Toyohashi University of Technology (Toyohashi...

Toyohashi University of Technology

Study Area B. Engineering

University Toyohashi University of Technology(National)

(Toyohashi Tech)

Graduate School Graduate School of Engineering

Field of Study *Category by PEACE Project

1. Urban and Transportation Planning

2. Structure / Bridge / Vibration Engineering

3. Civil Engineering Material

4. Environmental Engineering

5. Mine Engineering / Geological Engineering /Geographical

Information System

6. Computer Science

7. Electrical Power Engineering, Electrical Engineering

Others: Structural Engineering, Construction Material

Engineering, Hydraulic Engineering, Soil Engineering,

Geotechnical Engineering

Actual Study and

Research Field *Category by University

based on PEACE Project

See attached paper introducing each department.

Department of Architecture & Civil Engineering, Electrical &

Electronic Information Engineering, Computer Science &

Engineering, Environmental & Life Sciences

http://www.tut.ac.jp/english/schools/department.html

* Mine Engineering is not offered.

URL of Graduate School http://www.tut.ac.jp/english/introduction/

Degrees Master of Engineering

Status Graduate School Student OR Research Student(12months)

(It will be decided after the selection)

Credits and years needed

for graduation

(In the case of Graduate

School Student)

30 credits, 2 years

For detail, see “Course Requirement Guide Book”

http://www.tut.ac.jp/english/schools/2011_E%20guide.pdf

１

Subjects with English as

the language of

instruction

Toyohashi Tech provides International Master's Program.

In this program, students are able to learn only in English, and

they don't need to use Japanese language for their study and

research work.

However, we strongly recommend students to pick up some

basic Japanese because many Japanese people (most of

them!) do not speak English... Toyohashi Tech offers free

Japanese language lessons for all students and researchers.

http://www.tut.ac.jp/english/international/special_master.html


http://www.tut.ac.jp/english/schools/2011_E%20guide.pdf



Selling Point

See the attached message from the President of Toyohashi

Tech at the celebration ceremony of 35th anniversary on the

university.

Also see the attached article of NATUREJOBS 8 October 2008,

“Master technology, Create Technology”.

２．Features of University

Founded in 1976, Toyohashi University of Technology (Toyohashi Tech, or often called “TUT”) is

a vibrant and modern national university with research activities reflecting the modern era of advanced

electronics and engineering in which it was established.

The University's education is focused on its Graduate School of Engineering, and the university

aims at educating students in science and technology in areas that better help the society. We offer a

multi-disciplinary research environment for advancement of knowledge.

The academic system of our university was widely reorganized in April 2010, and the English

course was reformed in October 2010, too. The university's enrolment includes approximately 2,200

students studying in 5 new departments, such as Mechanical Engineering, Electrical and Electronic

Information Engineering, Computer Science and Engineering, Environmental and Life Sciences and

Architecture and Civil Engineering.

International students from all over the world are up about 10 percent of the Toyohashi Tech student

population, and currently (as of March 1st 2011), we accept 214. Toyohashi Tech is one of the unique

and very international universities in Japan.

Toyohashi Tech offers a range of degree programs with many interdisciplinary and study

opportunities. The university confers degrees at the undergraduate, masters and doctoral levels.

Undergraduate students are required to complete a core curriculum of basic technology, social science,

humanities, and foreign language, in addition to the curriculum prescribed by the individual

departments.

Most of the students continue their studies in the graduate programs for the further development of

their interdisciplinary understanding of technology. Toyohashi Tech graduates, both Japanese and

international, have been making great contributions as scholars, researchers and engineers.

Toyohashi Tech has 210 full time faculty members. Most members of the faculty hold the highest

degree attainable in their respective fields. The students-faculty ratio is 9:1, which makes it possible to

manage small, engaging classes to benefit students.

Academic programs provide students the opportunity to develop their creativity, skills and tools

necessary to function in modern society as researchers and engineers. The program’s aim is to

empower students with the necessary knowledge to help human societies develop in harmony with the

earth's environment. These programs educate students to become key engineers and researchers

with creative and practical capabilities. As a result, they can contribute to actualizing symbiosis with the

nature and establishing an international collaborative society, and eventually provide practical and


reliable support to the human resource development for both developing and developed countries.

Toyohashi Tech has eight research centers focusing on areas including intelligent sensing, robotics,

agrotechnology and photonic information storage. And, in spite of our relatively short history, Toyohashi

Tech has been internationally recognized for the development of innovative and cutting-edge

technology, and major contributions to industry. In particular, Toyohashi Tech researchers are widely

acknowledged for their contributions to the field of electronics including sensor microchips and

ultra-high capacity memory devices. Notably, this expertise was a critical factor behind the selection of

Toyohashi Tech for one of the highly competitive Global Center of Excellence (G-COE) awards by

MEXT.

Toyohashi Tech located at the heart of Toyohashi, a city in eastern Aichi Prefecture, with a population of

380,000. The Pacific Ocean is only a short bicycle ride away from the campus, and with the spectacular

sights of the surrounding mountains, Toyohashi has a mild climate, low cost of living and is within easy

reach of Nagoya, Tokyo, Osaka, and Kyoto by Shinkansen.

３．Features of Graduate School

Toyohashi Tech places emphasis on our graduate programs, promoting an education that will foster

lucidity of insight, a fine and considerate sensitivity, adaptable intelligence and a global perspective.

Distinctive policies of Toyohashi Tech include education for creative engineers, accepting students in

wide diversity, mandatory internship as part of regular curriculum and active and broad international

exchanges.

４．Features of the Program and Curriculum in each Field of Study

See attached paper introducing each department.

Department of Architecture & Civil Engineering,

Department of Electrical & Electronic Information Engineering,

Department of Computer Science & Engineering

Department of Environmental & Life Sciences


５．Academic Schedule

[Fall Semester]

Entrance Ceremony: October 2

Orientation: October 2

Class starts: October 3

Winter vacation: December 25-January 7

Semester-end Examination: February 26-March 4

Spring vacation: March 25-April 3



[Spring Semester]]

Class begins: April 9

Semester-end examinations: August 2-8

Summer vacation: August 10-September 30

University Festival: October 6-7

[Admission Examination for Master’s Program]

Submission of Application Documents: May 31

Examination: Depending on the Supervisor

Announcement of Acceptance: July 31


６．Facilities

Toyohashi Tech may provide single, couple and family room for the International students which is

located on the campus. Provision of rooms depends upon vacancies.

Room Furniture

Single Room: desk, chair, bed, bookshelf, refrigerator, wardrobe and air conditioner

Couple Room: desk, chair, bed, bookshelf, refrigerator, wardrobe, air conditioner, sofa set and table set

Family Room: desk, chair, bed, bookshelf, refrigerator, wardrobe, air conditioner, sofa set, table set and

child's bed

Two Japanese tutors are living in International House to help the international students for their living.

