Projects selected for Osaka University Research Abroad Program and Osaka University Visiting Scholar Program

Starting with the 2014~15 academic year, Osaka University began an Osaka University Research Abroad Program and an Osaka University Visiting Scholar Program . These programs aim, through joint authorship of international theses and establishment of international joint labs, etc., to increase opportunities for conducting international joint research projects at and by Osaka University. Furthermore, these programs aim to improve the quality of OU research for promising research projects by supporting plans to send OU researchers overseas and accept overseas researchers at OU research labs.

Information regarding support provided for projects :

The following support will be provided for projects in which OU researchers are sent overseas for joint research projects and projects in which overseas researchers are accepted for joint research projects in OU laboratories.

• Sent overseas -- Short term : a maximum of 1 million yen .
• Accepted from overseas -- Short term : a maximum of 1.5 million yen . Long term : a maximum of 4.5 million yen .

Currently, the projects noted below have been selected :

Osaka University Research Abroad Program

Name	Research topic	Institution name & Country
Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Engineering Science TAKAGI Youhei	Numerical meso-scale modeling of oil/gas blowout in deep water	SINTEF , Norway
Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Science YAMAKAWA Tomoko	The functional analysis of Drosophila pecanex in the ER morphogenesis	University of Manchester , England
Associate Professor, Graduate School of Engineering FUKUSHIGE Shinichi	Development of a Design Method for Destructive Disassembly of Industrial Products	Katholieke Universiteit Leuven , Belgium
Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Medicine MINARI Jusaku	Investigation of research governance in personal genome era	University of Oxford , England
Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Engineering KOIZUMI Keigo	Development of soil structure health monitoring system by using VDSS and Wireless sensor network	Columbia University , USA
Associate Professor, Graduate School of Economics MATSUMURA Naohiro	Research on Shikake Design Methodology	Stanford University , USA
Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Science YABUTA Hikaru	LCMS analysis of fullerenes from carbonaceous meteorite）	Leiden University , Netherlands
Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Dentistry WADA Masahiro	Maintenance therapy in patients following peri-implant therapy: sub-gingival air flow versus ultrasonic instrumentation	Södra Älvsborg Hospital , Sweden
Associate Professor, Graduate School of Letters NAKAO Kaoru	Comparative Study: The body of Noh theatre and Kun Opera	Hong Kong Baptist University , China

Osaka University Visiting Scholar Program

Name	Research Topic	Researcher
Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Engineering Science ITO Syoji	Understanding energy and charge carrier dynamics in new photo-switchable luminescent nanoparticles	Michel Sliwa , 1st Grade CNRS Researcher Scientist Lille University of Science and Technology , France
Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Human Sciences NAKAGAWA Takeshi	Health and well-being in very old age: Comparison between American and Japanese centenarians	Jinmyoung Cho , Adjunct Associate Professor Texas A&M University , USA
Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Engineering Science ITO Syoji	Spectroscopic Studies of Ratiometric Fluorogenic Probes for the Selective Detection of Biological Relevant Species	Arabinda Mallick , Assistant Professor Sidho-Kanho-Birsha University , India

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