March 10, 2021, Hokkaido University The closing ceremony for the eight Ambitious Leader's Program Fostering Future Leaders to Open New Frontiers in Materials Science (ALP) third-term students was held School of Science It was held in a large conference room, including simultaneous distribution overseas. ALP is an educational program that fosters human resources who study cross-disciplinary studies centered on material science, cultivate high abilities as members of society, and who will play an active role internationally in a wide range of fields such as not only academic and research institutions but also private companies after obtaining a degree. Although the subsidy period as a subsidy project of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology ended in March 2020, it continues to be active as a project of Hokkaido University. After the certificate was awarded, all the participants gave greetings.
A summary of greetings from graduates
Mr. Yuji Komatsu: Through ALP, I experienced various things, and I believe that this has led to my personal growth. Since I was studying abroad for the last two years, I was not able to participate in a corporate consortium with my classmates, but I was able to obtain credits with the help of my juniors, the 4th generation. I will do my best to follow in the footsteps of my great seniors.
Mr. Takuro Tsutsumi: First of all, I would like to thank all the teachers and staff who guided me in ALP. What left the biggest impression on me was spending time in the mathematics lab during the interdisciplinary lab visit. I feel once again that I was able to open up a new research field through repeated discussions with professors in the Department of Mathematics. I will be employed as a Postdoctoral Fellow in my laboratory from April, so I would like to make full use of the overwhelming expertise and perspective that I have cultivated at ALP to play an active role as a researcher who can contribute to society.
馮 智さん（中国からオンライン参加）：ALPを受講することができて、とても嬉しいです。多様なイベントが用意されていましたが、実験と重なり参加を断念したこともあり残念でした。しかし、様々な活動に参加できたことで、自分の成長を実感しています。同期３期生の皆さん、スタッフのみなさまに感謝します。これから僕は社会人として一人前と見られるでしょう。日中友好交流に貢献し、産業界で働く決意も明確となりました。皆さんが中国へ出張や旅行に来ることを待っています。
藤森俊和さん： ALPを修了することができてホッとしているという気持ちと同時に何とも言えない寂しさも感じております。最初に取り組んだ国際シンポジウムの運営を通して、海外の人とのコミュニケーションに自信を持つことができました。その後は成長を実感する４年半でした。実は、修了要件を超えたイベントへの参加について、中冨先生に愚痴ってしまったことがあります。その時、中冨先生から「次の４期生や後輩に繋げて行くために、参加して欲しい」と助言され、リーダーの本質に気づかせてもらいました。話は変わりますが、先日、選抜試験やＱＥ１、ＱＥ２の講評結果を見つけてしまい、確認してみたところ、「声が大きくて良い」「元気が良くて素晴らしい」というコメントをいただいておりました。自分の長所も大切に活かしたいと改めて感じました。最後になりますが、同期の皆さん、先生たち、事務局のスタッフの方々には本当に感謝しております。ありがとうございました。
Ms. Yuka Fumino: I was very impressed with the different field lab visits and research outreach activities. I think the most attractive thing about ALP is that you can have various experiences that you cannot get in research. I will be working at "Tokuyama Co., Ltd." from April. It is likely that my research will be in a field that is unrelated to the organic chemistry that I have been involved in up until now, but ALP gave me the opportunity to challenge myself in a different field, so I would like to make use of that experience. Thank you very much.
Hayate Yamagata: I was one of the few mathematics majors to participate. There were no mathematics students in the same class, so everyone around me was from a different field. For example, I think that I was able to grow as a person in a situation where cultural values and sense of time were completely different. Also, with the support of ALP, I actively participated in overseas activities. Thanks to that, I was able to participate in an international researcher network. Last year, I spent time in the United States, but due to the coronavirus, I was forced to return to Japan. However, I am still able to continue my research through online discussions with overseas professors through my research. From now on, I would like to make the most of my activities at ALP and continue my research activities while further improving myself.
* Mr. Naoki Yamauchi (Ph.D., Graduate School of Life Science) and Mr. Yongjun Kim (Ph.D., Graduate School of Chemical Sciences and Engineering) were absent, but I will introduce Mr. Kim's greeting.
Yongjun Kim: Through ALP, I was able to gain various experiences for five years. In particular, I will never forget the experience of being able to study for three months at a laboratory in England during an overseas internship. I haven't decided on a course yet, and I am considering multiple possibilities, but I believe that I will be able to make the most of the abilities I acquired at ALP. I regret that I was unable to attend the graduation ceremony. Thank you very much to all the ALP teachers, the secretariat, and everyone in the same period.