DEALL Japanese majors Logan Conrad and Trevor Strahler joined two Ohio State welding engineering students and four Osaka University students (two humanities students and two engineering students) in a week-long internship program, August 12-19, 2024, at Tipp City, OH’s OTC Daihen, a world leader in robotic arc welding technology. The group, led by Dr. Mihoko Katsumata of Osaka University’s Joining and Welding Institute (JWI), developed recommendations for OTC Daihen on the topic of “Obtaining and developing good human resources during labor scarcity.” The group, breaking into two teams, gave their final presentations at the OSU Welding Engineering Laboratory. 

The program, the 52^nd among those Osaka University’s JWI has hosted around the world, seeks to develop global leaders through cross-cultural communication. At Ohio State, the program was sponsored by the Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures, the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, the Institute for Japanese Studies, and the Office of International Affair’s International Partnerships.