Essential Engineering & Technology for Global LeadersⅠ to begin on October 16, 2018 (Date & Time changed)

 Class List of Fall Semester 2018

“Essential Engineering & Technology for Global LeadersⅠ” will begin on October 16. This is a class for students in “Minor Course of Science and Technology for Global Leaders”. But all master’s & doctoral students can take it if you have interest. The class will be conducted in English.

Theme & Objective

Prof. TripetteThis course mostly focuses on novel ICT solutions able to positively impact our habits towards healthier lifestyles. The inclusion of accelerometer sensors in technologies that we used every day (smartphones, video games…) allows to monitor the volume of daily physical activity, encouraging active lifestyles and a better management of energy balance. In the future, new ICT will play a crucial role for the prevention of metabolic disorders and the increase of healthy life expectancy. The objective of this course is to make students more familiar with the accelerometer-based mobile health technologies.

Message to Students

Please, join and experience an ‘active’ science class.
The class will start straight with practical exercise. No introduction class will be conducted. The students who are not sure whether they want to take the class are encouraged to ask questions in advance. Inquiries can be addressed at Julien Tripette.
Email: tripette.julien@ocha.ac.jp
Tel: 03-5978-2036
Office: Comprehensive Research Building R712

Lecture Outline

Subject
Essential Engineering & Technology for Global LeadersⅠ [18S1022]
Number of Credits
2.0
Instructor
Tripette, Julien (Project Associate Professor of Ochanomizu University)
Target Audience
Graduate Students
Date, Time and Location
Tuesday
October 16, Period 1-4 (9:00-12:10) Comprehensive Research Building R805
October 23, Period 1-4 (9:00-12:10) Comprehensive Research Building R805
October 30, Period 1-4 (9:00-12:10) Comprehensive Research Building R805
November 6, Period 1-4 (9:00-12:10) Comprehensive Research Building R805
November 13, Period 1-4 (9:00-12:10) Comprehensive Research Building R805
November 20, Period 1-4 (9:00-12:10) Comprehensive Research Building R805
November 27, Period 3-4 (10:40-12:10) Comprehensive Research Building R805
December 4, Period 3-4 (10:40-12:10) Comprehensive Research Building R805
December 11, Period 1-4 (9:00-12:10) Comprehensive Research Building R805
December 25, Period 1-4 (9:00-12:10) Comprehensive Research Building R805
Lecture Plan
Subtitle: Accelerometer-based technologies and health promotion
 
Essential Engineering & Technology for Global Leaders I is an 8-lecture course. Most of the class content consists in practical exercises. You will use an Arduino board to build an activity tracker. First, you will be introduced to the Arduino environment and write some simple programs. Second, you will build the hardware of your activity tracker. Third, you will design a suitable software to process acceleration data and turn them into intelligible physical activity outcomes. The last class consists of a brief oral presentation of your work during the semester. Ideally students will work in groups of 2 people. Lectures are conducted in “simple” English.
 

  1. Arduino Workshop (3h)
  2. Physical activity monitor – hardware: 3-axis accelerometer (3h)
  3. Physical activity monitor – hardware: real time clock (3h)
  4. Physical activity monitor – hardware: memory (3h)
  5. Making a case using a 3D printer (3h)
  6. Physical activity monitor – software: acceleration data processing (3h)
  7. Physical activity monitor – software: step-count algorithm (3h)
  8. Final presentation (1h30)

 
(the above is a tentative plan and might be changed depending on student progresses)

Out-of-class Learning
No assignment are given to the students.
However, the students are asked to send the program they wrote, and pictures of the circuit they built after each practical class.
Textbook/Reference
Key references will be made available for students depending on the copyright.
Open-access on-line material is extensively used.

Registration

Registration Period: Mon., October 1 through Sat., October 13
If you cannot register during above period, please contact Academic Affairs Office in Student Affairs Building.

Contact

Ochanomizu University Leading Graduate School Promotion Center
Tel: 03-5978-5775
E-mail: