OSAKA UNIVERSITY SHORT-TERM STUDENT EXCHANGE PROGRAM _

07f-03
INTRODUCTION TO GLOBAL ARCHITECTURE AND
ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING NATURE & HUMAN
ACTIVITY AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

Masahiro TAMAI, et al. (School of Engineering)

Objective
  The 21st Century will be an era of Global partnership, and all nations and organizations in the world have to make best effort for sustainable development. In order to enable this sustainable development, the effect of human activities on nature should be predicted with enough understanding of the global environment and the human culture. The topics of this course are technology and design concept for the sustainable development. Various topics will be presented by some members of Division of Global Architecture, Division of Sustainable Energy and Environmental Engineering.

Schedule
(1) Orientation
Associate Prof. Masahiro Tamai (Division of Global Architecture, Civil Engineering)
(2) Biotechnologies for Environmental Conservation
Assistant Prof. Satoshi Soda (Division of Sustainable Energy and Environmental Engineering)
(3) Utilization of Very Large Mobile Offshore Structure for Clean Energy Conversion
Associate Prof. Ken Takagi (Division of Global Architecture; Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering)
(4) Toward the Comprehensive & Effective Use of Domestic Wood And the Grand Strategy for the Century of Forest
Prof. Katsuhiko Imai (Division of Global Architecture; Architectural Engineering)
(5) Urban Heat Island and its Impact
Associate Prof. Yoshiyuki Shimoda (Division of Sustainable Energy and Environmental Engineering)
(6) An Approach to Sustainable Transport System
Prof. Yasutsugu Nitta (Division of Global Architecture; Civil Engineering)
(7) Designing Person-Environment Relationship
Associate Prof. Takeshi Suzuki (Division of Global Architecture; Architectural Engineering)
(8) Sustainable Use of Ocean Fisheries Resources
Associate Prof. Naoya Umeda (Division of Global Architecture; Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering)
(9) History of Atmospheric Environment in Japan
Associate Prof. Akira Kondo (Division of Sustainable Energy and Environmental Engineering)
(10) Bio-mechanisms of Animals in Swimming and Those Applications to Ocean Engineering
Prof. Naomi Kato (Division of Global Architecture; Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering)
(11) Climate and Building
Associate Prof. Toshio Yamanaka (Division of Global Architecture; Architectural Engineering)
(12) Wave generation and wave energy absorption
Prof. Shigeru Naito (Division of Global Architecture ; Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering)
(13) Coastal Zone Environmental Management for Sustainable Development
Prof. Keiji Nakatsuji (Division of Global Architecture ; Civil Engineering)
(14) Short Presentations by students (Submission of reports)
(15) Discussion (Return of reports)

Grading
  Class participation 40%
    Checking participation of students at the time of 30 minutes passed after the lecture has started.
  Reports 60%
    Selecting three of 12 subjects which were proposed in every lesson.
    Submitting them at the lesson of July 31.
      *How to make a paper
        Using A4-sized papers.
        Attaching a front page with subject title, lecturer's name and your name.


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