Third-year students (2021 academic year), first stage: STEAM-type learning 1

[Date and Time] Saturday, September 4, 2021, 14:00-18:30

[Format] Online

[Number of Participants] 64

[Overview]

13:45-14:00 Zoom registration

14:00-14:20 Start: Explanation of the flow, introduction of the instructor

14:20-15:10 40-minute lecture + Q&A

. Students will be divided into 5 groups and will attend lectures from 5 different instructors.

Geographical Characteristics of Innovation

– Where and Under What Conditions Does It Occur? –

Natsuki Kamakura (Associate Professor, Institute for Regional Future Society Collaboration, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, The University of Tokyo)

to prevent things from breaking down:

Research on modeling the "destruction" phenomenon

Kazuki Shibanuma (Associate Professor, Department of Systems Innovation, Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo)

Considering the coexistence of humans and nature from the perspective of urban ecosystems:

Masashi Soga (Associate Professor, Department of Biosphere Systems, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo)

Inclusive Design:

Shigehiro Namiki (Associate Professor, Inclusive Design Laboratory, Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology, The University of Tokyo)

Food x AI

Yoko Yamashita (Associate Professor, Center for Information Science and Engineering Education and Research, Graduate School of Information Science and Technology, The University of Tokyo)

15:15-15:55 Workshop 1:

Group discussion with other participants from the same lecture.

① Summarize the professor's research content (purpose, background, methods, results, achievements/challenges, social significance).

② Consider the "goodness" of the research.

16:00-16:30 Workshop 2:

Group discussion among participants from different lectures.

Participants will present the content they summarized in Workshop 1 to other participants from different lectures, followed by a question and answer session.

16:35-17:05 Workshop 3:

Group discussion among participants of the same lecture.

Share the content of Workshop 2 within your group.

Reorganize ① and ② from Workshop 1, and ③ summarize questions for the instructor.

17:10-18:10 Group presentations,

instructor comments, and Q&A

18:10-18:30 Administrative announcements

~Scenes from an online lecture~



A lecture by Professor Natsuki Kamakura

We discussed innovation and geographical characteristics

A lecture by Professor Kazuki Shibanuma.

He studies fracture phenomena from both experimental and modeling perspectives.

A lecture by Professor Masashi Soga.

We learned about ecosystems in our local cities.

A lecture by Professor Shigehiro Namiki.

We considered what constitutes a design that is easy for more people to use.

A lecture by Professor Yoko Yamakata.

We learned about innovative information technology techniques unique to the field of food.

For students who are about to start developing their research plans, it is important to know how researchers at the University of Tokyo approach their research. In this lecture, students were divided into five groups to attend the lecture, and then rotated groups to discuss "what makes research good" and ask questions to the lecturer. Through discussions and questions, they were able to deepen their understanding of the theme of "what constitutes good research."