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Apr	4	25	A BBQ was held in the courtyard of the Chikushi campus as a welcome party for new students. Since Islamic Ramadan had ended, it was a lively party attended by almost everyone. Mr. Kazuki Abe and Mr. Yuki Hatano (from left to right in the photo below) have been assigned as graduation thesis students from the Mechanical and Electrical Engineering Course, Department of Engineering, Faculty of Engineering.
Apr	4	3	The entrance ceremony was held today. Four students have enrolled in the master's course. From left to right in the photo below, they are Mr. Yuto Ikegami, Mr. Shota Kikumoto, Mr. Daiyo Nakahara, and Ms. Lining Lou. 4 of them are from Department of Interdisciplinary Engineering of Kyushu University, Department of Electronic Information Systems Engineering of Kumamoto National College of Technology, and Xi'an University of Technology.
Mar	25	25	The degree conferment ceremony was held today. From our laboratory, three students in the Major of Device Science and Engineering completed their master's programs. Two thesis students from the Department of Interdisciplinary Engineering and one thesis student from the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science graduated. (Mr. Katsura (M2) and Mr. Ishimatsu (B4) could not make it in time for the following photo shoot.) Mr. Ikegami (B4) was awarded as the top student in the Mechanical and Electrical Engineering Course of the Department of Interdisciplinary Engineering. In the evening, we moved to a sushi/shabu-shabu restaurant near the university to celebrate the graduation.
Mar	1	25	We are happy to announce that Mr. Ali (D3) received Presentation Award of the 28th (FY2024) Kyushu Chapter of the Japan Society of Applied Physics. https://annex.jsap.or.jp/kyushu/award/award_pres2024.html
Feb	25	25	As part of our yearly graduation trip, we went to Itsukushima on a day trip. We couldn't climb to the top of Mt. Misen because the ropeway was being fixed, but we were able to take our time and look around Itsukushima. We ate delicious okonomiyaki with oysters and beer there!
Feb	19	24	This plenary meeting of this week was the last time that Mr. Natakorn and Mr. Mostafa attended. We took a group photo to commemorate the occasion.
Feb	17	24	A farewell party was held at a restaurant near the campus for Natakorn (a short-term visiting student from King Mongkut's University of Technology) and Mostafa (a special research student from EJUST) before they returned to their home countries. We took a joyful time eating delicious meals.

Major of Device Science and Engineering, Department of Engineering Science, Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Engineering Sciences, Kyushu University