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Electrical and Electronic Engineering Course

I want to think about technology that makes things autonomous! I want to learn about electricity that supports society!

We provide education and research that spans the fundamentals to applications of electrical and electronic engineering, communications engineering, and measurement and control engineering, including the technology for generating and sending electricity to homes and factories, the electronic circuits used in computers and home appliances, materials such as semiconductors used in electronic components, the communications technology that supports the Internet, and the motors that power robots.

About the Education Program

In addition to general education, students will systematically study specialized fields of electronics.

From the first to the first half of the second year, students take general education subjects, faculty and department common subjects (natural sciences) and some information subjects to acquire communication skills and social literacy, as well as basic specialized subjects in related fields (material mechanics, fluid mechanics, measurement engineering, etc.) to develop a broad perspective. From the second half of the second year onwards, students in this course systematically study specialized curricula related to electrical and electronic engineering, communication engineering, and measurement and control engineering, with a focus on electrical energy, measurement and communication, electronic physical properties devices, and engineering design and experiments.

Electrical and Electronic Engineering Course

Flow of the four years

First year

Students will develop the fundamentals of science and engineering by studying general education subjects such as "human and society-related subjects," "foreign language subjects," and "regional collaboration subjects," common natural science subjects such as "mathematics," "physics," "chemistry," and "biology," and information-related subjects such as "Introduction to information security," "Introduction to data science," and "Introduction to programming."

Second Year

In the first semester, students will study a range of subjects across fields, including "Basics of Electromagnetism," "Basics of Electrical Circuits," "Mechanics of Materials," "Mechanics of Flow," "Basics of Thermodynamics," and "Measurement Engineering," to improve their basic engineering skills. In addition, students will acquire data utilization skills through information subjects such as "Introduction to Modern Informatics," "Probability and Statistics," and "Statistical Data Processing." In the second semester, students will study basic course-specific subjects such as "Electromagnetism," "Digital Circuits," and "Electronic Properties."

Third Year

From the second semester of the second year, students continue to study course-specific subjects. Students study required subjects such as "Semiconductor Engineering," "Control Engineering," and "Electrical and Electronic Engineering Experiments," as well as elective subjects such as "Communications Engineering," "Power Transmission and Distribution Engineering," and "Electrical and Electronic Materials," acquiring specialized knowledge that is the foundation of electrical and electronic engineering, communications engineering, and measurement and control engineering, and acquiring applied skills through practical training.

Fourth Year

The main part of learning in the fourth year is practical, through graduation research. By applying the knowledge acquired up to that point to problems set in each field, students will make their knowledge essential and develop their problem-solving skills.

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About the classes

Electrical and Electronic Engineering Experiments A and B

Students will deepen their understanding of the basic subjects of electrical engineering and electronics by confirming the basic laws and characteristics of electrical measurement, control, communication, power, high voltage, electrical equipment, and optoelectronics that they have learned up to the third year through actual experiments. Through this course, students will also learn the operating principles and operation methods of basic measuring equipment. In this photo, the characteristics of a motor and a generator are being investigated. After confirming the method, students will work together to carry out the experiment.

About the Research

Development of a four-legged running robot with elastic legs

By utilizing the frequency entrainment phenomenon of nonlinear oscillators, it is possible to synchronize multiple systems that are vibrating independently. In this research, we have developed a four-legged robot with springs attached to the legs as shown in the figure, and aim to achieve high-speed running by utilizing the vibration of the springs. By appropriately synchronizing the leg motion and spring vibration using the frequency entrainment phenomenon, the elastic energy of the spring can be efficiently amplified, and efficient running can be expected by utilizing this elastic energy. Currently, with this robot, hopping motion and bounding running in all directions can be achieved by appropriately synchronizing the motion of each leg with the vibration of the springs and changing the synchronization timing of the four legs.

Professor Shuichi Kajiwara

Research Field
Control Engineering, Mechatronics, Robotics

Main research themes
Control of mechanical systems using entrainment of nonlinear oscillators

Licenses and qualifications available

driver licence

  • High school teacher's license (industrial) etc. *Teacher training course credits required

Qualifications

  • Chief Electrical Engineer (requires a certain amount of practical experience after graduation)
  • Radio operator
  • Telecommunications Chief Engineer (requires a certain amount of work experience after graduation)
  • Assistant Engineer, etc.

Employment situation

  • NEC
  • Oki Electric Industry
  • Power Development
  • Nipro
  • Mitsubishi Electric
  • Japan Radio
  • Hitachi, Ltd.
  • National Police Agency Hokkaido Police Information and Communications Department
  • sharp
  • MinebeaMitsumi
  • Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
  • FANUC
  • Nippon Chemi-Con
  • Nippon Steel Tex Engineering
  • Hokkaido Railway Company
  • Nippon Signal
  • NTT East Group Company
  • Yotsuba Milk Industry
  • Mitsubishi Electric Plant Engineering
  • Japan Nuclear Fuel
  • Hokkaido Electric Power
  • PFU
  • Toyota Motor Hokkaido
  • Sapporo City Hall (Electrical Worker)
  • Nippon Paper Industries
  • Kobelco Construction Machinery
  • Kawaju Gifu Engineering
  • Obayashi Corporation
  • Central Engineering
  • Churyo Engineering
  • Tokyo Fire Department
  • Nippon Express
  • Japanese Airplane
  • Hitachi Automotive Systems
  • Hitachi Industrial Equipment Systems
  • Hitachi Zosen
  • Ryoyu Systems, etc.