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).
Professor Hashimoto was Research. Associate at the School of Medicine, Kitasato University, (1981-1989), Asst. Prof. in the School of Medicine, Kitasato University (1989-1994), Assoc. Prof. Osaka Institute of Technology (1994-2001), and Professor at Osaka Institute of Technology (2001-2011). He also was professor and Chair of the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Osaka Institute of Technology (2005) and Director of its Medical Engineering Research Center (2005-2011)
Professor Hashimoto held internship in Research Center for Artificial Heart in Free University in Berlin, Germany in 1977.
He is Doctor of Medicine from Kitasato University, Japan, in 1987, and Doctor of Engineering from Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan, in 1990
He was Assistant Professor, in Bioengineering, in the School of Medicine, Kitasato University, Japan, 1989-1994.
He was Professor in the Department of Electronics, Osaka Institute of Technology, Japan, 2001-2004
Professor Hashimoto was the Department Creator of Biomedical Engineering, Osaka Institute of Technology, Japan, 2005; and Director of Medical Engineering Research Center, Osaka Institute of Technology, Japan, 2005-2011.
Professor Hashimoto is in the present:
· Professor of the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Kogakuin University, Japan, 2011-.
· Associate to the President, Kogakuin University, Japan, 2012-.
· Dean of Admissions Center, Kogakuin University, Japan, 2012-.
Misunderstanding often occurs in multidisciplinary field of study, because each field has its own background of thinking. Communication training is important for students, who have a potential to develop multidisciplinary field of study. 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 back ground 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. The presentation refers to author’s several experiences: the student internship abroad, the cross cultural student camp, various PhD theses, various affiliations, and creating the interdisciplinary department.