2020 Faculty Courses School of Environment and Society Department of Transdisciplinary Science and Engineering Graduate major in Global Engineering for Development, Environment and Society
Perspective and Understanding of Various Kinds of Material and Standardization
- Academic unit or major
- Graduate major in Global Engineering for Development, Environment and Society
- Instructor(s)
- Kunio Takahashi
- Class Format
- Lecture (Zoom)
- Media-enhanced courses
- -
- Day of week/Period
(Classrooms) - 1-2 Thu (Zoom)
- Class
- -
- Course Code
- GEG.T502
- Number of credits
- 100
- Course offered
- 2020
- Offered quarter
- 4Q
- Syllabus updated
- Jul 10, 2025
- Language
- English
Syllabus
Course overview and goals
Standards and industry are closely interlinked. Standards must be determined based on science and technology, but are frequently influenced by other societal aspects. Standards set on the basis of factors other than science and technology are not unusual. For example, almost all engineers may be confused by the co-existence of both ISO and ASME standards. Focusing on the materials used in many industries, this course provides an overview of the standard-setting process required now and in the future for the global engineer.
Course description and aims
This lecture enables students to show a basic guidline for the standardization of the material engineering.
Keywords
Science and technology of materials, Standard, Globalization of Industry
Competencies
- Specialist skills
- Intercultural skills
- Communication skills
- Critical thinking skills
- Practical and/or problem-solving skills
Class flow
Lecture and Discussion on some subjects
Course schedule/Objectives
| Course schedule | Objectives | |
|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | Standardization and industry | To understand the relation between industry and standards, and the significance of the standard in industry |
| Class 2 | Mechanism of international standards | To understand the process to determine international standards |
| Class 3 | Mechanism of Japanese standards | To understand the process to determine Japanese standards |
| Class 4 | Position of materials in industry and Materials-related standards and science and technology | To understand materials science and technology in industry and understand the relation between the standard and science and technology |
| Class 5 | Standards of materials and related industry | To understand the relation between standards and their related industry |
| Class 6 | ISO standard vs American standard | To understand the problems in the relation between ISO standards and American standards, which causes difficulty for engineers in a global company |
| Class 7 | Democracy and capitalism and strategy of standards… | To underdstand standards strategy versus democracy and capitalism |
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
Report
Related courses
- ZUQ.T202 ： Thermodynamics
Prerequisites
none