2020 - 2021

Ko u r i t s u Ko m a t s u D a i g a k u

Prospectus

H i s t o r y a n d O r g a n i z a t i o n P 0 1

M i s s i o n S t a t e m e n t P 0 2

P r i m a r y G o a l s P 0 3

M e s s a g e f r o m P r e s i d e n t H i r o s h i Y a m a m o t o P 0 4

A c a d e m i c S t r u c t u r e P 0 5

F a c u l t y a n d R e s e a r c h T o p i c s P 0 7

A f f i l i a t e d O r g a n i z a t i o n s P 1 1

A c a d e m i c C a l e n d a r P 1 2

C a m p u s a n d A c c e s s P 1 3

M a p / A c c e s s t o K o m a t s u P 1 4

Komatsu University, founded in 2018 by Komatsu City, benefits from the copious natural assets of the area spanning from Mt. Hakusan to the Sea of Japan, and exploits the heritage of a city of industry, culture, health, education, and international understanding.Komatsu University’s academic structure consists of three Faculties: Production Systems Engineering and Sciences, Health Sciences, and Intercultural Communication. The former two faculties were established through the merger of Komatsu College, inaugurated in 1988, and Komatsu Nursing School, which opened in 1995. These three faculties are organized into four Departments: Production Systems Engineering and Sciences, Nursing, Clinical Engineering, and Intercultural Communication.

H i s t o r y a n d O r g a n i z a t i o n

Komatsu University has adopted the following key principles to fulfill its core mission:(1) To educate and foster professional specialists with responsible maturity, who can contribute to their communities and the world.(2) To promote scientific innovation in the fields of production systems, health sciences, and intercultural communication to foster a sustainable society.(3) To make a positive contribution to co-creating an enlivening and flourishing society through citizen participation.

According to the key principles above, Komatsu University aims to construct an academic base for the mastering, creation, implementation, and circulation of Human Intelligence and Wisdom (HIW) in order to promote the sustainable development of local and global societies.

M i s s i o n S t a t e m e n t

I n d e x

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M e s s a g e

Education : Mastering of HIWKomatsu University is committed to mastering authentic and efficient knowledge through its area-traversing education system, and endeavors to develop active learners who are capable of dealing with international and local issues.

Research : Creation of HIWKomatsu University provides not only project-based learning with a global and pan-human vista, but also creates new values of intelligence and wisdom in the ingenious researches through freedom of imagination.

Civic Contributions : Implementation of HIW Komatsu University contributes to the implementation of its academic accomplishments in the real world and to the development of human resources by way of a cooperative network connecting corporations, facilities, and institutes of this region.

International : Circulation of HIWKomatsu University engages in communication with international institutions through collaborative research, faculty and student exchanges, and academic conferences in featuring the solution of global and universal issues.

Human Right & Social Responsibility : Foundation of HIWKomatsu University strives to enlighten the future by being a respectable and vital element of society instilled with essential wisdom and humanitarian ethics, abiding by social manners and rules, while integrating each stage of the mastering, creation, implementation and circulation of HIW.

P r i m a r y G o a l s

Message from President Hiroshi YamamotoAfter graduating from Kanazawa University School of Medicine, I worked at Toyama Medical and Pharmaceutical University, Tohoku University, and Kanazawa University as a biochemist studying and teaching health and disease. I received prestigious awards from the Japan Diabetes Society and from the Japan Society of Diabetic Complications, while having served at Kanazawa University as a trustee and as vice president for international affairs. I also served in the university hospital and the alumni association, and assumed my present position as president of Komatsu University in April, 2018. As president, I shall draw upon the experience, skills, and networks developed at the institutions above and enhanced by various academic and social activities involving members of Japanese and overseas societies, trustees at several foundations, editors of various international journals, and selection committees for international and domestic prizes.Komatsu University trains students to become active learners, highly qualified professionals and innovators, who can uncover and solve problems and contribute to the prosperity of any region where they live and work. Such training opens up new vistas for students, their communities, and the world. Research and education at Komatsu University are directed toward information-based science and environment-adapted engineering, establishing the basis for the happiness and health of future generations, and contributing to substantive global and local intercultural exchange.I look forward to the friendly and productive exchange of the intellectual resources of Komatsu University with those of overseas partners in the past, present and future.