７．List of faculty members (supervisors) capable of guiding Afghan participants

in English

Faculty members listed on attached paper or homepage of Toyohashi Tech introducing each

Department, include those who are potentially capable of guiding Afghan participant.




Department of

Architecture and Civil Engineering Introduction The department of Architecture and Civil Engineering is committed to educate the students with professional skills to design and manage buildings and infrastructure with their surroundings in cities and rural areas, to maintain safe and high-quality living environments. The undergraduate program prepares students to pursue both basic and professional knowledge and application ability needed to engineers. The program offers a practical education based on architecture and civil engineering. In the freshman and sophomore years, students in a small number class are expected to acquire not only basic knowledge of liberal arts, architecture, and civil engineering but also professional skills through the subjects of Introduction to Engineering, Practice of Architectural Design, and Project Study and so on. In the junior and senior years, students will be required to take compulsory course either from Architecture and Building Science course or Civil and Environmental Engineering course which are made up of specialized subjects, respectively. The graduate program serves students an education that will enable an individual to set the research issues and find their possible solutions in their research work. Outline

Course Outline

Architecture and Building Science course

The Architecture and Building Science course aims to educate students to become practical engineers by acquiring the skills of primary professional fields associated with architecture, including architectural design, urban and regional planning, architectural history, building equipment, architectural environment, and architectural structure plus basic knowledge and skills related to the field of civil and environmental engineering. The Architecture and Building Science course is mainly made up of six specialties.

Civil and Environmental Engineering course

The Civil and Environmental Engineering course aims to educate students to become practical engineers by acquiring the skills of primary professional fields associated with civil and environmental engineering, including structural engineering, hydraulics, geotechnical engineering, urban and traffic planning, and environmental system plus basic knowledge and skills related to the fields of architecture. The Civil and Environmental Engineering course is mainly made up of four specialties.

Admission Policy The Department of Architecture and Civil Engineering aims to train world-class, globally minded engineers with excellent leadership skills, and practical and creative abilities for the design and management of architecture, infrastructure and synthetic systems to maintain a sustainable society. In order to achieve these goals, the department seeks students with the following qualities: 1. Students with a strong interest in a wide range of issues related to natural environments, social systems, culture and human life, and motivation to seek solutions to problems related to these issues. 2. Students with expertise in architecture and civil engineering, and a desire to conduct pioneering research in these areas. 3. Students with creative ideas and the ability to be actively involved in the search for solutions to difficult problems.

Architecture and Building Science course

Division Position Name [E-mail] Field Research Interests

Professor Dr. Eng. Seishi Yamada [email protected]

Engineering Mechanics, Buckling and Vibration

(1) Health Monitoring of FRP Structures using Optical Fiber Sensors

(2) Buckling and Vibration of Shells, Bridges and Buildings

Associate Professor

Dr. Eng. Shoji Nakazawa [email protected]

Structural Engineering

(1) Buckling analysis and seismic response analysis of shell and spatial structures (2) Development of a seismic resistant performance evaluation technique based on seismic risk analysis (3) Development of a grid computing system for solving a structural optimization problem and a seismic risk

Associate Professor

Dr. Eng. Yasushi Sanada [email protected]

Earthquake Disaster Mitigation Engineering

(1) Evaluations of Seismic Behaviors and Performances of RC and Masonry Structures (2) Developments of Testing Systems and Analytical Models

Environmental Engineering

Professor Dr. Eng. Hiroshi Matsumoto [email protected]

Building EnvironmentalEngineering

(1) Numerical Prediction and Performance Evaluation of Air Distribution (2) Optimum Control and Design of Indoor Climate

Professor Dr. Design. Shiro Matsushima [email protected]

Housing Planning and Design, Design Technology and Management

(1) Planning of Housing, Architectural Design and Interior Design (2) Design Technology and Project Management

Associate Professor

Dr. Eng. Hideo Izumida [email protected]

History and Theory of Architecture

(1) Architectural and Urban History of Asian Countries (2) Social Analysis of Settlement

Associate Professor

Dr. Eng. Yukihiro MASUDA [email protected]

Building and Urban Environmental Engineering

1. Development Research on Building Continuity and Building Forensics 2. Evaluation Study on Development of District Energy Supply System 3. Research on Development of Urban Environmental Infrastructure

Professor Dr. Eng. Akira Ohgai

[email protected]

Urban Design and Planning

(1) Application of Computers in Urban & Regional Planning (2) Planning Methods for Provincial Cities in Asian Countries

Associate Professor

Dr. Eng. Junichiro Asano

[email protected] Planning (1)Development and Application of Land Use Control

(2)History of Urban Planning in Modern Era

Civil and Environmental Engineering course


Professor Dr. Eng. Makoto Kawamura [email protected]

Geotechnical Engineering Remote Sensing

(1) Dynamic Intractions between Structures and Soils (2) Earth Observation Using Remote Sensing

Professor Dr. Eng. Kinya Miura

[email protected]

Geotechnical Engineering and Applied Mechanics

(1) Evaluation of Seismic Resistance and Seismic Design of Ground-Structure System. (2) Coupled Water-Heat-Deformation Analysis of Ground and Soil Structure

Associate Professor

Dr. Eng. Yuji TSUJIKO

[email protected]

Geomatics and Geotechnical Engineering

1. Disaster monitoring system using GIS and remote sensing technologies 2. Slope stability analysis based on the vegetation activity 3. Environmental measurement and disaster mitigation based on regional alliances

Professor Dr. Eng. Shin-ichi Aoki

[email protected]

Coastal Engineering Ocean Engineering

(1) Water Wave Control and Durability of Maritime Structure (2) Protection and Monitoring of Coastal Environment

Professor Dr. Eng. Takanobu Inoue

[email protected]

Water Environment Engineering

(1) Water Quality Analysis of Fresh Water (2) Water Conservation Engineering

Associate Professor

Dr. Eng. Shigeru Kato

[email protected]

Coastal Hydraulics, Coastal Disaster Prevention

(1) Numerical Simulation of Coastal Current, Wave and Material Transport (2) Natural Disaster in Coastal Zone

Professor Dr. Eng. Yasuhiro Hirobata

[email protected]

Transportation Planning and Traffic Engineering

(1) Travel Demand Modeling and Analysis (2) Evaluation of Urban Transportation System

Professor Master of Economics Makoto Yamaguchi

[email protected]

Econometric Analysis, Urban & Regional Economics, Economic Policy

1. Econometric analysis of large metropolitan area 2. Econometric analysis of the economic structure changes by which infrastructures are accompanied3. Long-term prospect of my country economy and industry

Professor

Ph.D. Environmental Science Yuzuru Miyata

[email protected]

Environmental Economics, Economic Analysis of Cities and Regions

1) Environmental economics. 2) Theoretical consideration and/or empirical study of the

economies of cities and/or regions.

