Eishi Kubota receives Ph.D. in engineering at age 81

Eishi Kubota receives Ph.D. in engineering at age 81

TOKYO, Japan - Eishi Kubota (photo) has been awarded a doctorate in engineering from Nagasaki University this year at age 81. Kubota, a former boiler designer with Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd., enrolled in the Open University of Japan at age 71 and went on to the Ph.D. program at Nagasaki University after he got a master's degree from the Open University. Kubota, whose Ph.D. dissertation focused on how to reduce dioxin at incinerators, says he decided to conduct research on dioxin as part of his post-retirement job as a consultant for incinerator manufacturers. (Kyodo)

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