JSMCWM. He got awards twice in September.
Congratulation, Lin and Song!
After the conference, students visited Wuchen and other site-seeing places.
In contrast, Takahashi returned back Japan soon without excursion as usual. Too tight schedule!
8th, Sep, 2017 Paper accepted in Journal of JSCE!
A paper written by Fumitake Takahashi was accepted in Journal of Japan Society of Civil Engineers-G:Environment (JSCE).
It is his first paper with only single author.
It is his first paper with only single author.
6-8th, Sep, 2017 Excellent poster award! @28th annual conference of JSMCWM, Tokyo
Takahashi Lab. members (12 in total) made their presentations in 28th annual conference of Japan Society of Material Cycles and Waste Management in Ookayama caumpus, Tokyo Institute of Technology.
They were Takahashi, Kunta, Kitamura, Lin, Song, Baskoro, Jiang, Tshumah-Mutingwende, Astryd, Maqhuzu, Tian, and Adisti.
Our University, Tokyo Tech, was the host institution. Therefore, Takahashi lab. members paid much effort to conference preparation and management. Thank you for your great contributions.
In this time, Shenglei Lin won Excellent poster award!
It is his second award after he got his first award in 2016 spring conference.
At the same time, award for excellent poster presentation in Korea-Japan joint session by Korea Society of Waste Management (KSWM) was also announced. Rosamond Tshumah-Mutingwende won it!
Takahashi was very glad that double awards came to his members. Congratulation, Lin and Rosa!
28th Aug, 2017 Paper accepted in Journal of JSCE!
A paper written by Hiroki Kitamura was accepted in Journal of Japan Society of Civil Engineers-G:Environment (JSCE).
Congratulation!
Congratulation!
21-24th, Aug, 2017 ICAE2017 @Cardiff
Muhammad Kunta Biddinika and Maqhuzu Andile Blessings made oral presentations in 9th International Conference on Applied Energy "ICAE2017" in Cardiff, UK.
3rd, Aug, 2017 Master thesis final presentation @Dept. of Environmental Science and Technology
Astryd Viandila Dahlan made her final presentation of master thesis.
It summarized two-year research results and findings. Good presentation!
In our team, Astryd is the last graduate of master course in the department of Environmental Science and Technology.
She enrolls doctor course of the new education curriculum, GEDES, from this October.
2nd, Aug, 2017 Master course interim presentation
Yu Tian and Nisrina Adisti Karina made their interim presentations of master studies in GEDES.
(GEDES: Graduate major in Global Engineering for Development, Environment, and Society)
We had master thesis final presentation, which was old education curriculum, next day.
Although it is in transitional phase from old to new education curriculum, it is confusing for both faculty and students.
16-21st, Jul, 2017 ICMGP2017 @Providence, Rhode Island
Fumitake Takahashi made his poster presentation in 12th International Conference on Mercury as Global Pollutant "ICMGP2017" in Providence, Rhode Island, US.
As recently usual, it was on a tight schedule for 2 nigths 3 days.
21-23rd, Jun, 2017 EnvironmentAsia2017 @Bangkok
Rosamond Tshumah-Mutingwende and Andile B. Maqhuzu presented their research works in 4th EnvironmentAsia International Conference on Practical Global Policy and Environmental Dynamics "EnvironmentAsia2017" in Bangkok, Thailand.
21-24th, Jun, 2017 ATHENS2017 @Athens
Hiroki Kitamura made his oral presentation in 5th International Conference on Sustainable Solid Waste Management "ATHENS2017" in Athens, Greece.
2nd, Jun, 2017 2017 Spring conference of JSMCWM @Kawasaki
Dr. Kunta and 10 doctor/master students (Kitamura, Lin, Song, Baskoro, Jiang, Tshumah-Mutingwende, Astryd, Maqhuzu, Tian, Karina) made their poster presentations in Spring conference of Japan Society of Material Cycles and Waste Management (JSMCWM).
Ms. Watanabe, 2nd-year undergraduate student, also presented experimental results which she did in a class, "Processes for creation in science and technology", for 1st-year undergraduate students.
Presentation by 2nd-year undergraduate student migth be the youngest record in JSMCWM.
Unfortunately, nobody could win excellent award in spite of good quality of posters.
Look forward and try it again in annual conference of JSMCWM in Ookayama campus of Tokyo Tech on September!
14th, May, 2017 Paper Accepted! ( Applied Energy )
The first paper of Lokahita Baskoro on Tetra Pak waste recycle was accepted in Applied Energy.
Congratulation!
11th, May, 2017 Excellent poster award! @21st Korea-Japan joint international session, Spring conference of KSWM @Jeonju
As an annual affair, we joined Korea-Japan joint session in Spring conference of Korea Society of Waste Management.
In this year, almost all of our group members, 12 persons in total, made their presentations.
Full members' presentation in the same conference has been the first since 3RIncs in Hanoi, Vietnum in 2015.
As usual, we enjoyed small gift lottery in the conference dinner. In this time, Kunta and Lin got gifts. Congratulation!
Excellent poster award will be announced in annual conference of Japan Society of Material Cycles and Waste Management, which will be organized in Ookayama campus, Tokyo Tech. Can our member win the award?
--> Tshumah-Mutingwende won the award. Congratulation! [7th Sep. 2017]
8th, May, 2017 Welcome party
3 laboratories, Takahashi, Yoshikawa, and Tokimatsu lab., hosted welcome party jointly.
Although Dr. Takahashi would join it, he needed to give up owing to uncompleted works.
Why nobody took pictures of the party?
14th, Apr. 2017 Visit to Seoul Tech
Owing to a good opportunity and as a return of their visit to Tokyo Tech on Feb. 2017, we visited Prof. Phae and Prof. Lim in Seoul Tech.
Prof. Chae-gun Phae is our alumnus. He got doctor degree in Tokyo Tech.
In his lab., each student is in charge of his/her research project and advances it by him/herself. It is Prof. Phae's education concept.
When his students hunt jobs, their rich project-based experiences are valued highly by companies.
This way is attractive to successfully combine education with research.
However, it requests supervisors to get research funds for each student and have high ability to balanace student initiative and research progress. Hard but necessary skill for me.
12-13th, Apr. 2017 iwwg-ARB2017 @Seoul
8 members of Takahashi lab. (Takahashi, Kunta, Kitamura, Lin, Song, Jiang, Astryd and Maqhuzu) made their presentations in 3rd iwwg-ARB confernece "iwwg-ARB2017" in Seoul.
In our group photo, Prof. Xiaoming Wang, Chongqing Univ. joined us. Thank you!
In the conference party, Kitamura hit a lottery and got a small gift.
He also won a lottery in Korea-Japan joint session of KSWM one year ago. He has good luck in Korea. Let's buy big lottery tickets in Korea!
1st Apr. 2017 Doctor course enrollment and new students
Qiuhui Jiang entered doctor course from master course.
Two new students join our group, Rosamond R.M.S. Tshumah-Mutingwende in doctor course and Tatiya Wannomai as a research student. Wannomai will enroll in doctor couse on Oct. 2017. Welcome!
11 of total 12 students are foreign students in our group. Engish is the common language.
Let's make this school year successful!
First joint seminar in FY2017 with Yoshikawa and Tokimatsu lab.
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