Production and Construction Engineering Course Doctoral Programs

Production and Construction Engineering course
Integrating soft technologies from the multiple fields of construction engineering and production systems via the sophisticated machines that lie at the heart of mechanical engineering

The Production and Construction Engineering doctoral program is made up of four areas of coursework: Mechanical Engineering, Mechanical Systems Engineering, Social Development Technologies, and Urban Architectural Engineering.
In Mechanical Engineering, students study and research material strength, manufacturing processes, functional materials, micro- and nano-technology, combustion, flow, energy conversion technologies, and more.
In Mechanical Systems Engineering, they study and research automotive engineering and aerospace engineering as well as robots, sensors, actuators, biomechanics, virtual reality, design methods, CAD / CAM / CAE tools, machine elements, vibrational analysis, acoustic analysis, and more.
Social Development Technologies courses include analytical research and large-scale structural testing at AIT’s Seismic Resistance Experiment Center, the largest facility of its kind at a Japanese university; predicting powerful motion seismic waves, earthquake characteristics over large expanses of ground, and other signature research at the Disaster Prevention Research Center; and study and research in soil engineering, geotechnical engineering, structural and seismic engineering, social development and planning, and material and construction studies.
In Urban Architectural Engineering, students study and research architectural design and planning, building construction engineering, building environment and plant engineering, construction materials engineering, and more.

Key coursework

Mechanical Engineering
The world is looking to mechanical engineering to play a significant role in resolving critical issues facing humanity today, including minimal resource consumption, energy efficiency, and environmental solutions. Meeting these demands in modern society requires equipment that continues to deliver higher performance, more functionality, and greater intelligence. Creating and developing high-tech machinery requires an in-depth knowledge of mechanical engineering—a broad discipline that covers heat and fluids as well as ways to improve the functionality and workability of materials. Innovative advances in high-performance equipment therefore require both basic and applied mechanical engineering research. Students working in this area study and research materials, theories of elasticity, material strength, corrosion, manufacturing processes, functional materials, micro- and nano-technology, and other aspects of material function engineering as well as aspects of thermofluid engineering like combustion, heat transfer, energy conversion, fluid mechanics, and fluid machinery.
Mechanical Systems Engineering
The two primary topics of research and study in this are Intelligent Control Systems Engineering and Mechanical Systems Design Engineering.
In the first area, the objective is to develop manufacturing technologies for sophisticated mechanical systems equipped with intelligent functions in order to create healthier, safer, and more comfortable living environments. The objective in the second area is the integrated development of underlying technologies and systematized technologies for the purpose of manufacturing more precise and efficient equipment. Intelligent Control Systems Engineering covers control, systems engineering, robots, sensors, actuators, biomechanics, virtual reality, and so on; Mechanical Systems Design Engineering covers primarily automotive and aerospace engineering with additional study and research in optimum design strategies, CAD / CAM / CAE tools, machine elements, vibrational analysis, acoustic analysis, medical engineering, and more.
Social Development Technologies
Study and research in this area falls into four categories: structural and seismic engineering, soil and geotechnical engineering, social development and planning, and material and environmental engineering. One of the features of Social Development Technologies coursework is the ability to generate numerous critical research outcomes through analytical research and large-scale structural testing at AIT’s Seismic Resistance Experiment Center, the largest facility of its kind at a Japanese university; students also get the opportunity to use the latest research findings to predict the powerful motion seismic waves that vary across different parts of Japan, to find solid matches with observational data, and to identify earthquake characteristics over large expanses of ground. Students can also research polluted environments by investigating aquatic insects in lakes and marches—an opportunity that is unavailable at other universities. Finally, our teams are putting out solid research findings in experimental and analytical research on floor vibrations in architectural structures, research on evacuation behavior during earthquakes, and more.
Urban Architectural Engineering
There is a need for environmental materials development and maintenance management technologies that can meet the new ways of living and production that society demands, as well as for technology that allows us to come up with static and dynamic designs that take into account the safety and cost performance of various facilities while also shaping cultural environments and planning and maintaining comprehensive living space designs that incorporate environmental factors.
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