◆ International Program for Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering

 

Outline of the Program

This graduate program is designed to produce researchers and engineers capable of solving the highly technical and complex real-world problems relating to materials, the environment, and information, through science and engineering. The independent graduate school that offers this program emphasizes interdisciplinary and creative education and research. In pace with the progress of globalization, the program accepts students from all over the world - principally from developing countries - especially mature individuals with experience in solving problems overseas. The program offers these students a flexible and carefully designed course of education that can be finely customized according to their individual academic backgrounds and research interests, as well as the opportunity for exchange with Japanese students through tuition, and for internships with international research institutes and companies in Japan. The program is geared to producing innovative technologists equipped to tackle practical problems and to build multilateral international networks among them.

 

1. Advanced Course of Materials Science and Engineering

The three departments in the Materials groups of the graduate school have been implementing two cross-disciplinary 21st Century Centers of Excellence Programs. These programs are at the forefront of research not only in Japan, but worldwide, in a wide range of fields, from basic research in the chemistry of organic, inorganic, metallic, and composite materials, to the development of high-performance materials. They aim to exploit the science and engineering of the near future, in particular future-oriented electronics, to contribute to the construction of a safe, secure, and sustainable society. It is necessary to pass the results of this materials research rapidly and efficiently to the international community. Also, due to the expected standardization and mobility of global-scale universities and graduate schools in the near future, pioneering work is vital in this field.

 

 

Topics in Innovative Materials Science II, 2 credits, Autumn Semester

H.Yamauchi, H.Hosoda, K.Nakamura

 

Students are exposed to state-of-the-art topics and progresses in the field of innovative/novel functional materials. Both the lectures and student-colloquia are given in English.

Materials dynamics

Fundamentals, design and advanced processing of intelligent materials, e.g. shape memory alloys

Recent advances in “superfunctional” materials

Topics selected by the students for their colloquium presentations

 

 

Strongly-Correlated-Electron Systems as Functional Materials, 2 credits, Spring Semester

H. Yamauchi

 

Students are provided with an introduction to various fundamental aspects of materials research of functional strongly-correlated-electron systems.

Hottest topics and latest material discoveries among strongly-correlated-electron systems

II        Superconductive, magnetoresistance and thermoelectric materials

III       Halfmetals

Atomic arrangement, bonding and orbital occupancy

Material designing and synthesis

Non-stoichiometry and doping

Material characterization

Guidance for literature search and writing scientific reports

 

 

Topics in Innovative Materials Science I, 2 credits, Spring Semester

M. Ishikawa, O. Odawara

 

The purpose of the lecture is to present innovative concepts and technologies for the exploration, characterization and utilization of materials and devices. Status quo of nanotechnologies is overviewed.

Innovative concepts and technologies in materials science.

Recent progresses in nanotechnology: materials, processing and applications

 

 

Nanotechnology and Nanoscience, 2 credits, Even

M. Hara, K. Tamada

 

Nanotechnology, the leading edge of modern science and technology, was born in the early 80’s with the invention of the scanning probe microscopy by Drs. Binnig and Rohrer, Nobel laureates of IBM Zurich.  It opened up a completely new window into the nanoscale world, and remains a challenging field in a wide variety of endeavors from solid state physics to molecular biology.  In this lecture, we have attempted to accumulate and summarize the nanotechnology and nanoscience activities now underway in the world, and you will find that each story presents an innovative state-of-the-art subject in modern nanotechnological research.

 

 1.      Introduction of Nanotechnology and Nanoscience

 2.      Scanning Probe Microscopy and Spectroscopy

2-1.  History of Scanning Probe Microscopy (SPM): from Observation to Manipulation

2-2.  Scanning Tunneling Microscopy (STM) 1: Surface Chemistry and Phase Transitions

2-3.  Scanning Tunneling Microscopy (STM) 2: Self-Assembled Monolayers (SAM)

2-4.  Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) 1: Biological Macromolecules and Surface Forces

2-5.  Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) 2: Single Molecular Detection (SMD)

2-6.  Scanning Near-Field Optical Microscopy (SNOM) and Other Probe Methods: Fluorescence Decay Process, Proximity Effect and Further Possibilities

 3.      Characterization of Organic Thin Films

3-1.  Surface Plasmon Resonance (SPR) Spectroscopy and Ellipsometry

3-2.  X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy (XPS)

3-3.  Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIRS)

3-4.  Dynamic Contact Angles: Surface Free Energy

3-5.  How to Characterize Molecular Orientation in Organic Thin Films

 

 

Applied Organometallic Chemistry, 2 credits,

M. Tanaka

 

The participants will acquire fundamental knowledge of organotransition metal complexes with particular emphasis placed on the reactivities relevant to catalysis. Main group metal compounds, those containing silicon in particular, are also highlighted. Finally recent trends in homogeneous catalysis in commercial process chemistry and development of metal complex-based functional materials are also introduced.

 

 1.      Introduction: History, application and research trends

 2.      General properties of transition metal organometallic complexes (I): Electron counting, 18-electron rule, and oxidation state

 3.      General properties of transition metal organometallic complexes (II): Bonding, Structure and coordination number

 4.      General properties of transition metal organometallic complexes (III): Classification and the nature of ligands and effect of complexation

 5.      Reactivity of transition metal organometallic compounds (I): Oxidative addition and reductive elimination

 6.      Reactivity of transition metal organometallic compounds (II): Insertion reaction, direct attack to the ligand, and other reactivities

 7.      Homogeneous catalysis of practical importance (I): Addition reactions such as hydroformylation, hydrosilylation, hydrocyanation and polymerization

 8.      Homogeneous catalysis of practical importance (II): Substituion reactions such as Wacker process, cross-coupling and Heck reaction

 9.      Recent research trends in homogeneous catalysis (I): C-H and C-C bond activation

10.      Recent research trends in homogeneous catalysis (II): Asymetric catalysis

11.      Main group metal organometallics

12.      Inorganometallic chemistry

13.      Organometallics in materials science (I): Strucural metarials

14.      Organometallics in materials science (II): Electronic and optoelectronic applications.

 

 

Advanced Polymer Chemistry, 2 credits,

T. Yamamoto

 

This course intends to give an overview of polymer chemistry to the graduate students.  Recent developments and trends of polymerization and functional polymers are also discussed.  This course covers the following topics.

