A number of conventional group hearing aids have been produced. However, the problem with all of the conventional systems is that the direction of communication is one way, coming from the teacher to each student. A two way system in which the voice of a student is directly transmitted to other students (bypassing the teacher) has been in great demand. This is the very objective of the current study. We have developed a group hearing aid in a classroom of the school for the deaf in which the voice of a standing student is shared with each hearing-impaired student in the classroom.

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There is an effort under way among universities and other educational institutions for opening their facilities to elementary and lower secondary school children so that they may experience manufacturing and machining. Their expectation is that holding open classes may give school children an opportunity to touch machine tools, arousing their interest in and developing understanding on manufacturing skills and technology. Having them use machine tools and CAD/CAM systems, however, requires man-to-man instructions, and it is difficult to enroll many participants. To solve this problem, simple CAD/CAM software was developed targeting at elementary and lower secondary school children. This paper describes how the software was used in a manufacturing class for parents and children and was verified for its effectiveness.

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The wave power generator using piezoelectric devices was developed. The force of the wave is converted into the motion of the steel balls and the electricity is generated. This contrivance which the steel balls move quickly even in the case of the small wave has been made the equipment. The lessons practice was carried out using this equipment (teaching tool) for junior high school students. As the result, it was possible to learn the mechanism of the wave power generation experimentally, and the contents of the learning were highly fixed.

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We have conducted a new educational trial for Kobe municipal technical high school by means of industry-academia collaboration under Ministry of Economy Trade and Industry and Ministry of Education grants. Our activities are mainly comprised of students' internship and practical teaching by company people.We are trying to improve high school curriculum, such as 'basics of industrial technology' or 'technical training' by the aids of small & medium enterprises in Kobe city area. This paper describes results of our 2 and half years activities and problems to overcome.

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This paper describes a practical subject named "Mechanical design and practice IB" for a freshman. The subject has been given in 2009 for freshmen of our department of mechanical engineering, Ichinoseki National College of Technology. This practice is aiming at teaching basic techniques of mechanical engineering (e.g. measuring, calculating and practical use of tools). The program consists of (a) measuring techniques by venire caliper and micrometer, and use of pocket calculator, (b) how to use tools through dismantlement and assembly of a machine, (c) design and make a paper airplane. These practices are focusing on the development of a basic knowledge of mechanical engineering and a technique for solving problems, through "try and error". In this paper, the questionnaire results of this subject were also shown. The students attended this subject get the wide interest to the fundamental technology of the mechanical engineering.

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Creative education has been expected more strongly from society. Department of mechanical engineering in University of Fukui is carrying out Machine Creation Exercise as one of the creative curriculums since 2006. In this paper, we introduce our curriculum and consider educational effects through questionnaires.

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We have developed a computer assisted instruction (CAI) system that supports study of gear mechanisms by simulating 3-dimensional mechanism construction. In this study, we expanded the capability of the system by adding the blocks correspond to cam mechanisms. A plate cam, a heart cam, and a cylindrical cam were chosen for the implementation. The parameters for making cam mechanism blocks are restricted to the fundamental ones for learning. Since those parameters depend on the kind of cam, the kind is firstly selected for setting the mechanism on the system field. The function to display the cam diagram was also added to the system for convenience of understanding.

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We applied a commercial motorcycle and remodeled it into the motorcycle which could run using ethanol fuel of E100. In this report, this remodeling method is described, and the influence of the engine ignition using the density of the ethanol is examined. Furthermore, various densities of the engine exhaust emission with the ethanol of E100 and the gasoline of EO are investigated. Based on these results, we developed the technical education program for the students.

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The education centre for engineering and technology was established in the faculty of engineering at Niigata University in spring 2005 so as to elevate the motivation of undergraduate students for learning through making some products. To this end, we have been practicing several new engineering education programs, such as multidisciplinary projects similar to PBL, the active involvement of the students with the collaborative research and development between university and private companies and so on. These attempts are designed for the students to have fundamental or compulsory competence for engineering. In this report, current features of these programs are mentioned, and critical issues as well as future direction of engineering education are discussed.

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It is important to improve the educative effect in any lecture. We have investigated the educative effect in the method of carrying out the questionnaire. The students recognize that handwrite note is useful to improve understanding of the lecture. However, the movie and photo etc. by AV devices are useful approach to concentrate on the lecture. This questionnaire has been also applicable to other lecture such as drawing and designing.

