2025 (Current Year) Faculty Courses School of Materials and Chemical Technology Department of Chemical Science and Engineering Graduate major in Chemical Science and Engineering
Elements of Chemical Systems Engineering II
- Academic unit or major
- Graduate major in Chemical Science and Engineering
- Instructor(s)
- Hidenori Kuroki / Sakae Toyoda / Keita Yamada / Shinsuke Mori / Toshiyuki Yokoi / Saiko Aoki
- Class Format
- Lecture (Livestream)
- Media-enhanced courses
- -
- Day of week/Period
(Classrooms) - 7-8 Fri
- Class
- -
- Course Code
- CAP.T416
- Number of credits
- 100
- Course offered
- 2025
- Offered quarter
- 3Q
- Syllabus updated
- Sep 18, 2025
- Language
- Japanese
Syllabus
Course overview and goals
This course provides graduate students with an understanding of chemical- and energy-based systems at a wide range of multiple scales from the atomic and molecular level to the global scale, and provides explanations of cutting-edge research on the design and development of materials, processes, and energy systems and the impact on the environment, as well as their applications in the real world, based on related fundamental disciplines.
Students learn broad knowledge of chemical system engineering from fundamentals to applications, and the importance of designing and developing materials, processes, and energy systems from a bird's-eye viewpoint.
Course description and aims
By taking this course, students will acquire the following abilities:
1) Understand and explain the fundamental aspects of the design and development of materials, processes, and energy systems and the interaction with the environment in the field of chemical system engineering.
2) Understand and explain state-of-the-art research topics in chemical system engineering, based on basic knowledge.
Keywords
Chemical system engineering, materials informatics, machine learning, computational materials science, computational chemistry, battery, process intensification, unique reaction fields, environmental material cycle, stable isotope ratio, isotope geochemistry, natural isotopic abundance, electrolyte membrane, electro-catalyst, ammonia synthesis, multi-scale design
Competencies
- Specialist skills
- Intercultural skills
- Communication skills
- Critical thinking skills
- Practical and/or problem-solving skills
Class flow
Each class is conducted face-to-face, and students work on exercises or reports related to the content of the day's class.
Course schedule/Objectives
| Course schedule | Objectives | |
|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | Application of plasma to chemical processes (Shinsuke Mori) |
Explain chemical reactions in plasma. |
| Class 2 | Analysis of material cycles in the environment using stable isotope ratios (Sakae Toyoda) |
Explain the causes of variation in stable isotope ratios and the principles of their application to material cycle studies |
| Class 3 | Synthesis and catalytic application of nanospace materials (Toshiyuki Yokoi) |
Understand the synthesis and catalytic application of nanospace materials. |
| Class 4 | Friction and wear reduction technology based on tribochemical reactions between lubricants and solid surfaces (Saiko Aoki) |
Understand how to control friction with lubricants through the basics of friction in solids. |
| Class 5 | Tracing the origins of organic compounds using natural stable isotope analysis (Keita Yamada) |
To understand stable isotope analysis for tracing the origins (sources and precursors) of organic compounds |
| Class 6 | Total design of fuel cell materials and devices based on chemical engineering (Hidenori Kuroki) |
Understand how to design energy conversion materials and devices, including reactions and mass transfer. |
| Class 7 | Implementation of the report assignment |
Carry out the report assignment |
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)
None required.
Reference books, course materials, etc.
Materials are provided during class or uploaded on T2SCHOLA as needed.
Evaluation methods and criteria
Attendance will be checked in each class. Full attendance is required in principle. Grades will be based on exercises in classes or reports.
Related courses
- CAP.T415 ： Elements of Chemical Systems Engineering I
Prerequisites
Knowledge of chemistry at the undergraduate level is necessary. Students are expected to take related lectures for further in-depth study.
Undergraduate students are not eligible to enroll for taking graduate courses in advance.