Dear readers.
It is our pleasure to welcome you to E4E.
First of all, please kindly let us introduce ourselves. We are a group of scientists and engineers of different nationalities. Each of us has had years of experience researching, studying and working in multiple countries before starting this platform.
この度はE4Eに興味を持っていただき，ありがとうございます．
このページでは，我々E4Eについてのご紹介をさせて頂きます．
我々は，様々な国籍・背景を持ったエンジニアのグループです．それぞれ，海外での留学，研究活動，企業での活動等を経験してきました．
Co-founders
Yuki Morimoto
*Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Keio University.
*Master of Science in Applied and Computational Mechanics from Keio University and Université catholique de Louvain (Belgium) (as a Double Degree Program from Keio Univ.)
*Currently working as a control engineer.
Dr. Huy (Henry) Le
*M.Eng in Chemical Engineering from Imperial College London, U.K
*Ph.D in Chemical Engineering from Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan
*Japan’s MEXT Government scholar 2015 – 2019
*Author of 3 peer-reviewed research papers on wastewater treatment
*Former engineer at BASF & Idemitsu
Minh Doan
*Double Major in Mech. Eng and Physics from Bucknell University, Pennsylvania, U.S.A
*USEricssons Innovation Awards (Winner of North East Asia Region)
*Currently a Ph.D candidate at Keio university, Japan
*Currently working part-time as a researcher at Wind Energy Institute of Tokyo
Chi K. H. Truong
*Graduated Summa Cum Laude with B.S. in Chemical Engineering and a minor in Pre-medical studies, University of Maine, U.S.A.
*M.S. in Chemical Engineering, University of Maine, U.S.A.
*Contributing author of 2 peer-reviewed scientific papers and winner of awards at a research symposium and an international conference．
*TESOL certified English instructor with over 3 years of experience
*Currently working as a University lecturer.
Despite having different backgrounds, we have something in common – we all have lived in Japan. Needless to say, the time in Japan was indeed a turning point. We were fortunate to have been exposed to so many different environments of science and engineering. We have worked in state-of-the-art laboratories and massive chemical plants. We have met brilliant scientists and engineers. We have attended many different international conferences. The more experience we gained, the more we learnt.
我々創設メンバーの背景は様々ですが，全員日本での生活経験があります．
日本での生活経験は，我々にとって大きなターニングポイントでした．
日本で研究活動する中で，最先端の研究所，大規模な化学プラントなど様々な異なる環境に触れる事ができました．また優秀な技術者との出会いや，国際学会での発表経験等のすべてが，我々の大きな糧になっています．
Then, at one point, something struck all of us. Despite the fact that Japan’s technology is one of the best in the world, something could still be improved to promote Japan’s scientific level to an even higher position in the global stage – and that was English speaking proficiency. We realised that compared with people from social sciences, people from natural sciences had a slightly lower level of English speaking fluency. However, they have a precious advantage of a logical mindset.
This logical thinking process, which is a unique characteristic of scientists and engineers, makes it so much easier for them to structure a paragraph. The main problem then, is that they struggle to express these points verbally. From our observation, this issue could be accounted for by 2 main reasons:
1. The work environment of scientists and engineers (e.g laboratories or plants) lacks the opportunity for practicing spoken English.
2. The English vocabulary at most Eikaiwa schools is hardly enough for scientific and engineering topics. (We also think that it is relatively rare for an Eikaiwa teacher to have an engineering background).
そんな中で，ある時何かが引っかかりました．
日本は，世界の中でもトップクラスの技術力がある国の一つですが，世界の舞台でもっと輝かせるためには，”英語でのコミュニケーション能力”に，まだ改善の余地があるように思えました．
文系の学生に比べると，相対的に英語を流暢に話せる人が少ないと感じる一方で，論理的に思考する事は強みだと思います．論理的な思考力は，文章を構成することに非常に役に立ちますが，口頭でこれらを表現する，というところにもう一つ壁があるように思えます．
これは以下の二つの理由が主な原因と，我々は考えています．
１）エンジニアが普段生活する環境では，英語を話す機会がそもそも少ない
２）一般的な英会話教室で学ぶ日常会話は，技術的・専門的な内容の会話には不十分．（英会話教室の先生はエンジニアの経験がある事は稀だと思います）
This is when we decided to establish E4E as an online educational platform to help fellow scientists and engineers in Japan.
As all of us are also scientists and engineers who have experience adapting to new cultures and environments, we strongly believe that we could deliver English education in a unique way that you have never tried before.
我々は，これらの課題の解決に貢献する事で日本の技術者たちの役に立ちたいという思いから，オンライン教育プラットフォームとしてのE4Eを設立する事を決めました．エンジニアリングの経験と，海外での異なる文化・環境に適応してきた経験の両方を持った我々創設メンバーが，今までになくユニークな方法で，技術者たちのかゆい所に手が届くような英語教育プログラムを提供できると，信じています．
English for Engineers 