The Center for Global Engagement hosted visitors from the Muroran Institute of Technology (MIT) with the hopes of building a future partnership between MIT and the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.

MIT, located in Knoxville’s sister city of Muroran, Hokkaido, Japan.

Dr. Gretchen Neisler, Vice Provost of International Affairs, meets with Dr. Toshifumi Iimori and Dr. BEAK Sangyub from Muroran Institute of Technology.

During the visit, MIT Professors Dr. Toshifumi Iimori, Division of Sustainable and Environmental Engineering, Department of Sciences and Informatics, and Dr. BAEK Sangyub, Associate Professor in charge of Partnership Agreement Affairs, Center for International Relations, visited with CGE leadership and Dr. Victor Nemykin, Professor and Chemistry Department Head for UT.

“We would like to express our sincere appreciation for the warm welcome from Dr. Gretchen Neisler and all the colleagues of UT,” Sangyub said. “Thanks to your excellent arrangement, we were able to engage in a fruitful interaction, fostering advancement and friendship between UT and Muroran Institute of Technology. We sincerely thank Dr. Victor Nemykin, the head of the Department of Chemistry, for his superb hospitality during our visit to UT.”