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Higher education institutions including universities, two-year colleges and technical colleges in Ishikawa prefecture set up University Consortium Ishikawa in 2006. One of its projects i s the credit exchange system called the City College. This allows the credit gained from the transferable classes offered by the member institutions to be transferred from one institution to another. Kanazawa Institute of Technology offers a problem-finding and problem-solving oriented engineering experimentation lesson named "How to proceed with an experimentation" to the City College. This paper reports the contents and the students' activities of the "How to proceed with an experimentation" lesson conducted from 2006 to 2009.

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This paper describes a new virtual reality-based skill training, internship, and human resource development for undergraduate mechanical engineering students. The virtual reality-based skill training system is able to reproduce the environment of a casting and a lathe manufacturing technology. The most notable advantages of this system are that students can virtually experience the workflow prior to actually performing the practice at the worksite, one can learn about procedures beforehand. The industry collaboration and internship program provides support to make our educational programs more practical and concordant with the need of industry and global society. The internship gives students an opportunity to put into practice in the real world the skills and knowledge they have been developing in university classes. Our skill training allows the students to experience the perception of actually being in a particular environment.

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Understanding is discussed through the questions of differential and integral used in thermodynamics, and so on. The aim of the discussion is engineering education for students whose major is mechanical engineering. The understanding discussed here is the ability to understand textbooks of specialized field and graduate thesis. Questions about basic of differential and integral give discussions about shortage of study, shortage of review and so on. Question about calculation of mean specific heat shows the importance about recognition that each subject has different way of thinking. In addition, the question give the discussion about the way of calculate mean specific heat should be understand by students. Discussion about task of heat transfer suggests how to read textbooks.

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The subject of paper discusses synergetic/collaborative approaches for international education of both Japanese and international students at Japanese universities. based on the author's experiences as a graduate student at the Pennsylvania State University and in the United States, and international professional experiences thereafter, including teaching in English, among others.

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The author's laboratory have developed and analyzed various types kids. In this paper, returnable toys (paper boomerangs, boomerang stunt planes, bamboomerangs, and boomerang cups) are introduced.

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The time has come to reflect on our civilization which has been blessed with convenient fossil fuels for the past 100years. Fossil fuels such as petroleum, coal, and natural gas have become limited resources. In addition, bad effects caused by excessive carbon dioxide (CO_2) emissions have now begun destroying our global environment seriously. In this background, in 2005, we manufactured a practical Stirling engine using woody biomass fuels for the first time in Japan. Further we proposed a unique co-generation system with the Stirling engine that uses woody biomass fuels such as sawdust, firewood, and wood pellets. In this report, we introduce an educational challenge of environmental engineering using this Stirling engine. A unique system in which both heating/cooling and power generation are available can be constructed.

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Kanagawa Institute of Technology (abbreviated to KAIT) has started "KAIT Stop the CO_2 Project" from April 2009 to enhance the eco-interest for student. This educational program is open for any student not depending on Faculty and Department and is 4-years continuous education. This program may give the chance to make student think deeply his/her own life design and develop his/her various viewpoints to one subject through the environmental problems such as global warming etc..This program also includes the mechanism of contact with people outside University. This paper introduces this educational program and reports the outcome at the halfway stage after 6 months.

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Mechanical Engineering Heritages(MEH) are the "merkmal";an index, that shows the rise of the each company. This report deals with an attempt to consider about ups and downs of an enterprise based on the MEH.

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In this paper the author discusses the meaning of "ginou" in Japanese that is similar meaning to skill in English. The word "ginou" has been used for describing skill in many fields and jobs. The author has defined the word "gijutsu" in Japanese that is similar meaning to technique in English at the previous presentation of the same divisional meeting of the JSME. The definition by the author is that "gijutsu" is "the power and adaptability of the objective actions which have been customized through experiences before." The definition of "ginou" was that "the achievement ability against the objective actions which have been customized through experiences and training before." Also, the word "waza" in Japanese is defined that the achievement ability against the objective action. As summary the three categories of "gijutsu", "ginou", and "waza" are indicated by the composed figure which is showing elemental and systems flow.