 

 1.      Fundamental polymer chemistry

 2.      Principles of polymerization

 3.      Polymerization of olefin catalyzed by transition metal complexes (I): early transition metal complexes

 4.      Polymerization of olefin catalyzed by transition metal complexes (II): late transition metal complexes

 5.      Polycondensation using transition metal catalysts (I): Polyarylenes

 6.      Polycondensation using transition metal catalysts (II): Polyamides, Polyamines

 7.      Electrically conducting polymers (I): p-type

 8.      Electrically conducting polymers (II): n-type

 9.      Optoelectronic devices using polymer materials (I): Diode, Transistor

10.      Optoelectronic devices using polymer materials (II): Electroluminescence devices

11.      Polymer transition-metal complexes

12.      Ion-exchange resins, Chelating resins

13.      Polymer recycle (I): Material recycle

14.      Polymer recycle (II): Chemical recycle

 

 

Advanced Catalytic Chemistry, 2 credits,

T. Tatsumi, J. Nomura

 

“Green” approach to chemical processes are not only beneficial to the environment but also can boost profits, stimulated by the use if efficient catalysts. In this lecture, the basic concepts of catalysis, novel materials for catalytic applications, surface analytical techniques and frontier in catalytic chemistry will be presented.

 

 1.      Fundamental heterogeneous catalytic chemistry

 2.      New catalytic Materials

a.     Zeolites

b.     Mesoporous materials

c.     Photocatalysts

 3.      Surface analytical techniques-How can we clear up black boxes?

 4.      Green Chemistry by catalysts

a.     Solid acid and base catalysts

b.     Selective oxidation by catalysts

 

 

Organic Electrode Process, 2 credits,

T. Fuchigami, M. Atobe

 

In this lecture, we will explain the principle of organic electrode processes and its various synthetic applications together with industrial organic electrode processes.

 

 1.      Introduction

 2.      History of organic electrode process, Fundamental aspects of organic electrode processes (1)

 3.      Fundamental aspects of organic electrode processes (2)

 4.      Methods for studies of organic electrode processes (1)

 5.      Methods for studies of organic electrode processes (2)

 6.      Mechanistic aspects of organic electrode processes (Electrogenerated reactive species: Properties and synthetic utilizations)

 7.      Synthetic aspects of organic electrode processes (Adsorption mechanism and stereo- and regioselective reactions)

 8.      Synthetic aspects of organic electrode processes (Hydrocarbons, Heteroatom-containing compounds, Heterocyclic compounds)

 9.      Synthetic aspects of organic electrode processes (Organometallic compounds, Organofluoro compounds)

10.      New trends of organic electrode processes (Electrogenerated acids and bases: Mediatory reactions)

11.      New trends of organic electrode processes (Concepts and applications of modified electordes)

12.      New trends of organic electrode processes (C1-chemistry, Biomass, Asymmetric synthesis)

13.      New trends of organic electrode processes (Paired electrosynthesis, Photoelectrolysis,
Electropolimerization, SPE electrolysis)

14.      Application to industrial processes


Fundamental Electrochemistry, 2 credits,

T. Ohsaka, F. Kimtamura

 

This course aims to develop the foundations and applications of electrode potentials from first principles using a minimum of mathematics only assuming a basic knowledge of elementary thermodynamics.

 

 1.      Introduction

 2.      The origin of electrode potentials

 3.      Electron transfer at the electrode/solution interface

 4.      Thermodynamic description of electrochemical equilibrium

 5.      Nernst Equation

 6.      Activity and concentration

 7.      Activity coefficient

 8.      Measuremetnt of Electrode Potentials

 9.      Standard Electrode Potentials

10.      The relation of electrode potentials to the thermodynamics of the cell reaction

11.      Standard electrode potentials and the direction of chemical reaction

12.      Migration and diffusion

13.      Applications of electrode potentials (1)

14.      Applications of electrode potentials (2)

 

 

Fundamental Biological Chemistry, 2 credits,

M. Yoshida, T. Hisabori

 

This course intends to give an overview of biochemistry to the students from other fields.  Especially we will focus on the structure and function of protein, one of the most interesting macro molecule comprised of amino acids.  Students who wish to understand the relation between molecule and life are welcome.

 

 1.      Introduction: what is biochemistry?

 2.      Water molecule: from biochemical aspects

 3.      Amino Acids and polypeptides

 4.      Protein: marvelous polymer molecule

 5.      Protein folding and its regulation.

 6.      Enzymatic catalysis: I. General aspects

 7.      Energy transduction: I. Mitochondria

 8.      Molecular mechanism of ATP synthesis

 9.      Energy transduction: II. Chloroplasts

10.      Electron transfer and enzyme regulation

 

 

Laser Spectroscopy for Chemistry, 2 credits,

M. Fujii, M. Sakai

 

Laser spectroscopy is important tool to investigate the structure and dynamics of molecules and clusters in various circumstance such as in gas, a supersonic jet, solution, matrix and surface. This lecture gives the basic understanding of spectroscopy and instrumentations including lasers. The knowledge of quantum chemistry is required.

