May 31 Arrival in Tokyo Jun 01 Outline of JR Central; Shinkansen General Control Center Jun 04 Outline of Shinkansen Jun 05 Driver's depot; rolling stock depot Jun 06 Observe driver's cabin; lecture from director Jun 07 Lecture on railway safety; observe Shinagawa construction Jun 08 Writing weekly report Jun 11 Hamamatsu workshop; Hamamatsu rail center Jun 12 Lecture on railway technology from R&D department Jun 13 Lecture from Personnel department; conductor's depot Jun 14 Railway Technical Research Institute; ride Maglev Jun 15 Writing weekly report Jun 18 Lecture on affiliated businesses; Nagoya training center Jun 19 Visit Toyota factory Jun 20 Visit Tokyo Monorail Jun 21 Visit First Air Transport; Shinkansen Passenger Service Jun 22 Writing weekly report Jun 25 Lecture on marketing strategy Jun 26 Visit Kansai branch office; Shin-Osaka station Jun 27 Visit Osaka business distrcit; return via airline Jun 28 Japan Airlines maintenance depot; ANA training center Jun 29 Writing weekly report Jul 02 Training at Tokyo Station Jul 03 Training at Tokyo Station Jul 04 Training at Tokyo Station Jul 05 Training at Tokyo Station Jul 06 Training at Tokyo Station Jul 09 Conventional line control center; Nagoya station Jul 10 Nagoya rolling stock depot; Dr. Tokai Jul 11 Visit Tokyo Univerisity to attend President's lecture Jul 12 Writing and presenting midterm report Jul 13 Visit to Kyoto station Begin two-week study at Information Systems Development Division Jul 16 Overview of COMTRAC Jul 17 Lectures on ATC, interlocking equipment, PRC systems Jul 18 Visit Second General Control Center Jul 19 Writing weekly report Jul 20 Holiday: Day of the Sea Jul 23 Research revision of dispatcher's interface Jul 24 Research revision of dispatcher's interface Jul 25 Research revision of dispatcher's interface Jul 26 Research revision of dispatcher's interface Jul 27 Presentation; Writing weekly report Begin two-week study at Technical Research and Development Division Jul 30 Lecture on T4; riding T4 maintenance train Jul 31 Lectures on electrical systems, maintenance software, new ATC Aug 01 Visit to Mishima training center Aug 02 Lecture on diagram creation Aug 03 Writing weekly report Aug 06 Lecture on track maintenance; ride 300X Aug 07 R&D: Technical research database; video editing system Aug 08 R&D: Electromagnetic analysis program; thermal measurements Aug 09 R&D: Track maintenance system; ballast fatigue machine Aug 10 Writing weekly report Aug 13 Creating final presentation and report Aug 14 Creating final presentation and report Aug 15 Creating final presentation and report Aug 16 Creating final presentation and report Aug 17 Creating final presentation and report Aug 20 Observing Takayama resort business Aug 21 Observing Ciao Ontake resort business Aug 22 Interview with directors Aug 23 Creating final presentation and report Aug 24 Creating final presentation and report Aug 27 Creating final presentation and report Aug 28 Creating final presentation and report Aug 29 Final presentation Aug 30 Discuss program; Last day of internship Aug 31 Sep 01 Return to U.S.A. |
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