2026 (Current Year) Faculty Courses School of Materials and Chemical Technology Undergraduate major in Materials Science and Engineering
Metallic Materials Frontier
- Academic unit or major
- Undergraduate major in Materials Science and Engineering
- Instructor(s)
- Tomoyuki Kurioka / Naoki Nohira / Gen Hikosaka / Ryota Nagashima / Takumi Kosaba / Sotatsu Yanagimoto / Katsu Yanagimoto
- Class Format
- Lecture (Face-to-face)
- Media-enhanced courses
- -
- Day of week/Period
(Classrooms) - 3-4 Mon (SL-101)
- Class
- -
- Course Code
- MAT.M208
- Number of credits
- 100
- Course offered
- 2026
- Offered quarter
- 3Q
- Syllabus updated
- Oct 1, 2026
- Language
- Japanese
Syllabus
Course overview and goals
Relatively young staffs will introduce recent progress on metallic mateials related researches and developments by means of omnibus to attract students towards the field.
Course description and aims
Understand recent progress on metallic mateials related researches and developments.
Keywords
Recent progree on metallic materials researches and developments
Competencies
- Specialist skills
- Intercultural skills
- Communication skills
- Critical thinking skills
- Practical and/or problem-solving skills
Class flow
By means of omnibus
Course schedule/Objectives
| Course schedule | Objectives | |
|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | Electrochemical reaction-based integration of metallic materials and their functions |
Understand the topic |
| Class 2 | Shape-memory alloys: How they work and how they are used |
Understand the topic |
| Class 3 | Geometry and mechanics of microstructure formation and defect formation in shape memory alloys |
Understand the topic |
| Class 4 | tba |
Understand the topic |
| Class 5 | Iron is a gift from God – How to make the strongest iron |
Understand the topic |
| Class 6 | Metal Corrosion and its Prevention Technologies: Where Does Corrosion Originate? |
Understand the topic |
| Class 7 | Optical property evaluation techniques for materials: Nano-spatial resolution analysis using electron microscopy |
Understand the topic |
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)
Nothing in particular
Reference books, course materials, etc.
Nothing in particular
Evaluation methods and criteria
Attendance and questions given in each lecture
Related courses
- Research opportunity in Laboratories (M)
Prerequisites
Nothing special