 

 1.      Introduction to Spectroscopy

 2.      Molecular Vibration

 3.      Nonlinear Spectroscopy #1

 4.      Nonlinear Spectroscopy #2

 5.      Time-resolved Spectroscopy #1

 6.      Time-resolved Spectroscopy #2

 7.      Time-domain vs Frequency domain

 8.      Born-Oppenheimer Approximation and Vibronic Coupling

 9.      Supersonic Jet Spectroscopy

10.      Double Resonance Spectroscopy #1

11.      Double Resonance Spectroscopy #2

12.      Double Resonance Spectroscopy #3

13.      Energy Relaxation

14.      Relaxation and Reaction

 

 

Fundamental Science of Thermodynamics and Magnetics, 2 credits,

T. Atake, N. Matsushita

 

At first, concept of temperature and heat will be given.  It will be extended to the mechanism in the structure and properties of functional materials.  Recent development in high-technology and nano-scale materials will be also given.  The latter half of this class is related to magnetic materials.  Starting from Schr?dinger equation, the class deals the electronic state in crystal fields and the spin interaction to understand the magnetism of various materials.

 

 1.      Introduction

 2.      Laws of thermodynamics

 3.      Phase transitions

 4.      Crystal structure and lattice dynamics

 5.      Plastic crystal and liquid crystal

 6.      Classy state and glass transition

 7.      Ferroelectric materials and solid state ionics

 8.      Basis of quantum mechanics

 9.      Schr?dinger equation

10.      Angular momentum and quantum number

11.      Crystal field and electron

12.      Molecular orbital and exchange interaction

13.      Molecular field theory I: para-and ferromagnetism

14.      Molecular field theory II: antiferro- and ferrimagnetism

 

 

Organic Synthesis, 2 credits,

O. Niwa, K. Atsumi

 

This lecture focuses on the basic and advanced organic synthesis.  The former will mainly cover the carboanionic C-C bond formations. The latter will deal with the roles of organic synthesis in research and development of new drugs.  Some studies in pharmaceutical companies are explained as examples.

 

 1.      Introduction

 2.      Enolate-1: Acidity-basicity

 3.      Enolate-2: Reactivity dependent on the functional groups

 4.      Enolate-3: Selectivity

 5.      Enolate-4: Aldol reaction

 6.      Organometallic chemistry

 7.      Other C-C bond formations

 8.      Introduction of last half and basics of medicinal chemistry-1

 9.      Basic of medical chemistry-2

10.      Biochemistry and chemistry of b-lactam antibiotics

11.      Research and development of b-lactam antibiotics in some pharmaceutical companies.

12.      Synthetic studies of b-lactam antibiotics (1)

13.      Synthetic studies of b-lactam antibiotics (2)

14.      Synthetic studies of b-lactam antibiotics (3)

 

 

Inorganic Materials Chemistry, 2 credits,

R. Kanno, A. Yamada

 

Inorganic materials chemistry is concerned with the synthesis, structure, properties and applications of inorganic solid materials. The study of structure-property relations is very fruitful area and one with immense possibilities for the development of new materials or materials with unusual combination of properties.

 

 1.      What is materials chemistry

 2.      Crystal structure

 3.      Chemical bonding in solids

 4.      Defect, nonstoichiometry

 5.      Interpretation of phase transion

 6.      Ionic and electronic conductivity

 7.      Magnetic properties

 8.      Solids state electrochemistry

 

 

Organic Molecular and Macromolecular Chemistry, 2 credits,

Y. Yamashita, I. Tomita

 

The aim of this course is to give an overview of molecular design of functional organic molecules and macromolecules. This lecture will cover the following topics.

 

 1.      Novel organic redox systems

 2.      Electroconductive and superconductive organic molecules

 3.      Organic field effect transistors (FET)

 4.      Organic ferromagnets

 5.      Inclusion complexes

 6.      Solid phase organic synthesis

 7.      Photo- and electro-luminescent organic materials

 8.      Fundamental aspects of step-growth polymerizations

 9.      Recent topics on step-growth polymerizations

10.      Fundamental aspects of chain polymerizations

11.      Living polymerization and macromolecular design through living processes

12.      Recent topics on chain polymerizations

13.      Reactive polymers

14.      Functional polymers

 

 

Semiconductor Physics and Devices, 2 credits,

S. Tokitoh, K. Ozasa

 

This lecture covers the physics of semiconductors and the applications to transistors and sensors.

The semiconductors involve both inorganic and organic semiconductors.

 

 1.      Semiconductor Physics and quantum structures

 2.      Quantum levels in nanostructures

 3.      Luminescence of CdSe nanoparticles

 4.      Surface modification of nanoparticles

 5.      Principles of FET characteristics

 6.      ISFET

 7.      Bionano sensors

 8.      Organic Semiconductor

 9.      Electronic Conduction in Organic Thin-Films

10.      Optical Properties of Organic Thin-Films

11.      Fabrication of Organic Thin-Films

12.      Organic Light-Emitting Diodes

13.      Organic Light-Emitting Diode Displays

14.      Organic Thin-Film Transistors

 

 

Science & Engineering of Solidification, 2 credits, Spring Semester

S. Kumai

 

The present lecture provides a fundamental knowledge of solidification, from the scientific to the engineering point of view, covering the recent development and future prospects. Basic concepts of driving force for solidification, undercooling, local equilibrium, and interface non-equilibrium are described. A detailed explanation is also made about dendritic and eutectic growth, as well as of peritectic, monotectic and behavior of third phase.

 

 

Characteristics & Applications of Intermetallic Alloys, 2 credits, Spring Semester

Y. Kimura, Y. Mishima

 

Intermetallic compounds provide very different physical and chemical properties due to a wide variety of their ordered crystal structures. Starting from fundamental characteristics of intermetallic compounds strongly depending on their ordered structures, advanced applications both for structural and functional are covered with considering strategies for the material design.

 

 

Lattice Defects & Mechanical Properties of Materials Alloys, 2 credits, Autumn Semester

S. Onaka, M. KATO

 

Lattice defects and their role on mechanical properties of solid materials are lectured. Topics such as linear elasticity (stress, strain, Hooke’s law) and dislocation theory are included.

