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- Name
\nTAILLON Gabriel
\n<\/strong><\/li>\n- Country\/ Region of Citizenship
\nCanada
\n<\/strong><\/li>\n- Graduated from
\nEcole Polytechnique Montreal
\n<\/strong><\/li>\n- Department
\nDepartment of Applied Mechanics (Doctoral)
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How did you find out about Waseda University? <\/strong><\/h3>\n
I found to meet my supervisor in a conference and he talked me about Waseda University and what he was doing at the university.\u00a0 I thought it was very impressive.\u00a0 When I first came here, I was already impressed after he talked to me, but when I saw the university I was even more impressed that how much different people work and this is a really serious university.<\/p>\n
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Why did you choose Waseda University?<\/h3>\n
Because of the opportunity to study phenomena what I\u2019m interested in, specifically I\u2019m interested in bubble dynamics.\u00a0 I think he has many connections with industries and produces cutting edge research.\u00a0 So I think he is not the only teacher who is doing cutting edge research, but he is really interesting for my domain.<\/p>\n
Actually it was really complicated to find expertise in my domain.<\/p>\n
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How did you get information for our program?<\/h3>\n
I found everything online.\u00a0 There were many resources about Waseda University such as how to apply for visa, accommodation and graduate studies etc.\u00a0 I found mostly everything on Waseda website concerning laboratories as well when I was back in Montreal.\u00a0 That\u2019s why I could communicate with the professor and submit necessary documents to you.<\/p>\n
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Did you have any concerns before coming to Japan?
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<\/a><\/h3>\nMy concerns would be about living and having an apartment in Japan.\u00a0 I think I found arrangement which is good for me as a temporary option since I live in a share house and share a room with another person.\u00a0 But I would like to have my own apartment because I\u2019m now used to living in a share house with the Tokyo life style.\u00a0 Although I think the rent is more expensive than where I used to live in Montreal, I would like to have my own place.\u00a0 The share house gives us all furniture such as a bed, a refrigerator, stoves etc. which is really convenient for me, but now I want to see if I can really live by myself in Tokyo.<\/p>\n
I studied Japanese at Montreal University and I thought the language was not a concern because science would be mainly in English.\u00a0 But I was surprised that many books and articles were published only in Japanese.\u00a0 So I\u2019m now studying Japanese by myself and using the books recommended by the Center for Japanese Language at Waseda University.\u00a0 Because I\u2019m actually focusing more and on trying to do research, my Japanese skills are suffering a bit since I\u2019m not studying as fast as I could be.\u00a0 If I could read and speak Japanese, it actually helps my research and I communicate easily with my colleagues and read technical books.<\/p>\n
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Have you had any difficulties when you started a new life here?<\/h3>\n
As I said, I was scared of moving into a new country without any furniture since I decided to live in a share house when I arrived.\u00a0 For other concerns, I realized that I need to study Japanese more after I arrived and I started to buy books of Japanese and studying by myself.\u00a0 It takes many efforts to learn.<\/p>\n
For the rest, there is no problem with food or cooking because I live in a share house.\u00a0 I think I can talk to people in Japanese and ask them \u201cwhere is this restaurant?\u201d or \u201cwhere is this place?\u201d etc. if I get lost.\u00a0 And I was also used to using trains which are very useful to know how to orient yourself in Japan.<\/p>\n
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How is your life in Japan and Waseda?<\/h3>\n
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<\/a>Since I came here, I bought a bicycle and now use a bicycle parking which is very useful.\u00a0 And I also registered to the training center on Toyama Campus.\u00a0 These two things are really useful to me as I can train cheaply.\u00a0 For the Japanese language, I use the Japanese syllabus to know what the requirements are and which books to buy so that I can study by myself.\u00a0 So I think I\u2019m taking full advantage of living as much as I can.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
What do you do in your free time?<\/h3>\n
Most of the time, since I live in a share house which has 20 people, what I do is just coming home and buying a couple of beer and then talking to people at the share house.\u00a0 It\u2019s more convenient that way because I don\u2019t have to go out and there are people I can talk with and I\u2019m not lonely.\u00a0 It takes the least amount of time to have social life.<\/p>\n
And I do cook everything by myself.\u00a0 Normally what I do is that I cook a meal enough for the next day such as grilled vegetables and cooked rice when I arrive at home.<\/p>\n
I did a bicycle trip to Yokohama one time.\u00a0 Sometimes I go out to restaurants and Izakaya (Japanese-style bars) with my share house mates.<\/p>\n
Although I sometimes read books, now I do that really really less than working and drinking with other people at my share house.<\/p>\n
I have been to Shizuoka, Nara, Nagoya, Osaka, Hiroshima, Fukuoka and Kitakyushu etc. on my trip before I came to study here.\u00a0 But I really want to go to Sapporo and Hokkaido etc., the North part of Japan.<\/p>\n
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How are the relationships with your supervisor and lab members?<\/h3>\n
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<\/a><\/p>\nI think the relationship with my supervisor is mostly serious when we are in the laboratory but he is really helping me to calm down my enthusiasm and driving me to work my best.\u00a0 Other than that, he is very funny when we go to drink together.<\/p>\n
With people in my lab, there is actually a problem with communication.\u00a0 I can\u2019t speak well Japanese and my lab mates can\u2019t speak English well.\u00a0 Whenever they talk about technical staff, I don\u2019t understand even though I try to talk to them in Japanese.\u00a0 But they help me all the time if I ask them questions.\u00a0 I really have to put efforts in Japanese but I\u2019m neglecting it.<\/p>\n
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Outline of the research<\/h3>\n
I want to research the cavitation erosion of hydraulic turbines.\u00a0 Cavitation is defined as the apparition of vapor bubbles under a low pressure, and these bubbles’ implosion cause major erosion of hydraulic machines.\u00a0 I will use software tools, numerical computations, as well as experiments on hydrofoils and turbomachines to gather information on the cavitation and cavitation erosion phenomena.\u00a0 I will use my studies to bridge a gap I have noticed between the studies of cavitation, which take place at more of the ‘micro-scale’, with the erosion of turbomachines, which is observed at the ‘macro-scale’ by companies and researchers.<\/p>\n
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What is your career goal after your degree completion?<\/h3>\n
Oh, I have to think about it.\u00a0 I\u2019m now just happy to be here but I have no idea.\u00a0 I don\u2019t even know if I want to go back to Canada or if I want to go to Europe or another country in the world after I finish.\u00a0 And I learnt that you have to search for a job one year before you finish in Japan.\u00a0 So if I want to stay in Japan, I have to decide next year.\u00a0 But for now, I haven\u2019t decided yet.\u00a0 Maybe I want to continue my research or maybe I want to work in a company.<\/p>\n
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Short message to the prospective students<\/h3>\n
in English<\/h4>\n
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<\/a>Waseda campus offers many advantages: I particularly like the bicycle parking, because I commute this way, as well as the cheap training center.\u00a0 That is just naming the services offered that are useful to me, there are many more activities to be enjoyed here, including many aiming to promote the integration and celebration of everyone’s culture.\u00a0 Also… the expertise is here.\u00a0 I came here because I met my Professor in a Scientific Conference in Lausanne, and I am constantly amazed at the networking taking place here with the industry (Mitsubishi, Voigt to name a few) as well as other professors in Waseda.\u00a0 I found a nice place to study, a place of serious scientific inquiry I am enjoying being in.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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in French<\/h4>\n
- Country\/ Region of Citizenship