Seminar in Bio-Sensing Engineering 1
| Numbering Code | G-AGR05 5EB71 SE83 | Year/Term | 2022 ・ Year-round | |
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| Number of Credits | 4 | Course Type | Seminar | |
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| Language | Japanese and English | Day/Period | Tue.4・5・Fri.2 | |
| Instructor name |
KONDOU NAOSHI (Graduate School of Agriculture Professor) OGAWA YUUICHI (Graduate School of Agriculture Associate Professor) SUZUKI TETSUHITO (Graduate School of Agriculture Assistant Professor) SHIRAGA KEIICHIRO (Graduate School of Agriculture Assistant Professor) |
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| Outline and Purpose of the Course |
Purposes of this course are to enhance presentation skill and to improve English communication skill through students' research projects. All classes are held in English. A goal of this course is to reach the level to be able to present on students' own research projects and to discuss on details not only in students' own researches but also in other students' researches (including Ph.D students). Although it is possible for non-members of Bio-Sensing Engineering Laboratory to take this course, they need to be consulted with their supervisors because they have to also take their own seminars held at laboratories. |
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| Course Goals | Our goal of this seminar is to share ideas, techniques, and technologies on our research projects for utilizing them to students' own researches. To share the specific research projects even in this research field, good presentations and discussions are essential. Since specific technical terms are not easy for students who are conducting researches with different technologies to understand, aggressive discussions and well-organized presentations are expected. | |||
| Schedule and Contents |
Students are expected to make English presentations on their own research projects such as their experimental plans, results, and reports of relevant papers four times in 30 weeks for a year. Several students conduct 12 minute presentation and 10 minute discussion in each class. The presentation schedule is updated on homepage of Bio-Sensing Engineering Laboratory. URL: http://www.aptech.kais.kyoto-u.ac.jp/e/index.html Typical presentation examples are below: 1. The latest research paper reports: Students have to read many relevant papers for propelling their own research projects as the first step for starting researches. They present on the research papers in recent international journals and discuss with participants.(6 weeks) 2. Resarch plan and discussions: Students need to make research plans for a year as the second step based on the latest research papers. Discussion with participants helps them judge if the plans and experimental methods are appropriate or should be improved.(6 weeks) 3. Experimental results and discussion: Students are supposed to weekly report their experimenal results at other meetings. In this course, they learn how to present on the experimental results and discussion effectively as well as materials, devices, and methods in order to make participants understand well.(8 weeks) 4. Join to discussions on other students' presentations: Students can learn many techniques and skills in presentations from other students' presentations. In this course, not only Master course but also Ph.D students and undergraduate students participate for mutual learning. (10 weeks) |
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| Evaluation Methods and Policy |
Presentation skill and communication skill are scored in five grades at four-time 12 minute presentations and discussions. Students who conducted presentations receive comments from participants (students and professors) to improve for the next time presentations. Attendance should be more than two thirds of the classes. Refer to current year's ""Guide to Degree Programs"" for attainment levels of evaluation. |
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| Course Requirements |
It is required to review undergraduate courses provided by Professors Kondo and Ogawa such as "Measument Science", "Physicall and Biological Properties of Agricultural Products," "Introduction to Foreign Literature on Agricultural Machinery" and graduate course "Seminar I on Bio-Sensing Engineering. |
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| Study outside of Class (preparation and review) |
1. Make PPT file at least 3 days before yuor presentation day and ask your group members to check your contents. 2. Ask native speaker (e.g. Prof. Gary Piller) to English-proof the slides and hopefully what you would like to talk also. 3. Practive many times based on the revised PPT slides. |
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| Textbooks | Textbooks/References |
Practise with your own team members and Prof. Piller before your presentations. |
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