2025 (Current Year) Faculty Courses School of Engineering Undergraduate major in Mechanical Engineering
Advanced Experiments for Mechanical Engineering
- Academic unit or major
- Undergraduate major in Mechanical Engineering
- Instructor(s)
- Teaching Staffs
- Class Format
- Experiment (Face-to-face)
- Media-enhanced courses
- -
- Day of week/Period
(Classrooms) - 5-8 Fri
- Class
- -
- Course Code
- MEC.P331
- Number of credits
- 001
- Course offered
- 2025
- Offered quarter
- 2Q
- Syllabus updated
- Mar 19, 2025
- Language
- Japanese
Syllabus
Course overview and goals
Students in this course will learn about advanced topics within mechanical engineering through experiment. Students will conduct experiments on the observation of natural convection by interferometer, characteristics of non-linear vibrating system, the microstructure and mechanical properties of heat-treated steels, the motion control of a robot arm mechanism and the reversing engineering using 3D scanner.
The main aim of this course is both to deepen students' understanding of mechanical engineering and improve critical thinking skills, practical skills, and problem-solving skills by conducting progressive experiments in mechanical engineering. In addition, students will learn data collection, processing, and organization methods, observation methods, and how to write reports through these experiments.
Course description and aims
Students will acquire the following skills from taking this course.
1) Skills for explaining developmental aspects of mechanical engineering that cannot be learned just from classroom lectures
2) How to run experiments on advanced topics in mechanical engineering
3) Critical thinking skills, practical skills, and problem-solving skills
Keywords
Heat treatment, Natural covective heat transfer, Nonlinear vibration, Kinematics, Dynamics, Control engineering, Response analysis
Competencies
- Specialist skills
- Intercultural skills
- Communication skills
- Critical thinking skills
- Practical and/or problem-solving skills
- Developmental and specialized academic skills, Ability to solve problems and make creative suggestions by leveraging expertise
Class flow
At orientation in the first class, students will be explained about the frame of mind and suggestions for this course, as well as composition guidelines for experiment reports. Then students will be divided into few groups, and each research topic will be worked through sequentially. Reports must be submitted by the deadline. In addition, students are required to carefully read the experiment text in advance to ensure experiments are run safely and smoothly.
Course schedule/Objectives
| Course schedule | Objectives | |
|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | Orientation | Students will gain an understanding of course description and aims, methods for conducting experiments, and how to write reports. |
| Class 2 | Microstructures and mechanical properties of heat-treated steels | Learning relationships between microstructures and mechanical properties of heat-treated steels. |
| Class 3 | Surface profiling and roughness measurement | Evaluate the effect of different surface finishes on surface profiling and roughness using various equipment. |
| Class 4 | Observation of Natural Convection by Interferometer | Visualizing natural convection around various objects using interferometry, to understand the basics of optical measurement and natural convective heat transfer. |
| Class 5 | Characteristics of non-linear vibrating system | Understanding the characteristics of non-linear vibration phenomena |
| Class 6 | Analysis and motion control of robotic mechanism | Understanding of kinematic analysis scheme of a robotic mechanism, and implementation of motion control and fail-safe mechanism through experiencing the operation of commercially available industrial robot. |
| Class 7 | Reverse Engineering Using 3D Scanner | Acquire the digital data of industry product using a 3D scanner. Understand the basic process of reverse engineering and acquire the skills to use 3D scanning technology and data processing software. |
Study advice (preparation and review)
To enhance effective learning, students are encouraged to spend a certain length of time outside of class on preparation and review (including for assignments), as specified by the Tokyo Institute of Technology Rules on Undergraduate Learning (東京工業大学学修規程) and the Tokyo Institute of Technology Rules on Graduate Learning (東京工業大学大学院学修規程), for each class.
They should do so by referring to textbooks and other course material.
Textbook(s)
Experiment text is distributed by the instructor.
Reference books, course materials, etc.
None
Evaluation methods and criteria
Students are required to attend all classes and perform all experiments and to submit all reports. Students will be comprehensively evaluated on the content of experiment reports.
Related courses
- MEC.P211 ： Basic Experiments for Mechanical Engineering
- MEC.P212 ： Applied Experiments for Mechanical Engineering
- MEC.P332 ： Frontal Experiments for Mechanical Engineering
- MEC.C201 ： Mechanics of Materials
- MEC.E201 ： Thermodynamics (Mechanical Engineeirng)
- MEC.F201 ： Fundamentals of Fluid Mechanics
- MEC.D201 ： Mechanical Vibrations
- MEC.G211 ： Mechanical Materials
Prerequisites
Students are required to have successfully completed Basic Experiments for Mechanical Engineering (MEC.P211.A) or have equivalent knowledge.
The number of registering students will be limited because of experimental apparatus and safety reasons.
Students who are not members of the Department of Mechanical Engineering can not take this course.