６９歳の博士（69-year-old Dr.）

中部大（春日井市）で、６９歳の竹上さんが博士論文試験に合格し、２３日に学位記授与式を迎えた。会社定年後に一念発起し、大学院工学研究科で４年間、若い院生と机を並べて電気電子工学を学んだ。竹上さんは「課題を解決するために研究する過程が楽しい。今後も研究生として大学に残り、学究生活を続ける」と研究意欲はますます盛んだ。　竹上さんは６９年に明治大大学院（電気工学専攻）の修士課程を修了し、電気設備会社に就職。在職中から第一種電気主任技術者を目指してコツコツ勉強してきた。０８年に定年を迎えると、「今後は自分の好きな研究がしてみたい」とインターネットで大学を調べ、同大電気工学科の坪井教授の門をたたいた。１年間、研究生として学び、翌年、博士課程に入学した。
月～金曜日、朝８時から夕方６時まで実験室に閉じこもる毎日。電気学会に２回論文を投稿し、掲載された。博士論文は、電気モーターのエネルギー効率を改善するための理論式を構築する内容という。メーカー技術者との質疑応答もある論文公聴会や教授陣による口頭試問で優秀な成績を収めて合格した。
坪井教授は竹上さんについて「まじめで研究熱心。若い人たちの模範だった。社会人時代に習得した学力ベースがあったのもよかった」と評していた。人生長くなりましたから、このように第二、第三の人生を様々な目標を持って生きることが必要な時代でもありますね。

In Chubu (Kasugai), on the bamboo's 69-year-old doctoral dissertation has passed the test, reached a diploma ceremony on the 23rd. The company sponsored retirement Ichinen after four years, learned and desk side by side in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, a young graduate student. Willingness on the bamboo's research is increasingly popular "remain in the university as a research student fun. Also the process of future research in order to solve the problem, continue the academic life and". I completed the course on the bamboo is a master's degree (Department of Electrical Engineering), Graduate School of Meiji electrical equipment employed by the company in 1969. Has been diligently studying the aim of the first kind from a chief electricity engineer's license during his tenure. Check the university on the Internet and reach mandatory retirement age to 08 years, "the future I would like to research their favorite one," said Tsuboi hit the gates of the professor of electrical engineering university. 1 year to learn as a research student, the following year, was admitted to a doctoral program.

Monday to Friday, confined to the laboratory every day from 8 am until 6 pm. Submitted a paper to the Institute of Electrical Engineers of twice, was published. His doctoral thesis was that content to build a theoretical formula for improving the energy efficiency of electric motors. That pass have achieved excellence in public hearings and oral examination by faculty paper is also a question and answer session with manufacturer technician.

Professor Tsuboi had called it "was also good there was to learn the age-based academic achievement was a member of society. Was a model for those who study diligently. Young serious" about on the bamboo's. Because life was longer, it is also the era with the goal must be to live life a variety of second and third in this way.