KYUDAI NEWS KYUSHU UNIVERSITY CAMPUS MAGAZINE Spring 2014 No.25

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The team of master's program students in Hydrogen Energy Systems at Kyushu University's Graduate School of Engineering was awarded the Grand
Prize in the Hydrogen Student Design Contest hosted by the Hydrogen Education Foundation and sponsored by the United States Department of Energy. At the award ceremony, held at the ACT (Alternative Clean Transportation) EXPO 2013 on June 25, 2013, in Washington, D.C., USA, the team members were presented with certicates and a trophy.This contest is organized with the objective of fostering young researchers leading the future hydrogen-based economy and society and is known for being a high level event which brings together many of the latest technologies and experimentations to be placed on display.Kyushu University's team was made up of 
12 students, most of whom were enrolled in a class on technology management in the master's program collaborated with QBS (Kyushu University Business School). The team drafted a proposal over six months and submitted it in May this year. The Kyushu University Team's proposal, titled "Development of a Hydrogen Production and Fueling Infrastructure in the Northeastern United States," incorporated the idea of using modular and portable hydrogen stations during the early stages of the introduction of fuel cell vehicles in order to save on investment costs. They also incorporated the idea of building hydrogen station networks to match the types expected by main users at different stages of introduction. The originality and feasibility of these ideas were evaluated as deserving of the Grand Prize.Professor Koji Mizoguchi was elected as the sixth President of the World Archaeological Congress (WAC) in January, 2013.WAC is the world’s largest organization of archaeologists with an institutionalized democratic decisionmaking system. The WAC international congress, which is held every four years, is attended by nearly 2,000 archaeologists from more than 80 countries around the world to report on up-to-date research achievements. Participants in the congress also discuss matters such as what the signicance of studying archaeology is in a modern world facing a variety of challenges, what should be learned from the past and how our ndings should be used to bring a better future. Discussions at the WAC Assembly comprises representatives of countries, regions, indigenous peoples, and students as well as the Steering Committee. Therefore, how to mediate between all these parties and bring better results is a difcult and important task for the WAC President. With “Japan’s position in East Asia” as the key concept, Kyushu University’s archaeology has examined social organizations and their changes caused by inter-exchanges from a pioneering, dynamic perspective. Kyushu University regards it as one of its missions to help to bring a better future to the world by disseminating information from Asia. Against this backdrop, he is hoping to play his role as the “chief navigator and facilitator” as archaeology continues to progress.24Kyudai News No.25Topics 3Topics 4Kyushu University Students Awarded Grand Prize in the 2012-2013 Hydrogen Student Design ContestProfessor Mizoguchi of the Faculty of Social and Cultural Studies Elected as the Sixth President of the World Archaeological CongressProfessor Mizoguchi at an excavation site in Herefordshire County, EnglandCommemorative picture of the team taken at the award ceremonyKYUDAI NEWS No. 25

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