GSC Program

Courses

Courses, Supervises and their Lectures

The courses, lectures and faculty members are listed below. Some of the lectures are by the collaborations with the partner schools and the national laboratories, which specializing the related research.

Prospective students may contact the desired supervisor from the list of supervisors.

Please communicate with the prospective supervisor and obtain his/her approval before applying. If you obtain the supervisors' consent, please contact the Foreign Student Office (FSO-GSC) through email (gsc@gr.saitama-u.ac.jp).

A. COURSE IN ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND INFRASTRUCTURE ENGINEERING

1. Advanced Lecture on Maximum Utilization Technology of Energy and Resources / Seiyo O, Professor

Fossil fuels such as coal and petroleum have been used in various forms until now in order to make human social activity productive. From this lecture, it is historically looked back upon the pollution problems generated in these processes. We have to consider how to reduce the environmental impact on resource utilization. Various techniques, such as control, management and treatment and recycling of wastes, efficient use of exhaustible fossil resources, and conversion processes on renewable energy or biomass refining technology, etc., will be outlined by an intensive lecture, and the concepts and concrete applied examples are introduced. It is important for basic knowledge of environmental sciences.
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2. Advanced Lecture on Biology for Environmental Control / Maki KAWAI, Professor

To understand Molecular biology and Biotechnology through reading articles and reviews. Prerequisites: It is desirable to have knowledge regarding Molecular biology, Plant genetics, and Biochemistry.
Theme: To understand basics of biology and biotechnology. To understand the method of environmental biology.
Keywords: biotechnology, environmental stresses, molecular biology
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3. Advanced Lecture on Optical Sensing Based on Light Scattering / Hiroshi KADONO, Professor

4. Advanced Lecture on Carbon Cycling in Aquatic Ecosystem / Takeshi FUJINO, Professor

Understanding Monitoring Methods Field Survey, Data analyses, Qualitative analyses of aquatic insects
Keywords: Stream Ecosystem, Environmental Management
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5. Advanced control theory for environmental support/ Satoshi YAMANE, Professor

6. Advanced Course in Landscape Engineering/ Kiyotaka FUKAHORI, Associate Professor

Landscape phenomenon, conservation of regional landscape, recent international issues on urban landscape are discussed.
Keywords: Landscape engineering, environmental psychology on landscape perception.
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7. Biological and Metabolic Engineering/ Masatoshi YAMAGUCHI, Associate Professor

To understand Molecular biology and Biotechnology through reading articles and reviews To explain what you study.
Keywords: Metabolite technology, plant biomass, cell wall, DNA, genome, gene
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8. Advanced Lecture on Environmental Technologies/Kazuhiko SEKIGUCHI, Professor

1. Understanding the chemical treatment of pollutants, especially the advanced oxidation process
2. Understanding the types, advantages and disadvantages of reactions
3. Understanding the device performance and cost required for practical use
4. Acquire the ability to evaluate the effectiveness of science and technology
Keywords: Environmental pollutants, Wastewater treatment, Chemical treatment, Advanced oxidation process
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9. Advanced Energy Conversion/ Yasuhiro HASEGAWA, Associate Professor

This lecture and seminar are based on physics. So fundamental mathematics such as differential equation and algebra are required to solve the actual problem for physics. Understanding of fields of solid-state physics, not only reading academic paper but also including background of the study and performing numerical calculations by computer with programing.
Keywords: Solid state physics, thermoelectric conversion
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B. COURSE IN CHEMISTRY AND MATERIAL SCIENCE

1. Advanced Lecture on Maximum Utilization Technology of Energy and Resources / Seiyo O, Professor

2. Advances in Catalysis/ Hideki KUROKAWA, Professor

3. Advanced Chemistry of Molecular Recognition/ Takuji HIROSE, Professor

Molecular recognition occurs in various filed of chemistry. The most well-known term is key-and-lock theory. Recognition and discrimination occur not only reactions but also sensing of organic and inorganic chemical species and they are important for our life. Therefore it should be useful to know and understand the nature of molecular recognition for your own research. In this class, a couple of recent publications related to your research field will be reviewed and discussed. The publications need to include the effect of recognition on the reaction, sensing, and functional properties
Keywords︓Molecular recognition, Chiral recognition, Asymmetric reaction, Sensing
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4. Analytical Separation Chemistry Ⅱ/ Shingo SAITOH, Professor

5. Evolutionary Molecular Engineering/ Naoto NEMOTO,Professor

6. Chemistry of Glycoconjugates/ Koji MATSUOKA,Professor

7. Advanced Chemistry of Synthetic Organic Reactions / MIURA Katsukiyo, Professor

To learn and understand advanced reactions for organic synthesis. To utilize the latest knowledge for progress in learner's research. Reading and presentation of the latest papers on organic synthetic reactions
Keywords: Stereoselective Synthesis, Organometal, Lewis Acid, Molecular Catalyst, Transition Metal Complex, Radical Reaction
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8. Advanced Chemistry of Molecular Recognition/ Shoichi YAMAGUCHI, Professor

9. Biological Information Molecules/ Miho SUZUKI, Associate Professor

10. Advanced Synthesis of Metal Complexes/ Yoshihiro ISHIMARU, Associate Professor

To understand basic chemical reactions in biochemistry. Outline of physical chemistry and discussions on chemistry that models biological reactions.
Keywords: Organic chemical reaction, Supramolecular chemistry
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11. Solid State Organic Chemistry/ Koichi KODAMA, Associate Professor

To understand the research about organic crystals for your research and writing papers.
Keywords: Organic crystal, Molecular recognition
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12. Advanced Lecture on Environmental Technologies/ Kazuhiko SEKIGUCHI, Professor

13. Advanced Organosilicon Chemistry/ Ken HATANO, Associate Professor

14. Advanced Lecture on Computational Transport Phenomena/ Shunji HONMA, Associate Professor

15. Advanced Lecture on Functional Surface Science/ Atsuhiro FUJIMORI, Associate Professor

It will be introduced the latest research results in the world from basic physicochemical events on precise structural analysis of ultra-thin organized molecular films and structural formation/function expression. The perpose is to provide cross-disciplinary universal knowledge and skills to PhD candidates who are expected to fly into the world as researchers.
Keywords: Ultra-thin organized molecular films, Solid-state structure of crystalline polymers, Intermolecular interaction
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16. Advanced Inorganic Materials/ Ikuo YANASE, Associate Professor

17. Advanced Lecture on Solid State Physics of Functional Materials/ Kenji KAMISHIMA, Associate Professor

18. Advanced Course of Crystals Science and Technology / Hiroaki TAKEDA, Professor

19. Spectroscopy for biophysics/ Takuhiro OTOSU, Associate Professor