Best presentations at GEDES Master’s Interim Presentation (March 27, 2026)

The following students won the best presentation awards in the GEDES Master’s Interim Presentation held on March 27, 2026.

Akira Terai (Takashi Nakamura 中村隆志) “Detection of Coral Health Status Using Satellite Imagery”

Hirota Tsunoda (Hiroki Takasu) “Preliminary Study on the Stacking of Solid Oxide Electrolysis Cells for High-Temperature Co-Electrolysis”

Shiqi Liu (Jun-ichi Takada) “Development of an Integrated Sensing and Communication System Using 5G mmWave Signals for Pedestrian Detection in Autonomous Vehicles”

Yu Aoki (Yasuko Kasai) “A Numerical Study of Lunar Subsurface Physical Properties Using JUpiter ICy moons Explorer/ Submillimetre Wave Instrument”

Juho Arjanne (Yasuko Kasai) “Improving Remote Sensing-based Urban Flood Mapping Accuracy with Infrastructure Geodata”

Ayaka Nagata (Hiroki Takagi) “Optimization of Nearshore Simple Structures for Enhanced Sediment Accretion in Mangrove Plantation Areas”

Keep up the good work!

GEDES Interim Presentation for Master’s and Doctoral Course (March 27, 2026)

Program

Zoom Link

We will use the following Zoom link, which is common for both master’s and doctoral students:

    • Zoom link
    • Meeting ID: 987 2575 1188
    • Passcode: 9FbXTz

Detailed Instructions

    • Master’s Course: 9:00–10:30
      • Please join Zoom by 8:50 AM and immediately move to your assigned breakout room (Groups A–F).
    • Doctoral Course: 10:45–12:10
      • Please join Zoom by 10:40.
      • The brief presentation session (2-minute presentation) will be held in the main room.
      • Afterward, please move to your assigned breakout room (Groups A–C) for 5-minute presentation.

Submission of Presentation Slides

Deadline: 17:00 March 26th, 2026

  • <Master’s students>
  • Please upload your 5-minute presentation slides following the instructions below.
    • File type: PowerPoint or PDF format
    • Language: English
    • File name: StudentnumberName.pdf (e.g., 23M12345Sugishita.pdf) (Please write your name in the alphabet.)
    • Upload link

<Doctoral students>
Please upload your 5-minute presentation slides following the instructions below. You don’t need to upload your 2-minute presentation slides.

    • File type: PowerPoint or PDF format
    • Language: English
    • File name: StudentnumberName.pdf (e.g., 22D12345Sugishita.pdf) (Please write your name in the alphabet.)
    • Upload link

Note: In principle, you can upload your slides only once. However, if you need to replace the file with a new one, please upload the new file with a different name by adding the revision number at the end (e.g., 22D12345Sugishita-R1.pdf).

Inquiry

Xinru Zhu (zhu.x.1137@m.isct.ac.jp) or GEDES office (ge-office@tse.ens.titech.ac.jp)

Best presentations at GEDES Workshop on Students’ Activities (February 6, 2026)

The following students won the best presentation awards in the GEDES Workshop on Students’ Activities held on February 6, 2026.

    • Le Cong Minh Hieu（Takada Lab.）
      GEIW: Reflections on URSI AP-RASC 2025: Experience, Feedback, and Learning Outcomes
    • WANG JINGZHUO（Nishida Lab.）
      ATTM: Facilitating Students’ Thinking on Global Issues: My Experience as a TA in a Problem-Based Learning Course
    • Nuchsara Wattana（Takahashi Fumitake Lab.）
      ATTM: Teaching Assistant Experience in the Project Design and Management Course (Fall 2025)
    • Yu Aoki（Kasai Lab.）
      GEIW: Presentation Experience at the Asia Oceania Geosciences Society (AOGS) 2025 22nd Annual Meeting in Singapore: Key Learnings and Next Steps
    • Nano Kojima（Zhu Lab.）
      GEIW: Reflections and Takeaways from SIGGRAPH Asia 2025

Congratulations!

Best Presentations at GEDES Master’s Thesis Presentation (February 2026)

On February 9th and 10th, 2026, GEDES Master’s Thesis Presentation was held at the Ookayama campus of Institute of Science Tokyo. After the impressive presentations from all the students, the best presentations were selected by the department faculty.

Most excellent presentation:

Haruka Maruki
Title: Investigation of the influence of channel width on drowing risk by using DRowning hUman Model (DRUM) (用水路における溺水事故に水路幅が与える影響の人体-流動連成数値解析を用いた検討)
Supervisor: Takashi Nakamura (中村恭志)

Excellent presentations:

Yu Nin Chan
Title: Outdoor Mobility Issues of the Visually-impaired People in Tokyo
Supervisor: Naoya Abe

Yoshino Ikeda
Title: Analysis of the effects of ceramic and metal structures on the performance of metal-supported solid oxide electrolysis cells and proposals for cell structure improvement (金属支持固体酸化物形電解セルにおける電解質層および支持構造の電気化学性能への影響の検討)
Supervisor: Hiroki Takasu

Manuela Alejandra Parra Escobar
Title: Do Spatial, Social and Psychological Proximity Affect Consumers’ Ethical Coffee Purchasing Behavior? A Comparative Study Between Colombia and Japan
Supervisor: Naoya Abe

Kohei Ichinose
Title: Study on influence of shape of lifejacket on drowning risk by using a coupled human-flow simulation (人体-流動連成数値解析による救命胴衣形状が水難事故の生存性に与える影響の検討)
Supervisor: Takashi Nakamura (中村恭志)

 

Congratulations!

