Toyohashi University of Technology,
Institute for Global Network Innovation in Technology
Education

News from QC（Vol.8 2014/11/25）

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Reports

A drawing class for stimulating a creativity
Ryushi Kimura, National Institute of Technology, Kochi CollegeINTRODUCTION
I have taken a drawing class in Queens

subjects, we learned a proportion of humanCollege. I will introduce the drawing classbody by drawing a human skeleton model,

because the contents is very unique and good at

before we drew the human motion (Pic.1).

stimulating for my creativity.

Pic.1 A lecturer and a human skeleton model

New York is world-famous art city such as aWe tried other unique ways such as a drawing

musical on Broadway and origin of pop-art bya still life as we put a blindfold and drew it by

Andy Warhol or Keith Haring. I teach my

only hand touching and a drawing imaginably

students

by a conversation.

architecturaldesignandcolor

coordination in an architectural drawing class

While we draw our arts, students can talk,and architectural environmental engineering

walk around freely, moreover they can listen toclass in Kochi College. In the classes, students

music, because they are not restricted their

have to design a building with their creative

action tightly. We have a time to show andideas. Sometimes, I give some advices tocriticize our work each other at the middle andstudents who don’t come up with their ideas. So,

end of the class. Then, students said freely andwhy I took the drawing class is to get somemagnificently like an art critic, “This part ofhints to give some advices which stimulates

your work looks like Impressionists”, “If you

students’ creativities.

modify this part, your work will be famous pop

Drawing classart class!” (Pic.2). A trait of their opinions is a

The drawing class is conducted for four hours

little exaggerated but positive.

per a week. There are 15 students who are fromThose various methods and putting positive

different majors in the class. We think, express

opinions might trigger that students can say

and create freely our art-work using variousand express freely and grow their creativities

materials and method. For instance, to draw ain the end.

humanmotion

as

oneof

Pic.1 Lecturer and the skeleton modelPic.2 The time to criticize the works
5Daily life at Queens CollegeSeiji Fujiwara, National Institute of Technology, Akashi CollegeINTRODUCTION

Friday and one professor, who is collaborator

In this month's issue, I will introduce aboutand work for St. John's University, also attends

the laboratory and lectures that I took.

at this meeting. I go to the laboratory except for

LABORATORY

lecture and do some works.

Iamvisiting

theoreticalchemistry

LECTURE

laboratory at Queens College. Professor of thisI am taking thermodynamics as a credit

laboratory is Dr. Seogjoo Jang, who is Koreanrequired subject and conceptual physics as anand graduated Master course of Seoul Nationalaudit subject. Each subject is conducted twice aUniversity. After that, he went on to PhDweek. Thermodynamics is conducted every

course of University of Pennsylvania and got

Tuesday and Thursday from 7 p.m. to 8:50 p.m.

PhD at there. There are two undergraduate

Conceptual physics is conducted every Monday

students, two PhD course students and threeand Wednesday from 16:50 p.m. to 18:40 p.m.

Postdoctoral Researcher in this laboratory

Thermodynamics is scientific one and the(Photo. 1). Although most laboratories ofapproach is slightly different from engineering

Queens College are small, this laboratory isthermodynamics

something like laboratory. Especially, there is a

Therefore, I am enjoying taking the lecture.

Japanese female Postdoctoral Researcher, whoPhot. 2 are signatures of famous physicists thathas been studying at an American university

prof. brought to the thermodynamics classsince Undergraduate course.

happily. The first one is a signature of P. A. M.

thatIteachinJapan.

The research topic of this laboratory isDirac and the second one is that of Louis detheoretical research on energy and charge flow

Broglie. I was impressed that it was very thedynamics

molecular

United States. It is, however, lovely sight thatsystems ranging from liquids to biologicalprofessor showed off his treasure to hissystems. Group meeting is conducted every

students proudly. This is lovely America.

incondensed

phase

Photo 1
Photo. 2.

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