Hiroshima University Syllabus

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Japanese
Academic Year 2024Year School/Graduate School School of Engineering
Lecture Code K5135010 Subject Classification Specialized Education
Subject Name プラズマ工学
Subject Name
(Katakana)
プラズマコウガク
Subject Name in
English
Plasma Engineering
Instructor NAMBA SHINICHI,YAMASAKI KOTARO
Instructor
(Katakana)
ナンバ シンイチ,ヤマサキ コウタロウ
Campus Higashi-Hiroshima Semester/Term 3rd-Year,  First Semester,  2Term
Days, Periods, and Classrooms (2T) Fri1-4:ENG 115
Lesson Style Lecture Lesson Style
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Lecture with Powerpoint 
Credits 2.0 Class Hours/Week   Language of Instruction J : Japanese
Course Level 3 : Undergraduate High-Intermediate
Course Area(Area) 25 : Science and Technology
Course Area(Discipline) 09 : Mechanical Engineering
Eligible Students Undergraduate student
Keywords  
Special Subject for Teacher Education   Special Subject  
Class Status
within Educational
Program
(Applicable only to targeted subjects for undergraduate students)
 
Criterion referenced
Evaluation
(Applicable only to targeted subjects for undergraduate students)
Program of Material Processing
(Abilities and Skills)
・Acquiring basis of mechanical system, material creation and processing engineering steadily, and being able to apply

Program of Energy Transform Engineering
(Abilities and Skills)
・Acquring basis of mechanical system engineering steadily and developing the applied skill. 
Class Objectives
/Class Outline
This course offers knowledge on fundamentals for plasma science and engineering. It includes collisional radiative processes in plasmas, plasma generation, plasma modeling, plasma diagnostics based on emission and laser spectroscopy, and recent topics in plasma applications.
 
Class Schedule lesson1-3     The Plasma State (1.1 Characterization of Plasma, 1.2 Classification of Plasma)
lesson4-9     Reactions in Plasmas (2.1 Collision Phenomena, 2.2 Excitation and Ionization, 2.3 Recombination,
                    2.4 Ion-Molecule Reactions, 2.5 Transport Phenomena)
lesson10       Plasma Generation(3.1 Electrical Breakdown and Starting Voltage, 3.2 Glow Discharge)
lesson11       Plasma Modeling (4.1 Local Thermal Equilibrium Model, 4.2 Corona Model, 4.3 Collisional-Radiative Model)
lesson12-13  Plasma Diagnostics (5.1 Optical Emission Spectroscopy, 5.2 Optical Absorption Spectroscopy,
                     5.3 Laser-Induced Fluorescence Spectroscopy)
lesson14-15  Plasma Applications (6.1 Nuclear Fusion energy, 6.2 Electric Propulsion (Plasma Thruster),
                     6.3 Material Processing, 6.4 Environmental protection and improvement, 6.5 Treatment of hazardous waste) 
Text/Reference
Books,etc.
Textbook: プラズマ理工学入門 高村秀一著 森北出版 
PC or AV used in
Class,etc.
 
(More Details) Slides (Powerpoint) 
Learning techniques to be incorporated  
Suggestions on
Preparation and
Review
In some class, you need knowledge on mathematics. Read the textbook and ppt slides.  
Requirements  
Grading Method Grading will be determined based on assignments(20%) and a term paper (80%). 
Practical Experience  
Summary of Practical Experience and Class Contents based on it  
Message  
Other   
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Instructors will reflect on your feedback and utilize the information for improving their teaching. 
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