University of Fukui and the University of Ottawa, Canada Launch International Research on Medical- Engineering Collaboration

On May 27, Professor Benjamin Tsang of the Faculty of Medicine, the University of Ottawa (uOttawa), Canada, visited University of Fukui (UF) to discuss uOttawa -UF medical- engineering collaboration and international research collaboration.

UF and uOttawa have over 25 years of history of exchange in the field of obstetrics and gynecology in the Faculty of Medicine, and have concluded an academic exchange agreement and a memorandum of understanding on student exchange. In February this year, researchers from UF visited uOttawa and agreed on the launch of the Canada-Japan joint research consortium ¡°EndOC (Endometriosis-associated Ovarian Cancer)¡± and the future plan of activities for medical-engineering collaboration.

At the exchange meeting, researchers from Graduate School of Engineering and Research Center for Development of Far-Infrared Region introduced their own research. Researchers from uOttawa also participated online, and future research collaboration was discussed. Afterwards, they visited the state-of-the-art experimental facilities at UF, including the Gyrotron* experimental facility. Professor Tsang seemed to be very interested in research at UF.

On the following day, he paid a courtesy visit to President NAIKI Hironobu, Vice President NAGAI Takahiro, and Dean NAGAI Niro of the Faculty of Engineering at the Bunkyo Campus, and Dean KIKUTA Ken-ichiro of the Faculty of Medical Sciences at the Matsuoka Campus, where they discussed future academic exchange in medical-engineering collaboration.

Professor Tsang said, “I would like to pass on to the younger generation the strong bonds between uOttawa-UF that have been built over the past 25 years. To further strengthen the bonds between the two universities, we would like to expand our collaborative exchange not only in the field of medicine, but also in the field of science and engineering,” expressing his strong desire for future international joint research.

*Large vacuum electron acceleration tubes are high-power electromagnetic wave sources in the millimeter to terahertz wave bands. The Far Infrared Center’s gyrotrons produce high-power electromagnetic waves in a wide frequency range of 160 GHz to 460 GHz, providing detailed information on the properties and reactions of various materials.