Past UTSIP Field Trips and Cultural Activities
Each UTSIP program includes a field trip and various cultural exchange activities. Below is a list of field trips and events that were featured as part of past UTSIP programs.
2026 Events and Photos
Orientation
Mini Seminar
Kashiwa Campus Tour
Welcome Party
Lecture
Lecture
Japanese Class
Hongo Campus Visit
Kabuki Watching
Catch Up Meeting
Final Presentatioan
Final Presentatioan
Completion Ceremony
Completion Ceremony
2025 Events and Photos
Orientation
Kashiwa Campus Tour
Visiting Hongo Campus
Visiting Hongo Campus
Visiting Asakusa
Japanese Language class
Lecture
Seminar
Field Trip
Field Trip
Field Trip
Field Trip
Tea Ceremony
Kabuki Watching
Final Presentation
Completion Ceremony
2024 Events and Photos
Orientation
Kashiwa Campus Tour
Visiting Hongo Campus
Visiting Hongo Campus
Visiting Asakusa
Japanese Language class
Lecture
Lecture
Seminar
Kabuki Watching
Field Trip to Hadano city
Field Trip to Hadano city
Field Trip to Highway construction site
Field Trip to Highway construction site
Final Presentation
Final Presentation
Past UTSIP Presentations
On the final day of each UTSIP Program, participants give a presentation summarizing their research and findings from the program.
To get an idea of what kind of research has been done during past UTSIP programs, please see the following list of presentations given by past UTSIP participants. Presentations are listed by year. The list also includes the university the participant was visiting from, the Graduate School of Frontier Sciences Department they researched under, and the professor who supervised the research.
2026 Presentations
| Presentation Title | University | Supervisor; Department |
|---|---|---|
| Cryogenic Atomic Force Microscope Imaging of Bulk Solid Oxygen | University of California Davis | Dr. SUGIMOTO Yoshiaki; Advanced Materials Science |
| Tracking Wave Decay in a High-Temperature Plasma | National University of Singapore | Dr. EJIRI Akira; Complexity Science and Engineering |
| Regulation of the bECM contraction in Drosophila Leg | National University of Singapore | Dr. KOJIMA Tetsuya; Integrated Biosciences |
| Exploring Atg9-positive Vesicles as Seeds for the Isolation Membrane | University of Pennsylvania | Dr. SUZUKI Kuninori; Integrated Biosciences |
| Investigating Male-Biased Lethality in Hybrid Backcrossed Moths | University of British Columbia | Dr. SUZUKI Masataka; Integrated Biosciences |
| Nutrient Sensing and Dietary Choice Regulation via the Insulin Receptor Substrate (IRS) Pathway | Universitas Gadjah Mada | Dr. NAGATA Shinji; Integrated Biosciences |
| How to Resurrect a 160-Million-Year-Old Genomic Fossil | National University of Singapore | Dr. FRITH Martin; Computational Biology and Medical Sciences |
| Optimal Reaction Time for Hot Compressed Water Mediated Protein Extraction from Chlorella Vulgaris | Columbia University | Dr. AKIZUKI Makoto; Environment Systems |
| A unifying shunting axis for a ring-attractor path integrator: from static bumps to moving oscillons | University College London | Dr. KOTANI Kiyoshi; Human and Engineered Environmental Studies |
| Parameter Sensitivity of Emergent Stylized Facts in the Lux–Marchesi Agent-Based Market Model | University of Amsterdam | Dr. CHEN Yu; Human and Engineered Environmental Studies |
| Comparing Dredging and Relocation Policies for Flood Risk Reduction in Informal Settlements in São Paulo:
A System Dynamics Approach |
University of Florida | Dr. HIEKATA Kazuo; Human and Engineered Environmental Studies |
| Investigating the Social Value for the Forest Therapy Business | University College London | Dr. ONUKI Motoharu; International Studies |
| Stochastic Capacity-reduction And Resillience Studies (SCARS): How to make transportation networks more resilient | Indian Institute of Technology Bombay | Dr. HONDA Riki; International Studies |
| How geen infrastructure supports recovery in post-disaster and post-conflict urban areas | Technical University of Vienna | Dr. SIOEN Giles Burno; Graduate Program in Sustainability Science |
2025 Presentations
