2024 Faculty Courses School of Engineering Undergraduate major in Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Introduction to Mechanical Engineering
- Academic unit or major
- Undergraduate major in Electrical and Electronic Engineering
- Instructor(s)
- Hirotsugu Inoue / Atsushi Hirata / Tetsuya Suekane / Hidenori Kosaka / Yukio Takeda / Hiroshi Yamaura / Motomu Nakashima / Kenji Amaya
- Class Format
- Lecture (Face-to-face)
- Media-enhanced courses
- -
- Day of week/Period
(Classrooms) - 5-6 Mon / 5-6 Thu
- Class
- -
- Course Code
- EEE.P396
- Number of credits
- 200
- Course offered
- 2024
- Offered quarter
- 2Q
- Syllabus updated
- Mar 14, 2025
- Language
- Japanese
Syllabus
Course overview and goals
This course is designed for Electrical and Electronic Engineering students to learn the outline of Mechanical Engineering. Using a textbook published by the Japan Society of Mechanical Engineering (JSME), students will acquire the outline of Mechanical Engineering.
Course description and aims
Students will be able to understand the basics of Mechanical Engineering.
Keywords
Mechanics of Materials, Machine Dynamics, Thermal Engineering, Fluid Engineering, Material Processing, Control and Information, Bioengineering, Computational Mechanics
Competencies
- Specialist skills
- Intercultural skills
- Communication skills
- Critical thinking skills
- Practical and/or problem-solving skills
- ・Applied specialist skills on EEE
Class flow
Lectures are given in accordance with the textbook. Each lecture is given by the specialist of each academic field.
Course schedule/Objectives
| Course schedule | Objectives | |
|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | What is Mechanical Engineering? | Understand history of machine technology and mechanical engineering, mechnical design, and how to learn mechanical engineering. |
| Class 2 | Mechanics of Materials and Machine Dynamics | Learn outline of mechanics of materials and mechine dynamics. |
| Class 3 | Material Processing | Learn outline of material processing. |
| Class 4 | Examination 1 | Confirm the understanding of the contents in the preceding three lectures by examination. |
| Class 5 | Energy Conversion Machinery (Part 1) | Learn outline of energy conversion machinery (Internal combustion engines). |
| Class 6 | Thermal and Fluid Engineering | Learn outline of thermal and fluid engineering. |
| Class 7 | Energy Conversion Machinery (Part 2) | Learn outline of energy conversion machinery (Fuel cell and battery). |
| Class 8 | Examination 2 | Confirm the understanding of the contents in the preceding three lectures by examination. |
| Class 9 | Robotics and Micromachines | Learn outline of robotics and micromachines. |
| Class 10 | Control and Information | Learn outline of control theory and information technology. |
| Class 11 | Information Equipments | Learn outline of information equipments. |
| Class 12 | Bioengineering and Medical/Welfare Devices | Learn outline of bioengineering and medical/welfare devices. |
| Class 13 | Computational Mechanics | Learn outline of computational mechanics. |
| Class 14 | Examination 3 | Confirm the understanding of the contents in the preceding three lectures by 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)
JSME Texbook Series, “Introduction to Mechanical Engineering”, Japan Society of Mechanical Engineering, ISBN 978-4-88898-216-0
Reference books, course materials, etc.
None
Evaluation methods and criteria
Score will be evaluated only by three examinations during the course.
Related courses
- LAS.P101 ： Fundamentals of Mechanics 1
- LAS.P102 ： Fundamentals of Mechanics 2
Prerequisites
It is recommended to acquire Fundamentals of Mechanics 1 and 2.
Other
None