China

Professor Ma, Professor Hirai, Professor Shimonomura, and Dr. Ozawa visited Chinese universities during March 2009.

March 8 (Monday)
arrived at Wuhan via Beijing.
lunch at Beijing airport

March 9 (Tuesday)
visited HUST and Wuhan University.
Huanzhong University of Science and Technology
lunch
Wuhan University
Wuhan University (photos by Professor Zhang Penglin)
bridge at night
around the hotel

March 10 (Wednesday)
flied from Wuhan to Beijing to visit Tianjin.
bridge over Chang River
farmer style lunch
at Tianjin

March 11 (Tuesday)
visited Tianjin University.
Tianjin University
ROBIO meeting at Hebei University of Technology

March 12 (Friday)
visited Hebei University of Technology.
High-speed train from Tianjin to Beijing (photos by Dr. Ozawa)

March 13 (Saturday)
flied to Harbin. Professor Shimonomura and Dr. Ozawa returned to Japan.
Tianjin downtown
dinner at Harbin

March 14 (Sunday)
visited Harbin Institute of Technology.

March 15 (Monday)
visited Harbin Siberian tiger garden.

March 16 (Tuesday)
Harbin to Shenyang by train.

March 18 (Thursday)
visited SIA and Northeastern University.
Shenyang Institute of Automation
Northeastern University