KIT-PBL Education Program for

Strengthening Student’s Skills of Creativity and Innovation

Eiichi Sentoku Dr.Eng

Professor Kanazawa Institute of Technology

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KIT-PBL + Innovation Education System

Innovation Capability

Knowledge education

Practical education

Experimental exercises Computer literacy

Foundational Courses Specialized subjects

Note DP：Design Project I&O：Implement & Operate

CDIO

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DP Intro.

DP Ⅰ

DP Ⅱ

DP I&O

KIT-PBL Education Program

DP Intro.

wisdom

DPⅠ DP Ｉ＆Ｏ

First year ２nd year

Basic Exp. Safety

DPⅡ

Note DP：Design Project I&O：Implement & Operate

Experimental Technique

Problem Finding

Idea Creation

Idea Creation

Design

Embodiment

Implementation & Operation

of Ideas

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Ｐｒｏｂlｅｍ Ｆｉｎｄｉｎｇ

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Problem Clarification

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Ｉｄｅａ Ｃｒｅａｔｉｏｎ

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Implementation of Ideas

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Dis-satisfaction

Needs

Market trend

Production

Prototype Model

software

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KIT-PBL Design Process and CDIO

Evaluation and Selection of

Ideas

Conceive Design Implement

Operate

Project theme

Collecting information

Divergent thinking

Convergent thinking

Selection of the best ideas

Team activities

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Key Point of KIT-PBL Education

Students are happy to study matters of interest.

Basic academic

skills + Curiosity

Invention Wisdom=

knowledge + knowledge

To, instill confidence from interest To motivate through praise To inspire with high achievement

Discovery

It is necessary to carry out the education, as follows

KIT-PBL education is aimed at developing the habit of thinking independently and acquiring useful technical thinking and skills that are useful for society.

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Practical Examples of Regional Cooperation with

CDIO Project theme :

Efficient Wind Turbine Generator 2013 2EM-E5 Team

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Step① Ｐｒｏｂlｅｍ Ｆｉｎｄｉｎｇ

Direction of natural wind changes often.

Power generation efficiency decreases.

Problem:

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Ｓｔｅｐ②Ｐｒｏｂｌｅｍ Ｃｌａｒｉｆｉｃａｔｉｏｎ

Collecting information

Collected Wind Turbine Generator Examples

Books Internet

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Ｓｔｅｐ③ Ｉｄｅａ Ｃｒｅａｔｉｏｎ

Divergent thinking

Convergent thinking

Novelty!

Inventive step!

Practical applicability!

Brainstorming

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Ｓｔｅｐ④ Evaluation and Selection of Ideas

IDEA1

360°Rotative

Wind turbine

IDEA2 IDEA3

IDEA4 IDEA5 IDEA6 10

Ideas Created by team members

Ｓｔｅｐ⑤-1 Ｉｍｐｌｅｍｅｎｔａｔｉｏｎ ｏｆ Ｉｄｅａs

Tail Assembly

Smooth rotation using a bearing

Rotation about X-axis

Implement Mechanism to capture the wind from any direction

Bearing 11

X

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Ｉｍｐｌｅｍｅｎｔａｔｉｏｎ ｏｆ Ｉｄｅａs Completed Wind Turbine Generator

Tail Assembly

Counterbalance

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About 50 laboratory tables And 5 laboratories

Ｓｔｅｐ⑤-3 Operate

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Ｓｔｅｐ⑤-4 Operate Power generation experiment with

varying wind direction

Wind tunnel Tachometer

Windmill

Anemometer

Fan

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Volt meter

Presentation & Mutual Evaluation

Check item: Novelty! Inventive step! Practicability!

Advice： Information, New ideas, Improvement

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Thank you for your listening

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