Students in the Laboratory surrounding Engine Real time Control Experimental Bench
As a new project topic for Japan-China-Korea Strategic International Collaborative Research Program (SICORP) for 2013, Japan Society and Technology Agency (JST) announced its decision to provide funds to assist the development of energy saving engines for automobiles. The experiment has been in progress under the supervision of Professor Shen Tielong in the Department of Engineering and Applied Science, Faculty of Science and technology.
Japan-China-Korea SICORP is a research exchange project that the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) has established in accordance to an agreement entered into by the governments of Japan, China, and Korea. This project is about collaborative research field with China and Korea concerning “global scale problem as well as the most important issue in the area of northeast Asia” to which MEXT puts a particular importance.
The aim of this project is to foster cooperation among three countries in the field of science and technology; and to help lead Japanese science and technology to new development. The selection of this project was based on evaluation by specialists in three countries; and thereby, JST, the Ministry of Science and Technology of the People’s Republic of China (MOST) and National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) made the final decision after consultation.
Working on engine control program
“Everyone is talking about globalization nowadays, but we need to start from a good relationship with China and Korea based on mutual trust,” said Professor Shen. “It’s great that we are engaged in collaboration work together on this very timely project. I feel honored that I have been selected as Program Director for Japanese team in this project. Of course, we need to demonstrate tangible results of the experiment, but what it is important is to develop mutual exchange among students and researchers in three countries. Through this project we hope to foster international perspectives of students at Sophia University.”
