University of Electro-Communications, Engineering Science Open Innovation Program

Announcement

Master thesis presentation will be held on Wednesday, 12th February 2025.

On Wndnesday 1-PM, 12th February 2025, a master thesis presentation of Open Innovation Program, Dept. Engineering Science will be held at 803 meeting room, the 8th floor, East-6 Building.

Master course's Intermidiate presentation and OIP open lab work report meeting was held on 2nd May 2024.

One OIP student reported on thier OI lab work courses held in FY2023. This meeting was held in face-to-face at E6-803 meeting room.

Doctoral thesis public hearing is hold at 10AM on Friday, 19th April 2024.

On 19th April, 2024, a doctoral thesis public hearing by the former OI program course student is held at the E6-803 meeting room.

Guidance on OIP course and Open-labworks will be held at 10AM on Monday, 8th April, 2024.

We will hold a guidance on Open Innovation program and open-labwork classes at 803 meeting room, 8th floor, E6-Bldg. at 10AM Monday, 8th April, 2024. Open innovation program of Dprt. of Engineering Science is a special education program of the 5-years curricurum.

Master's first year grade students in the 2024 academic year of Dept. Engineering Science, who wish to enroll doctoral course, are able to apply to Open Innovation program.

Open labwork classes are out-of-campus research classes, likely research internship, provided by OI program. All graduate students are able to apply for taking the open-labwork class without applying open-innivation program.

News and Notices regarding the OI Program will be posted here.

Overview and aim of Engineering Science Open Innovation Program

Engineering Science Open Innovation Program, abbreviated to OI Program or OIP, is a graduate school special educational program with a master and doctoral integrated curriculum for students who wish to enroll in doctoral course at University of Electro-Communications. OI Program are available to students of Department of Engineering Science who wish to enroll in doctoral program. Students who study in any of the four professional programs, electronic engineering, optoelectronics, applied physics, and bioscience and technology can be apply for taking OI program.
The OI Program provides stay-based lab work classes as elective compulsory classes, called open lab work, whose category are experimental and concentration classes. Open lab work classes are conducted at outside-campus research institutes according to OI program curriculum that practices doctoral researcher education with research development ability that fuses various fields.
Open lab work classes train your research skills by staying in three different research institute outside UEC campus and experience new research themes. The research activities of open lab work are shared among OI program students, faculty, and researchers related to the OI program, and they learn knowledge and skills in different fields that other OIP students have studied. OIP students practically learn cutting-edge research and OI program supports their growth into creative doctoral researchers.

Curriculum of OI program

The OI program has unique requirements for completion of the Master's and Doctoral Integrated Curriculums. The requirements for completing the OI program include credits that should be obtained in the regular doctoral course of UEC graduate school. The unique required credits for the OI program include obtaining 12 credits or more in three outside-campus research internship classes called ‘Open Lab Work’. In addition, the seminar classes called ‘Open Innovation School’ is also included in the OI program curriculums of two or more credits. On Open Innovation School classes, students will refine understanding of research subjects through presentations and Q&A sessions on research topics they have worked on through open lab work.

Open lab works of OI program

Since OI program was established in 2015, more than 20 open lab work classes have been provided. The research themes on open lab work were set for each OIP student. National research institutes that represent Japan in their respective fields of expertise, and Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology and Tokyo University of Foreign Studies are involved as the lab work site of open lab work classes. Research institutes that have been conducting open lab work outside UEC campus are listed below. These institutes that collaborate with OI program can be said to be Tama Education and Research Site Network of UEC Tokyo.

Host institutes of open lab work classes

Since OI program was established in 2015, more than 20 open lab work classes have been provided. The research themes on open lab work were set for each OIP student. National research institutes that represent Japan in their respective fields of expertise, and Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology and Tokyo University of Foreign Studies are involved as the lab work site of open lab work classes. Research institutes that have been conducting open lab work outside UEC campus are listed below. These institutes that collaborate with OI program can be said to be Tama Education and Research Site Network of UEC Tokyo.
　

・National Astronomical Observatory of Japan: NAOJ

  Observation and theoretical study of various phenomena of the universe, such as the Earth, solar system, stars, galaxies, clusters of galaxies, large-scale structures, and expanded universes

・National Institute of Polar Research: NiPR

  Comprehensive research based on various observations in the polar regions of Antarctica and the Arctic Circle

・National Institute of Information and Communications Technology: NICT

   Information and communication fields such as comprehensive ICT, sensing, data utilization, and cybersecurity

・Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Aeronautical Technology Directorate: JAXA Aeronautics in Chofu

  An agency that consistently conducts basic research, development, and use in the field of aerospace

・Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Institute of Engineering: TUAT

  Education and research focusing on agriculture and engineering, including their integrated fields

