Adriana Piccinini Higashino (PhD)
National Institute of Technology, Akashi College Department of Architecture, Professor
2013 Sept-2014 March: Guest Researcher at CHAM (Portugal)
2004 The University of Tokyo, Faculty of Engineering Department of Architecture (Ph.D. Eng)
2002 The University of Tokyo, Faculty of Engineering Department of Architecture (Master)　
1999 Kyoto Institute of Technology Department of Architecture (Bachelor)
1997 National Institute of Technology, Kure College Department of Architecture

Publications
https://researchmap.jp/read0134827/?lang=en

Alexander Wong is a Senior Project Officer at the Centre for Learning and Teaching, Vocational Training Council (VTC), Hong Kong. With over a decade of experience in teaching and designing curriculum, he currently focuses on teacher training for the 13 member institutions of VTC. Recently, he established the Artificial Intelligence in Education Series, which aims to equip teaching and instructing staff with the necessary knowledge and skills to integrate A.I. technologies into their teaching practices.

Alexander has received several international awards in the areas of communication design, interactive and interaction design, including the Red Dot Award, A'Design Award, Golden Pin Design Award, and The IDA International Design Award.

Prior to joining VTC, Alexander worked as a new media artist and interactive technologist with an interest in harnessing creativity through technology. He believes that science and art should combine to explore potential possibilities, and that research findings, techniques, and creativity should be able to provide solutions applicable in the community and to address practical problems in society.

His current research interests include technology-enhanced teaching and learning, artificial intelligence in education, community-based service learning, blended learning and video-based learning.

Asha Kumaran is a Senior Academic Mentor with the School of Humanities & Social Sciences. She is a pedagogy leader, responsible for mentoring staff, operationalising research projects and implementing programmes that help lecturers adopt new learning and teaching approaches. Asha has a keen interest in oral presentation and communication skills development, having written several microlearning courses (MLC) to develop presentation and communication skills in adult learners, and students. A proficient communicator, author and materials developer, she has also been involved in adult training for corporations. In her previous position as Editorial Manager at Oxford University Press (Singapore), she worked with several organisations to develop customised packages. A formally trained teacher, she worked at the Ministry of Education (Singapore) to develop curriculum packages for schools. She has extensive experience conducting workshops for various levels of staff both within Singapore and in the region.

Chong Wei is a Data Scientist at Temasek Polytechnic. In his role as a Data Scientist, he is looking out for ways to help educators use data to improve teaching and learning. Chong Wei is rooted in the belief that the use of data should go hand in hand with empathy.

Lina is a certified lesson designer and facilitation peer coach from the School of Engineering at Republic Polytechnic. She has been the module chair of the mathematics module for many semesters. She is active in conducting action research projects to explore various interventions to improve students' learning and has successfully implemented them in the module. She is also the recipient of a funded educational research project.

English language arts educator based in Shunan, Japan, Mr. Revis teaches at The National Institute of Technology, Tokuyama College, and at the University of Yamaguchi. With over 25 years of teaching experience in the U.S. and Japan, he specializes in innovative teaching methods such as Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL), and seeks methods that join the U.S. academic systems emphasis on independent research and critical thinking with the Japanese education system's focus on academic rigor.

Ken Hui is the Project Manager of the Engineering Discipline of the Hong Kong Institute of Vocational Education, VTC. He assists the Academic Director (Engineering) of IVE in the management, planning and development of the Discipline. He has been the Senior Lecturer and Programme Leader in the Department of Construction, and is a professional quantity surveyor.

Federico Fiore is a Singapore based UK 3d artist, director, and educator with 20 years of experience in the animation field.
He worked for high-profile clients like BBC, Scottish Government, Samsung and Microsoft in film and broadcast productions.
Additionally, Federico has been on the jury panel for the international A+ Creative Festival in Taiwan as well as hosting talks and workshops in the SEA region.
Currently, he holds the position of Lecturer for the Animation and Visual Effects diploma at the School of Design & Media at the Nanyang Polytechnic and is their resident Blender expert.

I am a 5th year student studying architecture and civil engineering at the National Anan Institute of Technology. I would like to make a presentation on the subject of pre-disaster recovery planning in my hometown. Please do not hesitate to contact me.

Henry Kwong is a lecturer in the School of Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering, Singapore Polytechnic. Prior to joining as a lecturer, he has served in the same department as a Research Engineer, where his focus is on Mechanical Computer Aided Design (CAD) and Computer Aided Machining (CAM). Henry has a great passion in teaching and pedagogy and his education research interest is on Active Learning, Active-Collaborative Learning and Pragmatism Pedagogy.