Professor Doctor of Economics Takao Fujiwara [email protected]

Business Administration, Operations Management, Small Business

1. Management of technology commercialization 2. Strategic development partnership 3. Founding management for start-up

Associate Professor

Dr. of Eng. Hiroyuki Shibusawa [email protected]

Regional Science Urban and Regional,Urban and Regional Economic System, Policy Simulation

Simulation Analysis of Urban System with Environment Evaluating the Economic Impacts of Technological InnovationEvaluating the Economic Impacts of Large-scale Risk Development of the Multi-Regional Econometric System Modelling of the Dynamic Multi-Regional Input-Output SystemModelling of the Knolwedge Management System Modelling of the Recycling System

Department of Electrical and Electronic Information Engineering

Introduction

The Electrical and Electronic Engineering courses, which dealt with the education and training

mainly on electrical energies, IC devices, and their fundamentals and basic materials, have

been reorganized to the Electrical and Electronic Information Engineering courses by

expanding the original fields so as to involve the electronic materials and information

communication systems. The aim of the graduate and under graduate courses of the

Electrical and Electronic Information Engineering is to educate and train students to yield

engineers and researchers of the next generation for their advanced core fields of electronic

materials, electrical engineering, integrated electronics and information communication

technology.

Courses

Electronic Materials Course: Information electronics supporting our good life of the modern society is a key industry area

of the 21st century. This Electronic Materials Course trains and develops the students

through providing the wide fundamental knowledge and technologies of substances,

materials, processing, and instrumentation, which are the base of the electrical and

electronic information engineering. The certificated students can take active and important

roles as practically-minded and creative research-based engineers in the various industrial

areas including electrical and electronic industries, chemical and material industries,

information network area, home information appliances, vehicles, robotics, and medical

welfare.

Electrical Systems Course: Based on understanding the importance of electrical energy for sustainable evolving society,

the students learn the fundamental knowledge and technologies of generation,

transportation, control, storages, measurements, and applications of electrical energy. The

students trained in this course will take an important role as engineers and researchers in the

various industrial fields including environment and energy, electrical and electronics, traffic

and communications, materials and nanotechnology, machine and mechatronics, biology,

medical care, primary and tertiary industries.

Integrated Electronics Course: The LSI factory in TUT which provides a opportunity for fabricating integrated circuit, helps

you acquire fundamental knowledge and techniques on the semiconductor and its’ system

applications. We are training students with the knowledge and skills who will become the

leading researchers and engineers in the electronic industry and the information network for

the development of information appliances, the robots, and the medical and healthcare

devices.

Information and Communication System Course:

The Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) has progressed from telephone

network to internet generation, and will be going toward ubiquitous network world. The user

access scheme also changes from fixed to mobile, and cable to wireless LANs. The ICT is

an important trunk of industries supporting our 21st-century society, and playing more and

more significant roles. In this course, students learn wide and deep science and technologies

from hardware layer such as functional integrated circuits, sensors, and smart antennas, up

to communication system, networks, and applications. Students are expected to contribute to

industries in a variety of fields for communications, broadcasting, electric devices, system

developments, medical welfare, transportation, ecology, energy, cargos, finance, insurance,

or other related businesses after graduation.

Admission Policy The Graduate Program in Electrical and Electronic Information Engineering focuses on

producing practically-minded and creative research-based engineers with skills to meet the

challenges of our modern, technologically-based society. The Program emphasizes the

importance of: a deep understanding of the physical properties of strategically important

materials forming the backbone of electrical, electronic and information industries; knowledge

of the processes and procedures employed for fabricating functional devices; and a first-hand

understanding of the operating principles of integrated circuits, discrete electronic devices,

energy systems, information and communication technology and networks. This course seeks

and welcomes applicants fulfilling the following criteria:

� Students wishing to follow careers as globally minded engineers with cutting-edge

technological skills in electrical and electronic materials, electric systems, integrated

electron systems, and information and communication systems.

� Academically orientated students with a strong desire to resolve challenging issues in

electrical and electronic engineering, and information engineering.

� Students with solid backgrounds in the natural sciences wishing to apply their expertise

for a systematic approach towards the creation of new technology.

� Highly motivated students with a strong desire to acquire globally applicable

communication skills based on technical English and Japanese.

Electronic Materials Course

Position Name [E-mail] Field Research Interests

Professor Dr. Eng. Mitsuo Fukuda

[email protected] Photonics

Nano-scale Photonic Devices Research on Sensing and Measurement by using Lightwave

Professor Dr. Eng. Mitsuteru Inoue

[email protected] Magnetics

(1) Nano-scale Magnetic Structures (2) Micro-magnetic Devices

Professor Dr. Eng. Atsunori Matsuda

[email protected]

Applied Materials Chemistry

(1) Advanced Amorphous Materials (2) Inorganic-Organic Hybrid Materials

Associate

Professor

Dr. Eng. Kazuo Hattori

[email protected]

Applied Physics Research on Thin Films of Electronic Materials

Fuzzy Systems Theory and its Applications

Associate Professor

Dr. Sci. Toshiaki Hattori

[email protected]

Analytical Chemistry (1) Electroanalytical Chemistry (2) Characterization of Polyelectrolyte

Associate Professor

Dr. Eng. Yuichi Nakamura [email protected]

Superconductor Engineering

Design and Processing of HTS Wires and bulk materials Study of thermoelectric oxides

Associate Professor

Dr. Eng.

Hiroyuki Muto [email protected]

Inoganic Materials Structural Ceramics

(1) Development of nano structure controlled functional ceramics (2) Deformation mechanisms and processes of structural ceramics

Electrical Systems Course


Professor Dr. Eng. Masayuki Nagao

[email protected]

High Field Electrical Insulation

High-Field Electric Properties of Polymeric Insulation Materials Cryogenic Electrical Insulation for Superconducting Power Apparatuses

Professor Dr. Eng. Yoji Sakurai

[email protected]

Electrochemical Energy Devices

(1) Next-Generation Lithium-Ion Batteries (2) Low-Cost Catalysts for Fuel Cell

Professor Dr. Eng. Hirofumi Takikawa

[email protected]

Plasma Technology and Application Engineering

Nanoscale Material Synthesis by Thermal and Cold Plasmas Development of Advanced Plasma System and Plasma Applications

Associate Professor

Dr. Eng. Ryoji Inada

[email protected]

Energy Conversion Engineering , Electirical & Electronic Material Engineering, Non-Destructive Testing

(1)Research and Development of All-Solid-State Lithium-ion Batteries. (2)Non-Destructive Magnetic Testing Method for Batteries. (3)Research and Development of high-temperature oxide superconducting wires for AC power devices.

