Educational and Research Activities
Educational Activities
International "Takenoko" (bamboo shoot) Student Promotion Program
- Early recruitment of outstanding students from across Japan and around the world using the Multi-Stage International Network
- Decision of admittance to this program one year prior to enrollment to the Ph.D. course (screenings will be held at overseas centers)
- Evaluation committee assesses students as well as decides on competitive allocation of research grants and other funding
International Leading Researcher Hatchery Program
This program supports students with a drive for conducting creative research projects as well as those with an ability to conduct independent research so that outstanding students enhance their talents (already implemented in our 21st Century COE Program).
- To apply for this program, students must independently select their own research topic
- Financial assistance covers the student's stipend, tuition fees, and research expenditures
- Multiple faculty members conduct evaluations and reviews
- Students are recruited and evaluated through our international network, including the International "Takenoko" (bamboo shoot) Student Promotion Program
- Students are encouraged to complete their degree early
- Postdoctoral research grants are available for periods up to two years
- Each research project is to be carried out at a minimum of two locations through our Global Exchange Education and Research Program
Global Exchange Education and Research Program
Young researchers, such as postdoctoral fellows, spend a few months to a year in other countries with different cultures. This program has two objectives. The first is for participants to conduct their research, while the second is for participants to develop a broad international perspective by building a human network and becoming familiar with diverse cultures.
Collaboration with Tohoku University International Advanced Research and Education Organization
This Global COE has a quota at the Tohoku University International Advanced Research and Education Organization. About five of our brightest students are selected to receive assistance equivalent to that given at the International Advanced Research and Education Organization. This program is designed so that the selectees are regular students at the International Advanced Research and Education Organization, and acquire global viewpoints and diverse perspectives necessary to be creative researchers capable of successfully conducting trans-disciplinary research.
Research Activities
The uniqueness of our Center is that it conducts research based on four fields within trans-disciplinary flow dynamics in order to establish new fundamental academic principles of flow dynamics as well as systemize these principles. Additionally, we aim to integrate different flow dynamics fields and Frontier Project Research projects, which make use of our Multi-Stage International Network. Thus, we will establish an international research center by integrating knowledge from different sources.
Research Objectives of our Four Trans-Disciplinary Flow Dynamics Divisions
- Trans-Disciplinary Informatics Flow Division
- This division strives to establish visual analytics that extract necessary information from a large amount of flow data, and flow dynamics ontology.
- Trans-Disciplinary Reacting Flow Dynamics
- This division elucidates interactions between chemical reactions and thermal flow phenomena in order to establish a new thermal flow system to control and chemical reactions.
- Trans-Disciplinary Nano-Flow Division
- This division investigates flow from the viewpoint of electron transport and molecular motion in order to develop innovative flow devices.
- Trans-Disciplinary Advanced Flow Division
- This division clarifies the manifestation mechanism of macroscopic functions of flow in order to address flow dynamics as a system by integrating flow functions.
