On October 21, Andreas Timm-Giel, president of Hamburg University of Technology (TUHH) and a delegation of researchers and international relations representatives visited Kobe University to explore opportunities for future collaboration in education and research.
At the beginning, the delegation visited the Research Center for Membrane and Film Technology, where Director YOSHIOKA Tomohisa introduced the center's activities. The delegation then visited the research facilities guided by Project Professor KUMAGAI Kazuo.
The delegation then called on President FUJISAWA Masato. The meeting was attended by Executive Vice President TAMAKI Hisashi, director of the Office for Promoting International Cooperation, Executive Vice President KITA Takashi and KONDO Norihiko, vice director of the Office for Promoting International Cooperation. The participants exchanged views on future collaboration in education and research, building on the longstanding relationship between the two universities.
After the meeting, an international research workshop was held at the Education Building for System Informatics & Value Creation. Researchers from both universities presented their research on topics including fluid mechanics, digital health, AI and humans, and ethics in technology. The participants exchanged views on current research trends and opportunities for future academic exchange across these fields.
The visit to the research facilities at the Research Center for Membrane and Film Technology and the international research workshop were supported by the Program for Forming Japan’s Peak Research Universities (J-PEAKS), for which Kobe University has been selected as a participating institution.
This visit provided a valuable opportunity to deepen exchanges among researchers from the two universities and strengthen collaboration across a broad range of educational and research fields.
Delegation from Hamburg University of Technology:
Professor Andreas Timm-Giel, president
Professor Michael Schlüter, head of the Institute of Multiphase Flows
Professor Timo Heinrich, head of the Institute for Digital Economics
Professor Maximilian Kiener, head of the Institute for Ethics in Technology
Professor Moritz Goeldner, head of the Research Group Data- Driven Innovation
Professor Qiang Li, head of the Institute of Integrated Circuits and Systems
Dr. Yi Wang, head of the Department International Affairs
Ms. Berit Illmann, coordinator of the International Partnerships and Strategy
(Academic Research Management Division, Institute for Academic Research and Co-Creative Innovation)