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Juha Kontio is a Doctor of Sciences in Economics and Business Administration. He received the M.Sc. degree in Computer Science from the University of Jyväskylä in 1991 and the D.Sc. degree in Information Systems from Turku School of Economics in 2004. He is the Dean of the Faculty of Engineering and Business at Turku University of Applied Sciences. His research interest is in higher education-related topics. He is currently the co-director of the CDIO initiative and former co-leader of the European CDIO region.

Work experience
Apr. 2017 - Present Department of Electronic and Mechanical Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Yuge College
Apr. 2009 - Jul. 2013 Yanmar Co., Ltd.

Education
Apr. 2014 - Mar. 2017 Department of Advanced Engineering, Doctoral course, The University of Shiga Prefecture
Apr. 2007 - Mar. 2009 Department of Mechanical Systems Engineering, Master's course, The University of Shiga Prefecture

Laurence Anthony is Professor of Applied Linguistics at the Faculty of Science and Engineering, Waseda University, Japan. He has a BSc degree (Mathematical Physics) from the University of Manchester, UK, and MA (TESL/TEFL) and PhD (Applied Linguistics) degrees from the University of Birmingham, UK. He is a founding member of the Center for English Language Education in Science and Engineering (CELESE), which runs discipline-specific language courses for the 10,000 students of the faculty. His main research interests are in corpus linguistics, educational technology, and English for Specific Purposes (ESP) program design and teaching methodologies. He received the National Prize of the Japan Association for English Corpus Studies (JAECS) in 2012 for his work in corpus software tools design, including the creation of AntConc.

Email: anthony@waseda.jp
Twitter: @antlabjp
Homepage: https://www.laurenceanthony.net

Programme Leader, Higher Diploma in Cybersecurity
Hong Kong Institute of Vocational Education (Chai Wan)

My name is Makoto Ohya and I have been a professor of civil engineer and architecture at National Institute of Technology, Matsue College since 2015. I am studying research on spatial structures such as RC shell structures and on technology achieving a long service of building structures and infrastructures.

Dr. Mami KATSUMI
UEA (Education Administrator) / Adjunct Lecturer, Center for International Industry-Academia Collaboration, member of Office for SDGs Promotion, Nagaoka University of Technology

Dr. Mami KATSUMI was graduated from Department of Physics, Graduate School of Science, Chiba University (Ph.D. in Sci.). Her major was radiation biophysics. She has Teaching Certificate (Elementary, Science of Junior and High school).

She has been engaged in development of modeling the biological response for heavy particle beam cancer treatment. After working as a fixed-term staff member at the National Institute of Radiological Sciences (Chiba), as a part-time lecturer at career college and high schools in Tokyo and Chiba Prefecture, and as a sales representative for a global logistics company (Malaysia), she joined Nagaoka University of Technology in 2014.

Currently, she is in charge of undergraduate and master’s lectures, including exercises in engineer capabilities as UEA. And she promotes international education and research collaboration and international industry-academia collaboration. She was specially appointed by the president as a specialist in planning and promoting the SDGs. As the UNAI SDG9 Hub University, she is responsible for the creation of teaching materials necessary for promoting the SDGs at the university, engineering education using these materials, supporting research activities aimed at achieving the SDGs, and publicizing the results. Furthermore, she is providing opportunities for learning SDGs to teachers and students in elementary, junior high, and high school and KOSEN.

＜Reference：Award＞
The Commendation for Science and Technology by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology 2021
The 24th Engineering Education Award of the Japanese Society for Engineering Education 2020

Professor Mariko Okuzaki started her teaching career at a Junior High School in 1985.
Six years later, she was hired as an English lecturer in National Institute of Technology,
Hakodate College. While working, Okuzaki earned a TESOL Master’s degree of SIT in
1996. She has been a professor of NIT, Hakodate College since 2004 by now.

Mark is an Academic Mentor and a Specialist (Teaching & Learning) at the School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Singapore Polytechnic.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-wan-b3b05398/

My interests include intercultural communication, computer-assisted language learning, active-learning and English for specific purposes. I have the experience of having taught at the nursery, elementary, junior high, senior high, college and university levels. My current research focuses on vocabulary acquisition and reading software development. From 2013-2020, I had the privilege of teaching at the National Institute of Technology, Matsue College.

