APPLIED PHYSICS FOR ADVANCED SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Yasuhiro SUGAWARA, et al.(School of Engineering)

Objective
   This course studies applied physics that leads Japanese advanced science and technology: Nano materials and characterization, Photonics, Biology, and Information science. This series of lectures given by twelve professors is also concerned with the basic principle and backgrounds of their respective fields.

Lecture Outline
  NANO MATERIALS AND CHARACTERIZATION
  1. Scanning Probe Microscopy and its Application to Nanotechnology    Prof. Yasuhiro SUGAWARA    Oct. 6
  2. Transmission Electron Microscopy and its Application to Nanotechnology    Prof. Yoshizo TAKAI    Oct. 20
  3. Computational NanoMaterials Design-From Basics to Actual Applications    Prof. Hideaki KASAI    Oct. 27

  PHOTONICS
  4. Nanophotonics: Walking beyond the Classical Limits of Light    Prof. Satoshi KAWATA    Nov. 10
  5. Introduction to Ultra-fast Optics Prof. Kazuyoshi ITO    Nov. 12
  6. Terahertz Spectroscopy and its Application    Prof. Masanori HANGYO    Dec. 1
   7. Information Photonics: Concept and its Applications    Prof. Jun TANIDA    Dec. 8

   BIOLOGY
   8. Bio-photonics    Prof. Yasushi INOUE    Dec. 15
   9. Multifunctional Bio-devices    Prof. Eiichi TAMIYA    Dec. 22

   INFORMATION SCIENCE
   10. Optimization under Uncertainty    Prof. Hiroaki ISHII    Jun. 19
   11. Performance Evaluation and Benchmarking    Prof. Hiroshi MORITA    Jun. 26
   12. Constructive Adaptive User Interfaces for Music Contents    Prof. Masayuki NUMAO    Feb. 2

   13. Lab Tour    Feb. 9

Textbooks
  There is no assigned textbook. Materials/slide supplements will be distributed in the classroom.

Grading
  Attendance + A test or report will be made in each class.