Kanazawa Institute Research Articles

プロジェクトデザイン教育における『なぜなぜ分析』理解向上のための反転授業の適用

Kanazawa Institute of Technology applies PBL to the backbone of its curriculum, and names it Project Design Program to grow up students into independently minded and actively engaged engineers. Through the Project Design courses for freshmen and sophomores, students construct teams and carry out problem-finding and problem-solving activities. To solve the problem, they need to find out the true cause of the problem. Therefore we have introduced “Five Whys” into the Project Design courses to find out it efficiently. And we have developed the “Five Whys Cardgame” to make it easier to understand the concept of “Five Whys”. Furthermore, we applied the flipped classroom to improve understanding of the concept of “Five Whys”.

Development of automatic opening and closing shelf for convenience stores in cooperation with collaborative robot

In recent years, there have been many attempts to automate convenience stores with robots, including competitions such as the World Robot Summit, but there are still many technical hurdles to the practical application of robots on their own. To solve this problem, Kanazawa Institute of Technology and Sankyo Tateyama, Inc. TateyamaAdvance-Company, Ltd. have jointly developed an automatic opening and closing shelf that works with a cooperative robot for the display and disposal of products in convenience stores. The automatic opening and closing shelves can be remotely operated by a robot and perform cooperative display task with the robot. We experimentally verified the usefulness of the system as infrastructure to work with robots. The results confirmed the usefulness of the automatic opening and closing of shelves for automating convenience stores with robots and clarified the technical requirements for the next generation of sliding shelves.

Fukue Laboratory, Fluid Engineering Division, Department of Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering, Kanazawa Institute of Technology

Fukue Laboratory, Fluid Engineering Division, Department of Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering, Kanazawa Institute of Technology

プロジェクトデザイン教育における『なぜなぜ分析カードゲーム』の適用事例の紹介

Kanazawa Institute of Technology applies PBL to the backbone of its curriculum, and names it Project Design Program to grow up students into independently minded and actively engaged engineers. Through the Project Design courses for freshmen and sophomores, students construct teams and carry out problem-finding and problem-solving activities. To solve their problem, they need to find out the true cause of the problem. Therefore we have introduced “Five Whys” into the Project Design courses to find out about it efficiently. Furthermore, we developed “Five Whys Cardgame” to make it easier to understand the concept of “Five Whys” . And we introduce application cases of “Five Whys Cardgame” for the Project Design course for freshmen.

Prediction of statistical life time for unidirectional CFRTP under cyclic loading

Recently, the Innovative Composite Center of Kanazawa Institute of Technology developed a thermoplastic epoxy resin (TP-EP). Resin-impregnated carbon fiber reinforced TP-EP (CF/TP) strands molded by pultrusion were developed by Komatsu Matere Co., Ltd., for use as tension rods. This study examines the prediction of the statistical life time for these developed CF/TP strands under cyclic tension loading with comparison to our earlier report of similar predictions for carbon fiber reinforced thermoset epoxy resin (CF/TS) strands having a thermoset epoxy resin (TS-EP) as a matrix. First, test methods for static and fatigue strengths at elevated temperatures were developed for CF/TP strands. Second, static and fatigue tensile strengths of CF/TP strands were measured statistically at various constant temperatures under a constant strain rate and frequency. The master curves of statistical fatigue tensile strengths for CF/TP strands were constructed by substituting the measured data into the formulations of these strengths based on the matrix resin viscoelasticity. The fatigue strength characteristics of CF/TP strands were discussed through comparison to those of CF/TS strands with thermosetting epoxy resin as the matrix.

Educating Well-Rounded Students through Science of Craftsmanship

Japanese sword is one of Japan’s world-class traditional craft technologies, and is also called “art of iron”. Currently, the history, technique, and art of Japanese sword are being handed down through daily studies/ disciplines (trainings) by swordsmiths, sword polishers and so on. With these backgrounds, Kanazawa Institute of Technology signed a partnership agreement with the Sakaki town (Nagano prefecture), which is known as “Iron town” in 2015, and has been developing various projects. One of these projects is a collaborative project with the “Iron exhibition hall” in the Sakaki town, and the authors and our students participate in this collaborative project and try to design novel Japanese swords with the science of “craftsmanship” as the keyword. It is thought that these activities will contribute to the engineering education of students based on “developing new ideas based on study of the past”. In this paper, we discuss the contents and results of educating well-rounded students through the science of craftsmanship by this collaborative project in which the authors have performed with our laboratory students for six years. As a result, it was clarified that it was possible to provide students with valuable experiences, including many failures and successes through this project. Therefore, these activities are one essential of as a new effective method of engineering education