Associate Professor

Dr. Eng. Yoshiyuki Suda

[email protected]

Plasma Materials Engineering Carbon Nanomaterials Processing

(1) Syntheses of carbon nanomaterials by chemical vapor deposition (CVD) and plasma processing (2) Application of carbon nanomaterials including helical carbon nanofibers and carbon nanotubes to direct methanol fuel cell, super capacitor, field emission device, electronic devices, and hydrogen gas sensor (3) Synthesis of thin helical carbon nanofiber and its 3D-imaging with transmission electron microscopy tomography system (4) Predicting the amount of carbon in carbon nanotubes grown by plasma-enhanced CVD in methane plasmas

Associate Professor

Dr. Eng. Yoshinobu Murakami [email protected]

High Field Electric Physical Properties High voltage Insulating Engineering Dielectric Measurement

to clarify the stored charge behavior in insulating materials under various stress condition and to clarify the diffusion process of the antistatic agent in insulating materials using measurement method of stored charge in insulating materials.

Integrated Electronics Course


Professor Dr. Eng. Makoto Ishida

[email protected]

Semiconductor Physics and Device

Micro/Nano Structures and Applications to New Devices Smart Sensors and Integrated Circuits

Professor Dr. Eng. Akihiro Wakahara [email protected]

Optoelectronics

Heteroepitaxy and Applications to Optoelectronics Optoelectronic Integrated Devices/System on Si-based ICs and MEMS

Professor

Dr. Eng. Kazuaki Sawada

[email protected]

Semiconductor Devices

Bio-Sensing Devices Smart CMOS/CCD Image Sensors

Associate Professor

Dr. Eng. Takeshi Kawano

[email protected]

Micro/Nano Devices, Neural Interface Devices

1. Neural interface devices 2. Nanoscale neurorpbes 3. Integration of Mirco/Nano devices

Information and Communication System Course


Professor Dr. Eng. Takashi Ohira

[email protected]

Wave Engineering

(1) Microwave Circuits (2) Smart Antennas (3) Radio Signal Processing

Associate Professor

Dr. Eng. Shuichi Ichikawa

[email protected]

Computer Science Computer Architecture Parallel Processing

*Custom computing circuit & special-purpose computer architecture *High Performance Computing *Parallel Computer Architecture and Parallel Processing *System Security and Information Security

Associate Professor

Dr. Eng. Hideyuki Uehara

[email protected]

Communication Engineering

(1)Wireless Communications and Networks

Associate Professor

Dr. Eng. Masanobu Miyashita [email protected]

Theoretical neuroscience

(1) Self-organization, primary visual cortex, receptive field, functional map, visual experience

(2) Gestalt Illusion, cortical dynamics, spike neuron model, direction selectivity, simple cell

Department of Computer Science and Engineering

Introduction

The Department of Computer Science and Engineering provides education and research to

train leading engineers and researchers acquainted with technologies for future large-scale

integrated information systems, new information science based on knowledge of life, nature,

and society, and their applications.

Courses

Computer and Information Science Course

This course provides students who learn technologies regarding calculation mechanisms to

develop novel calculation method/structure and network mechanisms to construct internet

society, and who have practical, creative, and leadership capabilities.

Information and Systems Science Course

This course provides students who learn technologies regarding software construction

mechanisms to development advanced information systems and intelligent information

mechanisms to analysis life science and biological information, and who have a scientific

and systematic thinking.

Admission Policy

The Department of Computer Science and Engineering provides students with

comprehensive and specialized knowledge in computer science and engineering to instill

practical, creative, and leadership skills for the development and design of advanced

technology and related systems. Furthermore, the graduate program aims to nurture students

capable of pursuing careers as principle investigators of international research projects for a

sustainable society.

We are looking for students with the following qualifications:

� Highly motivated and independently minded students with the desire to acquire

specialized knowledge and capabilities in information technology-based fields, who are

capable of a sustained, creative and exploratory approach towards their research.

� Ambitious students wishing to become leaders in the planning, design, implementation

and maintenance of large-scale integrated information systems based on an in-depth

knowledge of state of the art IT (Information Technology) and ICT (Information and

Communication Technology).

� Students with a high regard for harmony between man, nature and machine, with strong

linguistic and communications skills, and a global perspective.

Media and Information Study Area


Professor Ph. D. Masaki Aono

[email protected]

Knowledge data engineering, Data mining, Information Retrieval and visualization

(1) Knowledge Data Engineering (2) Web Mining

Professor Dr. Eng. Michio Okada

[email protected]

Interaction and Communication Design

(1) to develop sociable artificial creatures (2) on social intelligence emerged from the interaction

between sociable creatures and social others (3)

Professor Dr. Eng. Sigeru Kuriyama [email protected]

Visual Computing (1) Digital Human and Behavior Simulation (2) Ubiguitous Visual Media

Professor Dr. Eng. Seiichi Nakagawa [email protected]

Spoken Language Processing, Human Interface, Natural Language Processing

(1) Speech Recognition and Natural Language Processing (2) Artificial Intelligence and Human Interface

Professor Dr. Eng. Shigeru Masuyama,

[email protected]

Computer Science Design & Analysis of Algorithms Natural Language Processing

(1) Algorithm Design and Analysis, Computational Complexity (2) Natural Language Processing and its Application to Automatic Text Summarization and Information Retrieval

Professor Dr. Eng. Jun Miura

[email protected] Intelligent Robotics

Visual Environment Recognition Planning of Recognition and Action

Associate Professor

Dr. Eng. Tomoyosi Akiba

[email protected]

Natural Language Processing Language Modeling Large-scale Text Processing

(1) Natural Language Processing (2) Language Modeling

Associate Professor

Dr. Eng. Yasushi Kanazawa [email protected]

Computer Vision Image Processing

We study for accurate methods for reconstructing 3-D shapes with real images. We also study for tracking objects in a scene.

Associate Professor

Dr. Eng. Yasuyuki Sugaya

[email protected] Visual Computing

(1) Computer Vision (2) Mixed Reality

Intelligent Information Study Area


Professor Dr. Eng. Yoshiteru Ishida,

[email protected]

System and Information Science

(1) Biological Information System and Complex Systems (2) Intelligent Information Processing

Molecular Information Engineering

Professor Dr. Sci. Hideo Sekino,

[email protected] Computational Science

(1) Quantum Simulation Science (2) Macro-and Microscopic Signal Processing

Professor Ph. D. Yoshimasa Takahashi,

[email protected]

Molecular Information Science/ Chemometrics

(1) Chemical Data Mining (2) Computer Aided Chemical Risk Assessment System

Professor Dr. Eng. Shigeki Nakauchi

[email protected]

Computational Neuroscience

(1) Vision Science (2) Image Technology

Professor Ph. D. Junsei Horikawa,

[email protected]

Neuroscience and Auditory Physiology

(1) Auditory Information Processing in the Brain (2) Auditory Psychoacoustics

Associate Professor

Ph. D. Michiteru KITAZAKI

[email protected]

Perceptual Psychology, Cognitive Engineering, Virtual Reality

1. To understand the interaction between the observer and the environment, we are conducting psychophysical research on the self-motion information processing from the optical flow. 2. We are mobile observers because we have a body. We can recognize various objects and scenes from different viewpoints with different retinal images. We are doing cognitive research using 3-D objects, human bodies and scenes to estimate the representation and the processes in the brain. 3. What is reality? The input to the process of perception is just a 2-D retinal image, but our perception has 3-D properties and scenes and objects are seen there, not on the retina. We are exploring how reality is created and what is reality.

