Experimental Course for Innovative Humano-habitability1
| Numbering Code | G-AGR02 5BC54 EJ80 | Year/Term | 2022 ・ Year-round |
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| Number of Credits | 5 | Course Type | Experiment |
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| Language | Japanese | Day/Period | |
| Instructor name |
HATA TOSHIMITSU (Research Institute for Sustainable Humanosphere Senior Lecturer) OHMURA WAKAKO (Research Institute for Sustainable Humanosphere Professor) |
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| Outline and Purpose of the Course | This experimental course aims at training students to brush up their experimental and analyzing skills. In order to accomplish this purpose, each student sets up her/his research topic and cope with it for 2 years. The research topics mainly consist of mechanism and management of biological deterioration and development of production technologies of useful chemaicals and fuel-cell cathode from wood-based materials. | ||
| Course Goals |
# Selecting the research topic, and constructing the experimental set-up. # Learing the skills for experimental devices/apparatuses. # Analyzing the first year's results. |
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| Schedule and Contents |
Each student sets up one research topic from the following fileds: # Deterioration of wood and wood-based materials by microorganismcs # Deterioration of wood and wood-based materials by insects # Production of highly-functional carbon materials from wood by thermal conversion # Development of fuel-cerll cathode materials from wood carbon materials # New energy options and environmental technologies with wood deteriopreating organisms # New technologies for wood preservative treatments # Non-destructive inspection of wooden houses All students are trained for a) handling of microorganisms, b) bioassay methods with wood-deteriorating fungi, c) biochemical analyses of wood-attacking insects, d) ecological survey of wood-attacking insects, e) SEM-EDX banalysis, f) TEM-EELS analysis, g) Nitrogen absorption analysis, h) Pyrolysis-GCMS analysis, i) Snall-angle X-ray analysis, etc., depending on her/his research topic. |
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| Evaluation Methods and Policy | Evaluation is made by a mark given for class participation together with the achieved experimental and analyzing skills. Refer to 'Guide to Degree Programs' for attainment levels of evaluation. | ||
| Course Requirements | There is no special requirement for registration. But,basic knowledges on biochemistry, microbiology, insect ecology, insect physiology, wood chemistry, wood physics and wood anatomy are useful to take the class. | ||
| Study outside of Class (preparation and review) |
# Students are requested to follow-up the up-dated research articles in terms of their research topics. # Discussion with other students/academic staffs on their experimental results is strongly recommended to learn multiple standpoints. |
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