HIW = Human lntelligence and Wisdom

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Facul ty of Production Systems Engineering and SciencesThe Minamikaga area of Ishikawa Prefecture, where Komatsu is located, is home to more than 100 companies collaborating with a globally famous construction machinery company, and to a cluster of machinery and electronics manufacturers boasting high market shares both in Japan and overseas, known as the “Monozukuri” (manufacturing) group of the Hokuriku region.In our department, we strive to keep pace with the current global trend of creating systems and human resources capable of developing and maintaining a sustainable and environmentally friendly society. In our unique curriculum, building on the latest computer science and loT knowledge, we teach mechanical engineering which is the foundation for craftsmanship, and enhance it with the basic principles of informatics, electronics, and electrical engineering.

Facul ty of Intercul tural CommunicationWith the population and number of children already in decline all over Japan, the number of people coming to live here from abroad is steadily increasing, and so is the number of foreign tourists.Komatsu City is home to “Hokuriku’s Gateway to the Sky”, Komatsu Airport, and also exploits a variety of cultural and historical traditions, including the representative Kabuki play “Kanjincho”.Our university strives to create a global network for cultural exchange through internship and research, in which “global” human resources can thrive.

A b o u t K o m a t s u U n i v e r s i t y A c a d e m i c S t r u c t u r e

Facul ty of Health SciencesDepar tment of Clinical Engineering Komatsu University is the first public clinical engineering university in Japan. Our students learn to support safe and precise medicine through advanced medical equipment, having acquired the basic knowledge, adaptability, medical ethics, and ability to work as part of a team to support doctors while improving local medicine.We also strive to create new professors and researchers of clinical engineering to help with the further development of medical technology.

Facul ty of Health SciencesDepar tment of NursingKomatsu University ranks tenth among city-managed nursing universities in Japan, and is one of only ten with a minimum number of 40-50 students per course.As Japan’s population continues to age, nursing specialists will be needed not only in hospitals but in a number of medical and care facilities throughout the country, to allow the elderly to live safe and fulfilling lives in the places they are used to. In our department, we instruct students about health regeneration, disease prevention, health maintenance, and a whole array of important details of nursing, so as to help people live happy and meaningful lives using local medical facilities.

Undergraduate / Bachelor ProgramF a c u l t y o f P r o d u c t i o n S y s t e m s E n g i n e e r i n g a n d S c i e n c e s

D e p a r t m e n t o f P r o d u c t i o n S y s t e m s E n g i n e e r i n g a n d S c i e n c e s

F a c u l t y o f H e a l t h S c i e n c e s

D e p a r t m e n t o f N u r s i n g

D e p a r t m e n t o f C l i n i c a l E n g i n e e r i n g

F a c u l t y o f I n t e r c u l t u r a l C o m m u n i c a t i o n

D e p a r t m e n t o f I n t e r c u l t u r a l C o m m u n i c a t i o n

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F a c u l t y a n d R e s e a r c h T o p i c s

Buoyancy driven convection and geothermal energy development

Smoke and human behavior in enclosed space / Study on grooved bearings

Mechanical properties of polymers and polymer composites

Research and development on sports equipment and high-performance training machine

Shape design optimization of composite structures / nano structures

Development of new metal working and forming process and resarch of structural design for high strength and light weight

Research and development of novel structural materials and its processing

Study on vibration control of machinery / Development of dynamic absorber and impact damper

Control of robots. Development of power assist mechanism

Research on development of functional magnetic devices and micro magnetic sensors

High frequency devices and precision machining, using magnetic particles

Research related AI applications, supporting for caring of solitary aged person and recognition of environments

Detect symptoms of human errors using IoT and AI

Research and development of software related to image processing and image recognition

High precision shape measurement of rough surface using a camera viewing along the same direction as a laser beam

Research on quantum statistical mechanics in terms of functional analysis and probability theory