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In 2009 the author visited the Taman Mini Indonesia Indarh for investigating a unique railway system "Aeromovel". Aeromovel was invented by Oskar H.W. Coesterr, Brazilian aerospace engineer, and patented in 1980s. The propulsion principle of the railway system is similar as sailing ship: i.e., a plate in a pipe line is pushed by pressurized air. Aeromovel is a reversed type of the atmospheric railway of Isambard Kingdom Brunel which was propelled by vacuum pressure in the pipe line. Taman Mini Indonesia's Aeromovel has been running since 1989. In this paper, the author describes the detail of Aeromovel using its pictures and figures for showing design, structure, mechanism, and size and dimensions. Aeromovel and atmospheric railway system are eco-friendly transportation system and there are plans to install systems for airport access in Brazil and for sightseeing access in Japan.

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In this presentation, a brief history of Mr. Walter Mackersie Smith who was the first locomotive superintendent in Japanese government railway and the first wooden coach manufacturing at the Kobe works of Railway Bureau of Japan in the Meiji era will be explained. Addition to these contents, the author will be introduce to the Japanese historic railway heritages designated by the JSME and JIAS and their historical significances from the viewpoint of history of technology will be explained.

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As for the authorization of "Mechanical Engineering Heritage" that was begun by the Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers in 2007, application situation of 2007, 2008, and 2009 years and authorization of 2009 year are mentioned in this paper.

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We have developed a computer assisted instruction system for machine drawing. The system has a function to show the 3-dimensional (3-D) geometry made from the projection view of the object. In the case of including mistakes in the drawing, the incomplete geometry is presented on the display so that one can find mistakes without help from teachers. However, since the system employs wireframe models for 3-D description, it is often difficult to understand precise features. Therefore, the system was refined by employing surface models in this study. It was demonstrated that the visibility of the model is improved and the difference between the correct and the illegal model can be seen clearly by using the refind system. The results of the trial use shows that the system is effective for self-exercise.

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By three-dimensional (3-D) CAD system being used rapidly, 3-D CAD system has been incorporated into the education. The design and drawing education by using 3-D CAD generally designs some parts, supports the ability to assemble the parts three-dimensionally. In that case, to check 3-D CAD data in detail, the teacher needs a lot of labors. Therefore, we have developed a system to check 3-D CAD data automatically. When the Check-Model (checked 3-D CAD data) is incorrect, it is necessary for a mechanism that checks the mistake. In order to check the mistake, the judgment of the agreement of three-dimensional shape assumed three conditions concerning the surface, "agreement of the number of surface", "agreement of the shape of surface", and "agreement of the direction of surface". This paper describes the Development of educational 3D-CAD check system.

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There is no system which can do suitable guidance for the student's ability and can apply to various teaching materials. Therefore, we have developed a teaching material support system which can correspond to various teaching materials, and can learn for myself. In dividing the lecture method into the teaching material and the guidance procedure, this support system can be applied to various teaching materials only by constructing the content of the teaching material. On the other hand, by installing the mechanism which can understand student's ability, this support system can do suitable guidance for student's ability by the content of teaching material constructed according to ability. This paper describes an educational system for a lot of students by using this support system (CAI system).

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In this paper, we describe improvement education of Mechanical drawing and CAD at HIROSHIMA KOKUSAI GAKUIN University. First, we studied the new educational objective for the students. Furthermore, we organized the teachers of working machine designer, and improved the educational content of each teacher's lecture with the common understanding.

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It is very important for the user of a walking stick while walking to support their weight with the stability of the stick. So, for the improved convenience of the users, we have developed a new stick based on the principles of biomechanics. In this paper, the shape of the stick as decided by new design concepts is outlined, and we have manufactured for trial of the stick using an ultra-high speed 5-axis vertical machining center. It is clarified that the sticks of the trial production are able to reduce the load to knee while walking more than the usual stick. With these results in mind we explain why and how the new stick design is more effective.

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Previously we reported the 3D-CAD educational system for mechanical design. In the present study we aim to develop a educational manufacturing system which can generate cutter paths and cutting conditions so as to obtain 3D-CAD data. To accomplish this, we constructed the FMS plant that can be seen through the window of the CAD/CAM room. The utilization of such integrated education system composed of information technology is very useful for students to study how to apply the 3D-CAD data to the manufacturing and the control of the machine. We introduced 'DIES' as the subject for the practical exercise of manufacturing. In this exercise students can learn the technical method how to design the products and manufacture the dies using 3D-CAD.

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