抄録
The Alternative ☆ Energy Contest is a new contest on "energy utilization" mainly for university and technical college students, which started in 2008 as an event in which the technology and society departments of the JSME cooperate. The mark "☆" in the title of the contest indicates something that goes beyond the preconceived notions of alternative energy, and the essence of this contest that appeals for novel ideas appears there. From 2012, the year after the Fukushima nuclear accident caused by the Great East Japan Earthquake, a stationary event was held at the Nihon University College of Engineering located in Koriyama City, Fukushima Prefecture, as an event to watch over the reconstruction of Fukushima. In recognition of the efforts up to the 11th (September 7, 2018), we received the Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers Education Award under the title of "Promotion of Engineering Education on Sustainable Energy Utilization through the Alternative ☆ Energy Contest". The 12th meeting (October 19, 2019) had to be abandoned face-to-face due to the enormous flood damage caused by Typhoon No. 19. Since the application was accepted and the summary was printed, the summary was published as scheduled, and the poster was confirmed to have been announced. Despite the sudden change to remote screening based on poster data, the screening by the sponsoring companies and organizations responded promptly, and the award was given as usual. After the 13th (October 17, 2020), due to the influence of the spread of COVID-19 infection, we had to change to the WEB holding. We were able to reproduce a poster session using Zoom by making use of our experience of web lessons at the university. It was a memorable event to receive an application by a member of society for the first time in the contest during this period. The 15th meeting (October 15, 2022) is scheduled to be held on the website with the College of Engineering, Nihon University as the operating base. We are grateful for the opportunity to give an overview of this contest at this civic forum in this paper.