Introduction of the Department of Psychological Science in Kanazawa Institute of Technology

Introduction of the Department of Psychological Science in Kanazawa Institute of Technology

Overview and Trends of SDGs and ESD Initiatives at Kanazawa Institute of Technology

Overview and Trends of SDGs and ESD Initiatives at Kanazawa Institute of Technology

Erratum: Engineering Ethics Education with an E-Learning System “Agora” : A Ten-Year Practice at Kanazawa Institute of Technology [Journal of JSEE Vol. 69 (2021), No. 5 pp.5_38-5_43

Erratum: Engineering Ethics Education with an E-Learning System “Agora” : A Ten-Year Practice at Kanazawa Institute of Technology [Journal of JSEE Vol. 69 (2021), No. 5 pp.5_38-5_43

Empirical Research on Educational Effects of Co-curricular Activities in Kanazawa Institute of Technology

Empirical Research on Educational Effects of Co-curricular Activities in Kanazawa Institute of Technology

ISO 기반 캡스톤 디자인 수업 운영에 대한 탐색

The purpose of this study was to analyze on the operation of ISO-based capstone design classes. For the study, the related literatures were reviewed focusing on the operation of ISO-based capstone design classes in engineering. In addition, interviews with 5 project of capstone design classes in Kanazawa Institute of Technology, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, Michigan Technological University, The State University of New Jersey, and Domestic university were analyzed. The keys of analysis were the operation of ISO-based. The findings of this study were as follows; Kanazawa Institute of Technology and Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, which all comply with ISO-based training program procedures, appeared in Kanazawa University and Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, which are applying collaboration, convergence thinking, and creative problem-solving processes to derive creative products. Appeared. Summarizing these results, Kanazawa Institute of Technology and Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology provide successful examples of capstone design education, rather than just providing extraordinary empirical learning, to meet these international standards and to create creative products. It was suggested that it also included the necessary mediation process. Furthermore, as a result of analyzing the structural basis and relevance of ISO-based and capstone design classes as a basis for analysis, the overall process of capstone design classes is ① Defining training needs, ② Designing Planning training, ③ Providing for the training, ④ Evaluation the outcome of training, ⑤ Monitoring and improving the training process, and ⑥ Evaluation the Creative outcome of training.

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Prediction of statistical life time for unidirectional CFRTP under creep loading

Recently, a thermoplastic epoxy resin (TP-EP) was developed at the Innovative Composite Center of Kanazawa Institute of Technology. Resin-impregnated carbon fiber reinforced TP-EP (CF/TP) strands molded by pultrusion were developed for use as tension rods by Komatsu Matere Co. Ltd. This study examines the prediction of the statistical life time for these developed CF/TP strands under creep tension loading with comparison to similar prediction for CF/TS strands having a thermoset epoxy resin (TS-EP) as matrix described in our earlier report. First, a test method for creep strength and static strength at elevated temperatures was developed for CF/TP strands. Second, the static tensile strengths of CF/TP strands were measured statistically at various constant temperatures under a constant strain rate. The statistical creep failure times under tension loading for CF/TP strands were predicted at a constant temperature by substituting the statistical static strengths into the formulation based on the matrix resin viscoelasticity. Third, the validity of predicted results was clarified by comparison with the creep failure times measured statistically using creep tests for CF/TP strands. Finally, the relation between the failure probability and creep failure times for CF/TP strands at various loads and temperature conditions was discussed by comparing the result of CF/TS strands with those for thermosetting epoxy resin as the matrix.

