Message from Department Chair
The Department of Mechanical Engineering and the Department of Aerospace Engineering were established at the time of the founding of Nagoya Imperial University. After many changes, the reorganization of the Graduate School of Engineering in 2009 resulted in the establishment of three departments: Mechanical Systems Engineering, Micro/Nano Mechanical Science and Engineering, and Aerospace Engineering. In the increasingly interdisciplinary field of mechanical and aerospace engineering, the three departments of mechanical and aerospace engineering closely cooperate with each other and demonstrate their collective strength to pursue academic principles and create innovative innovations through industry-government-academia collaboration as one of the world's leading educational and research centers. In addition, we are promoting education and research in collaboration with Gifu University within the framework of the Tokai National University Organization, which was established in 2020.
The Tokai region, where the three departments of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering are located, is one of Japan's representative clusters of manufacturing industries, with many bases of leading companies such as automobile, aircraft , machine tool companies. In this environment, the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering promotes education and research on cutting-edge engineering related to various types of mechanical engineering, from microscopic ultra-precision machinery such as nanomachines and micromachines to robots, automobiles, aircraft, spacecraft, and production facilities. We also focus on education and research with an awareness of social implementation in collaboration with industry, such as courses donated by companies, organized industry-academia collaboration, JAXA-affiliated courses, and the challenge of startups. Furthermore, we are actively promoting activities aimed at fostering global human resources through English-only educational programs such as the G30 Automotive Engineering Program and short-term exchange programs with graduate schools in the U.S. and Canada.
In addition, society's expectations for doctoral graduates are increasing year by year, and the three departments of the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering actively encourage students to enter the doctoral program. The doctoral program is a five-year program, including the first semester (two years) and the second semester (three years), but it can be completed in a shorter period of time if the requirements are met. The program also provides substantial financial support through the Graduate School of Excellence Program and the Fellowship System, and strives to doctoral students who will lead Deep Tech innovation in the real world, solving social problems with advanced knowledge.
As described above, the three departments of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering are pursuing academic principles by creating new mechanical and aerospace engineering, and are striving for world-class education and research that can the demands and expectations of society.
Susumu HARA
Department Chair, Undergraduate Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering