Journal

Scientific Meeting with Mr. MAN'I

2022年3月17日 20時14分

   At noon on Sunday, February 6th, Professor Tomoyasu MAN’I, resident in the United States and assistant professor at the University of Connecticut, held an online exchange meeting with 17 science and mathematics students.

   In the first part, the representative groups from our school, “NEGIBOU’s” and “Vitamin C Team”, gave research presentations, and received guidance and advice from Prof. MAN’I that was specific and easy to understand; advice that could lead to the development of our future research.

   Students not giving presentations were also given careful pointers on how to proceed with their research, focusing on the important aspects of the research methods themselves, as well as how best to show and convey their research through presentations and posters.

   In the second part, a session with Prof. MAN’I was held in which he was posed questions about various topics, including his research, the importance of English overseas, and how to prioritize between the many things one may be interested in. Prof. MAN’I gave valuable answers based on his own experience.

   Finally, Prof. MAN’I gave an encouraging message to the students, saying: “When you are able to conduct experiments, it’s best to do the research properly,” and “Instead of thinking about your university only by their T-scores, I want you to imagine your own life after going on to university, choose your university based on that, and work hard toward that point.”

   I would like to make use of what we learned at today’s exchange meeting for our future research and for the realization of our careers. ■

The Author’s Opinion:
I want to make use of this valuable experience in my life from this day forward.
(209) Rin MIYAMOTO
      

WiDS HIROSHIMA Ideathon 2022

2022年3月10日 17時25分

   “WiDS HIROSHIMA Ideathon 2022” was held on January 29th, 2022. Two teams from our school passed the qualifiers and gave an online presentation, with four finalists including us.
WiDS stands for WOMEN in DATA SCIENCE, and is an activity centred on Stanford University ICME in the U.S. with the aim of developing human resources who can play an active role in data science regardless of gender. The theme this time was to propose the next generation of boxed lunches that make use of data.
   Under the theme of a box that does not produce garbage, the “Squash” group proposed a lunch box made using vegetables, on the basis that half of all plastic waste is packaging such as for bento. 8 million tons of marine plastic waste are released every year, and 24% of vegetables grown are not actually distributed. In addition, they explained that in Japan, 1/7 of children are poor, so unsold produce should be delivered to them, and that used boxes could also be provided as raw materials and livestock feed. They also proposed a production cycle in which materials are reprocessed in turn with zero resulting waste. We missed our first win in two years, but we were runners-up as we were last year.
   Under the same theme, the “Rice Cake” group proposed lunch boxes made of rice cake, on the basis that 45% of all waste plastic is packaging, 80% of household waste is plastic, and 14% of this plastic is not recycled. Besides, they explained that the rice cake, i.e. the box, can even be eaten as an after-dinner dessert and wasabi can be used to prevent mold.
Both teams proposed boxes that, while not so healthy for people, are very eco-friendly. ■
Author’s Impression:
   The proposals from all teams were innovative and all presentations sounded so interesting that they made me excited. Though we missed the first prize, I have no regrets because I did my best.
It was difficult for us to collaborate to make presentations and make proposals based on accurate data, I think that it is an essential skill for when you become a university student or an adult in the future, so WiDS is good for us students.  208 Shogo KOIKE
      

Robot Idea Koshien 2021

2022年3月10日 17時21分

2021/12/23
   On  Desember 22nd, Matsuyama Minami HighSchool students attended " Robot Idea Koshien 2021 " in Ehime held at Taihou Sangyou. We saw Robots We don’t usually see, and we proposed new ideas for how to use Industrial Robots.
   At first, we attended a lecture from Mr. Jinno about " Significance of the Robot Koshien ", from Mr.Teraoku about " System Integrator's efforts ", and from Mr. Kobayashi about " Robots creation ". They told us about the future trends of the Robotics industry and their advice for the Robot Idea Koshien.
   After that, we visited many robots and experienced the near future. 
   Finally, we wrote a report about our own original idea. As a result of a review process, Yamato Kouchi, from Matsuyama Minami HighSchool won first prize and will participate in the Shikoku Tournament as a represent of Ehime prefecture.

2022/01/30
   Six students participated in the Shikoku Tournament from four prefectures. I proposed a " Sign Language Translator " service robot that can enable hearing-impaired people to Communicate with other people freely. And Yamato Kouchi won first prize here too.

   Unfortunately, the National convention was canceled, but thanks to this experience, we were able to consider our own futures and the society of the future. Thank you to everyone who was involved in this project!
                               Yamato Kouchi
        

Super High School Consortium

2022年3月7日 17時08分

   First and second grade students of our science and mathematics class took part in the Super High School Consortium on Friday, January 28th.
   The group “Negibou's” was the representative for assignments from second grade students, and gave a presentation that we are working on a daily basis at SSH with students from other schools. Also, we exchanged opinions and hold a question-and-answer session. We received many opinions, comments and questions from other school's students, which solved as food for thought fir future research.
In addition, another student of the science and mathematics class gave presentations about efforts to revitalize the local industry of high school students in the Chuyo region, in the middle part of Ehime Prefecture, efforts regarding the Under-15 Job Challenge of junior high school students and so on along with an exchange of opinions.
   Students of the science and mathematics class were able gain valuable experience that broadened them horizons using presentations from different fields through exchange of other school's students in this consortium.

Author’s Opinion: I think I was able to grow through interaction with people I am usually unable to get involved with. I would like to make use of this experience and continue to enjoy my research.  209 Sae SHINGU
     

Presentations in English

2022年3月7日 17時03分

   First grade students took part in a science workshop at school on the 27th January, 2022, inviting Dr. Sebastian Ritterbex, a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Theoretical and Computational Mineral Physics in Geodynamics Research Center of Ehime University. The research titles were as follows; “Research on the properties of tiles”, “Research on dyes of Ginkgo biloba”, and “Improving the Convenience of Flywheel-Based Wind Power Generation”
 
   Three groups made their presentations in English clearly and logically, which were splendid and quite impressive, and received high praise from participating researchers. It is hoped that students will make good use of today's experience so that it could become the foundation for the upcoming research events that students are expected to join this spring. Also, the students worked as moderators managed the workshop very smoothly so as to make it lively and productive. We are really proud of our students for their hard work and for today's success. We hope that students will keep up their good work and grow into prospective young researchers with brilliant scientific minds. 

We would like to express our sincere gratitude to Dr. Sebastian Ritterbex, for his advice and support to our workshop. ■

Student’s Impression:
   We started presentations for our preparation later than intended, so we thought we wouldn’t be able to make it in time, but in the end we managed it. Also, since it was the first presentation we’ve ever given, we were very nervous, but we are glad to have been praised by so many teachers.
We appreciated the opportunity to announce our research to the audience. ~ NINOMIYA and HINO, Class 109