The Intercultural Open University Foundation (IOUF) recently awarded an honorary doctorate to Dr. Yoshiaki Katuka, a Japanese scientist and inventor who developed a revolutionary hydro power plant small enough to be built inside a private home. Efforts to bring the Mobius Power Generator (MPG), to market are ongoing and the invention has been well-received, particularly given concerns over electricity that have arisen in the wake of the nuclear power plant crisis that occurred in Fukushima earlier this year.
Dr. Katuka’s career has followed an illustrious path and he has received more than 100 patents world-wide for some of his many inventions — an eco-friendly Jet Vacuum Clean System (JVCS ) and a new type of automobile muffler among them.
He began working as an architectural designer in 1970 and in 1975 he established the Katuka Natural Science Research Institute where for many years he focused his research and development efforts on hydraulic engineering. About a decade ago, he began concentrating on issues around space engineering.
In addition to receiving an honorary doctorate from the IOUF, Dr. Katuka has been named an IOUF Professor Emeritus for his contributions to science.
The IOUF is proud to support Dr. Katuka and his work as he exemplifies the values the IOUF brings to the world stage: hard work, ingenuity, service and creative effort. Since the IOUF first entered the field of education nearly 30 years ago, we have been primarily focused on mentoring people who are making a difference in the world as they work towards the achievement of their MA and PhD degrees.
We continue to do this work because we firmly believe that education is one of the most powerful ways to make the world a better place. The more educated people become, the more able they are to help maintain vibrant economies and healthy communities. Higher education contributes to the advance of knowledge and the embrace of new concepts. It helps people think more critically so they can help move their communities past a status quo that may no longer serve their needs and on into a field where new ways of doing things create better results for all. It helps them figure out new solutions to old problems.
We carry out our work by providing online education that allows our learners to develop a customized MA or PhD program around their own areas of interest. Our faculty supervisors are all experienced educators with many years of expertise in the field of distance education and all of our graduates receive dual accreditation from the Universidad Azteca and the Universidad Central de Nicaragua, two accredited universities that are highly focused on global education and social change.
If you think you might like to become part of the IOUF circle of influencers in your own community, please contact us for more information. Your program can begin any time that is convenient for you and we still have the capacity to take on a few more learners.