2023 Faculty Courses School of Engineering Department of Information and Communications Engineering Graduate major in Human Centered Science and Biomedical Engineering
Advanced Research Topics for Life Innovation I
- Academic unit or major
- Graduate major in Human Centered Science and Biomedical Engineering
- Instructor(s)
- Hiroshi Egusa / Hiroyasu Kanetaka / Osanu Suzuki / Toru Ogawa / Masahiro Yamada / Jumpei Washio / Yuki Abiko
- Class Format
- Lecture (Livestream)
- Media-enhanced courses
- -
- Day of week/Period
(Classrooms) - Intensive
- Class
- -
- Course Code
- HCB.C451
- Number of credits
- 100
- Course offered
- 2023
- Offered quarter
- 3Q
- Syllabus updated
- Jul 8, 2025
- Language
- Japanese
Syllabus
Course overview and goals
Students receive lectures about the leading edge of life engineering fields from leading experts in relevant field.
Course description and aims
Students will be able to:
Acquire knowledges of the cutting edge in life engineering fields
Raise problems in process of advanced research and development
Solve those problems.
Keywords
the cutting edge of life enginering, advanced research and development
Competencies
- Specialist skills
- Intercultural skills
- Communication skills
- Critical thinking skills
- Practical and/or problem-solving skills
- Development power
Class flow
Researchers at the forefront give the lectures. Remote lecture by Zoom. Japanese only.
Course schedule/Objectives
| Course schedule | Objectives | |
|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | Development and clinical applications of metallic biomaterials (by Prof. Kanetaka, Oct. 26th, PM) | Development of metallic biomaterials for clinical applications |
| Class 2 | Ceramic biomaterials and dental/medical applications (by Prof. Suzuki, Nov. 2nd, PM) | Ceramic biomaterials for dental/medical applications |
| Class 3 | iPS cell-based strategies in bone tissue engineering (by Prof. Egusa, Nov. 2nd, PM) | iPS cell-derived biomaterials |
| Class 4 | Stomatognathic biomechanics and mechanobiology based on actual measured biological information (by Prof. Ogawa, Nov. 9th, PM) | Biological reaction induced by mechanical stimulation |
| Class 5 | Mechanical stress and oral tissue functions (by Prof. Yamada, Nov. 9th, PM) | Structure and function of oral tissue and the reconstruction method. Inflammation and regeneration of oral tissue by mechanical stress. |
| Class 6 | Oral Ecosystem and Food (by Prof. Abiko, Nov. 16th, PM) | Overview of Oral Ecosystem |
| Class 7 | Relationship between the oral microbiome and our health (by Prof. Washio, Nov. 16th, PM) | Metabolism of oral microbiome and the method to measure the metabolic activity. How the oral microbiome contribute to our health and diseases? |
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)
Not specified
Reference books, course materials, etc.
Not specified
Evaluation methods and criteria
By a report submission.
The instructor will inform you in the class.
Related courses
- HCB.C452 ： Advanced Research Topics for Life Innovation II
- HCB.C551 ： Advanced Research Topics for Life Innovation III
- HCB.C552 ： Advanced Research Topics for Life Innovation IV
Prerequisites
Students need to acquire fundamental knowledge in the fields of life-engineering.
Other
If misconduct, such as plagiarism or misappropriation of someone else's work is committed, we will treat it strictly： The grade of the subject will be 0.