2026 (Current Year) Faculty Courses School of Materials and Chemical Technology Creative process courses

Processes for creation in science and technology【School of Materials and Chemical Technology】

Academic unit or major: Creative process courses
Instructor(s): Takeshi Serizawa / Tsuyoshi Michinobu / Shintaro Yasui / Satoshi Kaneko / Toshihiro Isobe / Ikuyoshi Tomita / Toshihiro Okamoto / Shinsuke Inagi / Takanori Fukushima / Tomohisa Sawada / Takane Imaoka / Koichiro Takao / Ryohei Ishige / Xiaobin Liang / Toshiki Sawada / Yoshitaka Tateyama / Masaaki Hirayama / Toshiyuki Yokoi / Hideyuki Matsumoto / Sakae Toyoda / Hidenori Kuroki
Class Format: Lecture/Exercise (Face-to-face)
Media-enhanced courses: -
Day of week/Period (Classrooms): 5-6 Fri (M-374(H131), W9-323(W932), W9-325(W934), W9-327(W936))
Class: -
Course Code: XMC.A105
Number of credits: 0.50.50
Course offered: 2026
Offered quarter: 2Q
Syllabus updated: Mar 5, 2026
Language: Japanese

Syllabus

Course overview and goals

This course intends to promote understanding of the relationship between material characteristics and function though disassembly of daily products. Special talks about the material characteristics by staff members will deepen your understanding of material design. Students will work in small groups to investigate and research their own issues concerning the process of creating science and technology by teachers. In addition, students will discuss issues and report the results.

Course description and aims

By studying this course, students will learn what kinds of materials your personal products are made up, understand the importance of the lectures they will take at university, and develop communication and presentation skills through group work. Students will also learn how to set research subjects in material science and engineering.

Keywords

Fundamental knowledge, technology and research subjects required for Applied Chemistry and Materials Science

Competencies

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

Class flow

In this course, students are divided into two groups (1-3 classes or 4-6 classes) and will work on “disassembly” and “task investigation”, respectively. In “disassembly”, products are disassembled by each small group, while in “task investigation” students individually survey and study assigned tasks.

Course schedule/Objectives

	Course schedule	Objectives
Class 1	Guidance
Class 2	Research subject -1 (1-3 classes) Diassembly of daily products-1 (4-6 classes)	1-3 classes: Understand the Introduction of Applied Chemistry Receipt of the assignment. 4-6 classes: Disassembly of daily products composed of inorganic, metal, or organic materials by work teams. Discuss how these materials are used in the product.
Class 3	Presentation preparation -2 (1-3 classes) Investigation of assignment-2 (4-6 classes)	1-3 classes: Investigation of the assignment 4-6 classes: Select one product you disassembled, and make presentation "how does the product work?" as a team.
Class 4	Presentation -1 (1-3 classes) Presentation of the results of the investigation and discussion (4-6 classes)	1-3 classes: Explanation of the results of the investigation by presentation and discussion 4-6 classes: Give presentations as a team member.
Class 5	Diassembly of daily products-2 (1-3 classes) Research subject -2 (4-6 classes)	1-3 classes:Disassembly of daily products composed of inorganic, metal, or organic materials by work teams. Discuss how these materials are used in the product. 4-6 classes: Understand the Introduction of Applied Chemistry Receipt of the assignment.
Class 6	Presentation preparation -2 (1-3 classes) Investigation of assignment-2 (4-6 classes)	1-3 classes: Select one product you disassembled, and make presentation "how does the product work?" as a team. 4-6 classes: Investigation of the assignment
Class 7	Presentation -1 (1-3 classes) Presentation of the results of the investigation and discussion (4-6 classes)	1-3 classes: Give presentations as a team member. 4-6 classes: Explanation of the results of the investigation by presentation and discussion

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 course materials.

Textbook(s)

None

Reference books, course materials, etc.

None

Evaluation methods and criteria

Attendance 50% and Presentation 50%

Related courses

XMC.A101 ： Materials and Chemical Technology Literacy
XMC.A102 ： Introduction of Materials and Chemical Technology A
XMC.A103 ： Introduction of Materials and Chemical Technology B
XMC.A104 ： Introduction of Materials and Chemical Technology C

Prerequisites

None

Other

Please be sure to attend the first guidance. We will explain the group and team assignments, etc.