Event Schedule

Saturday, July 16, 2016 - Sunday, July 17, 2016
(Registration starts at 10:00)

Note: The same program will be held on both days.

High School Students

Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University

Japanese

Thursday, June 30, 2016

APU Research Office
To register for this event, download the event poster (PDF), fill in the included registration form, and email the completed form to centers@apu.ac.jp or fax to 0977-78-1135.
Contact 0977-78-1134 or centers@apu.ac.jp if you have any questions.

APU will be holding “Hirameki Tokimeki Science～Welcome to an University’s Research Laboratory～” for high school students interested in Japan’s ‘monozukuri’(art of manufacturing) of computers, LCDs etc.
This program is intended to share research outcomes of Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research （KAKENHI： Grants awarded to promote creative and pioneering research to competitive projects organized by individual researchers or research groups at Japanese universities or research institutes） with high school students, so that they may experience first hand the excitement of science, and nurture a knowledgeable and creative mind. Please take advantage of this opportunity to experience up close the research being conducted at universities and feel the wonders of science.

• Lecture “How Does the LCD Work?”
• Disassembly and Dissection of the LCD
• NHK Video “Project X: the LCD Persistent Face-Off” (Viewing in Library)
• Small Group Discussion
• Lecture “Japan’s Monozukuri from the Perspective of the LCD: History of Calculators”
  Graduation Ceremony (a ‘Future Doctorate’ conferred)