Marta Miguel (PhD)
Architect, Senior Lecturer, Senior Academic Mentor

Marta studied architecture at the Faculty of Architecture, University of Lisbon in Portugal and Ecole Nationale Superieure D’architecture de Montpellier in France (ENSAM).

Marta worked as an independent architect and urban designer in Portugal, Holland and Angola. She taught architecture at TU-Delft in the Netherlands and at Robert Gordon University (RGU) in the UK, where she defended her Doctored degree.

Her research interests are related to urban and human sustainable development and the role of architecture as a catalyst for urban change. She believes that architecture can be used as a tool to regenerate ecosystems and integrate human and natural systems in a more resilient and compatible manner.

She is working as a Senior Academic Mentor at the Temasek Polytechnic (TP) in Singapore. While teaching at TP Design School, she collaborated with industry partners and governmental agencies such as Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA), National Parks Board (NParks) and Singapore Food Agency (SFA) in various projects related to social and cultural issues, poverty, urban segregation, and identity.

Masashi Kawaguchi received the B.E. degree in Information Engineering from the Nagoya Institute of Technology in 1987. He joined Kaisei High School as a mathematics teacher in 1987. He was transferred as a Research Associate in the Department of Electrical Engineering of National Institute of Technology, Suzuka College in 1992. He served as an inland researcher at Nagoya Institute of Technology from 1995 to 1996. He received the D.E. degree in Environmental Technology and Urban Planning Graduate School of Engineering at Nagoya Institute of Technology in 2003. He became an associate professor in 2004 and promoted a professor in 2012. He was a part-time lecturer at Suzuka University of Medical Science from 2007 to 2009 and Osaka-Kyouiku University from 2008 to 2014. He was the Chair of the International committee from 2009 to 2016. He was the Director of Information Processing Center from 2010 to 2013. He was the Chair of the Department of Electrical & Electronic Engineering from 2016 to 2021. He received the Best Paper Award at the Fifth Multi-Conference on Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics (SCI2001) in 2001 and the IEEE/ACIS International Conference on Computer and Information Science (ICIS2019) in 2019. He is a member of the IEE of Japan, IEICE (Japan) and IPSJ (Japan).

Mdm Naganandhini Nagu is a Manager at Temasek Polytechnic, School of Engineering. She holds a Master Degree in Satellite Communications. She specializes in Embedded Systems and Industrial IoT(IIoT) software. She has a wide exposure to Industrial 4.0 transformation, first-hand experiences of the industry in Advanced Manufacturing as well as the IoT Platform, Analytics Use Cases and Augmented Reality setup experiences. Currently, she is the subject leader for the multidisciplinary subject, Industrial IoT Analytics where she teaches students and adult learners, the current IIoT software, trends and Use Cases in Industrial 4.0 applications. Besides teaching students, she has also conducted training sessions on the current trends of Industrial 4.0 transformation for the various Industries to upskill their workforce. She has implemented suitable pedagogies during and after COVID-19 for students to have a fruitful learning experience.

Dr. Nikhil Sachdeva received the M.Pharm. and Ph.D. degrees from Indian Institute of Technology (BHU), India and National University of Singapore, in 2005 and 2012, respectively. He became a lecturer at School of Applied Science, Republic Polytechnic in June 2012. He teaches several courses on
Organic/Analytical/ Medicinal Chemistry, Pharmacology and Toxicology, Complimentary and Alternative Medicine and Formulation Science to Applied Science students. He is the author or coauthor of more than 10 papers in international refereed journals and conference contributions. He involves in both lab-based research solving industry problems as well as academic research involving 3D-printing, AR/VR, gamification. His lab-based research uses : (a) advanced analytical instrumentation for structural characterization, (b) chemical synthesis for development of New Chemical entities, (c) formulation research for pharmaceutical, food and allied industry problems.
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1995 Graduated from Korea Maritime University, Department of Marine Engineering
1999-2003 R&D Department, JEMACO Flair Co., Ltd. (Busan, South Korea)
2000 Completed master's course at Korea Maritime University Graduate School, Department of Marine Engineering
2006 Completed doctoral course at Kobe University Graduate School of Science and Technology, Department of Marine Mechanical and Energy Engineering
2006 Adopted as Assistant Professor at National Institute of Technology Oshima College

Richard is a professor of English at NIT-Ariake where he runs the English Lab, assists with International Affairs, and explores issues in critical thinking, grammar, and motivation. He enjoys time with his family, riding motorcycles, and listening to music when he is not teaching and researching.

