2020 Faculty Courses School of Materials and Chemical Technology First-Year Courses
Introduction of Materials and Chemical Technology B
- Academic unit or major
- First-Year Courses
- Instructor(s)
- Manabu Ihara / Izumi Taniguchi / Takuya Hoshina / Masahiro Miyauchi / Shinji Kumai / Junko Morikawa / Yukitaka Kato / Tetsuro Murahashi / Hideyuki Otsuka
- Class Format
- Lecture (Zoom)
- Media-enhanced courses
- -
- Day of week/Period
(Classrooms) - 5-6 Thu (W521,W541,W641)
- Class
- -
- Course Code
- XMC.A103
- Number of credits
- 100
- Course offered
- 2020
- Offered quarter
- 3Q
- Syllabus updated
- Jul 10, 2025
- Language
- Japanese
Syllabus
Course overview and goals
Learn fundamentals of materials and applied chemistry that will introduce specialized subjects of materials and chemical engineering, mainly focused on freshmen from the School of Materials and Chemical Engineering, based on the introduction of materials and chemical engineering A. Also, with a view to research from the foundation, it shows the path to grow to engineers and researchers who can be active worldwide.
Course description and aims
Understand the fundamentals of materials and chemical engineering.
Keywords
Understand the foundation of materials and chemical engineering.
Competencies
- Specialist skills
- Intercultural skills
- Communication skills
- Critical thinking skills
- Practical and/or problem-solving skills
Class flow
This lecture is an omnibus format by six faculty teachers, and introduces the foundation and latest research topics in Materials and Chemical Engineering as an example. Also, group discussion will be conducted on each topic.
Course schedule/Objectives
| Course schedule | Objectives | |
|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | Advanced processing metallurgy for up-grade material recycling system and multi-material-intended structure design. | Advanced metal fabrication processes and dissimilar metal joining technologies for global environment protection are introduced with the latest related research works |
| Class 2 | Introduction of functional materials for energy and environment | Functional materials for solar light energy conversion will be introduced. Students can understand the basic principle and materials for solar cell and photocatalysis, which have already widely been applied in the field of energy production and environmental purification. |
| Class 3 | Construction of aromatic rings to synthesize optically active aromatic compounds | New trends to design and understand the principle of softmaterials are explained by intriducing the exampleas of Superelastic Organic Crystals and Ultra High thermal conductivity of Polymers. |
| Class 4 | Thermal energy storages by using chemical reactions | Undrestnding methodology of chemical thermal energy storages for utilization of renewabe, nuclear and waste heats. |
| Class 5 | Structural Control and Function of Organometallic Complexes | Please explain some organic compounds can be utilized as the ligands for metal complexes. |
| Class 6 | Design of polymers for next generation by chemical approach | The aim of this lecture is to understand the importance of chemistry to design next-generation polymeric materials with functionality such as self-healing ability and mechano-responsivity. |
| Class 7 | Fundamental and applied research of material science / applied science | Introduce fundamental and applied research of academic disciplines in each department. |
| Class 8 | The end of term examination |
Study advice (preparation and review)
To enhance effective learning, students are encouraged to spend approximately 100 minutes preparing for class and another 100 minutes reviewing class content afterwards (including assignments) for each class.
They should do so by referring to textbooks and other course material.
Textbook(s)
None
Reference books, course materials, etc.
None
Evaluation methods and criteria
Evaluation of reports and end of the term examination
Related courses
- XMC.A101 ： Materials and Chemical Technology Literacy
- XMC.A102 ： Introduction of Materials and Chemical Technology A
- XMC.A104 ： Introduction of Materials and Chemical Technology C
Prerequisites
It is recommendable to take Materials and chemical technology literary and Introduction of materials and chemical technology A.