IEEJ Transactions on Fundamentals and Materials
Online ISSN : 1347-5533
Print ISSN : 0385-4205
ISSN-L : 0385-4205
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Popularization Enlightenment and Post Facto Assessment Based on Computational Simulation of Induced Current in Human Body
Akimasa Hirata
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2013 Volume 133 Issue 5 Pages 266-270

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It has been said that the fields of science and engineering may lose attractiveness for university applicants in Japan, resulting in shortage of graduates. The survey conducted by the author from the fiscal year 2005 suggested the importance of the lecture which may include the knowledge of high-school students and advanced technology. Thus, it is essential to develop the lecture content suitable to the high-school students. We computed and visualized the induced current in the human body due to lightning current and electrostatic discharge. This paper presents the computational procedure for calculating the induced current with emphasis of explanation based on the science for high-school students. Then, the content of recent popularization enlightenment activity is presented. The post facto assessment showed that the satisfactory was improved to 87% from 73% by introducing the content developed here.
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© 2013 by the Institute of Electrical Engineers of Japan
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