Boeing Higher Education Program
Boeing Externship Program 2018 Contest on the theme of "New Technologies and Business Proposals f... October 01, 2018 |
During the 5 days from September 25 to 29 of 2017, the American aviation tour was held with 17 st... September 30, 2017 |
*Visiting Japan Business Association of Seattle* The fifth day was finally the US aviation tour.... September 29, 2017 |
*Visiting Grant County International Airport in Moses Lake* This time we visited the site of MRJ... September 28, 2017 |
*Visiting Boeing's Everett factory* On September 27th we visited Boeing’s Everette factory which... September 27, 2017 |
*Visit to Toray* On the first day of this tour, we visited the Tacoma factory of Toray Composi... September 26, 2017 |
*Visit the Consulate-General of Japan in Seattle * On the first day, we visited the Consulate-Ge... September 25, 2017 |
We planned and carried out a study tour of various important sites for the Europe aerospace indus... September 15, 2016 |
Since 2012, Boeing Japan has held a so-called "externship" program in which university students c... September 09, 2016 |
This summer again, we held a summer intensive course “Aviation Technology Innovation” where about... August 04, 2016 |
In March 2016, we visited factories of Yamanouchi Seisakusyo Co.,Ltd. located in Niigata, and dis... March 06, 2016 |
On December 25th, we held special winter workshop at Hongo campus and invited professionals of av... December 25, 2015 |
Since 2012, Boeing Japan has held a so-called "externship" program in which university students ... October 02, 2015 |
We planned and carried out a study tour of various important sites for the US aerospace industry... September 17, 2015 |
We planned and carried out a study tour of various important sites for the US aerospace industry... September 16, 2015 |
We planned and carried out a study tour of various important sites for the US aerospace industry... September 13, 2015 |
This summer again, we held a summer intensive course “Aviation Technology Innovation” where about... August 05, 2015 |
We Tokyo-U students visited Nippon Cargo Airlines (NCA), with headquarter in Narita Internationa... September 11, 2014 |
As an activity of “Aviation System International Project Based Learning” class, we are investigat... August 14, 2014 |
The Aeronautics Innovation Course was a summer intensive course opened for the third grade of the... August 04, 2014 |
To deepen the understanding of the aviation industry by knowing the field of Japan airline, we v... July 09, 2014 |
As an activity of “Aviation System International Project Based Learning” class, we visit compani... July 07, 2014 |
Participating to the idea contest of the Boeing seminar, we have a series of discussion about ne... August 02, 2013 |
We have a series of discussion about new business models and aircraft technologies for the futur... July 11, 2013 |
In 2012, the University of Tokyo received a grant from The Boeing Company for a project to foste... April 26, 2013 |
We planned and carried out a study tour of various important sites for the Europe aerospace industry (9/14-20/2016). This tour was intended for U-Tokyo students who wanted to learn about the aerospace industry other than from their studies, and those interested in an internship or career in the aerospace industry or abroad.
On the third day of the aviation tour, we visited ONERA, the French national aerospace research center.
ONERA is a public research establishment, with eight major facilities in France and is world-famous for its wind tunnel facilities. In 2001, a trilateral joint research framework was established by ONERA, DLR and JAXA. Since then, ONERA has been an essential partner of Japanese aerospace industry.
We received an explanation about ONERA at first, and then departed for the facility tour. Concerning ONERA, we heard that its business portfolio focuses equally on civil, defense and dual-use. It was surprising to me that the share of defense is so high. In the drone study team, they applied AI to the landing point designation algorithm in order to realize the automation landing. In addition, they had a drone used to make an avalanche. I was so impressed and recognized the vast potential of drones at the same time.
It was a great opportunity for us to recognize the difference between French aerospace research centers and those of Japan, and we could imagine working abroad in the future. I would like to thank everyone concerned for providing us a wonderful time.
普段、大学で勉強しているだけではわからない航空機産業の現場を自分の肌で感じることで、航空機産業というキャリア・海外留学やインターン・国際キャリアへの可能性を探るために航空ツアー(9/14(Wed)-20(Tue))を企画、実施した。
トゥールーズ最終日である見学3日目、私たちはフランスの航空宇宙研究機関であるONERA(Office National d’Etudes et Recherches Aérospatiales)を訪問した。
ONERAはフランス国防省の管轄下にある公的な機関であり、風洞設備で世界的に有名である。さらに近年ドイツのDLRおよび日本のJAXAとの共同研究の枠組みが確立されるなど日本の航空宇宙研究機関にとって重要なパートナーでもある。
訪問は、企業説明を聞いた後ONERAの研究施設を順番に見学させていただく形で行われた。まず企業に関して日本と異なると感じた点は、ONERAのbusiness portfolioが1/3 civil(民間)、1/3 defense(防衛)、1/3 dual-use(民間・防衛両方)であること。防衛が占める割合が大きいように感じ、驚いた。見学した無人機研究では、自動運転を実現するために人工知能を応用した着地点探索等を行っていた。山で人工雪崩をつくるための無人機もあり、無人機が活躍する場は非常に広範にわたるということを改めて感じた.
全体を通してフランスと日本の航空宇宙研究機関の在り方の違いを認識し、将来的に海外で働く際のイメージをつかむことができる素晴らしい機会であった。このような機会を用意してくださったONERAの方々、そして大学職員の皆様に感謝申しあげます。
工学系研究科航空宇宙工学専攻 修士1年 土屋晶嵩(Akitaka Tsuchiya)