Associate Professor

Dr. Eng. Noriyuki Kurita,

[email protected]

Quantum Biology Bio-informatics

(1) Electronic Properties of Biological Molecules (2) Transfer of Biological Information in Living Body

Associate Professor

Dr. Eng. Hitoshi Goto

[email protected]

Computational Chemistry, Chem-Bio Infomatics, High-Performance Computing

1. Development of high-performance and high-accuracy molecular simulation technology

2. Development of analytical technology of crystal polymorphism

Associate Professor

Dr. Eng. Naohiro Fukumura [email protected]

Computational Neuroscience

(1) Computational Theory of Human Motor Control (2) Learning Models for Sensory-Motor

Transformation

Associate Professor

Dr. Eng. Kazushi Murakoshi

[email protected]

Computational Intelligence, Neural Informaion Science

Mechanisms of humans or animals information processing approach by the information science method based on both psychological and physiological data

Lecturer Dr. Eng. Hiroyuki Kato

[email protected]

Molecular Information Engineering, Bioinformatics

With the rapidly increasing number of proteins of which 3-dimensional structures are known, the protein structure database is one of the key elements in many attempts being made to derive the knowledge of structure-function relationships of proteins. The purpose of our research project is knowledge discovery based on three-dimensional structural feature analysis of proteins.

Computing Study and Information Network Study Areas


Professor Dr. Eng. Kyoji Umemura

[email protected] Information Engineering

(1) Internet Application (2) Information Retrieval

Professor Ph. D. Toshihiro Fujito

[email protected] Computer Science

(1) Algorithms (2) Combinatorial Optimization

Associate Professor

Dr. Eng Kazuhisa Kawai, .

[email protected]

Computer Science and Engineering

(1) Human Computer Interaction (2) Information Education

Lecturer Dr. Eng. Ren Ohmura

[email protected]

Ubiquitous Computing, Real World Information Processing, Operating System

1) processing method of real world information derived through sensor-networks,

2) representation mode of the situations, 3) computer systems that support real world information processing like

1) and 2).

Lecturer Dr. Eng. Ryotaro Kobayashi

[email protected]

Parallel Processing, Many Core Processor

Many core processor. Architectural techniques called Feature-Packing for a multifunction many core processor that overcomes the many hurdles that future computer systems would be faced.

Course Requirement Guide Book

（October 2011）

Master’s Program Given in English

TOYOHASHI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY

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I Requirements for graduation 1. Requirements for graduation

To complete the master's course, a student must participate in the Master’s course for two or more years, and must acquire the minimum credits required as follows. Also, the student must carry out a research under a proper guidance by faculty members and must submit a master’s thesis, and pass the review and final examination. Note that students showing excellent achievements may finish in a shorter study period.

Classification Required credits

for graduation Remarks

General Courses 6

Specialized Courses

Mechanical Engineering major 24 6 credits

(1) When considered appropriate by the supervisor, the credits shown on the left (6 credits) can be substituted in other majors.

(2) When considered

appropriate by the supervisor, courses held in Japanese can be taken up to 6 credits.

Electrical and Electronic Information Engineering major

24 6 credits

Computer Science and Engineering major

24 6 credits

Environmental and Life Science major

24 6 credits

Architecture and Civil Engineering major

24 6 credits

Grand total 30

2. Application for degree

Only a student who has acquired the credits required for finishing, or who is expected to acquire the credits can apply for a master’s degree. Submission procedures of thesis for master’s degree shall be posted on a bulletin board before the submission period.

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II Class registration, examination, attendance period 1. Class registration method

Classes shall be registered according to the program schedule of the respective major.

(1) Making a study plan Read this manual thoroughly, and follow the instructions and advice given during the orientation at the beginning of the academic year or that given by the supervisor, and set your class schedule in the course timetable. Provide enough time-allowance to your schedule. Note that some elective courses may be held in once in two year only.

The course timetable will be provided at the beginning of each academic year. Schedule for special intensive courses will be posted up on a bulletin board as soon as the details are fixed.

(2) Class registration The student must register the classes by Dream Campus (through TUT website) during the designated date. (https://www.ead.tut.ac.jp/portal/) or by the sheet of "Course Registration List" Those courses not registered will not be accredited in any case. NOTE:

1 To take classes of other majors in the English Course or regular course given in Japanese, the student must obtain approval from the supervisor and course instructor with the "Other Major Course Approval Form", before registering the course.

2 If the student does not attend the class nor take the examinations, credits will not be given even if the registration is made.

3 A student can not re-register the courses once credits are given.

4 Courses held at the same class time cannot be registered. Note that this does not apply for courses being taken again for examinations only, or intensive courses.

(3) Confirming and amending the registration To confirm your class registration and to amend it, please access to Dream Campus. Please refer to the manuals of Dream Campus for how to use .

(4) Repeating courses Basically, a student who has failed in a class with the regular examination, or some other reasons, must take again the class in the next academic year. The student must make registration again even if the class is a compulsory course for graduation and for the repeating.

(5) Repeating courses by examination, etc. Only when the course instructor approves of crediting by passing the examination only without re-attend the classes, the student can submit and register the class with the "Request for repetition through examination".

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2. Examination Examination includes regular examination and makeup examination.

(1) Regular examination As a principle, regular examination shall be held during the set period at the end of each term. Note that examination may be held at any time when found necessary by the course instructor. The regular examination period and examination timetable, etc., will be posted up on a bulletin board.

(2) Make-up examination

a) Make-up examination shall be held only when the student could not take the regular examination for the concerned course due to the following reasons. The student must gain the approval of the course instructor with the "Request for makeup examination" before taking the examination.

1) When the student is sick (doctor's medical certificate must be submitted)

2) When considered appropriate due to accidents or disaster (certificate of proof must be submitted), and other special reasons (a letter explaining the reason must be submitted).

b) The "Request for makeup examination" must be submitted to the Academicl Affairs Division within one week from the final date of regular examination.

c) If the student fails to take the makeup examination, further examination will not be held.

(3) Approval of credits and evaluation The course instructor shall approve the credits for the course through the means of examinations, etc. Examinations are basically conducted at the end of each term. All students are to check the exam schedules on the academic calendar on Dream Campus (through TUT website), bulletin board at A-bldg. or printed calendar at the office of Academic Affairs Section. In addition, your instructor may schedule extra tests. All tests scheduling will be placed on the bulletin boards at lecture hall of A-bldg. 2 weeks before the day of start. 1) Your grades are calculated according to the following basis.

