About International Center

Tokyo Human Resources Fund for City Diplomacy

Program Overview
1 Follow-up Research Fellowship for Former International Students
【Overview】
This program offers a short-term joint research opportunity and financial support to former international students who completed a course at Tokyo Metropolitan University.
【Purpose】
To Strengthen the network between TMU and former TMU international students as well as to foster excellent human resources who can make contribution to the development of good will, friendship and mutual understanding between Tokyo Metropolitan University and overseas research institutes through the implementation of this Program, by offering an opportunity to carry out a short-term research with TMU researchers to the former TMU international students who are now actively engaged in education, academic research or public administration in their home countries or in third countries.
【Eligibility】
Researchers belonging to university research institutes overseas
【Term】
30days – 90days
【Content of Support】
Round-trip airfare, accommodation allowance provided

【Program Report】
・2016 Program Report(4 Researches)
・2017 Program Report(8 Researches)
・2018 Program Report(10 Researches)

1.Research Topic:linkSynthetic studies of porphyrin-based molecular wires aiming at the mimicking the biological electron/energy transfer processes
Foreign Researcher:Dr. SHAHED RANA (Bangladesh)
Research Advisor:Professor Ken-ichi Sugiura, Graduate School of Science and Engineering

2.Research Topic:linkInvestigation on ultrasonic micro tube end forming process
Foreign Researcher:Dr. MOHAMMAD ALI MIRZAI KHALIABADI (Iran)
Research Advisor:Professor Ken-ichi Manabe, Graduate School of Science and Engineering

3.Research Topic:linkStudy on repair method of fatigue cracks in welded joints by externally bonded CFRP strips
Researcher:Dr. LIN FAN (China) 
Research Advisor:Associate Professor Hitoshi Nakamura, Graduate School of Urban Environmental Sciences

4.Research Topic:linkHadamard transform-based amplitude-only image for image trading system
Foreign Researcher:Dr. WANNIDA SAE-TANG (Thailand)
Research Advisor:Professor Hitoshi Kiya, Graduate School of System Design