OSAKA UNIVERSITY SHORT-TERM STUDENT EXCHANGE PROGRAM _

04f-03
INTRODUCTION TO GLOBAL ARCHITECTURE
-NATURE & HUMAN ACTIVITY AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT-

Hiroyuki TODA, et al. (School of Engineering)

Objective
  The 21st Century is an era of Global partnership, in which human community is required in every nation, and all groups in the world to make effort for sustainable development. The relationship between nature and human activities should be considered with the better understanding of the global environment and human culture. The topics of technology and design concept for the sustainable development will be shown by professors in global architecture group including 5 departments.

Schedule
(1)Orientation
(2)Desert, Dust Storm, and Climate in East Asia:
     Assist Prof. Tetsuya Takemi (Department of Global Architecture)
(3)An Approach to Sustainable Transport System:
     Prof. Yasutsugu Nitta (Department of Civil Engineering)
(4)Utilization of Very Large Mobile Offshore Structure for Clean Energy Conversion:
     Associate Prof. Ken Takagi (Department of Naval Architecture)
(5)Urban Heat Island and its Impact:
     Associate Prof. Yoshiyuki Shimoda (Department of Environmental Engineering)
(6)Toward the Comprehensive & Effective Use of Domestic Wood And the Grand Strategy for the Century of Forest:
     Assistant Prof. Tadatoshi Furukawa (Department of Global Architecture)
(7)Designing Person-Environment Relationship:
     Associate Prof. Takeshi Suzuki (Department of Architectural Engineering)
(8)Sustainable Use of Ocean Fisheries Resources:
     Associate Prof. Naoya Umeda (Department of Naval Architecture)
(9)History of Atmospheric Environment in Japan:
     Associate Prof. Akira Kondo (Department of Environmental Engineering)
(10)Architectural Design for Sustainable Development:
     Associate Prof. Hidemasa Yoshimura (Department of Architectural Engineering)
(11)Application of MEC ocean model for predicting the effect of Human Activity(1):
     Associate Prof. Yasuyuki Toda (Department of Global Architecture)
(12)Application of MEC ocean model for predicting the effect of Human Activity(2):
     Associate Prof. Yasuyuki Toda (Department of Global Architecture)
(13)-(15) unfixed

The order of the individual lecture will be changed.

Grading
Class participation 40%
  Checking participation of students at the time of 30 minutes passed after the lecture has started.
Reports 60%
  Selecting three subjects. Submitting them at the last lesson.
(How to make a paper: Using A4 papers. Attaching front page written subject title, lecturer's name and your name.)