"When we have to change octopus, we change octopus"


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.


©2001 Jason Terhune