2026 (Current Year) Faculty Courses School of Materials and Chemical Technology First-Year Courses
Introduction of Materials and Chemical Technology A
- Academic unit or major
- First-Year Courses
- Instructor(s)
- Takeshi Serizawa / Tsuyoshi Michinobu / Kan Nakatsuji / Chihiro Maeda / Chie Kojima / Tetsuji Yano / Kotaro Satoh / Yumiko Nakajima / Sergei Manzhos
- Class Format
- Lecture (Face-to-face)
- Media-enhanced courses
- -
- Day of week/Period
(Classrooms) - 5-6 Tue (WL1-401(W541))
- Class
- -
- Course Code
- XMC.A102
- Number of credits
- 100
- Course offered
- 2026
- Offered quarter
- 2Q
- Syllabus updated
- Mar 5, 2026
- Language
- Japanese
Syllabus
Course overview and goals
Learn concrete examples and prospects from the fundamental science based on the latest research topics in the fields of materials science and applied chemistry, mainly for freshmen of the School of Materials and Chemical Technology. It aims at acquiring the attitude of study learning by gathering information themselves. Additionally, it aims to explore future career path through lectures given by alumni.
Course description and aims
Understand the task assignment of materials and chemical engineering.
Keywords
Fundamentals and techniques, research themes required for materials and chemical technology
Competencies
- Specialist skills
- Intercultural skills
- Communication skills
- Critical thinking skills
- Practical and/or problem-solving skills
Class flow
This course is organized in an omnibus format by five faculty teachers and introduces the latest research topics in Materials and Chemical Technology. An English-based lecture is also included. This course also includes lectures by famous alumni and group discussion.
Course schedule/Objectives
| Course schedule | Objectives | |
|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | Chemisry to enable sustainable materials: From Nobel Prize to materials in our daily life |
Understand how the applied chemistry can contribute to enable sustainable materials by providing examples of common chemical products, such as polymers in our daily life, as well as theme of Nobel Prize in chemistry. |
| Class 2 | Synthesis, deconstruction, recycle -production and recycle of high-value added chemicals using a catalyst technique- |
Understand how the applied chemistry can contribute to the production and recycling of high-value added chemicals using a catalyst technique. |
| Class 3 | Glass age: Development of new digital society and solution of environmental issues |
Demands for safe and secure living and life for future request progressive advancements of science and technology. "Glass" materials are expected to play new important roles for these issues. In this lecture, the background and the frontiers of glass science and technology are overviewed and explained along the key of "Glass Age". |
| Class 4 | Drug delivery system and polymer biomaterials |
Understand how to design polymer-based drug carriers for drug delivery systems in which drugs are delivered to a target site. |
| Class 5 | Introduction to computational materials science or how to predict materials properties from chemical composition alone |
Students will get introduced to the concept of ab initio modeling and learn at the basic level how structures and properties of materials can be computed from chemical compostion. |
| Class 6 | Lectures and discussion by alumni who are active in industry and society |
Understand the future career path through lectures and panel discussion by famous alumni. |
| Class 7 | Summary and discussion with academic supervisors |
Summarize the course and discuss with academic supervisors. |
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
Report assignment and quiz
Related courses
- XMC.A101 ： Materials and Chemical Technology Literacy
- XMC.A103 ： Introduction of Materials and Chemical Technology B
- XMC.A104 ： Introduction of Materials and Chemical Technology C
Prerequisites
It is recommendable to take Materials and Chemical Technology Literary.