 

 

Diffusion in Alloys, 2 credits, Autumn Semester

M. Kajihara

 

Evolution of microstructure occurs in many alloy systems at elevated temperatures. Such a phenomenon is usually controlled by diffusion. On the basis of Fick’s first and second laws,diffusion can be described mathematically. In the present lecture, various mathematical methods describing diffusion will be explained.

 

 

English Presentation Training for Materials Science and Engineering II, 2 credits, Autumn Semester

H. Hirayama

 

Each student enrolled gives 10min presentation in the class on the research subject he/she engages. Suggestions will be given for improvement in each presentation.

 

 

English Presentation Training for Materials Science and Engineering I, 2 credits, Spring Semester

H. Hirayama

 

Each student enrolled gives 10min presentation in the class on the research subject he/she engages. Suggestions will be given for improvement in each presentation.

 

 

2. Advanced Course of Environmental and Energy Science and Engineering

Science and technology is expected to make a contribution to the common global issues that must be addressed in order to construct a sustainable society - namely environmental problems, natural disaster threats, and energy problems. Because the nature of these problems, their conditions of occurrence, and the means for solving them vary from place to place, there is a vital need for innovative technologists who can conduct probing research into specific cases to seeks solutions. Positioning these highly individual phenomena into the generalized knowledge system of science is both extremely labor-intensive and time consuming. For this reason, compared with other more highly abstract fields of science, often the results of research efforts cannot be always be successfully applied. In this course, the technologists placed in this position are taken up as a major subject of study.


Amenity Evaluation I, 2 Credits, Spring Semester, Odd Years

Y. Nakamura

 

This course aims to provide students with basic knowledge for understanding amenity assessment by introducing several basic concepts of environmental perception and some models for human-environment interaction, and also to enable students to conduct a simple investigation on amenity assessment.

 

 

Theory of Random Vibration, 2 Credits, Autumn Semester

H. Morikawa

 

This course discusses the basic theory of probability and stochastic process with some applications to the earthquake engineering.

 

 

Intelligent Adaptive Systems, 2 Credits, Spring Semester, Odd Years

H. Furuya

 

Basic philosophy and methodology for designing advanced structural systems as intelligent/smart systems and adaptive structure systems. Optimization techniques, multidisciplinary optimization, heuristic design methods as Genetic Algorithms and Neural Network, and structural optimization. Sensitivity analysis and computational algorithms.

 

 

Space Environment Systems, 2 Credits, Autumn Semester, Even Years

H. Furuya

 

The mechanics of multi-body structure systems is treated to analyze the dynamics of space satellites, deployable space structures, linked space manipulators, and etc. Active control of the multi-body systems in the space environment is also introduced.

 

 

Social Seismology, 1 Credit, Spring Semester

K. Seo

 

Earthquake disaster mitigation should be made not only with seismology and earthquake engineering, but with as much as research fields related to social circumstances of a city. The most important point will be not to neglect seismology and earthquake engineering, but to modify the into complicated social problems in a city. We will define such interdisciplinary research field as social seismology.

 

 

Strong Motion Prediction, 1 Credit, Spring Semester

S. Midorikawa

 

The subject aims to introduce methodologies for strong motion prediction by which the design earthquake motion for seismic design of structures is specified.


City/Transport Planning and the Environment, 1 Credit, Autumn Semester

Y. Muromachi

 

Following introduction, this course focuses on air pollution, global warming, noise and other elements of the environment which city/transport planning should cover. Theoretical issues such as externality and public goods as well as practical concerns such as EIA are also discussed.

 

 

Earthquake Risk Reduction, 1 Credit, Autumn Semester

T. Ohmachi

 

This course aims to broaden understanding and knowledge on earthquake engineering and disaster mitigation.

 

 

Environmental Hazard and Human Behavior, 1 Credit, Autumn Semester

R. Ohno

 

The primary purpose of this course is to provide students with an understanding of human perception and response to the environmental disasters. The applicability of current Environment-Behavior theories to environmental policy, planning, and design is also discussed.

 

 

Passive Control of Structure against Earthquakes, 1 Credit, Autumn Semester

K. Kasai

 

This course discusses various methods to evaluate effectiveness of the passive control dampers and building framing schemes.  Characteristics of four main types of dampers are explained. Design and analytical methods for three types of framing systems having distinct architectural features, damper connecting schemes, as well as control efficiencies are explained.

 

 

Advanced Analysis and Design of Structures Considering Geometrical & Material Nonlinearities, 1 Credit, Autumn Semester, Odd Years

S. Motoyui

 

This course discusses analytical methods to simulate collapse behavior of building structures. Particularly, it presents treatment of both geometrical nonlinearity and complex material nonlinearity which are essential in these analytical methods.

 

 

Earthquake and Tsunami Disaster Reduction, 1 Credit, Autumn Semester

K. Seo, H. Yamanaka, T. Ohmachi, H. Morikawa, S. Midorikawa, K. Kasai, T. Hiraishi

 

To mitigate the earthquake and tsunami disaster, it is important to know them. This class is devoted to make the lecture with respect to the basics of earthquake and tsunami disaster and their mitigation.

Environmental Transportation Engineering

T. Yai

(in preparation)

 

 

Advanced Mathematical Methods for Infrastructure and Transportation Planning, 2 Credits, Spring Semester

D. Fukuda

(Cf. Department of Civil Engineering)

 

 

History of Architecture I, 2 Credits, Spring Semester

H. Fujioka, D. Stewart

(Cf. Department of Architecture and Building Engineering)

 

 

History of Architecture II, 2 Credits, Autumn Semester

K. Yagi, D. Stewart

(Cf. Department of Architecture and Building Engineering)

 

 

Reaction System Modeling, 2 Credits, Spring Semester

T. Yamaguchi

 

Fundamental physical chemistry, mass transfer, heat transfer, momentum transfer and chemical reaction engineering are reviewed. Mathematical models based on transport phenomena are also spoken

 

 

Theory of Process Equilibrium, 2 Credits, Spring Semester

K. Takeshita, T. Watanabe

 

The fundamental principles of thermodynamics are lectured and the concepts of energy change, energy level and graphical presentation of thermodynamics are introduced. The application of　thermodynamics to system synthesis is discussed.

