Abstract
Department of Social and Environmental Engineering, Hiroshima University offers a Creative Design & Manufacturing Project "Paper Bicycle Project", which is the exercise of building and racing a manpower vehicle made from paper products. The aim of the exercise is not only to encourage the problem definition/solution abilities of students but also to provide them with a comprehensive and stiff understanding of what they learned in classes through the process of design and manufacturing of Paper Bicycle. Presentation meetings are held on several stages of exercise to evaluate the quality and rationality of the achievements. This leads to an improvement of the presentation ability of students also. The post-exercise questionnaire to the students has captured a high evaluation.
