In Japan, university students join a faculty member’s lab to undertake a thesis research project. In the lab, students learn how to conduct research, review literature, take and analyze data, and communicate their research results orally not only with their supervisor but also with their lab members. Some university professor’s labs in Japan, regardless of the professor’s nationality, conduct their lab research activity and all communications in English. Students who join a lab where English is the Lingua Franca, seize this opportunity to learn lab-based English (English for specific purposes, ESP) in their academic major. In this presentation, a Tokyo Institute of Technology’s (Tokyo Tech) Department of Transdisciplinary Science and Engineering Professor explains how he manages his international, multi-disciplinary lab using various computer-aided apps to communicate, store data, and manage thesis research projects with bachelor, master, doctoral, and research exchange students. In addition, students learn engineering thinking that is a unique style of thinking that engineers use for system analysis and decision-making. Post-graduation and lab exit survey data will be presented on the students’ feedback on what they learned in the lab.