Electrical Engineering Course
I want to develop cool devices! I want to learn how electricity works!
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
A wide-ranging curriculum for electrical engineering that can be applied in a variety of fields
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 a specialized curriculum consisting of electrical and electronic engineering, communication engineering, measurement and control engineering and related fields such as robotics and aerospace engineering, with a focus on electrical energy, measurement and communication, electronic properties devices, and engineering design and experiments.
Electrical 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" and "foreign language 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," "Electronic 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 "Communication Engineering," "Electromagnetic Energy Conversion Engineering," and "Electrical and Electronic Materials," acquiring specialized knowledge that is the foundation of electrical and electronic engineering, communication engineering, and measurement and control engineering, and acquiring applied skills through practical training and exercises.
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
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)
Employment situation
- NEC
- Oki Electric Industry
- Power Development
- Nipro
- Mitsubishi Electric
- Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
- Nippon Chemi-Con
- Hokkaido Electric Power
- Alps Alpine
- sharp
- Hitachi, Ltd.
- Nidec
- Sapporo Television Broadcasting
- National civil servant
- Local governments, etc.