F164. Visualization of electrical activities of lumbar nerve root and cauda equina by a magnetospinograph system

Introduction There are many cases of multilevel lumbar spinal stenosis and foraminal stenosis, but there is still no neuroelectrophysiological diagnostic method with a high spatial resolution for these conditions. We have been developing a magnetospinograph system which is a supine position-type biomagnetometer equipped with superconducting quantum interference device (SQUID) fluxmeter. We have reported that magnetospinography could noninvasively evaluate the spinal cord and spinal nerve activity by body surface recordings. Methods We used a newly developed 124-channel SQUID biomagnetospinometer system (Kanazawa Institute of Technology, Japan) with a wide sensor area and a suitable curve for lumber lordosis. Neuromagnetic fields of 32 healthy subjects (64 nerves), 22–58 years of age (mean age 41 years), were measured at the surface of the lower back after electric stimuli of the peroneal nerves at the knees. With the use of a unit gain normalized minimum-norm (UGMN) filter method, which is a spatial filtering technique, the direction and intensity of the current source on each reconstruction point was reconstructed, and the conductive direction, distribution, and temporal change of the current source were visualized. Then, the propagation pathway of the estimated electrical currents was superimposed on lumbar spine X-rays. Results We used a newly developed 124-channel SQUID biomagnetospinometer system (Kanazawa Institute of Technology, Japan) with a wide sensor area and a suitable curve for lumber lordosis. Neuromagnetic fields of 32 healthy subjects (64 nerves), 22–58 years of age (mean age 41 years), were measured at the surface of the lower back after electric stimuli of the peroneal nerves at the knees. With the use of a unit gain normalized minimum-norm (UGMN) filter method, which is a spatial filtering technique, the direction and intensity of the current source on each reconstruction point was reconstructed, and the conductive direction, distribution, and temporal change of the current source were visualized. Then, the propagation pathway of the estimated electrical currents was superimposed on lumbar spine X-rays. For all subjects, we could record the nerve action magnetic fields in the lumbar spine after peroneal nerve stimuli. In 44 nerves (68.8%), we could visualize the estimated electrical currents propagating through the surrounding fifth intervertebral foramina and ascending to the cranial direction in the lumbar canal. The conduction velocity of the current source was 40.3–78.8 m/s (mean 56.5 m/s), as calculated from the peak latency. Conclusion Using the magnetospinograph system, we successfully visualized the propagation of estimated neural electric activities in the lumbar spine after peroneal nerve stimuli. This system holds enormous potential for establishing a non-invasive neuroelectrophysiological diagnostic method for the identification of the disordered site in lumbar spinal nerves.

金沢工業大学の『みとめる教育・きたえる教育・ほめる教育』 （数理工教育センターの実践）

金沢工業大学の『みとめる教育・きたえる教育・ほめる教育』 （数理工教育センターの実践）

地域店舗と協同する教授型·問題解決型のアクティブ·ラーニングの取組

This article discussed an educational activity of active learning method in Kanazawa Institute of Technology (KIT) as the Center of Communities (COC) in Japan. The activity aimed the revitalization for small retailers in the local communities near KIT campus based the training sessions of marketing surveys. We planned the learning course lectured by KIT students for owners and managers of local small retailers in the communities. We anticipated that the experiences of lecturing to others would make our students understood deeply, and grasp real problems in the everyday world. Some owners and managers of local small shops eventually collaborated with our students. Finally, we confirmed the growth and development of the students’ general skills for working and the satisfaction of the local members.

技術系教養課程の技術マネジメント教育プログラムの開発

This paper discusses models for the development of an educational program for technology management in a liberal arts curriculum at the undergraduate level, and analyses and evaluates the attitude changes of the learners who complete the program in 2014 and 2016. The programs developed are based on the concept of fusing technology management and career design. In this program, students learn mechanisms to promote novel value creation activities, select an industry and vocation that capitalizes on their own abilities, and cultivate the ability to create precise motivations through self-management and industry/company research. Some models are proposed and applied in the development of an educational program within the liberal arts program at Kanazawa Institute of Technology in Japan.

3E02 『考える教育・引き出す教育・ほめる教育』 : 金沢工業大学・数理工教育研究センターの実践((11)大学全入時代の工学教育-I,口頭発表)

3E02 『考える教育・引き出す教育・ほめる教育』 : 金沢工業大学・数理工教育研究センターの実践((11)大学全入時代の工学教育-I,口頭発表)

5-328 金沢工業大学における入学前教育の取り組み((08)リメディアル教育(補習教育)・導入教育-II,口頭発表)

5-328 金沢工業大学における入学前教育の取り組み((08)リメディアル教育(補習教育)・導入教育-II,口頭発表)

3F10 課題解決要素を含む化学専門実験教育 : 金沢工業大学バイオ・化学部有機化学分野における取り組み((03)実験・実技-II,口頭発表)

3F10 課題解決要素を含む化学専門実験教育 : 金沢工業大学バイオ・化学部有機化学分野における取り組み((03)実験・実技-II,口頭発表)