Presented at ILF 2024 at Singapore Polytechnic. While ChatGPT-assisted education was mainstream, my design and manufacturing education stood out as unique. AI is useful but limited to conceptual operations. Physical objects are essential for hands-on manipulation.
Thanks for the questions about laser cutters from the audience. It made me realize that manufacturing is a collection of small challenges, which creates an entry barrier.
I’ve been assigned to teach one session of ‘Introduction to Mechanical Engineering’ for first-year students at Toyohashi University of Technology! It’s a 90-minute class, but what’s interesting? What’s easy to understand?
Although it’s ‘Mechanical Engineering,’ I realized that the recent focus is on ‘Human-AI interaction! Like Sota Fujii in shogi’ Based on this idea, I created a diagram of an expanded 5-agent model. I hope the students will enjoy the discussion.
I participated in Venkatesh’s doctoral graduation ceremony via YouTube. Knowing that I couldn’t attend in person, I had taken a photo in advance. I wish him great success in his future endeavors.
I responded to a survey about hosting four Americans in Toyohashi for a short period through an NSF program. The survey had 30 questions and resulted in a mini-report of about 1,300 words.
Although the sample size is small, I found that compared to Japanese speakers, American English speakers use praise expressions that are a level higher. I also remembered that the Argentinian professor who came through JSPS had high energy levels too. For example, words like “Awesome” or “Wonderful” don’t naturally come up in Japanese.
However, if we could appropriately use such strong words of praise, it might be more effective in communication. Shifting the evaluation scale slightly towards the positive side when interacting with others could lead to building better relationships.
While staying in Singapore, reduced face-to-face classes are a challenge. As a countermeasure, I created a self-study textbook for “Mechanical Manufacturing Methods”. It emphasizes student-friendly comprehension using a dialogue format.
Completed content for 7 lessons (120 pages) in 2 days. Efficiency improved by using Claude to convert PowerPoint to Word. Will be used from October.
We held an online report meeting for the National Institute of Technology internship experience. Although I participated from Singapore, it led to confirming the students’ understanding and deepening their learning. Thank you to the two students from Niihama National Institute of Technology and mentor Rafia for participating.
I had a meal with the students from our laboratory. Two students from Niihama National College of Technology are staying at our lab for a technical college experience program. Rafia, one of our Teaching Assistants, is helping out. Also present is Venkatesh, who will be completing his doctoral program in September. I hope everyone has a meaningful stay.
日本ハイパーサーミア学会、ご招待ありがとうございました。発表無事終了。臨床医との交流が新鮮で面白かったです。レーザーの可能性を再認識。 やや難しさがあったか、次回は資料をより単純に。 Thank you for the invitation to the Japan Society for Thermal Medicine. My presentation was completed successfully. The interaction with clinicians was refreshing and interesting. I rediscovered the potential of lasers. The materials seem difficult for the audience. Next time, I’ll make my materials more simple.
A doctoral student passed his review, and I also secured research funding. This should call for a double celebration. However, two challenges immediately surfaced in my mind: “unpublished work” and “new work responsibilities.”
It’s like being presented with a cake or steak, and simultaneously thinking, “Looks delicious!” and “I’ll need to go for a run to burn off those calories.”
昨日に引き続き、ミッドランドスクエアで豊田理研の会合。2024年度スカラーのフラッシュプレゼン40件聴講。 化学メインだが工学もちらり。経歴を見れば、1990年代生まれ多く、10年前の自分を見る気分。 数年の研究を3分に圧縮されるのは超高密度。いくつかの情報でも活用して、良い研究をしたいね。 Continuing from yesterday, attended Toyota Riken meeting at Midland Square. Listened to 40 flash presentations by 2024 Scholars. Mainly chemistry, with glimpses of engineering. Looking at their backgrounds, many were born in the 1990s; feels like seeing myself from 10 years ago. Compressing years of research into 3 minutes is ultra-high density. I’d like to conduct good research by utilizing some of this information.