Grade Scores Approval

Ａ Over 80 Units certified

Ｂ 65-79 Units certified

Ｃ 55-64 Units certified

Ｄ Under 55 Units NOT certified

2) The new grades will be available on Dream Campus after the certain days of the examination.

3. Maximum years of attendance

It is not possible for a student to be in the master’s course at the university exceeding four years.

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4. Leave of absence

If the student cannot attend classes for two or more months successively due to illness or other special reasons, the student may submit "Request for leave of absence" to the Academic Affairs Division after getting the approval from the supervisor and department head. Upon approval from the President, the student may have a leave of absence (within two years in total). The period that the student is absent will not be counted in the above "3. Maximum years of attendance". To return to school after the end of the approved period, the student must submit the "Notification of return to school". To return to school before the approved period due to the elimination of the reason, the student must submit the "Request to return to school" and obtain approval.

5. Withdrawal If the student wants to withdraw from the university, the student must submit “Request

for withdrawal“ to the Academic Affairs Division after getting the approval from the supervisor and department head. Upon approval from the President, the student may have withdrawal from the university.

6. Elimination from the university The student will be eliminated from the university for folloing reasons. 1) When the student exceed the period mentioned in above "3. Maximum years of

attendance" 2) When the student cannot return to school after the period mentioned in above “4.

Leave of absence.” 3) When the student is died, or disappeared. 4) Those who are approved for the admission fee half exemption or postponement

and who did not pay for the admission fee before the designated period. 5) Those who failed to pay for the tuition and did not pay for it even after the warning. 7. Information about canceled or makeup classes.

All students may need to double-check about your class schedule and other information onfollowing bulletin boards:

Location information

Lecture hall at 1st floor, A-bldg.

Central Bulletin Board (panel board) Class schedule change (all term)

Electronic Bulletin Board (LCD) Canceled or makeup classes, rescheduled notices

Glass-covered Bulletin Board Others

TUT website

http://annai00.gakumu.tut.ac.jp/adlight/adlightwww/conduct_list_a.asp Canceled or makeup classes

http://annai00.gakumu.tut.ac.jp/adlight/adlightweb/conduct_list_b.asp Class schedule or classroom change

TUT website for mobile phones

http://osirabe.net/tut/ *Mobile tagging by camera phones

Canceled or makeup classes

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* TUT’s policy for conducting classes/exams in case A STORM WARNING is announced. In case a Storm Warning (Bo-fu Keiho) is announced in South East Aichi Prefecture, TUT will conduct classes or examinations as follows: 1) In order to prevent any accident, All classes will be CANCELED (exams will be

RESCHEDULED) during the Storm Warning. 2) If the Storm Warning is CLEARED BEFORE AM7:00, all classes (and tests) are on

SCHEDULE. 3) If the Storm Warning is CLEARED Between AM7:00 and AM11:00, all classes (and tests)

STARTS on 4TH HOUR (*1st, 2nd and 3rd hr will be CANCELED) 4) If the Storm Warning is still ANNOUNCED AFTER AM11:00, ALL classes will be CANCELED

(and tests will be RESCHEDULED). *Information about RESCHEDULED CLASSES/EXAMS TUT will reschedule classes/exams canceled by natural disasters on occasional dates. The dates may also be used for makeup classes, students may check the schedules TWO WEEKS BEFORE THE DATES at lecture hall at A-Bldg. However, rescheduled classes (tests) will COME FIRST on the occasional dates and scheduled makeup classes on the dates will be canceled. You must double check the information from TUT especially on unusual cases.

III Curriculum 1. Classes and credits.

(1) Classes

Your classes are divided into General subjects and Specialized subjects. Numbers of credits are set for each subject.

For the details of classes, see the General subjects and Specialized subjects written in the following pages. See the web syllabus for details of the classes.

(2) Compulsory subjects and elective subjects

1) Compulsory subjects are the subjects that must be completed as the requirement of the major.

2) Elective subjects can be selected and taken from those subjects being offered for the designated numbers of credits.

(3) Calculating credits Classes whose teaching type is lectures, seminars, experiments, practical or hands-on training, are offered individually or in combination among them. The class time for one credit is calculated under the following standards.

1) For lectures, one credit requires 15 hours of classes.

2) For exercise, one credit requires 30 hours of classes.

3) For experiments, practical or hands-on training, one credit requires 45 hours of classes.

(4) Class period The class period is determined according to the academic year calendar, and consists of two terms; Spring term (from April 1 until September 30) and Fall term (from October 1 until March 31)

General courses2011.10

Fall 1 Fall 2 Spring 1 Spring 2

2012.10-

2013. 9

Management Science 2 (1)Y. Miyata,T. Fujiwara

Industrial Policies 2 (1) H. Shibusawa

Environmental Planning 2 T. Hiramatsu

Culture and Communication Ⅰ 2 (1)

Culture and Communication Ⅱ 2 A. Yamamoto

Japanese Life Today 2 (1) T. Hayashi

Intercultural Communication 2 (１) Y. Muramatsu

◆ Those subjects whose numbers marked with "( )" will be held every year. Those subjects without "( )" will be held every two years.

