Advanced Practice in Materials Informatics I

Academic unit or major

Graduate major in Materials and Information Sciences

Instructor(s)

Academic Supervisor

Class Format

Experiment

Media-enhanced courses

-

Day of week/Period
(Classrooms)

Intensive

Class

-

Course Code

MIS.C602

Number of credits

001

Course offered

2025

Offered quarter

1-2Q

Syllabus updated

Mar 19, 2025

Language

Japanese

Syllabus

Course overview and goals

Doctoral students enrolled in the Graduate Major in Materials and Information Sciences will present and discuss their research background, objectives, progress, and future outlook with researchers from a wide range of fields, including those outside their specialty, as well as corporate reviewers. In their presentations, students will convey the significance of their research from a societal perspective, explaining how it connects to society and demonstrating their vision for engaging in Materials × Information research.
Multiple faculty members and corporate reviewers will evaluate the presentations and provide feedback. Additionally, students will listen to presentations from peers specializing in different fields and engage in discussions about each other's research.
Furthermore, each student will have a meeting with an assigned corporate mentor to receive feedback from the perspectives of leadership skills, execution skills, broad perspective, creativity, and complex problem-solving skills.

Course description and aims

Develop the ability to comprehensively understand research content and effectively communicate it to researchers outside their field and corporate reviewers. Understand the significance of research from the perspective of its connection to society. Cultivate a multidisciplinary perspective foundational to Materials × Information research. Acquire interdisciplinary communication skills through presentations and discussions with students from other fields. Objectively assess one's own research progress and apply mentor feedback for professional growth.

Keywords

Leadership skills, Execution skills, Broad perspective, Creativity, Complex problem-solving skills, Interdisciplinary communication

Competencies

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

Class flow

Students will give oral presentations at designated presentation sessions, engaging in discussions with faculty members and students from a wide range of research fields, as well as corporate reviewers. Additionally, individual meetings with corporate mentors will be conducted.

Course schedule/Objectives

Study advice (preparation and review)

Textbook(s)

None

Reference books, course materials, etc.

None

Evaluation methods and criteria

Students will be evaluated by faculty members based on the achievement of the above learning objectives, incorporating feedback from multiple faculty members and corporate reviewers on presentations, as well as evaluations from corporate mentors in individual meetings.

Related courses

• MIS.Z691 ： Seminar in Materials Informatics S3
• MIS.Z692 ： Seminar in Materials Informatics F3

Prerequisites

Enrollment in the Graduate Major in Materials and Information Sciences is required.