2024 Faculty Courses School of Engineering First-Year Courses
Engineering Literacy I c
- Academic unit or major
- First-Year Courses
- Instructor(s)
- Akira Chiba / Hideaki Fujita / Mana Toma / Yusuke Fujii / Sang Yeop Lee / Takuya Hoshii / Yota Takamura / Tomohiro Amemiya / Zongdian Li / Iriya Muneta
- Class Format
- Lecture/Exercise (Face-to-face)
- Media-enhanced courses
- -
- Day of week/Period
(Classrooms) - 5-6 Tue
- Class
- c
- Course Code
- XEG.B101
- Number of credits
- 0.50.50
- Course offered
- 2024
- Offered quarter
- 1Q
- Syllabus updated
- Mar 14, 2025
- Language
- Japanese
Syllabus
Course overview and goals
This course aims to become a bridge between general education at high school and specialized education in the subjects of No.200 or higher. This course also aims to cultivate not only basic knowledge of engineering but also sense and attitude for problem solving so that the freshmen of School of Engineering can learn actively specialized subjects after sophomore.
By taking all Engineering literacy I-IV, the students experience the following all seven subjects in Engineering Literacy.
【Water Rocket Development and Control】
【Gliding Locomotion Robot "Gyotaro-IIIa"】
【AI-Drone (Machine Learning and Motion Control)】
【Control】
【Wireless electric car with microcomputer】
【Communication, Computation, and Intelligent Information Processing】
【Industrial Engineering and Economics (Macroeconomics and Data Analysis)】
Course description and aims
By completing this course, students will be able to:
【Wireless electric car with microcomputer】
1) control a microcomputer (Arduino) with programming.
2) fabricate electric circuits and perform wireless communication.
3) obtain the basic knowledge on Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Keywords
【Wireless electric car with microcomputer】
Microcomputer programming, Electric circuit, Wireless communication, Internet delivery lectures
Competencies
- Specialist skills
- Intercultural skills
- Communication skills
- Critical thinking skills
- Practical and/or problem-solving skills
Class flow
【Wireless electric car with microcomputer】
In this course, the fabrication of electric circuits and programming which are necessary for the wireless electric car are carried out in each class, and finally, the race is performed using the fabricated cars. Furthermore, internet delivery lectures are taken.
Course schedule/Objectives
| Course schedule | Objectives | |
|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | Briefing and basic of electronic parts | Learn electronic parts used for the car fabrication. |
| Class 2 | Basic of microcomputer programming | Write programming for the LED control using Arduino IDE. Take the MOOC Week 1. |
| Class 3 | Oscilloscope and body | Oscilloscope and body. Take the MOOC Week 2. |
| Class 4 | Bluetooth module | Wireless Attach parts to the car body and drive a car. Take the MOOC Week 3. |
| Class 5 | Handling improvement. | Handling improvement. Take the fourth MOOC Week 4. |
| Class 6 | EV Racing | EV Racing |
| Class 7 | Disassembly and report writing | Disassemble car and write report. |
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 required
Reference books, course materials, etc.
Course materials can be found on T2SCHOLA.
Evaluation methods and criteria
Check point of EV fabrication (70%), race(10%), and report on the EV fabrication and internet delivery lectures(20%)
Related courses
- XEG.B101 ： Engineering Literacy I
- XEG.B102 ： Engineering Literacy II
- XEG.B103 ： Engineering Literacy III
- XEG.B104 ： Engineering Literacy IV
Prerequisites
This lecture is only for the freshmen of School of Engineering.
Students are strongly recommended to take all Engineering literacy I-IV to experience all subjects in Engineering Literacy.