2026 (Current Year) Faculty Courses School of Materials and Chemical Technology Department of Materials Science and Engineering Graduate major in Science and Technology for Health Care and Medicine

Outline of Science and Technology for Health Care and Medicine II

Academic unit or major: Graduate major in Science and Technology for Health Care and Medicine
Instructor(s): Motoki Shino / Kentaro Nakamura / Tetsuya Kitaguchi / Yutaka Miura / Shunichiro Ogura / Tso-Fu Chang / Takashi Tokuda / Hirokazu Tamamura
Class Format: Lecture (Livestream)
Media-enhanced courses: -
Day of week/Period (Classrooms): 3-4 Fri
Class: -
Course Code: STM.C405
Number of credits: 100
Course offered: 2026
Offered quarter: 3Q
Syllabus updated: Oct 1, 2026
Language: English

Syllabus

Course overview and goals

Students learn the basics and appilications in the field of life engineering ranging over biomechanics, biosensing, informatics, thermodynamics, biochemistry, polymer chemistry, molecular, biology, neuro-engineering, mechanical engineering, catalysis,etc.

Course description and aims

To perform interdisciplinary research in the field of life engineering, students learn the basics and appilications of biomechanics, biosensing, informatics, thermodynamics, biochemistry, polymer chemistry, molecular, biology, neuro-engineering, mechanical engineering, catalysis,etc.

Keywords

life engineering, biomechanics, biosensing, informatics, thermodynamics, biochemistry, polymer chemistry, molecular, biology, neuro-engineering, mechanical engineering, polymer science

Competencies

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

Class flow

Lectures give lectures on the basics for researches in their own research fields

Course schedule/Objectives

	Course schedule	Objectives
Class 1	Lecturer: TAMAMURA, Hirokazu Title: Medicinal chemistry and chemical biology	Understand chemical biology, which is a research field of understanding and regulating life phenomena using chemistry. Understand the concept of biomimetic, particularly peptidomimetic, and learn the development to drug discovery.
Class 2	Lecturer: KITAGUCHI, Tetsuya Title: Molecular mechanism of body axis formation	Learn how the body axis, character of cells, and the number and location of organs are determined during the developmental process.
Class 3	Lecturer: OGURA, Shunichiro Title: Development of cancer diagnosis and therapy	What is cancer? Development of cancer diagnosis. Development of cancer therapy.
Class 4	Lecturer: TOKUDA, Takashi Title: Biosensing using CMOS-based electronic devices	Provide an overview of biosensing technologies that achieve distinctive functions through CMOS integrated circuit technology.
Class 5	Lecturer: MIURA, Yutaka Title: Polymer Science in the development of medicines and cosmetics	Acquire knowledge of polymer material science in medicines and cosmetics on the market and our surroundings.
Class 6	Lecturer: Chang, Tso-Fu Mark Title: Bioinspired photocatalytic materials	Photocatalysis is of great significance for solving the problem of environement pollution, achieving carbon neutrality, and building a sustainable society. In order to develop highly efficient photocatalysts, it is necessary to draw innovative inspiration from nature.
Class 7	Lecturer: SHINO, Motoki Title: Intelligent Technologies Towards Safe and Secure	In this lecture, we will examine social problems in a super-aged society and discuss intelligent mobility as a solution to these problems.

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)

See course materials.

Reference books, course materials, etc.

Materials used in class can be found on LMS.

Evaluation methods and criteria

Quiz at the course session and attendance. If misconduct, such as plagiarism or misappropriation of someone else's work is committed, we will treat it strictly： The grade of the subject will be 0.

Related courses

HCB.C421 ： Outline of Human Centered Science and Biomedical Engineering I

Prerequisites

No prior conditions