Development of Education program for Innovative thinking with Dismantling, Rebuilding and Mimicking

• Project/Area Number: 24501037
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Science education
• Research Institution: Utsunomiya University
• Principal Investigator: Watanabe Shinichi 宇都宮大学, 工学(系)研究科(研究院), 准教授 (00422212)
• Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha): OZAKI KOICHI 宇都宮大学, 大学院工学研究科, 教授 (60282381)
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2015)
• Budget Amount: ¥4,160,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥960,000); Fiscal Year 2014: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000); Fiscal Year 2013: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000); Fiscal Year 2012: ¥1,950,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥450,000)
• Keywords: 工学教育 / 創造性教育

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This research utilized two-wheeled inverted pendulum vehicles as a teaching tool and aimed to have students understand the structure, control technologies, and programs therein as they attempted to design and construct said vehicle in a comprehensive fashion. The research involved not building a new item from scratch, but rather dismantling an existing item to understand its layout, then rebuilding and mimicking its structure. The students had virtually no experience with building, but allowing them to dismantle and then rebuild the vehicle at the start of the course enabled them to understand the core technologies therein; at the conclusion of the course, the pedagogic effects of this method were confirmed by the students' feelings of completion and satisfaction at successfully completing the build.

Research Products

• [Presentation] 機械系学生とのものづくり (2014)
  • Author(s): 原 紳，横田 和隆，渡邊 信一，大庭 亨
  • Organizer: 日本工学教育協会
  • Place of Presentation: 広島大学
  • Year and Date: 2014-08-28 – 2014-08-30