Professor Shigehiro Hashimoto is Doctor of Medicine from Kitasato University in 1987, and Doctor of Engineering from Tokyo Institute of Technology in 1990. He is the current Associate to the President and Dean of Admissions Center of the Kogakuin University (Japan).

Misunderstanding often occurs in multidisciplinary field, because each field has its own background of thinking.  Communication training is important for students, who have a potential to develop multidisciplinary field.  Because each nation has its own cultural background, communication in an international seminar is not easy, either.  A cross-cultural student seminar has been designed for communication training in multidisciplinary field of study.  Students from variety of background have joined in the seminar.  Equations and figures are effective tools for communication in the field of science.

The seminar works well for communication training in the multidisciplinary field of study of biomedical engineering.