・Tokyo University of Foreign Studies: TUFS

   Education and research on languages, cultures, and societies in various regions of the world, including Japan

・Our Institute: University of Electro-Communications: UEC Tokyo

   Integration of science and technology based on information, communication, electronics, mechatronics, basic science, communication science, and "light"

Open Innovation school class: OI school

On OI School classes the class students will present the research background, research methods, and results obtained through open lab work learned about the research topics addressed in open lab work in a seminar format. Researchers and program students involved in the OI program participate in the OI School to deepen their understanding of research through presentations and Q&A sessions.
From fiscal 2015 to 2018, OI Schools were held at the Hachioji Seminar House in collaboration with the Joint Colloquium of the Three Universities in the Tama Area, which is organized by students from the University of Electro-Communications, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, and Tokyo University of Foreign Studies.
The OI School of fiscal 2020 was held as an online live event.

Unique Master’s thesis, and enrollment to Doctor course

Students in the OI program will submit their master's thesis with a different content than regular curriculum master course students. Reports on the research themes of open lab work classes, which are compulsory subjects in the OI program curriculum, must be submitted as a master's thesis, and a master's thesis presentation will be held. Since two or more open lab work has been taken during the two years of the master's program, two or more research themes must be included in the master's thesis.
To enroll to a doctoral course of department of Engineering Science, students must take and pass the graduate school entrance examination of doctoral course with completion of the requirement for master's course. It is important to prepare to start doctoral research during the master's course.

Activity reports

List of Open lab work Research theme

○Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
   “Development of High performance OH-PLIF with high-repetition-rate laser”
   “Fundamental research on illumination technology for PV using micro-lens-arrays”
○National Institute of Polar Research
   ”Development of resonant scattering LiDAR for observation of polar upper atmospheres”
   ”Development of field-installed and near-IR airglow imager system for constructing atmospheric wave ground observation network“
   “Development of spectral observation equipment for meteors”
   “Development of atmospheric gravitational wave observation system by near IR airglow imager”
○National Astronomical Observatory of Japan
   " Circumference Galactic Medium investigation using intensity distribution of Ly-α"
   "Evaluation experiment of prototype iris, the first term observation device of the 30m telescope, TMT"
   "Development of frequency-dependent optical squeezing technology for quantum noise reduction in gravitational wave detectors"
   "Production and performance evaluation of terahertz wave high sensitivity heterodyne receiver"
   "Development research of future receiver of ALMA telescope"
   "Development of broadband horn array for millimeter-wave and sub-milli-wave multi-color detector"
   "Hydrodynamic Simulations of a Giant Impact between Protoplanets "
   “Characterization of the absorption and birefringence of sapphire substrates used for cryogenic test mass mirrors of interferometric gravitational wave detectors”
○National Institute of Information and Communications Technology
   "Evaluation of ultra-stable resonator"
   "Temperature control device for chip-scale atomic clock"
   "Development and evaluation of terahertz high sensitivity heterodyne receiver"
○Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology
   "Examination of Biomolecules by CARS method"
   "Mechanism of top-down effect on primary visual field associated with adaptive behavior using reinforcement learning"
   "Explore research of new magnetic phase in itinerant electron magnetic material EuCo2P2"
○Tokyo University of Foreign Studies
   “Fundamental study of scientific theory in the first half of the 20th century”
○4 open lab work classes in other institutes
   “Establishment of early detection method of plant disease using short-range LiDAR “
   “Informatics technology for the development of high-performance materials “

Report of Open lab works（Pick-upped activities will be presented here.）

Research activities related open lab works（Academic presentation, Academic paper publications, and news in media will be introduced here.）

OIP Member

OIP students in 2024 school year
      Doctor course: 5 students
      Master course: 3 students
      Open lab work class: 1 student
      Short-term project (UEC SPRING): 3 student
OIP completed students
      Completion: 4 students (Until September 2024)
      Completion of Master course: 11 students (Until March 2024)

About contact to us

Graduated students who are enrolled Master course of department of Engineering Science can apply for ES OI program. You can apply for the course regardless of the affiliation of any of the four professional programs, electronic engineering, optoelectronics, applied physics, and bioscience and technology.

If you have any questions or would like to learn more about OI Program, please contact program contact person. You can take only open lab work class that fundamentally executes outside the university. Since preparation for open lab work is required before taking the course, prior consultation is required. Please contact program contact person by e-mail or direct program faculty members. You are able to ask Engineering Science department office or Engineering Science faculty to contact us.

Contact information

E-mail address to OI program：
     contact@oi.es.uec.ac.jp
OI program faculty members：
      FURUKAWA Yusuke (Open Innovation Program Coordinator, Department of Engineering Science)
     YONEDA Hitoki（Institute for Laser Science, Department of Engineering Science）
     KATSURAGWA Masayuki（Institute for Advanced Science, Department of Engineering Science）