Shigeo Kimura

Nobuyoshi Kawabata

Yoshinori Yamada

Hiroyuki Kagawa

Shinobu Sakai

Jin-Xing Shi

Atsushi Tomizawa

Hyung-Won Park

Yoshio Iwata

Masatoshi Hikizu

Sotoshi Yamada

Shinji Ikeda

Haruhiko Kimura

Yusuke Kajiwara

Masamichi Nitta

Masaaki Adachi

Hiroshi Tamura

Dean

Professor

Professor

Professor

Professor

Assistant Professor

Professor

Assistant Professor

Professor

Associate Professor

Professor

Associate Professor

Professor

Associate Professor

Professor

Professor

Professor

Thermal Engineering

Fluid Engineering

Applied｠Magnetics Engineering

Mechanical Engineering and Glaciology

Sports Engineering

Solid Mechanics / CAE

Plasticity

Materials Science and Production Engineering

Dynamics of Machinery

Mechatronics

Magnetics Engineering

Magnetics Engineering

Information Technology

Artificial Intelligence

Image Informatics

Optical Metrology

Mathematical physics

Faculty of Production Systems Engineering and Sciences Department of Production Systems Engineering and Sciences

President / Vice President

Research on the cause, pathogenesis and control of diabetic angiopathyy / History of medicine

Creative experiments of ‘hospitality art’

Buoyancy driven convection and geothermal energy development

Hiroshi Yamamoto

Yoshimasa Yokogawa

Shigeo Kimura

President

Vice President

Vice President

Medicine

Theory of Art and Care

Thermal Engineering

N a m e S p e c i a l i z e d A r e a

N a m e S p e c i a l i z e d A r e a

Development of mechanical devices and measuring systems / Analysis and evaluation of performances, strengths, and other mechanical properties

Study on work environment and mental health of employees

Research on skin disorders related to chemotherapy

Study on cleanliness management of hospital environment (water supply, etc.)

Nursing support for people with sleep apnea syndrome under CPAP therapy

Basic research on self-care of lymphedema

Study on education for patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus using social skills, and on prevention of interruption of diabetic care

Development of new outcome indicators and treatments for leg edema of the elderly

Study on emotions and behaviors of mothers in childcare process

Study on relationship between job satisfaction and intention to remain of employees

Study on physical activity in people with type 2 diabetes or chronic illness

Health support for cancer survivors using telenursing

Study on mental health of nurses/Study on Partnership nursing system (PNS)

Study on Tactile care/Study on nursing support of senior citizens with dementia and caregiving families

Causes of falls in patients with cancer

Self-care management of older patients with type 2 diabetes

Intervention study to ensure acceptability of self management behaviors in people with diabetes

Blood glucose-sleep monitoring in children with type 1 diabetes

Health care and nutrition education in perinatal women and infants

Study of midwifery student performance during antenatal health check

Study on defecation care / Study on home care nursing

Study on the exposure and evaluation of antibacterial substances against allergies

Study of the life habits of workers and retirees

Kazuyo Kitaoka

Yuko Matsui

Miho Uchida

Chinatsu Kato

Yuiko Suzuki

Yukari Fujita

Terumi Ueda

Miho Katayama

Ritsuko Aijo

Matsumi Yamazaki

Daisuke Sato

Etsuko Matsumura

Yumi Koizumi

Noriyo Yuno

Eri Konda

Hiroko Morikawa

Azusa Oda

Megumi Sakamoto

Takayo Yamada

Mayumi Tokuda

Yukari Shimizu

Motoko Nakashima

Dean

Professor

Professor

Assistant Professor

Assistant Professor

Assistant Professor

Assistant Professor

Assistant Professor

Assistant Professor

Professor

Associate Professor

Lecturer

Professor

Lecturer

Assistant Professor

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Assistant Professor

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Lecturer

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Lecturer

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Mental Health Nursing

Fundamental Nursing

Fundamental Nursing

Fundamental Nursing

Adult Nursing

Fundamental Nursing

Fundamental Nursing

Mental Health Nursing

Mental Health Nursing

Adult Nursing

Adult Nursing

Adult Nursing

Gerontological Nursing

Gerontological Nursing

Gerontological Nursing

Pediatric Nursing

Pediatric Nursing

Maternal Nursing

Maternity nursing

Home Care Nursing

Home Care Nursing

Public Health Nursing

Facul ty of Health Sciences Depar tment of NursingN a m e S p e c i a l i z e d A r e a

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Studies on care for elderly people with different cultural backgrounds

