2016.01.19

On January 19, 2016, Dr. Panya Minyong (President), Dr. Prasert Prachprayoon (Vice President), and Dr. Chaijit Seksan (Head of the Language and Computer Center) from Pathumwan Institute of Technology, Thailand paid a courtesy call on President Dr. Azuma.

President Dr. Panya Minyong and his party exchanged information with President Dr. Azuma, Executive Director and Vice President Dr. Kamado, Dr. Nagasawa, Prof. of Department of Mechanical Engineering, Dr. Harada, Prof. of Department of Electrical, Electronics and Information Engineering, and Dr. Luangarpa Chonlada, Assistant Prof. of Department of Mechanical Engineering, particularly addressing student exchanges to date. They all shared a lively discussion of future exchanges.

The party participated in a campus tour, had a lunch meeting with our teaching staff, and exchanged opinions with international students attending NUT who had graduated from PIT.

Nagaoka University of Technology participated from the outset in the JICA project named “Development of Mechatronics Engineering Course at Bachelor Degree Level in Pathumwan Technical College in the Kingdom of Thailand (1993～2000)”. We cooperated on the improvement and expansion of education and research systems through exchanges such as cooperation on the establishment of Department of Mechatronics Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, dispatch of expert teachers from NUT, including former President Dr. Hattori, and acceptance of teachers from PIT. Even after the JICA project was completed, we concluded an academic cooperation agreement in 2000 and have remained engaged in active exchanges through the mutual dispatch of students and faculty members, holding of joint seminars, and so on.