 

 

Chemical Reaction Kinetics, 2 Credits, Autumn Semester, Odd Years

T. Baba

 

The purpose of this lecture is to understand the effectiveness and limits of the theory of chemical kinetics. The contents are as follows;

 1)      The Nature of Kinetics

 2)      Principle of Rate Measurements

 3)      Theory of Complex Reactions: Reaction Path

 4)      Theory of Elementary Reactions

 5)      Transition State Theory

 6)      Surface Reaction

Topics in Inorganic Advanced Materials, 2 Credits, Autumn Semester

T. Yamase, H. Naruke

 

We examine the relationships between the properties of solid substances (including metal, semiconductor, insulator, and superconductor) and the types of interatomic or intermolecular bonding (including metal/semiconductor interface) interactions that are present.

 

 

Molecular Transition Metal Inorganic Chemistry, 2 Credits, Autumn Semester

M. Akita

 

The subjects discussed in this lecture include synthesis, structure, reactivity and chemical properties of molecular transition metal inorganic complexes, which are essential for understanding the principles of chemical transformations and material science based on such compounds.

 

 

Advanced Lecture on Environmental Chemistry and Engineering Ⅰ, 2 Credits, Spring Semester

A. Shishido, T. Baba

 

In this lecture fundamentals, technologies, and economics on environmental chemistry are reviewed through research, presentation, and group discussion on given topics. This program is provided for Master’s Course of the Dept. of Environmental Chemistry and Engineering, and given in Japanese, but the International Graduate Course students, whose academic advisor belongs to the Dept. of Environmental Chemistry and Engineering, can attend and acquire credits.

 

 

Advanced Lecture on Environmental Chemistry and Engineering Ⅱ, 4 Credits, Autumn Semester

M. Iwamoto, M. Akita, H. Naruke, H. Ishitani

 

Fundamentals in environmental chemistry are reviewed and studied through research of topics, poster presentation, practical field work, and inspection of chemical factory and laboratory in a selected company. This program is provided for Master’s Course of the Dept. of Environmental Chemistry and Engineering, and given in Japanese, but the International Graduate Course students, whose academic advisor belongs to the Dept. of Environmental Chemistry and Engineering, can attend and acquire credits.

 

 

Seminar in Environmental Chemistry and Engineering Ⅰ－Ⅳ, 2 Credits (for each),

1st (I), 2nd (II), 3rd (III), 4th (IV) Semester

Academic Advisor (Dept. of Environmental Chemistry and Engineering)

 

This seminar is given at laboratory of student’s academic advisor, and conducted through reading and introducing original papers, reading of selected books, practicing presentation/discussion on scientific symposium.

Seminar in Environmental Chemistry and Engineering Ⅴ－Ⅷ, 2 Credits (for each),

5th (V), 6th (VI), 7th (VII), 8th (VIII) Semester

Academic Advisor (Dept. of Environmental Chemistry and Engineering)

 

This seminar is given at laboratory of student’s academic advisor, and conducted through reading and introducing original papers, reading of selected books, practicing presentation/discussion on scientific symposium.

 

 

Fundamentals for Plasma Science, 2 Credits, Autumn Semester, Even Years

A. Okino, E. Hotta, K. Horioka

 

A brief overview of environmental problems related to the energy consumption will be done. Fundamentals of technologies for converting heat, light and chemical energy into electrical energy will be demonstrated and state of the art developments on the technologies will also be presented in the lecture.

 

 

Numerical Simulation for Fluid Dynamics, 2 Credits, Spring Semester, Odd Years

F. Xiao, T. Nagasaki, T. Aoki

 

This English course presents the fundamental knowledge and applications of computational fluid dynamics. The students are expected to be able to use numerical methods to solve some typical problems in fluid dynamics through class instructions, exercises and programming practices.

 

 

Fundamentals for Energy Conversion & Environment, 2 Credits, Autumn Semester, Odd Years

K. Waki, Y. Okuno, H. Yamasaki

 

This course offers knowledge on fundamentals for plasma science and technology. It includes plasma generation, governing equations of plasmas, magnetohydrodynamics, characteristics of plasma, plasma diagnostics and recent topics in plasma applications.

 

 

Fundamentals for Energy Sciences, 2 Credits, Autumn Semester, Even Years

Prof. Eiki HOTTA, Prof. Hiroyuki YAMASAKI, Prof. Tetsuji OKAMURA, Assoc. Prof. Hiroshi AKATSUKA

 

This subject provides the fundamental knowledge, which is required of all the students in the Department of Energy Sciences, of Electromagnetics, Circuit theory, Transport theory of momentum and heat, Thermodynamics, Statistical mechanics, Quantum mechanics, and Special theory of relativity.

 

 1.      Basic laws of electromagnetics 1 (Electrostatics)

 2.      Basic laws of electromagnetics 2 (Magnetostatics)

 3.      Basic theory of electrical circuit

 4.      Fundamental equations for transport phenomena

 5.      Momentum transfer in laminar and turbulent flow

 6.      Heat conduction and heat transfer in fluid flow

 7.      Basic laws of thermodynamics and fundamentals of heat engine

 8.      Fundamentals of statistical mechanics

 9.      Maxwell - Boltzmann distribution

10.      Atomic physics based upon quantum mechanics - Schr?dinger’ equation and wave mechanics

11.      Principle of quantum mechanics - harmonic oscillator by wave and matrix mechanics

12.      Principle of special theory of relativity 1 - Lorentz transformation

13.      Principle of special theory of relativity 2 - Special relativistic dynamics and electromagnetics

 

 

Fundamentals for Energy Conversion, 2 Credits, Autumn Semester, Even Years

Prof. Yoshihiro OKUNO, Assoc. Prof. Keiko WAKI, Prof. Yasuo HASEGAWA

 

The lecture provides fundamental knowledge on energy conversion. The fundamental concept of exergy and its conversion process are discussed. This lecture also covers current technologies for converting heat, light and chemical energy into electrical energy and state of the art developments on the energy system. The major topics are 1) Fundamental concept of exergy and its conversion process, 2) fundamentals and developments in magneto-hydro-dynamic (MHD) electrical power generation, fuel cells, solar cells, capacitors, and distributed energy systems.

