「附属姫路高校中高一貫コース　課題研究プログラム」をバイオ・ナノエレクトロニクス研究センターで実施しました

Educational internship programme designed for the students from Himeji Senior High School

The Bio-Nano Electronics Research Centre (BNERC) and the Graduate School of Interdisciplinary New Science (IdNS) have developed various research and educational programmes on advanced nanoscience and nanotechnology for students from partner universities and high schools.

This year, BNERC and IdNS organised an internship programme for the students from Himeji Senior High School. The programme was supported by high-tech companies listed below.

Elionix, Inc.
Japan Electron Optics Laboratory (JEOL), Ltd.
Shimadzu, Co.
Ulvac Phi, Inc.
Hitachi High-Technologies, Co.

Five research projects were specially designed for the students

Project I: Synthesis and observation of carbon nanostructures
  Mentors: Takashi Uchida, Vimal Kumar, Yuri Tanuma, Seiji Hosoda

Project II: Control of patterns formed by magnetic particles
  Mentors: Tomofumi Ukai, Asma Ben Salah

Project III: Observation and analysis of bacteria with a transmission electron microscope
  Mentors: Toru Mizuki, Hirokazu Shimoshige, Keisuke Hirata

Project IV: Observation and analysis of cancer cells with a confocal laser fluorescence microscope
  Mentors: Toru Mizuki, Mohamed Sheikh Mohamed, Keisuke Hirata

Project V: Fabrication of a micro fluidic device for blood tests
  Mentors: Yoshikata Nakajama, Ankit Rochani, Junya Kaneko

Four interactive lectures were given to the students via a Skype conference system in advance of the research projects carried out at BNERC.

Interactive Skype courses

24th May 2017
  Introduction to nanoscience and nanotechnology
  Introduction to each project
  Questions and discussion

7th June
  Presentation on nanoscience and nanotechnology by the students
  Discussion

28th June
  Presentation on bioscience and nanotechnology by the students from each project
  Discussion

26th July
  Introductory guidance on each project
  Questions and discussion

46 students, the Headmaster and three teachers of Toyo University Himeji Senior High School visited the Bio-Nano Electronics Research Centre on 21st August 2017 and they participated in the research projects for three days.

21st August
  12:30 - 14:00 Get-together (Lunch)
  14:00 - 14:20 Opening address and introduction to the Bio-Nano Electronics Research Centre                                                     Toru Maekawa
                  nbsp;        Bio-Nano Electronics Research Centre
  14:20 - 14:40 Introduction to nanotechnology
                          Masahiko Watanabe
                          Elionix, Inc.
  14:40 - 15:30 Technical tour in the Bio-Nano Electronics Research Centre
  15:30 - 17:00 Introductory guidance on each research project
22nd August
  09:00 - 12:00 Experiment in each project
  12:00 - 13:00 Lunch
  13:00 - 16:00 Experiment in each project
  16:00 - 17:00 Analysis and discussion on the experimental results
23rd August
  09:00 - 12:00 Experiment in each project
                      Analysis and discussion on the experimental results
  12:00 - 13:00 Lunch
  13:00 - 13:30 Introductory guidance on how to give excellent presentations
                      Closing

The students finally gave presentations on the experimental procedure and results to the participants; i.e., the other students, parents and teachers, on 27th September at Himeji Senior High School. All the slides were prepared in English. The students exchanged several ideas on each subject with the participants.

Internship programme designed for the students from Himeji Senior High School. 46 students participated in the research projects at the Bio-Nano Electronics Research Centre from 21st to 23rd August 2017. The students also gave presentations on the experimental procedure and results on 27th September at the high school.

Links
Himeji Senior High School