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Studyingthesuccessesandfailuresofresearchingroups,withmenandwomenfromvariouscountrieshelpsstudentsdevelopstrongprofessionalcommunicationskills.Learningwhatittakestoactually“show”anaudiencethatanengineeringsolutionworks.ThestudentsintheKawamotoLaboratoryworkondevelopingimportantprofessionalcommunicationskillsbyconstructivelyevaluatingthesuccessesandfailuresoftheirresearchworkasmuchaspossibleduringtheschoolyearwiththeircolleagues.TheirtopicsofstudyrangefromITapplicationstosupportEnglisheducationinsideandoutsideoftheclassroomtoinvestigationsofthedesign/developmentchallengesofcyberphysicalsystemsforimprovingtheconditionoflifeinthecommunitiesandsocietyaroundthem.WithmoreandmorestudentseagerandwillingtodoworkinEnglishtolearnitratherthanlearnEnglishtodowork,therewillbegreateropportunitiesforresearchdiscussionsandcollaborationsoutsideofthelaboratory,outsideoftheuniversitythatwillpreparestudentsfortheworkforceevenoutsideofJapan.Byemphasizingthedevelopmentofprofessionalcommunicationskillsthroughouttheresearchprocess,graduatesentertheworkforcewithversatileskillsinadaptingtheirworkdiscussionswithdifferentcolleagues,audiences,clients,etc.AssociateProfessorShehasbeenonthefacultyattheNagano-EngineeringCampussince1996.Developing Professional Communication Skills in Engineering StudentsPauline Naomi KawamotoAfter GraduationIn the FutureEngineering Core AkimiFujitaNumerical Simulations of Supernova-Driven Multiphase Galactic Outflows and Galaxy Evolution using SupercomputersIn the Future After Graduation Ph.D.Associate ProfessorAfter getting PhD in Astrophysics from Columbia University, I worked at UCSB and Max Planck, and after many years of parental break, I am back to work! My research interests are galaxy formation/evolution, galactic outflows, and global education. Youarereadytoworkinvariousindustrieswithcomputationalskills(C,C++,Python)yougainatmylab.Iencouragestudentstogoabroadtostudyorforinternshipsastrainingtobecomeglobalengineers/scientists.IfyouwanttoworkinthefieldofAstronomy/Astrophysics,IstronglyadviseyoutostayforMA/PhD.ForPhD,Englishisamust.Starsareborn,live,anddie.Inparticular,high-massstarsendtheirlivesastheyexplodethemselvesassupernovae.Imodeltheeffectsofrepeatedsupernovaexplosionsingalaxiesdrivinggalacticoutflows,usinghydrodynamicsimulations,andstudytheirinfluenceongalaxyformationandevolution.Inrecentyears,Iaminterestedinmetalenriched,multiphasegasfarabovegalacticdiskswherestarsform,probedbymetalabsorptionlines,soIammodelingiondistributionsofgalactichalosat>10-100timesthethicknessofthedisksasoutflowstravelfarintothem.Figures: Galactic outflow in M82 (NOAO/AURA/NSF Copyright WIYN Consortium, Inc. top right), the projected density distribution of a simulated galactic outflow (Fujita & Mac Low 2018 bottom right), and the temperature distribution of a zoomed-in simulation (left) Engineering Core 70