DSU's Fengshan Liu, Dr. Melissa Harrington, Dr. Mohammed Khan, Japanese interpreter, Japan's Kenta Sunaga and Yoshitaka Endo, Dayna Cobb of DNREC, DSU's Dr. Renu Tripathi and Dr. Gour Pati document the visit with a photo moment. — *In this photo:* DSU’s Fengshan Liu, Dr. Melissa Harrington, Dr. Mohammed Khan, Japanese interpreter, Japan’s Kenta Sunaga and Yoshitaka Endo, Dayna Cobb of DNREC, DSU’s Dr. Renu Tripathi and Dr. Gour Pati document the visit with a photo moment.

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Japanese officials visit OSCAR Building

Tuesday, January 30, 2024

Two Japanese government officials recently visited Delaware State University to learn about research taking place in its Optical Science Center for Applied Research (OSCAR).

As part of Delaware’s relationship with its sister city Miyagi, Japan, the First State hosted a Jan. 23-25 visit by Mr. Yoshitaka Endo, Assistant Director, Environmental Policy Planning Division and Environmental and Lifestyle Department, and Kenta Sunaga, Senior Technical Administrative Staff for the Environmental and Lifestyle Department within the Renewable Energy Promotion Division. Both are with the Miyagi Prefectural Government. Dr. Renu Tripathi explains her research to the visitor from Miyagi, Japan.

Dayna M. Cobb, Director of DNREC’s Division of Climate, Coastal and Energy – who is also a Class of 2000 alumna of DSU – organized the energy and environmental itinerary for the Japanese government officials. While representatives from Delaware and Miyagi regularly host delegations, the visit was the first time since the 1997 establishment of the relationship that representatives from the environmental and energy sectors were part of the delegation, according to Ms. Cobb.

“We know that climate change is a world-wide problem that will require global partners to solve,” said Ms. Cobb. “During the visit, we not only shared the successes of some of our emissions reduction and resilience initiatives, but we learned how a lot of what we are doing is similar to what the Japanese government is doing.”

During their Jan. 25 visit to DSU, the delegation toured the OSCAR Building’s Advanced Quantum Sensing Center. Dr. Gour Pati and Dr. Renu Tripathi – both Professors of Physics and Engineering – shared how the Center explores new avenues for improving sensitivity and precision in physical measurements beyond classical limits. Dr. Amir Khan shared research involving the development of sensor systems for a variety of applications, particularly in environmental monitoring and airborne sensing.

“The delegation was impressed with the work being done at the Center, and I want to thank Drs. Pati, Tripathi and Khan for sharing their work with the delegation,” Ms. Cobb said.