Health management for college students / A study on nursing support for smokers

Psychometric theory: Theories and methods of measuring individual differences

Naoko Ito

Michiko Ikeda

Masune Sukigara

Lecturer

Assistant Professor

Professor

Public Health Nursing

Public Health Nursing

Psychology

Facul ty of Health Sciences Depar tment of NursingN a m e S p e c i a l i z e d A r e a

Morphological and histochemical study on cellular gene expression and differentiation

Study on biomagnetism and magnetic stimulation

Study on light-dependent regulation of circadian clock

Study on related to respiratory center activity and ventilation

Three dimensional mapping of blood flow and blood vessels by using advanced multipoint laser doppler velocimeter

Medical signal processing by using adaptive filters and neural networks

Study on health care and medical assistance of the elderly based on analysis of motor control functions in the brain

Healthcare, welfare, and therapeutic technology

Computational neuroscience and artificial Intelligence

Research on construction of intracircuit blood coagulation detection system in extracorporeal circulation

3D geometric analysis of objects for medical images

Medical system for prevention of life-style related diseases and progression of chronic diseases

Study on elution substances from hemodialysis membranes

Shigeru Sanada

Shoichi Iseki

Masakuni Iwahashi

Jun Hirayama

Shinji Fukasawa

Tadashi Hachiga

Kenji Nakayama

Jongho Lee

Masamichi Nogawa

Kazuhisa Fujita

Hideo Sakamoto

Junko Izawa

Ikuto Suzuki

Yoshinori Sato

Chair

Professor

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Associate Professor

Associate Professor

Lecturer

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Associate Professor

Medical Imaging Technology

Histology

Medical and Biological Engineering

Chronobiology

Artificial Respiratory Apparatusology

Bioelectrical System

Medical Signal Processing

Human Medical Engineering

Biomedical Engineering

Neural Information Processing

Medical Engineering

Medical Imaging Technology

Biomedical engineering

Blood purification

Facul ty of Health Sciences Depar tment of Clinical EngineeringN a m e S p e c i a l i z e d A r e a

Development of physiologic-functional radiography (pfRAD) : dynamic imaging for physiological and functional diagnostic information

Chinese dialectology and phonetics

Studies on local society participation in tourism development of Maya archaeological parks

Accessible tourism, local tourism development, social capital

Green tourism in Japan and Asian countries

World food supply and demand : International comparison of agriculture and regional revitalization

Psychological adjustment, psychological influence with rapid social development as tourist destination

Politics of modern Taiwan, Studies on ethnic Chinese communities in Southeast Asia

Southeast Asian studies, foreign and security policies in Asia Pacific / Studies on armed forces and society

Studies on media, politics, and society in the Middle East

Studies on globalization and emerging economies

Japanese classical literature and history of Noh

Psychoanalytic, aesthetic, and historical approaches to American films

Phonetics with a focus on Japanese

Pidgin and creole linguistics

Research on English and Japanese clause-linking structures in utterance interpretation

Research on English teaching based on second language acquisition theories

Chinese language education and Mandarin dialectology

Teaching Chinese as a second language

Ray Iwata

Shigeki Shakuya

Fukiko Nakako

Takeshi Miyazaki

Kiyohide Morita

Makoto Kimura

Maqsooda Sarfi Shiotani

Tohru SAKAI

Saya Kiba

Yushi Chiba

Tadayuki Ichinowatari

Satoshi Nishimura

Bunei Kohara

Timothy Vance

Toru Okamura

Miyuki Nagatsuji

Toshihiko Shimauchi

Robert Sanders

Naihua Liu

Dean

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Associate Professor

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Chinese Linguistics

Anthropology of Tourism

Tourism & Tourism Sociology

Agricultural Economics

Food and Agricultural Economics

Psychology

Intercultural Communication

Area studies, Comparative Politics

Political Science, International Relations

Area Studies, Media Studies

International Political Economy and Trade

Japanese Literature

Film Studies and Literature

Linguistics

Sociolinguistics

Linguistics

Linguistics

Chinese Linguistics

Chinese Linguistics

Faculty of Intercultural Communication Department of Intercultural CommunicationN a m e S p e c i a l i z e d A r e a

History of central Asia and Mongolia, culture, genderContemporary history of Mongolia, culture and religion / Comparative studies with India and Japan.

