Materials Science and Engineering Special Seminar III

Academic unit or major

Graduate major in Materials Science and Engineering

Instructor(s)

Toshiaki Ougizawa / Tetsuji Yano / Shigeo Asai / Eiji Tada / Toshiyuki Fujii / Akira Nakajima / Kenichi Kawamura / Equo Kobayashi / Shinji Muraishi / Satoru Kobayashi / Toshiyuki Ikoma / Masahiro Miyauchi / Sachiko Matsushita / Tetsuo Kishi / Martin Vacha / Tsuyoshi Michinobu / Teruaki Hayakawa / Yuhei Hayamizu / Hiroshi Funakubo / Takumi Sannomiya / Susumu Onaka / Yoshihiro Terada / Kan Nakatsuji / Yoshihiro Gohda / Nobuo Nakada / Hideki Hosoda / Tomonari Inamura / Masato Sone / Masaki Tahara / Tso-Fu Chang / Yutaka Majima / Toshio Kamiya / Hitoshi Kawaji / Masaki Azuma / Fumiyasu Oba / Takao Sasagawa / Hidenori Hiramatsu / Keigo Kamata / Kazutaka Nakamura / Nobuhiro Matsushita / Takayoshi Katase / Michikazu Hara / Masaaki Kitano / Yoshinao Kobayashi / Junko Morikawa / Yoshitaka Kitamoto / Takeharu Tsuge / Tomohiro Hayashi / Ji Shi / Miyuki Hayashi / Mitsutoshi Ueda / Hidetoshi Matsumoto / Akifumi Matsuda / Yoshisato Kimura / Hideo Hosono / Takuya Hoshina / Toshihiro Isobe / Yoshimitsu Sagara / Yuta Nabae / Wan Ting Chiu / Takashi Harumoto / Shintaro Yasui / Azusa Ooi / Xiao-Wen Lei

Class Format

Exercise

Media-enhanced courses

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Day of week/Period
(Classrooms)

Intensive

Class

-

Course Code

MAT.A602

Number of credits

010

Course offered

2024

Offered quarter

3-4Q

Syllabus updated

Mar 17, 2025

Language

English

Syllabus

Course overview and goals

The aim of the course is to improve the presentation and communication skills as a materials scientist. Students make a research presentation and discuss with other students. Also, guest specialist speakers may be invited to make a presentation, and students learn the way of research from the specialists.

Course description and aims

Students will acquire the abilities regarding research managements, presentation skills, and communication skills by completing this course from 1 to 4.

Keywords

research presentation, discussion

Competencies

• Specialist skills
• Intercultural skills
• Communication skills
• Critical thinking skills
• Practical and/or problem-solving skills

Class flow

The course schedule will be determined by academic supervisors. Students must make a presentation on his/her research topic at least once and discuss with other students.

Course schedule/Objectives

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)

Specified as necessary.

Reference books, course materials, etc.

Specified as necessary.

Evaluation methods and criteria

Specifics of the assessment criteria and methods will be announced prior to the start of the course. Students are encouraged to make self-assessments using this information to aid their learning.

Related courses

• 400-500 level graduate major lectures in Materials Course

Prerequisites

Students must be a member of one of the laboratories in the Materials Course.
Students must have completed the 400- and 500-level lectures offered by the Materials Course graduate major or have equivalent knowledge.