SumDU members completed a wartime engineering education course from Japanese experts

Follow-up Cooperation Training for Ukraine on Issue-Specific Training “Industrial Technology Education” (an international grant project) had been finished. It was funded by the Japan International Cooperation Agency and ESD Consortium in Aichi.

Within the project, 9 SumDU researchers (the Faculty of Technical Systems and Energy Efficient Technologies) and a Sumy Specialized School 9 teacher completed an intensive Japanese course. It would upgrade the Ukrainian wartime education.

Both engineering achievements and human mental health were considered in the course. Besides, experts discussed the quality staff potential, sustainable development, facility reconstruction, etc. SumDU members could examine curriculum upgrades as well.

The obtained knowledge was useful to prepare two conceptions of Ukrainian engineering challenges. They deal with plans of wartime engineering education changes (from youth involvement to business cooperation).

The project team acknowledges Hidetoshi MIYAKAWA, Masakatsu KOMORI, Chie SUZUKI (Japan International Cooperation Agency) and Mitsuhiko YAMADA (ESD Consortium in Aichi). Also, a great assistance was provided by lecturers (Kazuhiro KITAMURA, Akio UOZUMI, Naomi HISANAGA, Toshiyuki KAMADA, Yuji IWAHORI, Koichi HASEGAWA, Mika TANAKA, Yoshiaki TANIGUCHI, Makato USHIKO, Yuji TANAKA, Shucihrio YAMAMOTO, Ikuo NISHII, Shinji SUGIYAMA, Mayumi OHASHI, Mayumi SASOU, Keisuke ISOGAI). Translators Mitsuaki INUKAI and Yoko TANGE broke speech barriers of participators. Tacachati NIWA ensured technical support during 4 project months.