21st Century COE of Flow Dynamics F2004 International Internship Program Achievement Report

Date: 01/12/04

My name is Lucia Parussini, I am a Phd student of Energetic Department of University of Trieste. This was my second COE internship program. My accepting supervisor in Tohoku University has been Prof. Shigeru Obayashi and I have been there from 24/09/2004 to 23/11/2004. During my staying I worked in the optimization of a wing according to Robust Design theory, so I continued the work I started during my first internship program and I get its Figure 1 - Prof. Obayashi and me conclusion thanks to the great computational resources that are available in Tohoku University. I took part to several seminars,conferences and lectures, in particular to Flow Dynamics (First International Conference on Flow Dynamics) & AFI/TFI (Fourth Intenational Symposium on Advanced Fluid Information/First International Symposium on Transdisciplinary Fluid Integration) hold in Sendai International Center on November 11-12 2004. During my permanence in Japan I could visit some wonderful places close to Sendai as Matsushima and Zao Mountain which is extraordinary in autumn. Then I went to Tokyo and Kyoto for sightseeing. It's easy for foreigners to travel in Japan and moreover Japanese people are really kind and helpful. I think the internship program is a great opportunity for every student and it is run in an extraordinary way. I would like to recommend this experience to all students.

Figure 2 - My colleagues