GEDES Workshop on students’ activities (February 6, 2026)

Date and Venue

  • Date & Time: Starting time: 9 am, February 6 (Fri), 2026
  • Venue: Online (Zoom meeting)
      • Please join the Zoom meeting 5 minutes early
      • Please enter your assigned breakout room after joining
  • Program: Click here
    Eligibility: Activities that were conducted within 1 year. Doctoral course students cannot register for the activities done during the master’s course, except for the application for the “Doctoral Recurrent Program”.

Presentation Instructions

    • Format: Oral presentation using PowerPoint/PDF slides via Zoom meeting
    • Language: English
    • Presentation time
      • Course with 1 credit: 8 minutes (4 min. presentation and 4 min. Q&A)
      • Course with 2 credits: 11 minutes (6 min. presentation and 5 min. Q&A)
      • Course with 3 credits: 15 minutes (10 min. presentation and 5 min. Q&A)
      • Course with 4 credits: 17 minutes (12 min. presentation and 5 min. Q&A)
    • Presentation contents (the following items should be clearly presented)
      • The contents should summarize your activity and/or experience including background, objectives, and achievement/conclusion. The following questions will guide you in developing your content.
        • What did you learn or what training did you obtain?
        • What challenges/learning/training do you still need based on your activity/experience?
      • Be short and concise as if you are speaking in an international conference.
      • Regarding participation in conferences, students must consult with their supervisors about their suitability to claim credits. The supervisor judges their suitability in terms of their size, quality, and open accessibility. If somewhat irregular or unclearness of the suitability of the conference is inevitable, both the student and his/her supervisor must justify its eligibility to obtain credits for the said conference participation.
      • For more details, please check the course syllabus in the Science Tokyo Syllabus (https://syllabus.s.isct.ac.jp/).

Registration

    • Registration form: https://forms.gle/5E22Jz66VbgrsoLf8
    • Registration deadline: 5 pm, January 22 (Thu), 2026 (if you fail to register by the due date, you cannot present)
    • Note:
      • If you want to register for multiple courses, please register separately. However, you cannot register for multiple courses with the same activity (for example, you cannot get credit for both Global Engineering Off-Campus Project and ALP Overseas Training for the same overseas activity. Also, you cannot register for two Global Engineering International Workshop even if you make two presentations in a single conference).
      • In principle, the presentation at this workshop must be made at the most recent workshop, either in February or July/August, after the completion of the activity.
      • In principle, if a year has passed after activity, the presentation at this workshop is not eligible.

Report

    • Submit a report after the presentation.
    • Contents should include replies to the questions for your presentation, as well as the contents of questions you asked for other presentations.
    • The report should be written in English or Japanese in A4-size word document.
    • The minimum page limits depending on the number of credits to be obtained are as follows:
      • 1 credit : 2 pages or more
      • 2 credits : 4 pages or more
      • 3 credits : 6 pages or more
      • 4 credits : 8 pages or more
    • Deadline: 5 pm, February 13 (Fri), 2026 (submit to your supervisor)

Inquiry

Shigeo Nishikizawa (nishikizawa.s.5c52@m.isct.ac.jp) and GEDES office (ge-office@tse.ens.titech.ac.jp)

GEDES Master’s Thesis Presentations (February 2026)

Schedule and Venue

    • Dates: February 9–10, 2026
    • Time: 9:00–16:59 (Feb 9), 9:00–16:59 (Feb 10)
    • Venue: Ishikawadai 4 B02–05
    • Program: Click here（Updated on January 19, 2026）

Presentation Instructions

    • Eligible students: March 2026 graduates
    • Format: Oral presentation with slides
    • Language: Presentations in English; Q&A in English or Japanese

Time Allocations

    • Master’s students (17 min in total)
      • Presentation: 12 min
      • Q&A: 5 min
    • Master’s students applying for the doctoral course (30 min in total)
      • Master’s thesis presentation: 12 min
      • Q&A: 5 min
      • Doctoral research plan presentation: 6 min
      • Q&A: 7 min

Submission Details

Eligible students will receive instructions regarding slide submission.

Inquiry

GEDES office (ge-office@tse.ens.titech.ac.jp)

Best Presentations at GEDES Master’s Thesis Presentation (August 2025)

On August 1st, 2025, GEDES Master’s Thesis Presentation was held at the Suzukakedai campus of Institute of Science Tokyo. After the impressive presentations from all the students, the best presentations were selected by the department faculty.

Most excellent presentation:

Marda Adam Prihananda
Title: Assessment of Dairy Farmers’ Preferences for Technology Adoption to Reduce Total Plate Count in Milk
Supervisor: Naoya Abe

Excellent presentation:

Andal Maria Deandra Crisostomo
Title: Investigating the Influence of Distributed Anthropogenic Heating on Simulated Atmospheric Chemistry
Supervisor: Alvin Christopher Galang Varquez

Congratulations!

Best presentations at GEDES Workshop on Students’ Activities (July 30, 2025)

The following students won the best presentation awards in the GEDES Workshop on Students’ Activities held on July 30, 2025.

Group A: Lizardo Ariel Arias Ramirez (Jun-ichi Takada) “Aircraft communication signal measurements at Haneda Airport”

Group B: Karthik Subhash Jayasree (Jun-ichi Takada) “Reflections and Takeaways from Organizing Technical Reading Seminars”

Group C: Huang Qiuhong (Shinya Hanaoka) “TA for Project Design and Management”

Group D: Ramos Roseanne Villanueva (Alvin Christopher Galang Varquez) “Learning basic concepts and programming applications of GIS: A TA’s perspective”

Keep up the good work!