Starting from 2012, Tohoku University participates in Boeing Higher Education Program that The Boeing Company presents worldwide and receives Grant from The Boeing Company to bring up excellent scientists and engineers who should carry the world future.

　The Boeing Company and Tohoku University agreed to educate young, excellent scientists and engineers as many as possible. This program began with Tohoku University Global COE Program “World center of Education and Research for Trans-Disciplinary Flow Dynamics” as a point of contact at the university side.

　To manage this program, Boeing Higher Education Program Committee has been organized by faculty members of Institute of Fluid Science, Next-Generation Transport Aircraft Research Center at School of Engineering, and Division of Mechanical Engineering at School of Engineering. Professor Shigeru Obayashi of Institute of Fluid Science is the head of this Committee, also acting as Major Technical Contact and the instructor for the various student programs.

　The following three student projects have been started from November 2012 mainly with the master course students in School of Engineering.

1. All-Japan student formula EV meeting participation project (23 students)
2. Flutter characteristics evaluation of the composite main wing (four students)
3. Development of the hybrid flight simulator with multi degree-of-freedom (seven students)

　In addition, we will carry out Study Tour with representative students of the student projects to attend workshop and factory tour in USA and Lecture Series by company managers and project leaders.

Please refer to the following for Boeing Higher Education Program,
http://www.boeing.com/educationrelations/index.html

October 15, 2013

The student gave a presentations in "2012-13 Boeing Higher Education Student Project Presentation" in Tohoku University. Look at Presentation Materials for the workshop program, the student presentations and related documents.

March 28 and 29, 2013

Three student project representatives in this program were dispatched in Seattle, U.S.A. and carried out the visit of the Boeing Everett factory and the student presentations in the workshop in University of Washington. Look at Presentation Materials for the workshop program, the student presentations and related documents.

http://www.plum.mech.tohoku.ac.jp/jisedai/

March 19, 2013

Mr. Kakizaki, the representative of the student project “Development of the hybrid flight simulator with multi degree-of-freedom” gave a talk in the sixth Web Seminar of Next-Generation Transport Aircraft Research Center.

February 19, 2013

Mr. Hayashi, the representative of the student project “Flutter characteristics evaluation of the composite main wing” gave a talk in the fifth Web Seminar of Next-Generation Transport Aircraft Research Center.

November 20, 2012

Mr. Hashida, the representative of the student project “All-Japan student formula EV meeting participation project” gave a talk in the second Web Seminar of Next-Generation Transport Aircraft Research Center.

November 19, 2012

The Boeing Japan President Mr. George Maffeo visited Tohoku University and gave the lecture entitled “Aircraft Development at The Boeing Company ? Present and Future.” More than 100 participants attended this lecture.