Instructor note

1st grade 2ndgrade

2011.10-

2012. 3

2012. 4-

2012. 9

Elective

1

1

1

1

1

Compulsory/

ElectiveSubject Name

Credits

Classes/Week

1

Mechanical Engineering2011.10


2012.10-

2013. 9

Seminar on Mechanical Engineering I 4 Supervisor

Seminar on Mechanical EngineeringⅡ 2 2 Supervisor

Thesis Research on MechanicalEngineering

6 Supervisor

Vibration and Impact Mechanics 1 1S. Kawamura,H. Minamoto

Deformation Processing Technology 1 0.5 K. Mori

Applied Mechanics of Materials 1 0.5 T. Adachi

Micromachining Engineering 1 1 T. Shibata

Biomechanics of Human Locomotion 1 1 Y. Yasuda

Practical Surface Analysis 1 0.5 Y. Takeichi

Joining and Surfacing of Materials 1 1 M. Fukumoto

Science and Technology of Thin Films 1 0.5 M. Izaki

Deformation and Fracture of Materials 1 0.5 H. Toda

Phase Transformation in Materials 1 0.5 M. Umemoto

Engineering Safety 1 1 R. Batres

Time-frequency Analysis and WaveletTransform

1 1 Z. Zhang

Modeling and Analysis of DynamicalControl Systems

1 1 K. Terashima

Robotics 1 0.5 N. Uchiyama

Flight Mechanics 1 0.5 S. Suzuki

Applied Thermal Engineering 1 0.5 K. Kitamura

Advanced Applied Fluid Engineering 1 1M. Nakagawa,H. Yanada

Applied Fluid Dynamics 1 1T. Suzuki,N. Sekishita

Applied Combustion Engineering 1 1 S. Noda

Advanced Aeroacoustics 1 0.5 A. Iida

Advanced Mechanical Systems DesignⅠ 2 (1) Supervisor

Advanced Mechanical Systems DesignⅡ 2 (1) Supervisor

Advanced Materials and Manufacturing Process Ⅰ 2 (1) Supervisor

Advanced Materials and Manufacturing Process Ⅱ 2 (1) Supervisor

Advanced System, Control and Robotics Ⅰ 2 (1) Supervisor

Advanced System, Control and Robotics Ⅱ 2 (1) Supervisor

Advanced Energy and Environmental Engineering Ⅰ 2 (1) Supervisor

Advanced Energy and Environmental Engineering Ⅱ 2 (1) Supervisor


1

1

1

1

1

1

Compulsory

4

9

Compulsory/

Elective

Elective

1

1

Subject Name Credits

Classes/Week

Instructor note

1st grade 2ndgrade

2011.10-

2012. 3

2012. 4-

2012. 9

Electrical and Electronic Information Engineering2011.10

2012.10-

2013. 9

Seminar on Electrical and ElectronicInformation Engineering

3 Supervisor

Thesis Research on Electrical andElectronic Information Engineering

6 Supervisor

Advanced Mathematics for EEI 1.5 (1) Supervisor

Applied Physics 1.5 (1) Supervisor

Applied Materials Chemistry 1.5 (1) Supervisor

Applied Circuit Theory 1.5 (1) Supervisor

Material Science for Electronics 2 1

Y. Nakamura,K. Hattori,T. Hattori,H. Muto

Physics for Electronics 2M. Fukuda,M. Inoue,

Electrical Energy Systems 2 1M. Nagao,H. Takikawa,Y. Sakurai

Electrical Technology and Materials 2Y. Murakami,Y. Suda,R. Inada

Semiconductor Physics 2 1 A. Wakahara,

LSI Process 2K. Sawada,T. Kawano,H. Okada

Information and Communication Technology 2 1T. Ohira,H. Uehara

Advanced Electronic Information System 2 S. Ichikawa,

Methodology of R & D 2 (1) Supervisor


Instructor note

1st grade

2011.10-

2012. 3

2012. 4-

2012. 9

Fall Spring

2ndgrade

1

1

1

3

1

Compulsory/

ElectiveSubject Name Credits

Classes/Week

Elective

Compulsory

1

1

Choose onesubject

1

1

9

1

Computer Science and Engineering2011.10

2012.10-

2013. 9

Seminar on Computer Science andEngineering Ⅰ

4 Supervisor

Seminar on Computer Science andEngineering Ⅱ

2 2 Supervisor

Thesis Research on Computer Scienceand Engineering

6 Supervisor

Technical English Presentation 2 (2) Supervisor

System Design Project 2 (3) Supervisor

Speech and Language Processing 2 (1)S. Nakagawa,T. Akiba

Networking, Advanced 2 (1)K. Umemura,R. Ohmura

Advanced Robotics and Informatics 2 (1)M. Okada,J. Miura

Web Data Engineering 2 (1)S. Kuriyama,M. Aono

Applied Informatics 2 1 H. Kato

Computers and Education 2 K. Kawai

Multimodal Information Processing 2 1 K. Katsurada

Image Processing, Advanced 2 (1)Y. Kanazawa,Y. Sugaya

High Performance Computing 2 H. Goto

Software Engineering, Advanced 2 1

Communication Systems, Advanced 2 1T. Ohira,H. Uehara

Algorithm Engineering, Advanced 2 (1)S. Masuyama,T. Fujito

Computer Systems, Advanced 2 (1) R. Kobayashi

Quantum Biology and Materials Science 2 (1)H. Sekino,N. Kurita

Complex Systems and Intelligent Informatics 2 (1)Y. Ishida,K. Murakoshi

Advanced Chemoinformatics 2 Y. Takahashi

Bio-physical Information Systems 2 (1)J. Horikawa,N. Fukumura

Advanced Topics in Brain andCognitive Sciences

2S. Nakauchi,M. Kitazaki


1

1

1

1

1

9

2

1

3

Compulsory/

ElectiveSubject Name

Credits

Classes/Week

Elective

Compulsory

1

1

1

Instructor

1

1

4

note

1st grade

2011.10-

2012. 3

2012. 4-

2012. 9

Fall Spring

2ndgrade

1

1

1

Environmental and Life Sciences2011.10


2012.10-

2013. 9

Seminar on Environmental and Life Science I 3 Supervisor

Seminar on Environmental and Life ScienceⅡ 3 3 Supervisor

Thesis Research on Environmental andLife Science

6 Supervisor

Advanced Separation ChemistryⅠ 1 1 Y. Saito

Advanced Separation ChemistryⅡ 1 1 Y. Hirata

Special Topics in Inorganic Chemistry 1 0.5 N. Kakuta

X-ray Spectroscopy for CatalyticEngineering

1 0.5 T. Mizushima

Applied Physical Chemistry Ⅰ 1 1 A. Matsumoto

Applied Physical Chemistry Ⅱ 1 0.5 T. Ohgushi

Advanced Polymer Chemistry 1 0.5 S. Itsuno

Advanced Polymer Engineering 1 0.5 E. Yoshida

Advanced Composite Science 1 1 T. Takeichi

Special Topics in Applied OrganicChemistry

1 0.5 S. Iwasa

Developmental Neuroscience 1 1 S. Yoshida

Advanced Molecular Life Science 1 0.5Y. Kikuchi,T. Tanaka

Advanced Applied Biochemistry andBiotechnology

1 1A. Hiraishi,T. Eki

Advanced Electrical and ElectronicTechnology for Ecological Engineering

1 1

S. Tanaka,Y. HatsukadeA. Mizuno,K. Takashima

Advanced Eco-Materials Engineering 1 1 H. Tsuji

Advanced Reaction Engineering 1 0.5 T. Oguchi

Advanced Sustainable Coordinator 1 1 N. Goto

Advanced Supercritical Fluid Engineering 1 1 H. Daimon

※ Advanced Life Science andBiotechnology I

2 (1) Supervisor

※ Advanced Life Science andBiotechnology Ⅱ

2 (1) Supervisor

※ Advanced Environmental TechnologyI

2 (1) Supervisor

※ Advanced Environmental Technology Ⅱ 2 (1) Supervisor

※ Advanced Environmental andEcological Systems I

2 (1) Supervisor

※ Advanced Environmental andEcological Systems Ⅱ

2 (1) Supervisor

※ Please ask your academic adviser about class schedule of this subject


Compulsory/


Elective

Compulsory

3

9

1

1

1

1

1

1

2011.10-

2012. 3

noteInstructor

Classes/Week

1st grade 2ndgrade

2012. 4-

2012. 9

Architecture and Civil Engineering2011.10

2012.10-

2013. 9

Seminar on Architecture and CivilEngineering I

3 Supervisor

Seminar on Architecture and CivilEngineering II

3 3 Supervisor

Thesis Research on Architecture andCivil Engineering

6 Supervisor

Elasticity and Stability 2 S. Yamada

Finite Element Method for Continua andBar Structures

2 1 S. Nakazawa

Seismic Evaluation of Existing Buildings 2 Y. Sanada

Geologic Hazard and Mitigation Planning 2 M. Kawamura

Geotechnical Analysis 2 1 K. Miura

Building Science: Indoor Air Quality andVentilation

2 H. Matsumoto

Building and Urban ThermalEnvironment

2 1 Y. Masuda

Wave Forces on Offshore and CoastalStructures

2 1 S. Aoki

Coastal Hydraulics 2 S. Kato

Water Environment Engineering 2 T. Inoue

Computer Applications in UrbanPlanning

2 1 A. Ohgai

Human Settlement: Its History andTheory

2 H. Izumida

Advanced Study on Housing Systemand Housing Policy

2 1 S. Matsushima

Advanced District Planning 2 J. Asano