In 2000, Graduated from the University of Tokyo

He is currently a professor at NIT, Toba College.
His current research interests include maritime education and power electronics.

2021- National Institute of Technology, Wakayama College

He received Dr.Eng. in 2003. From 2003 to 2013, he worked as a Postdoctoral researcher at Kyoto University. He is now a professor of the National Institute of Technology, Tsuyama College, Japan. His research interests are developing organic electronic devices, such as OLEDs, OPVs and OTFTs. Especially, he tries to develop novel thin film fabrication technique under atmospheric pressure by using ultrasonic spray deposition.

Shruti Pilare is a lecturer of diploma in Architectural Technology & Building Services, School of Engineering, Temasek Polytechnic, Singapore. She holds a master’s in urban design and an undergraduate degree in architecture with an industry experience as a sustainability consultant. As an educator, architect, and an urban designer, she is passionate to work on design solutions that influence our response to climate change within the urban built and natural environment.

Teaching experiences
1 year: Shibaura Institeute of Technology
3 years: Morioka First High School (Iwate Prefecture)
2years : Kiji Industrial High School (Iwate Prefecture)
8 years: National Institute of Technology, Tokyo College

Shyamli is an academician, a peer coach and a researcher with the Republic Polytechnic, Singapore. She is passionate about strengthening the teaching and learning community through research, and development. Her research interests are in measuring student motivation and finding ways to improve it further through curriculum and co-curricular interventions. Her work includes exploring the impact of interventions such as values education, financial assistance, big PBL problems, 70-20-10 instructional approach on students’ perceptions and/ motivation.

Hock Wei serves as the assistant director at the School of Engineering, Ngee Ann Polytechnic, where he spearheads the advancements in teaching and learning innovation. He graduated from the National University of Singapore with a Bachelor’s in Biomedical Engineering (Hons) and a Master of Engineering (Biomedical Engineering). In addition, he completed his Master of Education programme with the University of Melbourne in 2020. Hock Wei has been teaching embedded systems programming to both full-time students and adult learners since joining Ngee Ann Polytechnic in 2013 and has strong project interests in IoT, web, mobile and cloud technologies.

Sowmya Sathish is a lecturer at Temasek Polytechnic, Singapore. She holds a degree in Architecture from India and is a master's graduate in Building Science from the National University of Singapore. After an industry experience of 5 years, she pursued teaching in 2015. In 2021, she was a shortlisted finalist for the President's Award for Teachers. The award recognizes educators for their critical role in molding the nation's future. As a dual professional, her pedagogical approaches are directed towards practice-based education stimulated by technology and inclusivity for learning.

Susumu Takabayashi was born in Kure, Hiroshima, Japan, in 1976. He received the B.E., M.E., and Ph.D. degrees in photoelectrochemistry from Osaka University, Osaka, Japan, in 2000, 2002, and 2005, respectively. He was a post-doctoral fellow with Kinki University Fukuoka campus, Iizuka, Fukuoka, Japan, for a half year and Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan, for four years. He was with the Research Institute of Electrical Communication (RIEC), Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan, from 2010 to 2015, where he was promoted to an assistant professor in 2012. In 2015, he joined ADTEC Plasma Technology Co., Ltd., Fukuyama, Hiroshima, which is a manufacturer of a pair of radio-frequency power source and impedance matching box as a discharge plasma resource. He worked as a development engineer in the R&D department and engaged in quality control in the quality department. Since April, 2020, he has been an associate professor at National College of Technology, Ariake College, Omuta, Fukuoka, Japan. He belongs to Energy Course, Department of Creative Engineering, where he is teaching electromagnetism, electronics experiments, electrical circuit design, and quality management. His current research interests include physics, chemistry, and electronics application of carbonaceous materials grown by plasma methods.

Prof.Takayoshi Ohtsu is a professor at the department of electrical and electronic engineering of National Institute of Technology, Numazu College, Shizuoka, Japan. He received BS and MS degrees in electrical engineering from Yamanashi University in 1983 and 1985, respectively. In1997, he received his PhD in engineering from Keio University. He joined Hitachi Ltd. in 1985, where he worked on design and testing of magnetic heads for Hitachi’s disk drive system. In 2010, he joined National Institute of Technology, Suzuka College. And, he joined National Institute of Technology, Numazu College in 2015. He is a member of the institute of Electrical Engineers of Japan, the Institute of Electrostatics Japan,Reliability Center for Electronic Components of Japan, IDEMA JAPAN, Japan TRIZ Association Steering Committee, Japan Intellectual Property Association, The Zoological Society of Japan and INPIT Intellectual Property Development Promotion High School Project Advisor.

