Seminar in Materials Informatics S4

Academic unit or major

Graduate major in Materials and Information Sciences

Instructor(s)

Academic Supervisor

Class Format

Experiment

Media-enhanced courses

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Day of week/Period
(Classrooms)

Seminar

Class

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Course Code

MIS.Z693

Number of credits

001

Course offered

2025

Offered quarter

1-2Q

Syllabus updated

Mar 19, 2025

Language

English

Syllabus

Course overview and goals

In this course, students pursue researching, discussing, summarizing, and making presentation for their thesis research and related topics as requested by their academic supervisor.
Students can acquire the basic ability as an independent researcher and an engineer; such as literature survey and analysis of previous published literature, data collection, method for analysis and evaluation, capacity of understanding, creativity, ability of design, ability to find gaps in knowledge in the literature, ability to solve problems, improve language skill, ability to write a thesis, discuss research methods, and prepare oral presentations.
In the graduate course students acquire knowledge from coursework and the laboratory-based education, while receiving individual guidance on their research. This research seminar is a core course in the laboratory-based education and students are required to increase their research specialty and power of execution, actively and critical thinking in this course.

Course description and aims

Students will progressively acquire the following competencies:

1) Specialized knowledge: The ability to understand the scientific and technological essence of the materials and information field.
2) Interdisciplinary expertise: The ability to acquire expertise in fields beyond materials and information and apply it to practical problem-solving.
3) Problem-solving and innovation: The ability to utilize specialized knowledge to solve new challenges and make creative proposals.
4) Global perspective: The ability to understand research and development trends from an international perspective and conduct research accordingly.
5) Communication and writing skills: The ability to engage in logical discussions, clearly explain concepts, and summarize findings in written form.

Keywords

Research, literature search, data collection, data analysis, analysis and evaluation, understanding, finding key research issues, solving problems, academic paper writing, oral presentation, laboratory-based education

Competencies

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

Class flow

Classes will be held in the academic supervisor’s laboratory or in multiple related laboratories. The course plan will be determined through discussions between the academic supervisor and the students.

Course schedule/Objectives

Study advice (preparation and review)

Textbook(s)

Specified by the academic supervisor, as necessary.

Reference books, course materials, etc.

Specified by the academic supervisor, as necessary.

Evaluation methods and criteria

Evaluation criteria and assessment content will be predetermined based on the Student Learning Outcomes 1) to 5), and students will be evaluated accordingly based on their performance.

Related courses

• 600-level graduate major courses in Graduate Major in Materials and Information Sciences.

Prerequisites

Must be enrolled in the Graduate Major in Materials and Information Sciences.