We hosted Misasa International Student Internship Program (2024).
Participants of the Misasa International Student Internship Program (2024) carried out joint research during July 2 and August 8, 2024.
| Name | Institution | Project title |
|---|---|---|
| Andrea Caccia | University of Pescara/Chieti “Gabriele D’Annunzio” | Rheological measurement of Martian dust slurries |
| Louis-Alexandre Lobanov | Birkbeck, University of London | Understanding the origin of organic matter heterogeneity and organic matter-mineral relationships within the matrix of CM2 carbonaceous chondrites |
| Maaya Hamaguchi | Kyoto Prefectural University | Understanding the origin of organic matter heterogeneity and organic matter-mineral relationships within the matrix of CM2 carbonaceous chondrites |
| Grace Alexandra Purnell | Durham University | Understanding the origin of organic matter heterogeneity and organic matter-mineral relationships within the matrix of CM2 carbonaceous chondrites |
| Daisy Grace Lumley-Curtis | University of Manchester | Understanding the origin of organic matter heterogeneity and organic matter-mineral relationships within the matrix of CM2 carbonaceous chondrites |
| Anaelle Antunes | University of Bayreuth | Detection of water in Martian mantle |
| Zhiyuan Chen | China University of Geosciences | Effect of water on viscosity of mantle mineral |
| Suryakanta Sahoo | Indian Institute of Technology, Bhubaneswar | Water cycle in Mars inferred from water contents of Fe-rich silicates |
| Aditya Ray | Presidency University, Kolkata | Understanding Planetary Surfaces; A Remote Sensing and Laboratory-based Approach for Future Mission Planning |
| Lisa Vincent | Utrecht University | Understanding Planetary Surfaces; A Remote Sensing and Laboratory-based Approach for Future Mission Planning |
10 students from 7 countries have participated in 6 research projects respectively proposed by the faculty members and enthusiastically have engaged in daily experiments and research using state-of-the-art research equipment and techniques. One of the six research projects is “Understanding the origin of organic matter heterogeneity and organic matter mineral relationships within the matrix of CM2 carbonaceous chondrites”. They carried out the research to understand origin and evolution of organic matter especially focusing on relationship between organic matter and inorganic matter using electron microscopy, Raman spectroscopy, and mass spectrometry. One of the project members Grace Purnell said, “It is very exciting to be able to work with meteorite and have to work with the people from different educational background.” The students speak about what they like about Japan, the Institute, and their research project in video on the video page.
[Contact information]
Institute for Planetary Materials, Okayama University
Misasa, Tottori 682-0193, Japan
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Louis-Alexandre Lobanov (front) and Grace Alexandra Purnell (behind) are weighing meteorite sample for isotope analysis.
Andrea Caccia is analyzing the mechanism of mudflow generation on Mars.
Anaelle Antunes (left) is discussing with Prof. Yoshino in the lab.
The first day of the internship program
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The symposium and the certificate ceremony
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What do MISIP students like about Japan? (3 movies)
We ask students, what do you like about Japan, IPM, and your project. The students tell us what they think in following movies.
See following page for details.
- What do you like about Japan? https://youtube.com/shorts/2YwFfUpMcik
- What do you like about IPM? https://youtube.com/shorts/RrYBUhr1-MA
- What do you like about your project? https://youtube.com/shorts/R8tUm8Uo938
