2024 Faculty Courses School of Engineering Undergraduate major in Mechanical Engineering
Research opportunity in Laboratories (MEC)
- Academic unit or major
- Undergraduate major in Mechanical Engineering
- Instructor(s)
- Masatoshi Kondo / Hiroki Takahara / Toshio Takayama / Takasi Nisisako / Yuko Aono / Tohru Yagi / Teaching Staffs
- Class Format
- Exercise
- Media-enhanced courses
- -
- Day of week/Period
(Classrooms) - 5-8 Mon
- Class
- -
- Course Code
- MEC.Z381
- Number of credits
- 020
- Course offered
- 2024
- Offered quarter
- 1Q
- Syllabus updated
- Mar 14, 2025
- Language
- Japanese
Syllabus
Course overview and goals
Students experience researches and works in multiple laboratories. This provides an opportunity for taking specific interests in advanced higher education in the graduate program. The basics of research ethics, engineer ethics and how to write a engineering report are also taught.
Course description and aims
1) Practical understanding of researches in laboratories.
2) Understanding of research ethics.
3) Connecting to "Independent Research Project (MEC)".
Keywords
Research, Laboratory, Engineer ethics, Research ethics, Engineering report, Practical research, Experience
Competencies
- Specialist skills
- Intercultural skills
- Communication skills
- Critical thinking skills
- Practical and/or problem-solving skills
Class flow
Students are divided into three groups. Each group will take this course in the first quarter. On the first week, orientation of this course is provided. In addition, understanding of engineer/research ethics is also required. From the second week, students are further divided into sub-groups of three to five members. Each sub-group will visit one laboratory twice (two weeks each) and experience a research topic in the laboratory. Reporting is required for activity in the laboratory. Experimental works in the multiple laboratories in four weeks
Course schedule/Objectives
| Course schedule | Objectives | |
|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | Orientation and engineer/research ethics | Understand the aim of this course. Sub-groups are defined. Understanding of engineer/research ethics is required. |
| Class 2 | First activity in the first laboratory | Conduct a research activity. |
| Class 3 | Second activity in the first laboratory | Conduct a research activity. |
| Class 4 | First activity in the second laboratory | Conduct a research activity. |
| Class 5 | Second activity in the second laboratory | Conduct a research activity. |
| Class 6 | First activity in the third laboratory | Conduct a research activity. |
| Class 7 | Second activity in the third laboratory | Conduct a research activity. |
Study advice (preparation and review)
Textbook(s)
None
Reference books, course materials, etc.
E-Learning Course on Research Ethics (eL CoRE) provided from the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS)
Evaluation methods and criteria
The score will be evaluated by pass or fail based on the activities and reporting at each of the three laboratories as well as understanding of engineer/research ethics.
Related courses
- MEC.A201 ： Engineering Mechanics
- MEC.C201 ： Mechanics of Materials
- MEC.D201 ： Mechanical Vibrations
- MEC.E201 ： Thermodynamics (Mechanical Engineering)
- MEC.F201 ： Fundamentals of Fluid Mechanics
- MEC.H201 ： Machine Elements and Machine Drawing
- MEC.Q201 ： Introduction to Mechanical Systems
Prerequisites
Third year students in Department of Mechanical Engineering
Must have completed "MEC.Q201：Introduction to Mechanical Systems" or "MEC.A202 : Mechanical engineering literacy".
Other
None