| Presentation Title | University | Supervisor; Department |
|---|---|---|
| Mechanically Tough & Biologically Compatible Bio-based Hydrogels | The University of Hong Kong | Dr. MAYUMI Koichi; Advanced Material Science |
| High-speed Imaging as a Potential Diagnostic Tool for Magnetic Reconnection | University of Glasgow | Dr. INOMOTO Michiaki ; Advanced Energy |
| ANAC084: Transcriptional Networks of Secondary Cell Wall Formation | Loughborough University | Dr. OHTANI Misato; Integrated Biosciences |
| Live imaging analysis of cellular cytoskeleton in the pantheon-like structure formation of Drosophila | University of London (UCL) | Dr. KOJIMA Tetsuya; Integrated Bioscience |
| Resarch Title Phase Separation During Isolation Membrane Expansion in Autophagy | University of York | Dr. SUZUKI Kuninori; Integrated Bioscience |
| Molecular Mechanism of Cannibalism in Gryllus bimacalatus | Cornell University | Dr. NAGATA Shinji; Integrated Biosciences |
| Secrets of Selfish DNA | University of California, Los Angeles | Dr. FRITH Martin; Computational Biology and Medical Sciences |
| DUMMer: Dumb Uncomplicated Match Modeler | Technical University of Vienna | Dr. FRITH Martin; Computational Biology and Medical Sciences |
| Microscale Simulation of CO2 Hydrate Formation for Geological Carbon Storage | Monash University | Dr. SATO Toru; Ocean Technology, Policy, and Environment |
| Probabilistic detection of permanent subsurface compaction | Duke Kunshan University | Dr. AICHI Masaatsu; Environmental Systems |
| Deoxygenation of 3-Heptenoic Acid in Supercritical Water | Chulalongkorn University | Dr. AKIZUKI Makoto; Environment Systems |
| The Effects of Coastal Hydrological Processes on the Freshwater-Saltwater Interface | Columbia University | Dr. TOKUNAGA Tomochika; Environment Systems |
| Semantic P300-Based Brain-Computer Interface for Brian-Controlled Indoor Wheelchair Navigation | Imperial College London | Dr. KOTANI Kiyoshi; Human and Engineered Environemental Studies |
| Time Dynamics of Auditory Steady-State Responses (ASSR) | California Institute of Technology (Caltech) | Dr. KOTANI Kiyoshi; Human and Engineered Environemental Studies |
| Analysis of Spatial Evolutionary Games Simulating Cancer Growth | Brown University | Dr. CHEN Yu; Human and Engineered Environemental Studies |
| Cost Benefit Analysis for Water Management using System Dynamics for | National University of Sciences and Technology | Dr. HIEKATA Kazuo; Human and Engineered Environemental Studies |
| Stress-aware Break Induction via LLM-driven Nudging | Indian Institute of Information Technology, Design and Manufacturing, Jabalpur | Dr. WARISAWA Shinichi; Human and Engineered Environemental Studies |
| Association Between Climate Change and School Children's Mental Health in Cambodia: A Systematic Review within a Broader Empirical | Barnard College of Columbia University | Dr. SAITO Eiko; Graduate Program in Sustainability Science |
2024 Presentations
| Presentation Title | University | Supervisor; Department |
|---|---|---|
| Synthesis of Tough Carrageenan Gel for Advance Application | University of College London | Dr. MAYUMI Koichi ; Advanced Material Science |
| 2D tomography using Delaunay triangulationand Moore - Penrose inverse | Vienna University of Technology | Dr. ONO Yasushi ; Advanced Energy |
| Search for OCS on Venusian Atmosphere | University of Malaya | Dr. AOKI Shohei ; Complexity Science and Engineering |
| Numerical Simulation of Microscopic CO2 Hydrate Formation in Two-phase Flow | University of British Columbia | Dr. SATO Toru ; Ocean Technology, Policy, and Environment |
| Model Sea-Ice Interaction with Sea Using Particle Method? | Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur | Dr. HIRABAYASHI Shinichiro ; Ocean Technology, Policy, and Environment |
| Probabilistic detection of permanent subsurface compaction - Case Kawajima | University of Tokyo | Dr. AICHI Masaatsu ; Environmental Systems |
| Probabilistic detection of permanent subsurface compaction - Case Kameido | Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Kolkata | Dr. AICHI Masaatsu ; Environment Systems |