 

 

Fundamentals for Energy and Environment, 2 Credits, Autumn Semester, Even Years

Assoc. Prof. Takao NAGASAKI, Assoc. Prof. Feng XIAO, Assoc. Prof. Masaki SAITO

 

This course provides fundamental knowledge on the energy and environment related issues. The major topics include the fundamentals of thermodynamics and fluid dynamics relating to energy and environment, global energy balance, environmental problems and their assessment for regional and global atmosphere, atmospheric diffusion and numerical modeling, emission control of environmental pollutant due to fossil fuels, energy utilization and the environmental loading, utilization of nuclear energy and its impact on environment.

 

 

Fundamentals for Nuclear Energy Sources, 2 Credits, Autumn Semester, Even Years

Prof. Toshiyuki KOHNO,  Prof. Kazuhiko HORIOKA

 

The lecture provides fundamental knowledge on the nuclear energy systems.  This includes nuclear physics, plasma physics, engineering aspects of nuclear power plant, and issues for fusion reactors.  A prospect of future energy systems and related environmental issues are also discussed.

 

 

Seminar in Energy Sciences I-X, 2 Credits, Spring semester I, III, V, VII, IX;

Autumn semester II, IV, VI, VIII, V

Academic advisor

 

This program is conducted through reading of selected books and scientific papers, together with discussions on the topics in the relevant scientific field with advising professors.

Special Seminar for Energy Sciences I-X, 1 Credits, Spring semester I, III, V, VII, IX;

Autumn Semester II, IV, VI, VIII, V

Academic Advisor

 

An individual training program will be provided by the academic adviser to acquire knowledge and skills on energy sciences for the doctoral program.

 

 

Consensus Building in Environmental Planning, 2 Credits, Autumn Semester

S. Harashina

 

Environmental planning is required for creating a sustainable society, which is the goal of every country in the world. But in the planning process, NIMBY problem is sometimes arising, as there are various stakeholders in a specific environment. Consensus building among the public is crucial in environmental planning. The theory and methods of how to resolve the problem will be discussed and case studies in Japan and the US will be illustrated to understand the structure of the problems and how those are resolved. Mediation, a promising way to build consensus, is the focus of resolving environmental disputes.

 

 

Practical Solution of Differential Equations, 2 Credits, Autumn Semester

T. Ishikawa

 

We must solve many kinds of differential equations to understand and predict natural phenomena in the environment. Under the condition of practical problems in the environment, however, it is often difficult to obtain a strict solution of differential equations in an explicit form. On the other hand, purely numerical approach, which always gives individual solution under a specified condition, is not convenient to survey the total picture of the system’s response. In this lecture, the weighted residual method (WRM) and its derivatives are introduced to give an idea “how to obtain an approximate analytical solution” of given differential equation under practical conditions. It is also described that WRM is a general form of mathematics to understand connectedly a variety of mathematical techniques through the idea of orthogonality.

 

 

Material Cycle Analysis, 2 Credits, Autumn Semester

N. Yoshida

 

Biogeochemical analysis helps comprehensive understanding of the cycles of environmental materials. Global environmental changes and variations of the atmosphere, the oceans, and the terrestrial biosphere are quantitatively analyzed through chemical and isotopic composition information. The past and present environmental material cycles are described.

 (1)    Introduction

 (2)    The Earth environmental system

 (3)    Fundamentals of material cycle

 (4)    Isotope geochemistry

 (5)    Cycles and their interactions

 (6)    Past, present, and the future environment

Science and Technology for Atmospheric Environmental Protection, 2 Credits, Spring Semester

K. Yoshikawa

 

For atmospheric environmental protection, appropriate combination of various technologies ranging from combustion control, exhaust gas treatment, high efficiency energy conversion and waste management is essential. This lecture first explains the fundamental science of transport phenomena (momentum, energy and mass transportation) which should be base knowledge to understand various atmospheric environmental processes. Then variety of emission control techniques are explained to understand state of the art technologies for atmospheric environmental protection. Finally, new waste management technologies are introduced and students will join discussions on the effective measures for waste management to reduce atmospheric emissions.

 

 

Earth Sciences for Sustainable Development, 2 Credits, Autumn Semester

Y. Kinugasa

 

This lecture is designed for International Graduate Program and given in English. Since environmental changes, natural hazards and energy/mineral resources are key issues for sustainable development, this lecture deals with the following topics starting with basic concepts of the earth sciences.

 (1)    Global scale environmental changes through time

 (2)    Outline of the plate tectonics and earthquake geology

 (3)    Geological hazards and disaster mitigation

 (4)    Energy and mineral resources

 (5)    Prospect for future environmental changes

 

 

Earthquake Resistant Limit State Design for Building Structures, 2 Credits, Autumn Semester, Odd Years

S. Yamada

 

Earthquake Resistant Limit State Design is a design method based on a balance of input energy by the earthquake and energy absorption capacity of building structures. In this lecture, the basic theory of design method based on a balance of the energy and the evaluation method of earthquake resistant performance of the building structures based on the deformation capacity of members are explained.

