Every two years my advisor attends the International Symposium on Flexible Automation (ISFA) Conference, and was able to take one student with her this year. She invited me to go with her and to present a portion of my masters thesis research at the conference.
This conference is held every 2 years and alternates between Japan and the U.S.; what fantastic timing that it was in Japan the year that I was asked to attend! This year it was on the Hongo campus of the University of Tokyo.
The conference was all in English, so I didn’t need to learn Japanese or have a translator. My talk was titled “Energy Analysis of a Turret Punch in a Production Setting,” which looked at how a CNC turret punch used electricity as it produced parts. Think of ENERGY STAR efficiency but for manufacturing equipment. My talk was well-received and there were good questions afterward.
Hey Sam, Great job with the presentation. I’m sure you were a hit! Hope you’re enjoying the rest of your trip!
[...] and putting it all together in the paper. My advisor was very encouraging and instructive and even took me to Japan to present a selection of my thesis at a conference! Overall, it was a tremendous amount of work that would have gone much faster had I [...]