On June 27th, 2024, Associate Professor Kurtis Cantley of Boise State University, a U.S. participant in UPWARDS, a semiconductor human resource development project involving 11 U.S. and Japanese universities including Hiroshima University (HU), visited the Higashi-Hiroshima Campus of HU. During his visit, Professor Cantley was guided by Professor Suguru Kameda of the Research Institute for Semiconductor Engineering on a tour of the institute's facilities.

Professor Shin-ichiro Kuroki and Professor Hideki Goto from the institute joined the meeting afterward to introduce the research results of both sides on semiconductors and to exchange views on expanding research collaborations in the future.

We hope that this visit will be an opportunity to further expand the efforts of UPWARDS projects and academic exchange between the two universities.

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