 (1)    Basic theory of the design method based on a balance of the energy

 (2)    Earthquake input evaluated as the energy input

 (3)    Hysteresis behavior of the steel material

 (4)    Ultimate behavior of steel members under cyclic load

 (5)    Energy absorption capacity of steel members

 (6)    Damage evaluation of the structure

 (7)    Damage distribution in the multi-story structure

 (8)    The relationship between deformation capacity of members and deformation capacity of the frame

 (9)    Estimation method of the required earthquake resistance

(10)    Energy spectrum of earthquake

(11)    Outline of the base isolated building structure

(12)    Design of the base isolated building structure

Structural Design of Tall Building, 1 Credit, Autumn Semester

A. Wada

 

Although in Japan as earthquake prone country, many tall buildings exceeding 1000 have been built in these 40 years. Many structural systems and forms, new structural materials, computer analysis technology and experiences of earthquakes were in the progress of the structural design of tall buildings. Topics dealt in this course include:

 (1)    Introduction to structural design of tall buildings

 (2)    Tall buildings in the world

 (3)    Tall buildings in Japan

 (4)    Analysis model of structures

 (5)    Basic structural features of tall buildings

 (6)    New technologies of tall building structures

 

 

Structural Experiments, 1 Credit, Autumn Semester

A. Wada, S. Hayashi, K. Kasai, H. Sakata, S. Yamada

 

The performance of a structure could not be known if an actual earthquake does not occur. Since big earthquake will happen only once in several hundreds years in a city, we cannot know a true performance of the structures under a big earthquake. It is very useful in designing a new structure or knowing the performance of existing structures to conduct structural experiments. Topics dealt in this course include:

 (1)    Introduction to experiments

 (2)    Size of test specimens and scale effects

 (3)    Loading system and supporting system of test specimens

 (4)    Measurements of strain, deformation and acceleration

 (5)    Static loading tests

 (6)    Dynamic loading tests

 

 

*Special Seminar for Environmental Studies Ⅳ, 2 Credits, Autumn Semester

Academic Advisor

 

Academic advisor provides each student with an individual training program to acquire knowledge and techniques for environmental research which will be necessary for the student’s research in the doctoral program. Student’s achievement is evaluated by three referees including the academic advisor.

 

 

*Special Seminar for Environmental Studies Ⅴ, 2 Credits, Spring Semester

Academic Advisor

 

Academic advisor provides each student with an individual training program to acquire knowledge and techniques for environmental research which will be necessary for the student’s research in the doctoral program. Student’s achievement is evaluated by three referees including the academic advisor.

 

 

*Special Seminar for Environmental Studies Ⅵ, 4 Credits, Autumn Semester

Academic Advisor

 

Academic advisor provides each student with an individual training program to acquire knowledge and techniques for environmental research which will be necessary for the student’s research in the doctoral program. Student’s achievement is evaluated by three referees including the academic advisor.

 

 

REMARK

*The asterisked subjects are provided exclusively for students whose academic advisor belongs to Department of Environmental Science and Technology.

 

 

Seminar in Environmental Science Technology, and Engineering Ⅰ, 2 Credits, Spring Semester

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Seminar in Environmental Science Technology, and Engineering II, 2 Credits, Autumn Semester

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Seminar in Environmental Science Technology, and Engineering III, 2 Credits, Spring Semester

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Seminar in Environmental Science Technology, and Engineering IV, 2 Credits, Autumn Semester

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Seminar in Environmental Science Technology, and Engineering V, 2 Credits, Spring Semester

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Seminar in Environmental Science Technology, and Engineering VI, 2 Credits, Autumn Semester

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Seminar in Environmental Science Technology, and Engineering VII, 2 Credits, Spring Semester

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Seminar in Environmental Science Technology, and Engineering VIII, 2 Credits, Autumn Semester

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Seminar in Environmental Science Technology, and Engineering IX, 2 Credits, Spring Semester

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Seminar in Environmental Science Technology, and Engineering X, 2 Credits, Autumn Semester

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3. Advanced Course of Information Technology and System Sciences

The Information and Systems group (four departments, including the Department of Computational Intelligence and Systems Science) is targeted at high achievers from leading universities in developing countries, or universities with which Tokyo Tech has cooperative agreements, and covers leading-edge, innovative, practical, and original fields of research in intelligent computing and data communications. The course aims to cultivate world-leading individuals who will promote exchange between Japan and international researchers and technologists when they return home after completing their studies.

 

 

Foundations of Perceptual systems, 2 credits, Spring Semester

K. Uchikawa, H. Kaneko, M. Kashino

 

The aim of this lecture is to understand the foundations of human visual and auditory systems. We will describe the phenomenal, structural and computational aspects of the information processing of the perceptual systems, showing many experimental data.

 

 

Mechanisms of visual perception, 2 credits, Autumn Semester

K. Uchikawa, H. Kaneko, S. Nishida, I. Motoyoshi

 

This lecture aims to understand the functions and mechanisms of human visual system for colorperception, space perception, motion perception, attention, pattern perception, integration of sensory information, and so on. Phenomenal, structural and computational aspects of the information processing of the visual systems will be explained with latest experimental data.

 

 

Fundamentals of Digital Signal Processing, 2 credits, Spring Semester

T. Kobayashi, M. Yamaguchi, N. Sugino

 

Fundamentals of discrete-time signal processing and digital signal processing are discussed. This lecture focuses on discrete-time signals and systems, sampling theorem, discrete-time Fourier transform, fast Fourier transform algorithms, digital filters, two-dimensional Fourier transform, and multi-dimensional processing.

 

 

Spoken Language Processing, 2 credits, Autumn Semester

T. Kobayashi

 

Fundamental theory and applications of spoken language processing are described. This lecture focuses on speech analysis and synthesis, speech recognition, speech coding, speech enhancement, natural language processing, and multimodal interface for computer interaction.

 

 

Optical Imaging and Image Processing, 2 credits, Autumn Semester

M. Yamaguchi

 

This lecture focuses on the fundamentals of digital image processing techniques based on the principles of interference and diffraction of light wave, two-dimensional Fourier transform, and image formation. The applications of optical imaging and digital image processing techniques are also introduced, such as color image processing, multispectral imagery, 3D display, and medical imaging.

