I-DISC Faculty Members Larry Snyder (ISE) and Nader Motee (MEM) will mentor Japanese graduate students in the 2022-2023 TOMODACHI-STEM Women’s Leadership and Research Program.
Lehigh University and Rice University launched the 2022-2023 TOMODACHI-STEM Women’s Leadership and Research Program in September with a series of virtual workshops and cultural exchanges.
Led by two of the United States’ top-ranked research universities – Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, and Rice University in Houston, Texas – the program serves as a catalyst for female Japanese students in STEM, encouraging them to pursue graduate study and further research in the future.
The TOMODACHI-STEM program offers research internships and cultural and leadership programming for female Japanese university students. Ten students from universities throughout Japan were selected for the 2022-2023 program.
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Hinata Moriyama, who is studying industrial engineering and economics at Tokyo Institute of Technology, will work with Larry Snyder, professor in industrial and systems engineering.
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Nasa Tsuchiya, who is studying aeroastro engineering at University of Tokyo, will work with Nader Motee, professor in mechanical engineering and mechanics.