On September 30^th 2016, Dr. Christian Maercker, President of Hochschule Esslingen University of Applied Sciences, Germany (hereafter, Hochschule Esslingen) made a courtesy visit to Dr. Hiroki Yamaguchi, President of SU. Dean Shigehara, Faculty of Engineering, attended together with Professors Mizuno and Kuno, Graduate School of Science and Engineering.
Dr. Maercker expressed his gratitude to SU for accepting more than 30 exchange students from Hochschule Esslingen since the conclusion of academic and student exchange agreements with SU in July 2002. Then they actively exchanged views on the future collaboration.
After a courtesy visit, Dr. Maercker visited some laboratories of the Graduate School of Science and Engineering. Faculties introduced Dr. Maercker on their cutting-edge research facilities, including skill tradition  and brain function measurement. Dr. Maercker also experienced a test ride on a driving simulator.

From left: Prof. Kuno, Dean Shigehara, Dr. Yamaguchi, Dr. Maercker,
Prof. Mizuno, Mr. Hirayama