{"id":3409,"date":"2023-02-09T19:26:08","date_gmt":"2023-02-09T10:26:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/fsci\/ict-robotics\/?p=3409"},"modified":"2024-03-13T13:42:07","modified_gmt":"2024-03-13T04:42:07","slug":"kouhei-hosoya","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/fsci\/ict-robotics\/study-abroad-en\/3409","title":{"rendered":"Kouhei HOSOYA"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>Visiting period:<br \/>\nAugust to October 2015<\/li>\n<li>Visiting university:<br \/>\nSingapore University of Technology and Design<\/li>\n<li>Visiting country and region:<br \/>\nSingapore<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Content of the study program<\/h3>\n<p>To verify the time and cost of production, I produced microchannels using a cutting plotter, laminator, and laminate films. In addition, I examined how to pour a liquid into the microchannels I produced. Using a U-shaped item produced with a PDMS 3D printer, which was designed to produce softer things than ordinary models, I successfully poured a liquid in a channel without spilling. Then as an application, I produced a T-shaped channel, and made water droplets in oil by pouring water and oil through two inlets.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Study results<\/h3>\n<p>Because this research was in a different field than I study in Japan, it reaffirmed my belief that it is important to fully understand the background before defining research goals. This experience made me keenly aware of the value of a thorough literature search to explain how your research contributes to the field and fits in the grand scheme. In addition, I learned to use all the experimental results when analyzing the data and drawing conclusions. Although I knew this before traveling abroad, it was very difficult for me to use experimental results that deviated from my initial expectations. However, by studying a different field, I realized that the obtained experimental results rarely meet the initial expectations in any research project.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>My experience abroad<\/h3>\n<p>As for my language skills, I am no longer hesitant to speak in English spontaneously. Even if I sometimes use expressions that are not completely clear, I feel that others can understand me when I speak. However, I think I need to practice listening as I am not sure my skills are completely adequate. Thanks to this experience abroad, I feel that the barrier between foreigners is gone. This was my first overseas experience. Because the local students treated me very kindly, I now actively engage those coming to Japan from overseas laboratories, especially those participating in exchange programs.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2113\" src=\"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/fsci\/ict-robotics\/assets\/uploads\/2022\/12\/photo_k-hosoya-sutd1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"420\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Influence on my future career<\/h3>\n<p>My participation in this program has made me realize the importance of speaking and listening in English. I met several people for whom English is not their native language, but they spoke English fluently and easily. Although my language skills improved immensely, I am still not proficient. Now I am seriously considering taking leave of absence from the Master\u2019s program to study English abroad for a semester or two. I want to be able to communicate with others in English with the same ease that I do in Japanese.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2114\" src=\"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/fsci\/ict-robotics\/assets\/uploads\/2022\/12\/photo_k-hosoya-sutd2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"458\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><b>Visiting period:<\/b><br \/>August to October 2015<br \/><b>Visiting university:<\/b><br \/>Singapore University of Technology and Design<br \/><b>Visiting country and region:<\/b><br \/>Singapore<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2115,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[117],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3409","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-study-abroad-en"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/fsci\/ict-robotics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3409","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/fsci\/ict-robotics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/fsci\/ict-robotics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/fsci\/ict-robotics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/fsci\/ict-robotics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3409"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/fsci\/ict-robotics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3409\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4092,"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/fsci\/ict-robotics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3409\/revisions\/4092"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/fsci\/ict-robotics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2115"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/fsci\/ict-robotics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3409"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/fsci\/ict-robotics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3409"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/fsci\/ict-robotics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3409"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}