Electrical Engineering

This course covers electromagnetic wave theory with an emphasis on statics, skills to solve Maxwell's equations, and perspectives to look at related applications. Topics include Electromagnetic Model, Vector Analysis, Static Electric Fields, Solution of Electrostatic Problems, Steady Electric Currents, Static Magnetic Fields, and Time-Varying Fields and Maxwell's Equations.

Mobile and pervasive intelligence enables diverse smart applications in our daily life. It provides new insights into unstructured and uncertain information from a variety of sensors, data sources, user devices, and mobile platforms. The lecture covers theoretical fundamentals in sensing, communications, computing, and autonomy techniques; how to apply them in practical systems, and design principles in mobile and pervasive applications. The content includes the following topics:

A: Sensation and perception of mobile platforms
Section 1-Sensing: Wireless, visual, acoustic, and privacy-preserving sensing techniques
Section 2-Communications: Advanced communication and networking technologies to connect hardware and software components in one or more pervasive systems.
 

B: Intelligence creation
Section 3-Computing: Context-aware computing, serverless computing, and distributed intelligence
Section 4-Autonomy: Autonomous coordination and collaboration techniques between mobile platforms (e.g., drones or robots)
 

C: Hands-on tutorials 

This course introduces the basics of power electronics. It takes a flipped-learning approach that involves pre-class, in-class and post-class activities. Problem sets and online simulation problems are used to solidify the concepts covered in the course and exams are utilized to evaluate students' understanding.  The primary goal of the course is to finish the semester with a clear understanding of how various power converters operate and how they relate to real applications. 

This course provides research training for exchange students. Students work on a research project under the guidance of assigned faculty members. Through a full-time commitment, students improve their research skills by participating in the different phases of research, including development of research plans, proposals, data analysis, and presentation of research results. A pass/no pass grade is assigned based a progress report, self-evaluation, midterm report, presentation, and final report.

This course provides individual research training for students in the Junior Year Engineering Program through the experience of belonging to a specific laboratory at Tohoku University. Students are assigned to a laboratory with the consent of the faculty member in charge. They participate in various group activities, including seminars, for the purposes of training in research methods and developing teamwork skills. The specific topic studied depends on the instructor in charge of the laboratory to which each student is assigned. The methods of assessment vary with the student's project and laboratory instructor. Students submit an abstract concerning the results of their individual research each semester and present the results near the end of the program.

This special lab course nurtures international students' creative competency by offering them opportunities for learning in communities of research practice. The student's supervisor arranges the research topic. Students give three oral presentations during the study period. In the presentations, students integrate ideas and analyses on laboratory results into creative and academically coherent work. FrontierLab program coordinators and supervisors attend and evaluate the final oral presentation.

The course covers hydrogen as an energy carrier, how to produce it, and how to store it. The role of hydrogen in future energy systems is discussed. Electrochemical conversion in batteries and fuel cells is described and analyzed. All major transport processes, such as momentum, heat, mass, ion and current, and thermal management issues are presented. System integration is described. Properties and characteristics of energy-relevant materials and their role in electrochemical devices are treated. The relevance of energy systems and the transportation sector is discussed. Various engineering problems are presented.

This course emphasizes hands-on laboratory experience and teaches students research background, relevant theories, and basic laboratory techniques relevant to their field of study. Students formulate a research plan, implement it by conducting experiment-based research, and convey the results in scholarly presentations. Students submit a written research report at the end of the course.

This course provides research training for students through the experience of belonging to a specific laboratory at the University of Tokyo. Students carry out an original research project under the guidance of assigned faculty members. Through a full-time commitment, students will be able to improve their research skills by applying the basic principles and knowledge from the literature related to the research questions, and by developing the skills to collect, interpret, and critique data in order to resolve a research question or evaluate a design for a research project. At the conclusion of the program, students submit their final work (paper, presentation, report etc.) as instructed by their lab supervisors

In this course students acquire a broad knowledge base and develop analytical and critical thinking skills. Students actively participate in seminars, read assigned texts and research papers, and analyze research data. Students also discuss results obtained in their own experiments with peers and senior laboratory members.