Kumamoto University Japan hosts 4th
WCSET-2015
24 October 2015,
Press Release
The Graduate School
of Science and Technology (GSST) of Kumamoto
University, Japan hosted the 4th World
Conference on Applied Sciences, Engineering
and Technology of the Basha Research
Corporation (BRCORP) during 24-26 October
2015. The conference was inaugurated by Mr.
Hiromitsu Yagi, Secretary General of
Kumamoto International Foundation (KIF)
Kumamoto City Government. The conference
proceedings with ISBN was released by Prof.
Kazuki Takashima, Vice-President of Kumamoto
University. Prof. Jun Otani, Dean of GSST
gave the welcome note and Dr. ASN
Chakravarthy, Chief Technology Officer of
BRCORP gave the inaugural address in
presence of Conference Chair Prof. Shuichi
Torii, Assistant Director, Kumamoto
University and Co-Chair Prof. Katta
Venkataramana, Dean-Academics, National
Institute of Technology (NIT-Karnataka).
Prof. Mitsuyo Kishida, Director for
International Joint-Education Program (IJEP)
introduced the GSST and courses offered at
Kumamoto University in English. She also
mentioned the status of Kumamoto University
as Top Global University according to the
Ministry of Education, Japan
Mr. Hiromitsu Yagi introduced the Kumamoto
International Foundation which supports the
foreign nationals residing at Kumamoto City
with its international cooperation
activities.
Mr. Richard Meribe, Student President of
Kumamoto University International Students'
Association (KUMISA) introduced the
activities of foreign students inside
Kumamoto University.
Some of the notable speakers at WCSET-2015
were: Prof. Mitsuru Kikuchi, Advisor for
Fusion Research and Development, Japan
Atomic Energy Agency, Prof. Wybe Kuitert,
Seoul National University, South Korea,
Prof. Cheng-Hsin Chuang, Southern Taiwan
University of Science and Technology,
Taiwan, Prof. Hideaki Ohgaki, Kyoto
University, Japan, Prof. Amde M. Amde,
University of Maryland, USA, Prof. Kyuro
Sasaki, Kyushu University, Japan, Prof. Tae
Seong Kim, Kyung Hee University, South Korea
and Dr. Shiva Das Sivasubramaniam,
Nottingham Trent University, United Kingdom.
Special Session on Nuclear Fusion for Power
Generation was organized during the
conference which included lectures by Prof.
Hiroshi Yamada, Science Advisor to Ministry
of Science and Technology, Government of
Japan, Dr. Aparajita Mukherji from
ITER-India, Dr. Junichi Miyazawa and Dr.
Daiji Kato from National Institute for
Fusion Science, and Mr. Kishore Mishra from
Kyushu University, Japan. There were total
137 scientific participants representing 13
countries, where 120 papers were accepted
for oral presentations out of 156
submissions. Total 104 papers were
considered for publication in conference
proceedings and later in International
Journals after further peer-review process.
This conference will be hosted by Vietnam
National University (Ho Chi Minh City
University of Technology) in 2016.
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