2024 Faculty Courses School of Environment and Society Undergraduate major in Transdisciplinary Science and Engineering
Theory of Resource and Energy Engineering
- Academic unit or major
- Undergraduate major in Transdisciplinary Science and Engineering
- Instructor(s)
- Ryuichi Egashira / Koji Tokimatsu / Tatsuya Wakeyama
- Class Format
- Lecture (Face-to-face)
- Media-enhanced courses
- -
- Day of week/Period
(Classrooms) - 1-2 Thu
- Class
- -
- Course Code
- TSE.A313
- Number of credits
- 100
- Course offered
- 2024
- Offered quarter
- 3Q
- Syllabus updated
- Mar 14, 2025
- Language
- Japanese
Syllabus
Course overview and goals
Students will learn about the uses of resources and energy, their current status and issues, solutions of the issues, and future directions.
Course description and aims
By the end of this course, students will be able to understand the principles and actual situation related to technologies contributing to sustainable utilization of resources and energy, and also will be able to undertake related research.
Keywords
Water resource, Mineral resource, Non-mineral resource, Fossil resource, Fossil energy, Renewable energy, Bioenergy
Competencies
- Specialist skills
- Intercultural skills
- Communication skills
- Critical thinking skills
- Practical and/or problem-solving skills
Class flow
Overview of the lectures will be explained in the first class, and each lecture will be carried out with reference to its relationship with the overview. After all the lectures will be given, submission of a report related to the whole lectures will be requested.
Course schedule/Objectives
| Course schedule | Objectives | |
|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | Overview of resources and energy | Understand the classification and characteristics of resources and energy. |
| Class 2 | Fossil resources | Understand the optimized production and effective utilization of the derived products of mass-produced and mass-consumed fossil resource, mainly petroleum. |
| Class 3 | Biofuel | Understand the concept, raw materials, and productions of biofuels. |
| Class 4 | Water, mineral and non-mineral resources | Understand the water circulation, water treatment and water management, together with the current status and future of mineral and non-mineral resources. |
| Class 5 | Biological resources | Understand the international rules on genetic resources and the food problem, technologies for the production of biological materials and organic waste recycling. |
| Class 6 | Japanese energy policy | Understand Japanese energy policy. |
| Class 7 | Solar and wind energy | Understand the characteristics of solar and wind energy. |
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)
No textbook is set. Lecture materials are uploaded to OCW-i.
Reference books, course materials, etc.
References are indicated in the handouts.
Evaluation methods and criteria
Learning achievement is evaluated by quizzes and reports after every lecture.
Related courses
- TSE.A206 ： Biological engineering
Prerequisites
None required.
Contact information (e-mail and phone) Notice : Please replace from ”[at]” to ”@”(half-width character).
Ryuichi Egashira (regashir[at]tse.ens.titech.ac.jp)
Koji Tokimatsu (tokimatsu.k.ac[at]m.titech.ac.jp)
Tatsuya Wakeyama (wakeyama.t.aa[at]m.titech.ac.jp)
Office hours
Contact by e-mail in advance to schedule an appointment.