OSAKA UNIVERSITY SHORT-TERM STUDENT EXCHANGE PROGRAM _

04s-02
INNOVATIVE JAPANESE TECHNOLOGIES IN 3M-BASED ENGINEERING

Tomoyuki KANESHITA, et al. (School of Engineering)

Objective
This course studies innovative Japanese technologies that have drastically changed the world in the principal engineering fields: Mechanical,Materials, and Manufacturing (3M-based) Engineering . This series of lectures given by six professors is also concerned with the basic principles and backgrounds of their respective fields.

Lecture Outline
Week 1 & 2
DISCOVERY OF THE CARBON NANOTUBE AND ITS APPLICATION TO ENGINEERING (Prof. SHIBUTANI, Yoji) The topic of the carbon nanotube, which was discovered by Sumio Iijima of NEC Corp., is discussed here and its recent applications to the engineering field are especially emphasized.
Week 3 & 4
LASER APPLIED MEASUREMENT IN NANOTECHNOLOGY (Assoc. Prof. TAKAYA, Yasuhiro) It is impossible to manufacture almost any high-tech products without Nanotechnology. An introductory lecture is given on the technical essence of the laser applied measurements which are indispensable in establishing Nanotechnology.
Week 5 & 6
ADVANCED ROBOTICS AND COMPUTER VISION TECHNOLOGIES IN JAPAN (Assoc. Prof. MIURA, Jun) This lecture focuses on robotics and computer vision technologies developed in Japan, which are important in realizing advanced autonomous/automation systems. Week 7 Labo Tour 1
Week 8 & 9
BREATHING CERAMICS CONTRIBUTE TO ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION (Prof. O.-Y.-MATSUO, Shinya) Ceramics called solid state ionics have been applied to the construction of fuel cells for clean energy production and catalysts for the removal of harmful exhausted gases. Cations and anions can move swiftly in them, and exchange of gas-species between ceramics and gases takes place; ceramics are breathing? This lecture gives an introductory story on the field of ionics which a lot of Japanese researches have been devoted to.
Week 10 & 11
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT OF PERMANENT MAGNET AND SHAPE MEMORY MATERIALS IN JAPAN (Prof. KAKESHITA, Tomoyuki) The lecture deals with the permanent magnet and shape memory materials, which have been researched and developed in Japan. Also, a basic talk is given on the magnetism, magnetic properties and the martensitic transformation under high magnetic field and high pressure.
Week 12 & 13
KEY MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGIES IN ADVANCED ENGINEERING PRODUCTS -NEW MATERIALS JOINING & PROCESSING TECHNOLOGIES ? (Prof. NISHIMOTO, Kazutoshi) The lecture deals with the materials joining & processing technologies in fabricating industries in Japan. Some relating technical research topics and new trends of their applications are briefly introduced..
Week 14 Labo Tour 2

Grading
Participation in class 50%
Assignment submitted at the end of each class 50%