Adavnced Architectual Planning 2 1 Y. Kakino

Advanced Transportation and TrafficEngineering

2 Y. Hirobata

Modeling Regional Environment 2 1 Y. Miyata

Management of Technology 2 1 T. Fujiwara

Advanced Computational Economics 2 H. Shibusawa

※ Advanced Structural SystemPlanning and Design Ⅰ

2 (1) Supervisor

※ Advanced Structural SystemPlanning and Design Ⅱ

2 (1) Supervisor

※ Advanced Environmental SystemPlanning and Design Ⅰ

2 (1) Supervisor

※ Advanced Environmental SystemPlanning and Design Ⅱ

2 (1) Supervisor

※ Advanced Regional System Planningand Design Ⅰ

2 (1) Supervisor

※ Advanced Regional System Planningand Design Ⅱ

2 (1) Supervisor

※ Please ask your academic adviser about class schedule of this subject


1

1

Compulsory/


Classes/Week

1st grade 2ndgrade

2012. 4-

2012. 9

Compulsory

3

1

Elective

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

note

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Spring2011.10

-2012. 3

InstructorFall

1

1

1

To celebrate the 35th anniversary of Toyohashi University of Technology

President Yoshiyuki Sakaki

Toyohashi University of Technology (hereinafter our University), which was founded in

October 1976, has grown and developed with support from various people both from

within and outside the University. Now our University commemorates its 35th

anniversary. In addition, the ICCEED (International Center for Engineering

Education Development), which is a core institute of the University for international

cooperative activity, also celebrates its 10th anniversary. In order to commemorate both

anniversaries and to express our appreciation to those who have sustained us, we plan

to hold various anniversary events including a ceremony and lectures, such as the

“Toyohashi Tech Week”, while looking back at our history and introducing new projects

toward the next generation.

History of Toyohashi University of Technology

The history of our University can be categorized into a few stages in accordance with

their characteristics. The first stage was the era of the Big Dream, in the early days

before the University opened. In response to a Japanese government policy to establish

two new scientific and technical universities somewhere in the country, the local people,

with support from local government, launched an enthusiastic campaign; and the Big

Dream, to establish a university in the East Mikawa Region was materialized. On the

occasion of our 35th anniversary I would like, once again, to express our sincere

appreciation to the people of this region.

According to the “30th Anniversary Book of Toyohashi University of Technology”, the

30 years after the opening can be divided into three periods; the “era of growth”, the “era

of leap”, and the “era of turbulence and change.” During the growth period, we

established the foundations of the current university including formulating the

organization and creating a spiral shaped educational system. Following that period,

in the years which we characterize as “the era of leap”, we actively implemented various

projects; new academic courses such as information technology and ecology engineering

were established. We also established the “Toyohashi Science Core” as the basis from

which we aimed to develop industry-government-academia cooperation. Furthermore,

we also implemented activities to develop international contributions, such as the

HEDS project and exchange projects. During the big changes that Japanese society

went through after the collapse of the bubble economy, national universities were

turned into independent administrative entities. Thus our University management

developed mid-term objectives and plans, and re-organized and built the university

organizational system to get us through an era of turbulence and change. While

developing the 21st century COE project and the global COE project, our University

opened the Shinkin Contribution Lectures and the OSG Contribution Lectures. Today,

after going through this period, our University owes its continuation to the enthusiasm

and effort made by all those in the university, in addition to the help and support from

MEXT(the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology), many other

universities, technical colleges, local government bodies and the industrial and

economic worlds. I would like to take this opportunity to, once again, extend our

gratitude to all of you.

Aiming at the new leap forward

We are in an era of global politics and global economics, and huge global issues, such

as the problem of providing energy for a growing population, have been changing

relentlessly for several years. Furthermore, in Japan, recovery from the damage done

by the Great East Japan Earthquake and the issues of the declining birthrate and an

aging population have become more serious. Given these circumstances, and based on

what we have achieved so far, our University has started new projects by reconsidering

our standpoint and the direction in which we want to go in the next 20 to 30 years.

In the field of education, on the one hand, eight former courses in the undergraduate

schools and eight major courses in the masters course in the graduate schools have been

realigned: three courses and three majors, which back up advanced technology in key

Japanese industries; and two courses and two majors that provide leading technology in

developing a sustainable society. In addition, the “Center for General Education” was

established to provide basic knowledge. Furthermore, we commenced the “Tailor-made

Baton Zone Educational Program” which helps nurture personnel who will eventually

take positions of leadership. On the other hand, in the research field, the EIIRIS

(Electronics-inspired Interdisciplinary Research Institute) was established to explore

new frontiers and aim at new areas of investigation. Also, various research centers

designed to meet social needs, such as the 「Center for Human-Robot Symbiosis

Research」 and the 「Research Center for Collaborative Area Risk Management」 were

newly established or reorganized in order to participate in cooperative projects with

local government offices, industry and other organizations.

Meanwhile, our University has built strong human networks centered on ICCEED, focusing on

Southeast Asia and addressing international issues. Taking advantage of these networks, we

established the “Head Office for International Strategy” in order to further progress

internationalization. Thus we intend that the Toyohashi University of Technology will have a great

presence in the world, in particular in Asia. To that end, the “Head Office for Public Relations

Strategy” have been working hard in setting forth our aims; and the “Head Office for

Industry-Academia Collaboration” have also been working hard to further strengthen cooperation,

building on the efforts made since the opening of our University.

However, the projects I have introduced here have only just started with their first

steps into the future. In order that all of these projects are successful and become

productive, we intend to make every possible effort. We sincerely appreciate all those

who have supported us to date and those that continue to support us in meeting the

challenges facing the next generations.

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