 

 

Statistical Models of Brain and Parallel Computation, 2 credits, Autumn Semester

I. Kumazawa,

 

This lecture introduces statistical methods to analyze highly parallel computation systems such as neural networks by using ideas developed in statistical physics.

 1.      Theoretical backgrounds of statistical physics and particle systems are described.

 2.      The human brain system and neural networks are overviewed.

 3.      The analogy between the system of particles and the system of computation units is shown.

 4.      The statistical methods to analyze parallel computation systems are derived.

 5.      Programming is practiced and the analytical results are compared with the experimental results.

 

 

Medical Image Informatics, 2 credits, Autumn Semester

T. Obi

 

This course will feature an image and information aspects of a medical engineering, such as a mechanism of X-ray CT, SPECT and PET, image reconstruction methods etc. In addition, a diagnostic technique will be will be presented in the lecture.

 

 

Bio-robotics, 2 credits, Spring Semester

X-L Zhang

 

The main aim of this lecture is to learn differences in the signal processing and motion control principles between organisms and modern engineering. Additionally, we will study how to find useful hints from anatomic and physiology knowledge that can be applied to modern engineering. For this purpose, the lecture introduces a method to structure an electrical equivalent circuit of a neuron, and a learning system model faithful to the neural network of the brainstem and cerebellum. Finally, we will explain how to make an ocularmotor system model (based on anatomic structure and physiological function) and its application to robot eye control.

 

 

Fundametanls on VLSI Systems, 2 credits, Spring Semester

N. Sugino, H. Maejima

 

The course will provide the students with an understanding basic knowledge for analysis and design of VLSI systems. Key topics are fundamentals on logic and sequential circuits, functional and arithmetic units, registers and memories, and etc.. By use of above components, basics of processor architectures are also discussed.

 

 

Advanced VLSI Systems, 2 credits, Autumn Semester

H. Maejima, N. Sugino, K. Uchiyama

 

VLSI systems can execute various information processing functions at high-speed and with efficiency, and then playing a significant role in achieving advanced information processing systems. Microprocessors, kernels of VLSI systems, and software technologies, like OS and compilers, are lectured. Furthermore, design examples at product levels are also introduced.

 

 

Intelligent Information System, 2 credits, Autumn Semester

Y. Hatori, R. Orihara, T. Ida

 

As advanced computerized society becomes reality, a demand for hyper-functional, hyper-efficient intelligent information systems is skyrocketed in every corners of the society and therefore development of such systems is a crucial technological challenge. In particular, R&D and technological innovation for intelligent processing, such as recognition and understanding of media information that is represented by a picture and a sound, and their hyper-functional implementation are rapidly advancing and their importance grown exponentially. This lecture will discuss the newest technologies and R&D trends of the intelligent information systems, with its focus on the media information processing.

 

 

Ultrasonic Electronics, 2 credits, Spring Semester

K. Nakamura

 

This lecture is an introduction to ultrasonic engineering including both instrumental and high power applications. The basic theory on acoustic wave propagation and vibration of elastic body is provided. The concept of electrical equivalent circuit for piezoelectric transducers is introduced and its usage for analyzing and designing ultrasonic vibration system is discussed. The elementary description on acoustic functional devices such as ultrasonic actuators/motors, vibratory gyroscope and piezoelectric transformer is also given.

 

 

Micro-Acoustic System, 2 credits, Autumn Semester

M. Kuribayashi Kurosawa, K. Nakamura

 

Based on the application of elastic wave and acoustic wave engineering, micro electro mechanical systems (MEMS) are lectured from the principle to modeling. MEMS is getting more and more important technology field in these days. The priceple, analysis method and modeling of electro-acoustic transducers which are very important in this field, are lectured. Opto-acoustical sensing system is lectured also.

 

 

Linear and Nonlinear Optics in Advanced Materials, 2 credits, Spring Semester

K. Kajikawa

 

 1.      Understanding of optical constants of dielectrics, metals and semiconductors, based on the Maxwell equations.

 2.      Propagation of light in crystals, liquid crystals and nonlinear optical materials for understanding of functional optical materials.

 3.      Introduction to near field, nano- and surface plasmon optics.

 

 

Optical Properties of Advanced Electronics Materials, 2 credits, Spring Semesnter

Y. Aoyagi, S. Sugahara

 

Recently, new optical materials are developed for realizing new optical devices with new and high functionality. In this course, fundamental and principal knowledges of energy bands in solids, principal quantum phenomena, and optical properties in optical devices will be lectured. Application of these knowledges to recently developed new devices will also be reviewed.

 

 

Theory if Robotics, 2 credits, 2nd Semester

T. Omata

 

[Aim]

This course provides basic knowledge on robotics and discusses its advanced topics.

 

[Schedule]

 1.      Introduction

 2.      Kinematics and statics of planar serial and parallel manipulators

 3.      Kinematics and statics of spatial serial and parallel manipulators

 4.      Dynamics of robots

 5.      Mechanisms of robots

 6.      Applications: medical robotics, welfare robotics, etc.

 

[How to Grade]

Midterm examination and final report

 

 

Advanced Mechanical Systems Design, 2 credits, 2nd Semester

M. Horie, C. Sato

 

The mechanical systems composed of machine elements, for example, actuators, sensors, mechanisms, etc., are introduced and their design methods are discussed in the fields of kinematics of machinery and strength of materials.

 

 

Advanced Neural Network Systems, 2 credits, 2nd Semester

Y. Kosugi

 

To give a deeper understanding on artificial and biological neural network systems.

 

 

Process Measurement and Control, 2 credits, 2nd Semester

T. Kagawa, K. Kawashima

 

Sensors, control methods and instruments used in process control are introduced and their dynamics are discussed.