Tohoku University

This intercultural collaborative learning course deepens one's understanding of geological topics. It discusses the geological characteristics that differ from country to country, relating the impact of these characteristics on technology, resources, and disaster prevention. The course covers earth history; geological structural analysis, technology of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), and includes a required field trip to the Geological Museum of the National Institute of Advanced Industrical Science and Technology (AIST) in Tsukuba City. 

This course examines the damage and recovery efforts following the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake. Through guest lectures, field trips, and disaster prevention workshops, the class teaches essential disaster prevention and mitigation skills to respond to future disasters effectively. The class also discusses challenges of evacuation center management and the importance of disaster prevention in a multicultural society.  The class requires field trips to Ishinomaki City, Minamisanriku Town, and Higahimatushima town areas affected by the disaster. 

This course introduces basic properties of materials; how properties are related to microstructures; how microstructures are controlled by processing, and how materials are formed and joined. This course deals mostly with metals; however, properties of other engineering materials are discussed. 

This course discusses the fundamentals of machine design as accuracy, strength, reliability, function and performance of typical mechanical elements. 

This course explores global issues through the use of Extended Reality (XR) and Metaverse technologies (VRChat). By utilizing XR technology and 3D content, the class visually presents the background, impact, and proposed solutions to social issues within the Metaverse environment. 

This course analyzes the basic concept and principle of thermodynamics,  such as the concept of system, matter and energy, as well as the first and second laws of thermodynamics. The course then explores quantitative state changes of matter and the operation principles and efficiency of heat engine, such as piston engine, jet engine, steam cycle, and refrigeration machine.  Finally, the course discusses effective utilization of energy and energy saving.

This course covers the concepts and analytical methods of basic mechanisms to achieve desired mechanical motions. By the end of the course, the class is expected to understand the basic concept of planning and designing mechanical systems. 

Preferred course prerequisite: Mechanics, Mathematics I, and Mathematics II.

This course explores the fundamentals of fluid motion and phenomena to understand how to calculate pressures and velocities in both static and flowing fluids, forces on submerged objects, and dimensionless numbers for the design of experiments.  

Required course prerequisites: Analysis, Linear Algebra, Mathematics, and Physics.

A robot is an intelligent mechanical system with multiple degrees of freedom. This course investigates the fundamentals of modeling and control of a robot manipulator. The course covers spatial descriptions and transformations; manipulator kinematics, and manipulator dynamics. 

Required Course Prerequisites: Linear Algebra and Control Engineering I. 

This course covers advanced and basic mathematics, with guest speakers covering topics chosen from algebra, geometry, and analysis. The course covers:

• Algebra: Matrix Groups
• Geometry: Topology of surfaces
• Analysis: Fixed point theorems and applications