2024 Faculty Courses School of Materials and Chemical Technology Department of Materials Science and Engineering Graduate major in Materials Science and Engineering
Materials Engineering and Ecology
- Academic unit or major
- Graduate major in Materials Science and Engineering
- Instructor(s)
- Junko Morikawa / Kayoko Yamamoto / Satoko Ishii / Masao Kunioka / Kazuo Yoshida / Satoshi Saito / Yorimasa Suwa / Seiji Maeda / Yoshizumi Sasaki
- Class Format
- Lecture (HyFlex)
- Media-enhanced courses
- -
- Day of week/Period
(Classrooms) - 5-6 Thu
- Class
- -
- Course Code
- MAT.P491
- Number of credits
- 100
- Course offered
- 2024
- Offered quarter
- 2Q
- Syllabus updated
- Mar 14, 2025
- Language
- Japanese
Syllabus
Course overview and goals
The current status and prospects of the rapidly developing materials industry will be presented, and the relationship of the materials industry to society as a whole, including environmental, resource and energy policies and the risk assessment and safety of chemical substances, will be examined from the following perspectives.
(1) Hydrogen energy (2) Renewable energy (3) CO2 recovery technology (4) Chemical recycling (5) Bioplastics
(vi) Environmental measurement (vii) Environmental issues and materials engineering in the press (viii) Environmental issues and international standardisation
Course description and aims
The basic understanding of the intercorrelation between environmental/energy issues and the materials engineering and sciences
Student learning outcomes
実務経験と講義内容との関連 (又は実践的教育内容)
The lecture provides practical engineering education in collaboration with industries.
Keywords
Carbon dioxide capture technology, Bioplastics, Technical communication, Renewable energy, Risk assessment, Environmental-sound technologies, Sustainable Polymer Technologies
Competencies
- Specialist skills
- Intercultural skills
- Communication skills
- Critical thinking skills
- Practical and/or problem-solving skills
Class flow
Before coming to class, students should read the course schedule and check what topics will be covered. Required learning should be completed outside of the classroom for preparation and review purposes.
Course schedule/Objectives
| Course schedule | Objectives | |
|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | Hydrogen energy (Maeda) | Understand the basics of the hydrogen energy. |
| Class 2 | Renewable energy (Yoshida) 1. World energy supply/demand particularly focus on renewable energy. 2. Solar thermal energy technology Part 1. Energy supply and development trend of renewable energy are reviewed from the viewpoints of environmental issues. In addition, solar thermal energy supply technology is explained particularly focusing on the technology using parabolic curve. ３. High temperature thermal storage system technology. Solar thermal energy supply system using off axis reflection and thermal energy storage system are reviewed. | Understand chemical hazards and principles behind chemical risk assessment and management. |
| Class 3 | To stop global warming, we have to realize a "low-carbon society". Measures to reduce the CO2 emission cannot be taken without high-performance materials and process. The role of materials for energy systems and for technology of climate change mitigation would be learned. -Energy situation in and outside Japan and issues to be solved -Electricity sector tackling reduction of CO2 emission -Need for Carbon Dioxide Capture, Utilization and Storage -Other CO2 reduction technologies (Hydrogen, Super critical CO2 power cycle) | Understand the basics of the "low-carbon society". |
| Class 4 | Chemical recycling (Sasaki) | Understand the basics of the "chemical recycling". |
| Class 5 | Bioplastics (Kunioka) Bioplastics include biodegradable plastics which can be degraded to CO2 in controlled environment and biobased plastics which is produced from biomass resources. Kinds and trends of bioplastics in global market will be introduced. The reason why bioplastics are environmentally friendly materials will be explained. | Point of this lecture is understanding what is bioplastics including biodegradable plastics and biobased plastics. |
| Class 6 | Risk assessment and management of chemicals for the proper management of chemicals (Ishii) | This lecture will follow a general introduction to human health risk assessment and four basic steps of risk assessment: hazard identification, hazard characterization, exposure assessment and risk characterization. |
| Class 7 | Environmental issues and materials engineering in the press. (Yamamoto) | Understand the technical communications between the research scientist and the society. |
| Class 8 | Environmental issues and international standardisation (Suwa) | Understand the Environmental-sound technologies from both the standardization and intellectual property rights. |
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)
Materials can be found in the Web, and the lecture will be given in the class room.
Reference books, course materials, etc.
Not required.
Evaluation methods and criteria
Student's course scores are based on the report submitted.
Related courses
- CAP.I433 ： Advanced Functional Polymer Materials I
- MAT.P423 ： Advanced Course in Composite Materials
Prerequisites
Not required