
Professor Hideaki Morikawa introducing the Faculty of Textile Science and Technology and the Institute for Fiber Engineering, Shinshu University
Finally Shinshu University Specially Appointed Professor Shigeru Yamanaka concluded the workshop describing the future prospects for cellulose resources and its usage technologies. Then Professor Masayuki Takatera, Director of IFES and Head of the Division of Smart Textiles, Professor Shigeru Inui, Head of the Division of Kansei and Fashion Engineering, Professor Thomas Rosenau, and the workshop lecturers’ mixing was planned, and in a casual atmosphere an opinion exchange was held regarding student workshop of exchange between students belonging to the leading programs of Shinshu University Graduate Schools and BOKU students. Throughout the whole schedule there were very lively discussions, forming a solid foundation for promoting comprehensive collaborative research between BOKU and Shinshu University.