Hwee Yong graduated from The National University of Singapore (NUS) with a Bachelor of Science (Computer & Information Sciences) degree. During her studies, she focused in the areas of Software Engineering and Project Management and went on to further her knowledge in Project Management with the Certified IT Project Manager Programme at The Institute of Systems Science, NUS.

Currently a senior lecturer at Republic Polytechnic, Hwee Yong has developed and taught in modules related to Interactive and Digital Media, IT Compliance and Risk Management as well as IT Service Delivery.

Hwee Yong is also holds a Practitioner Certificate in Personal Data Protection (Singapore) and an Advanced Certificate in Data Protection Operational Excellence by The Singapore Management University (SMU).

Dr. Thanyawarat Pawasopon is lecturer in Computers Department at KOSEN-KMITL. Prior to coming to KOSEN-KMITL, she was a lecturer in Information and Communication Technology Department at University of the Thai Chamber of Commerce and after that she was a senior product engineer at Mastercontrols Co.Ltd. Thanyawarat received her B.Eng. and M.Eng. in Telecommunications Engineering and her D.Eng. in Electronics Engineering from King Mongkut's Institute of Technology Ladkrabang (KMITL).

Currently, Dr. Thanyawarat is teaching Digital Circuit, Electronic Circuit Engineering, Intro. to Electronic and Computer Engineering, Intro. to Engineering Design, Programing, Labwork, and Reverse Engineering at KOSEN-KMITL.

I am an associate professor in the Department of Information Technology. My major is image processing.

Tristan is a Lecturer at the School of Business Management Banking and Finance department, and a member of the Institutional Review Board of Nanyang Polytechnic. His research interest lies in Finance, Financial Technology and Educational Technology. Tristan has experience spanning the private and public sector, in the areas of investment management, corporate finance, venture capital and technology advisory. Tristan holds postgraduate degrees in Finance, IT and Engineering from The University of Sydney, Singapore Management University and National University of Singapore. He is a CFA and CAIA charter holder, and a member of the National Advisory Council of the Chartered Institute for Securities and Investment (U.K.).

TK has been with School of IT, Nanyang Polytechnic for over 25 years. Prior to taking up academic position in the IHL, he worked as a management consultant in a global consulting firm. TK graduated from National University of Singapore with Honours degree in Mathematics and obtained his MBA from University Queensland.
TK has held various management and operation positions in polytechnic, include Course Manager of Diploma in Business Informatics, Financial Informatics, Business Intelligence and Analytics where he was a pivotal member for the launched of these courses. He currently holds the appointment of Senior T&L Specialist in the Teaching and Learning Innovation Section that provides academic support and services on pedagogy, assessment strategy, academic quality assurance, ICT-enhanced T&L and learning experience design to fellow faculty members.
TK is married with 2 sons. He is a voracious reader and enjoys cycling and hiking during his leisure time.

Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, NIT, Akashi College
Geotechnical Engineering and Disaster Prevention Engineering

My name is Yasuyuki Okazaki and I belong to National Institute of Technology, Matsue College. I have been working at this college since 2017. I received a Doctor of Engineering from Yamaguchi University of Japan in 2019. My major is tunnel engineering, especially, I'm researching safety during tunnel construction and maintenance of tunnels in service.

Yoshihiro Horihata is an associate professor of NIT, Yonago college. His work focuses on the mathematical logic, specifically reverse mathematics. He also interested in study of relations between the liberal arts and "mathematical attitude" which defined by himself.

Yu Ho Kwok is a Senior Lecturer at the Information Technology Department of the Hong Kong Institute of Vocational Education, where he is currently the Programme Leader for the Higher Diploma in AI and Mobile Application Development. With over 13 years of experience in teaching and programme development, he is responsible for daily operations, programme development, quality assurance, R&D, and industrial collaboration.

Mr Kwok has taught modules at both degree and sub-degree levels, specialising in artificial intelligence application and mobile application development. He is also the Chief Expert for the WorldSkills competition and has received several certifications and awards, including HCIA-AI instructor, Apple Distinguished Educator (Class of 2019), and the Apple Certified Trainer (ACT).

Mr Kwok's research interests include mobile application innovation, developing education software to enhance teaching and learning, and technology-enhanced learning using artificial intelligence.