| Solvent Effect on Reaction of 2-chloroadamantane in Hot Compressed Water | University of Michigan | Dr. AKIZUKI Makoto; Environment Systems |
| Airflow Analysis in Downflow Ventilation: Impact of Simulated Human Motion | Alfred University | Dr. OSHIMA Yoshito ; Environmental Systems |
| The Fate of Lipids in Living Cells | University of California, Berkeley | Dr. SUZUKI Kuninori ; Integrated Biosciences |
| Investigating the ASK3 Gene in Gryllus bimaculatus (two-spotted crickets) | University of York | Dr. NAGATA Shinji ; Integrated Biosciences |
| Fishing for NUMTs: Exploring mitochondrial insertions in fish | Universidad de los Andes | Dr. FRITH Martin ; Computational Biology and Medical Sciences |
| Unveiling Change of Financial Stylized Facts under the Influence of High Frequency Trading | Uppsala University | Dr. CHEN Yu ; Human and Engineered Environemental Studies |
| Evaluation of Multiple Policy Options for Decarbonisation of International Maritime Shipping through Multi Agent Simulation | Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur | Dr. HIEKATA Kazuo; Human and Engineered Environemental Studies |
| Water Quality and Ecosystem 1D Vertical Column Simulation in Tokyo Bay | University of Ruhuna | Dr. SASAKI Jun ; Socio-Cultural Environmental Studies |
| Analyzing Uncertainty Behavior of a Deep Learning Based Shape Detector | Queen's University | Dr. HONDA Riki ; International Studies |
| Decarbonizing India's Coal Thermal Power Sector | Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur | Dr. KAMEYAMA Yasuko; Graduate Program Sustainability Science |
| Analyzing International Blue Carbon Management: Comparing the Ideographs, Innovation Styles, and Co-Impacts of Japanese Blue Carbon Projects to Western Countries | University of Notre Dame | Dr. KAMEYAMA Yasuko; Graduate Program Sustainability Science |
Past UTSIP Lectures
During the first week of each UTSIP program, students attend lectures given by leading researchers at the Graduate School of Frontier Sciences. Below you can find a list of lectures given during past UTSIP programs listed by year, as well as the name of the professor who gave the lecture and the department they are associated with.
2026 Lectures
| Lecture | Lecturer | Department |
|---|---|---|
| Energy supply and demand in the world and in Japan, and fusion energy | Dr. EJIRI Akira | Complexity Science and Engineering |
| Insect Dietary Diversity: Evolution, Behavior, and Physiology in Japan | Dr. NAGATA Shinji | Integrated Biosciences |
| Understanding Human Brain: From Synapses to Brain-Machine Interfaces | Dr. KOTANI Kiyoshi | Human and Engineered Environmental Studies |
| The Future of Failing Cities: Rethinking Resilience through the Food–Water–Environment Nexus | Dr. SIOEN Giles Burno | Graduate Program in Sustainability Science |
2025 Lectures
| Lecture | Lecturer | Department |
|---|---|---|
| Model-Based Approach for Complex Systems | Dr. HIEKATA Kazuo | Human and Engineered Environemental Studies |
| Introduction to Energy and Environment, Ideal vs. Reality, and Dream | Dr. AICHI Masaatsu | Environmental Systems |
| Resilience for Extreme Disasters | Dr. HONDA Riki | Graduate Program in Sustainability Science |
| Deciphering genomes: the most ancient texts | Dr. FRITH Martin | Computational Biology and Medical Sciences |
| Planetary Health for the Next Generation: Co-Creating a Healthier World | Dr. SAITO Eiko | Graduate Program in Sustainability Science |
| What we can learn from plants for future sustainable society | Dr. OHTANI Misato | Integrated Biosciences |
2024 Lectures
| Lecture | Lecturer | Department |
|---|---|---|
| Climate Change ‐ The Basics ‐ | Dr. Yasuko KAMEYAMA | Sustainable Society Design Center |
| Simulation of Complex Systems | Dr. Yu CHEN | Human and Engineered Environmental Studies |
| Deciphering genomes: the most ancient texts | Dr. Martin FRITH | Computational Biology and Medical Sciences |
| Toughening of Polymeric Materials | Dr. Koichi MAYUMI | Advanced Materials Science |
| Resilience for Extreme Disasters | Dr. Riki HONDA | International Studies |