Non-Equilibrium Materials Research Laboratory, IMR, Tohoku University
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～FY 2016It is graduation time again this year.Four students, M2/Yuta KONNO, Yuta MAEKAWA, Yuki MINABE, and D3/Yusuke OHASHI, have received their master and doctoral diploma. After they got the diploma at Aobayama Campus, they returned to Kato Lab and we took a group photo. Because of the heavy snow (unbelivable it was the end of March), we took the photo at the hall of Building No. 1 of IMR. M2/MAEKAWA's diploma was not inside the cover! He said it got wet because of the snow. Although his diploma is not in the photo, he has received it certanly. After the group photo, we had a farewell party, and it was an emotional party. And we came back to lab and had 2nd party until late at night. It seemed that the graduates were able to enjoy their last laboratory party. Translated with DeepL.com (free version)
After three M2 students and one D3 student successfully completed and submitted their theses, we held a lab party. Due to the schedule of the professors, the party was held one month after the submission of the Doctor's thesis and two weeks after the master's thesis. So, they didn't seem to feel it's just over, but we think they were able to feel that they had a hard time and did their best. After the first party, we closed the party with a "Ipponjime," and then continued on to the second and third parties with some members.
We spent 5 hours to clean our lab rooms, then went for year-end party. We found out that D1/Kurabayashi and M1/Miura came from the same junior high school and overlapped for one year in junior high school and they later met in Kato's lab. Other interesting topics such as the recent pachinko game and matching apps for finding lover. After the party, most of the members went to the second party. We entered the building of the Izakaya, we bumped into Kato lab OB/Masanari Datekyu! He had just returned Sendai and came to enjoy the night in there. We were really surprised. At the second party, we talked about our research. And as the night went on, many people started to get spoilt. Thank you all for hard work this year, and let's enjoy next year's research and events as much as we can!
D2/Louis LESAGE, a student of the double degree programme between INSA-Lyon (France) and the Graduate School of Engineering, Tohoku University, returned to Kato Lab after an absence of about 10 months, so we organised a Imoni party to welcome him back. The day before, we went shopping for foods and alcohol, and on the party day, we made Imoni from daytime in the lab, and started the party in the evening! The cooks were M2/Minabe, M2/Konno, M1/Abe and M1/Miura. Except Minabe, rest don't usually do much cooking. The Sendai-style Imoni was very tasty and with it, we had a lot of talks. We hope to revive the outdoor Imoni party from next year.
Since the summer of 2019, after 4 years of self-restraint, the IMR Beer Party has finally returned! It had been heavily raining whole afternoon so most of us thought it would be difficult to hold the event outdoors, but the organizer (Graduate students) decided to delay the time and hold the event outdoors! The rain stopped at 17:00 and we enjoyed the party until last without rain. Prof.Sasaki, director of IMR, gave a toast with Matsuken Samba music and we enjoyed drinking with lab members and as time went by, people from other laboratories joined us. M2/Minabe and M1/LIU Jiayan participated in the fast drinking competition. Unfortunately both of them did not make it to the finals. M1/Abe and M2/Konno did very well in the Karaoke competition, with Konno coming in first and Abe in third! M2/Minabe participated in the quiz competition, struggled with rare questions and lost the first round. We went back to laband had the second party, where we had drinks and snacks and talked until late at night with guests from various labs.
We held a joint sports event with two labs of the School of Engineering, Yoshimi Laboratory and Nomura Laboratory. 60 people gathered for this event! We had two teams from each laboratory, and six teams played futsal against each other. Kato Lab was divided into two teams: Kato-sensei team, which was aiming for a win, and Wada-sensei team, which was playing slowly. Kato-sensei team won the tournament and played against two teams from Nomura Lab but we lost both games. Nomura lab was a physically strong team. Wada-sensei team played against two teams from Yoshimi Lab in the losers' group and lost both games. Yoshimi lab scored a lot by women's 3-point rule. Nomura Lab, which placed 1st and 2nd, won the overall championship. Kato Lab, which placed 3rd and 6th, and Yoshimi Lab, which placed 4th and 5th, were came up with the same points, but Kato Lab lost in the Professor's Janken match. So, Kato Lab was a 3rd place. Although we lost in the end, we really had a good time on the spacious Aobayama ground! In the evening, we had a large Nomikai by 60 people, deepened the friendship among the three laboratories. We hope to have a 2nd sport event in the fall and to win next time!
IMR refrained again from annual Hanami this year, so Kato-lab planned lab Hanami instead. But unfortunately, it rained... Although there were no Sakura at the venue, we held a welcome party for new students indoors. From younger grade students introduced themselves first, followed by the new M1 students (Fukuda, Abe, and Miura) and D1/Bian. We had time for questions to each of us, and once again we got to know a new side of all the members. New members: Fukuda, a serious mountain climber and good drinker; Abe, a trumpet player and beer lover; Miura, a strong badminton player and good drinker; Bian, who works hard at muscle training and games lover. Now we have additional drinking lovers! We are sure that future lab events would be more exciting.
