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The 31st Tokyo University Techno-Science Café, "Useful Surface Science to Know -Science of Wettin... August 03, 2019 |
The 30th Techno-science café, “What is the strength? Let’s make a pasta bridge” was held on Augus... August 02, 2019 |
The 25th Techno-Science Café was held on July 31, 2017. About 30 students, mainly elementary scho... July 31, 2017 |
On July 28, 2017, the 24th Techno-Science Cafe was held at the building 11 of the Faculty of Engi... July 28, 2017 |
The 23rd Techno-Science Café was held on December 11, 2016. About 20 students mainly from element... December 11, 2016 |
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The 21st Techno-science café, “Let’s fly out to the Space!” was held on March 19, 2016. About 50 ... March 19, 2016 |
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The 13th Techno-science café was held on 28th July. The theme was “The batteries and the future o... July 28, 2013 |
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The 11th Todai Techno-Science café was held on 24th Mar. This time its theme was “Engineering sch... March 24, 2013 |
The 11th Todai Techno-Science café was held on 24th Mar. This time its theme was “Engineering school-an introduction to manufacturing-.” In the beginning of the event, Prof. Shinji Suzuki introduced the faculty of Engineering in the University of Tokyo. Thereafter, Mr. Steven Hahn from the Boeing Company suddenly started his presentation in English. Children there get puzzled hearing him…but then he switched to fluent Japanese! To tell the truth, he had been working in Japan for some years. That created a more relaxed atmosphere. 3月24日、「工学道場 -ものづくり入門-」というテーマで第11回東大テクノサイエンスカフェが開催されました。冒頭、国際工学教育推進機構の鈴木真二教授による工学部紹介に続き、スポンサーであるボーイング社のスティーブン・ハーン様による講演が行われました。突然英語で始まる講演に戸惑う子供たち。すると突然、ハーン様が急に流暢な日本語で話し始めました!実はハーン様は日本での勤務経験があるとのことで、日本語がお上手なのです。このことで会場の雰囲気が急に和らぎました。
After the introduction, students from the department of aeronautics and astronautics started a lecture on how an aircraft works. The main wing, the tail assembly and the propeller…children learned the function of each unit by communicating with the students. Some children know much about aircraft:
Student “Does anyone know the name of this unit?”
A boy “the tail assembly!”
He must be an expert of planes! Next, Mr. Shigeru Kanegawa from Grobal Center for Innovation in Engineering Education started a small wind tunnel test. He demonstrated with his hand-made colorful equipment that a wing generates lifting power, which makes planes float in the air. After that, they finally made their plane model. Made it well? Then it’s time to test it. If you have done everything well, your plane flies long and straight. They tried many times with the help of assistants.
講演後は、航空宇宙学科の学生による、飛行機の仕組みに関するレクチャーが行われました。主翼、尾翼、プロペラ・・・飛行機の翼のそれぞれの役割について学生と対話しながら学びます。子供たちの中には飛行機にかなり詳しい子もおり、
学生「この翼の名前を知っている人はいますか?」
子供「垂直尾翼!」
といったやりとりも。さながら飛行機博士です。飛行機の仕組みを学んだところで、次はバイリンガルキャンパス推進センターの金川茂様による風洞実験。赤、青、黄色に可愛らしく色付けされた手作りの実験装置で、翼の形状よって飛行機を持ち上げる「揚力」が発生することを実際に確かめます。レクチャーの後は、いよいよ模型飛行機の制作です。翼ののり付け、プロペラ・ゴムの取り付け・・・上手にできたかな?飛行機が完成したら、いよいよ実際に飛ばします。上手く飛ばせられれば、飛行機はまっすぐ長く飛びます。子供たちは、先生や学生の指導の下何回もチャレンジしてコツを掴んでいました。
Finally, they visited RoboTech, the club that plays an active part in the NHK Robot Contest every year. Children were staring at the robots pile blocks quickly and correctly and students seriously adjust them. I hope many of them will return here as Todai students in the future. その後は毎年NHKロボットコンテストに東京大学代表として出場し好成績を上げている、東京大学RoboTechの見学を行いました。素早く正確に積み木を積んでいくロボットと、真剣にその調整を行う学生に子供たちは釘付けです。この中の多くの子供達が将来東大生としてこの場に戻ってくることを願ってやみません。
工学系研究科技術経営戦略学専攻
木原 郁 KIHARA, Kaoru (Ms.)