Automotive Mobility Engineering

Academic unit or major

Undergraduate major in Mechanical Engineering

Instructor(s)

Kazuyoshi Fushinobu / Motoki Shino / Takahiro Hagimoto / Kentaro Yamada / Atsushi Tsubouchi / Takashi Yoshino / Shosuke Ohhama / Ryosuke Tanaka / Kenichi Kawasaki

Class Format

Lecture (Blended)

Media-enhanced courses

-

Day of week/Period
(Classrooms)

unknown

Class

-

Course Code

MEC.N331

Number of credits

100

Course offered

2026

Offered quarter

3Q

Syllabus updated

Jun 16, 2026

Language

Japanese

Syllabus

Course overview and goals

This course will provide current technologies and up-to-date issues for the development of automobile by the lectures who have practical experience in research and development, in particular the following items:
1. General trend in automotive and mobility industry
2. Fundamental technologies associated with automobile and mobility technology
3. Various topics associated with automobile and mobility

Course description and aims

By completing this course, students will be able to understand the following issues.
1. Up-to-date issues in automotive and mobility industry
2. Specific technological elements that consists of automobile and mobility technology
3. Various issues and challenges associated with automobile and mobility technology development

Student learning outcomes

実務経験と講義内容との関連 (又は実践的教育内容)

This course will provide a consistent education from fundamentals to solutions of practical issues of advanced research and development in automobile and mobility technology by lecturers who have practical experience in the fields.

Keywords

Automobile, Mobility technology, Fundamental technology, Societal issues

Competencies

• Specialist skills
• Intercultural skills
• Communication skills
• Critical thinking skills
• Practical and/or problem-solving skills
• This class aims at learning 6 and 7 of learning objective.

Class flow

This course is organized by lecture and exercise for homework. Students take the classes in the lecture room, and each lecturer gives the lecture either in the lecture room or online in live-type. Lecturer of faculty member handles the interactive environment.
*Students need to prepare for using LMS during the classes.

Course schedule/Objectives

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 the class content afterwards (including assignments) for each class by referring to relevant books, materials, provided course materials, etc.

Textbook(s)

Course material will be uploaded in LMS for each lecture if necessary.

Reference books, course materials, etc.

None

Evaluation methods and criteria

Homework report (about 40%) and the final report (about 60%) will be evaluated for score.

Related courses

• SCE.M201 ： Fundamental Kinematics and Kinetics for Mechanical Systems
• ZUL.A201 ： Motion and Vibration Control
• MEC.E201 ： Thermodynamics (Mechanical Engineeirng)
• MEC.F201 ： Fundamentals of Fluid Mechanics
• MEC.C201 ： Mechanics of Materials

Prerequisites

Many students, not only the students of the ME Dept. (Department of Mechanical Engineering,) are expected to take this course since the automotive and mobility technology is necessary in wide range of modern business sectors. Students in the ME Dept. for example are expected to have successfully completed the classes of thermodynamics, fundamental fluid mechanics, mechanics of materials, and mechanical vibrations in mechanical engineering, or have equivalent knowledge, understanding and skills. Students are encouraged to take the course while making connections with subjects they have previously studied. Necessary course guidance may be provided for each particular student considering that the course is 300th-Level of ME Department.

Contact information (e-mail and phone) Notice : Please replace from ”[at]” to ”@”(half-width character).

FUSHINOBU Kazuyoshi : fushinobu.k.4c25 [at] m.isct.ac.jp
SHINO Motoki : shino.m.82f6 [at] m.isct.ac.jp