Click on the student names below to learn more about our participants in the 2017 TOMODACHI STEM @ Rice University Program!

	Mio Kamasaka Hometown in Japan: Yokohama, Kanagawa University in Japan: Tokyo Institute of Technology Major & School Year: Polymer Chemistry, B2 Host Advisor: Prof. P.M. Ajayan and Dr. Robert Vajtai, Dept. of Materials Science & NanoEngineering Host Lab: Ajayan Research Group Research Project: Origami Inspired Stiff Structures (PDF)
	Akane Katayama Hometown in Japan: Tokyo University in Japan: Meiji University Major & School Year: Mechanical Engineering, B4 Host Advisor: Prof. Rebecca Richards-Kortum, Dept. of Bioengineering Host Lab: Optical Spectroscopy & Imaging Lab Research Project: Developing Training Tools for Detecting Cervical Cancer with HRME (PDF)
	Aya Kawamura Hometown in Japan: Kariya, Aichi University in Japan: Nagoya University Major & School Year: Applied Chemistry, B2 Host Advisor: Prof. Zachary Ball, Dept. of Chemistry Host Lab: Ball Research Group Research Project: Detection of Copper Complex for Peptide Backbone Modification (PDF)
	Yumiko Kimura Hometown in Japan: Tokyo University in Japan: Tokyo University of Science Major & School Year: Pharmaceutical Sciences, B3 Host Advisor: Prof. Gang Bao, Dept. of Bioengineering Host Lab: Laboratory of Biomolecular Engineering & Nanomedicine Research Project: The efficiency of genome editing by a small Cas9 orthologue derived from Campylobacter jejunin(CjeCas9) (PDF)
	Natsumi Komatsu Hometown in Japan: Saitama University in Japan: Keio University Major & School Year: Applied Physics and Physico-Informatics, B4 Host Advisor: Prof. Junichiro Kono, Dept. of Electrical & Computer Engineering Host Lab: Kono Lab Research Project: Aligned Film of Dyes Inside Carbon Nanotubes to Yield a Large Nonlinear Optical Response (PDF)
	Shiho Nagai Hometown in Japan: Okazaki, Aichi University in Japan: Toyota Technological Institute Major & School Year: Engineering, B2 Host Advisor: Prof. P.M. Ajayan and Dr. Robert Vajtai, Dept. of Materials Science & NanoEngineering Host Lab: Ajayan Research Group Research Project: Investigation of surface oxidation in 2D Sb2Te3 (PDF)
	Sawa Shimokawa Hometown in Japan: Fukuoka University in Japan: Osaka University Major & School Year: Civil Engineering, B1 Host Advisor: Prof. Jamie Padgett, Dept. of Civil & Environmental Engineering Host Lab at Rice Univ.: Padgett Research Group Research Project: Reliability of Aging Bridge Girder (PDF)
	Mizuki Tabata Hometown in Japan: Tokyo University in Japan: Tokyo Institute of Technology Major & School Year: Biotechnology, B3 Host Advisor: Prof. Junghae Suh, Dept. of Bioengineering Host Lab: Synthetic Virology Lab Research Project: Characterizing the N-terminal S/T motif in Adeno-associated Virus Transduction (PDF)
	HeeYung Woo Hometown in Japan: Tokyo University in Japan: Kyushu University Major & School Year: Bioresource & Bioenvironment, B3 Host Advisor: Prof. Natasha Kirienko, Dept. of Biosciences Host Lab: Kirienko Lab Research Project: TBA
	Kana Yoshida Hometown in Japan: Osaka University in Japan: Tottori University Major & School Year: Mechanical Engineering, B4 Host Advisor: Prof. Tayfun Tezduyar, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering Host Lab: TAFSM – Team for Advanced Flow Simulation & Modeling Research Project: Structural Mechanics Computation of the Orion Spacecraft Drogue Parachute in Compressible-Flow Regime (PDF)