Dr. Shigehiro Hashimoto now is a Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Councilor, and Dean, Faculty of Engineering of Kogakuin University, Tokyo, Japan. He got his Bachelor of Engineering in Mechanical Physics (1979), and Master of Engineering at Tokyo Institute of Technology (1981),  Tokyo, Doctor of Medicine at Kitasato University (1987), Sagamihara, and Doctor of Engineering at Tokyo Institute of Technology (1990), Tokyo.

He was Research Associate in School of Medicine (1981-1989), and Assistant Professor in School of Medicine (1989 -1994), at Kitasato University, Associate Professor in the Department of Electronics (1994- 2001), and Professor at Osaka Institute of Technology (2001-2011). He also was the Creator of the first Department of Biomedical Engineering in Japan at Osaka Institute of Technology (2005) and Director of its Medical Engineering Research Center (2005-2011). He was Associate to President and Dean of Admissions Center at Kogakuin University, Tokyo (2012-2018). He experienced internship in Research Center for Artificial Heart in Free University in Berlin (1977). He is the author of the books of “Introduction to Biosystems Engineering (1996)”, “Introduction to Biomedical Measurement Engineering (2000)”, and “Introduction to Biomechanical Engineering (2013)”. His present researches focus on bio- cellular mechanics study using micro-machined flow channel.
http://www.mech.kogakuin.ac.jp/labs/bio/

The biological term of "Symbiosis" is used for the situation of "living together". The internet system has made a global society with data bases. The global society includes many kinds of variations: culture, language, generation. In the global society, symbiosis between systems gave us a lot of topics. Communication skill is necessary to handle the topics. The term of "Biomedical Engineering", on the other hand, is used for the multidisciplinary academic field combining several fields: Biology, Medicine, and Engineering. The field relates to various academic fields. In these field, many topics are picked up for collaboration between the biological systems and engineered systems.

Communication is necessary not only between biological systems, but also between biological system and engineered system. 　Several multidisciplinary learning- programs have been practiced as cross- cultural seminars of students. The effectiveness of the cross-cultural seminar on multidisciplinary learning has been discussed in relation to "Biomedical Engineering" and "Symbiotic Engineering".