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LibraryThe libraries installed on each of the three campuses enhance the convenience that students enjoy, and are also open to the public as local knowledge bases. We use an intercampus network to facilitate smooth use of loan services from other libraries. We have also prepared an environment that allows our libraries to be used reciprocally with other university libraries

Internat ional Exchange CenterWe aim to promote the internationalization of the local area by cooperating with local governments and, in order to train personnel capable of functioning internationally and promote academic research and internship, we also support study abroad for students and exchange between researchers providing them with necessary informations and facilities.

Heal thcare Management CenterWe provide health management and lifestyle instruction so that students can lead lives that are mentally and physically healthy. Students can receive health consultations and counselling from doctors, nurses, and public health consultants.

Career Support CenterWe help students ascertain their own aptitudes and deepen their knowledge about occupations, while also aiming to collect information about the kind of personnel that businesses are looking for, and realize optimum matching of vacations and students.

Local Cooperative Promotion CenterWe actively promote joint research and technological consultations with local manufacturing businesses and also develop activities that explore paths toward having citizens work cooperatively with students and teaching faculty to solve local issues.

A f f i l i a t e d O r g a n i z a t i o n s

Entrance ceremony : Beginning of AprilFirst semester : First week of April until the end of July

Second semester : Beginning of October until the first week of FebruaryUniversity Festival : Late October

Entrance exam for endorsed applicants: Mid-JanuaryFirst term exams : Through the last week of July to beginning of August

Second term exams : Beginning of February

A c a d e m i c C a l e n d a r

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［China］

［New Zealand］＊ The University of Auckland English Language Academy

［Taiwan］

［Thailand］

［Cambodia］

＊ Western Washington University＊ Austin Peay State University

S i l i c o n V a l l e y O f f i c e

［Malaysia］

＊ Changzhou University＊ Southeast University School of Foreign Languages College of International Students

＊ Chien Kuo University＊ National Central University Department of English The Language Center＊ National Sun Yat-sen University College of Engineering

＊ Prince of Songkla University＊ Rangsit University＊ King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi Faculty of Industrial Education and Technology＊ Thai-Nichi Institute of Technology

＊ APSARA National Authority

＊ Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman

［USA］

I n t e r n a t i o n a l E x c h a n g e

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Kiba I.C.

Rendaiji I.C.

Higashiyama I.C.

Yawata I.C.

Sasaki I.C.

Kosugi I.C.

OnaganoI.C.

Sendai I.C.

Awazu I.C.

Futatsunashi I.C.

Hakomiya I.C.

●Yunokuni-no-mori

●Motorcar Museum of Japan

Komatsu Dome●

●Natadera Temple

Ataka-no-seki●Barrier

Ikoi-no-mori Park●

Komatsu Tenmangu Shrine●

●Komatsu City Police Station

●Science Hills Komatsu

●Ishikawa Aviation Plaza●Komatsu-no-mori

Komatsu Municipal HospitalKomatsu Air Base●

Komatsu Airport●

Komatsu City Hall●

Theater Urara●

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Komatsu Ltd.Awazu Plant

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Miyamoto Saburo Furusato Museum●

Roadside Station　Komatsu Kibagata●

Aeon●Komatsu

Aeon Mall●Shinkomatsu　

●Al Plaza Shopping Center

Lake Kiba

Maegawa River

Kakehashi River

Sea of Japan

Hokuriku Expressway

Hokuriku Main Line

●Awazu Onsen

Komatsu I.C.

Awazu

Komatsu

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Chuo(Central ) CampusSuehiro Campus

Awazu Campus

KomatsuKanazawa

ToyamaNagano

Nigata

Hakodate

TokyoNagoya

OsakaKyoto

Maibara

SendaiSendai

Limited Express TrainShinkansenAirplane

Sapporo

NaritaHaneda

Fukuoka

Naha

Hakata

Kagoshima

ShanghaiSeoul

Taipei

From Tokyo : By plane : Approximately 1 hour flight from Haneda Airport to Komatsu AirportBy train : 2 hours 30 minutes to Kanazawa by Hokuriku Shinkansen 16 minutes from Kanazawa to Komatsu by Limited Express Train

From Nagoya : 2 hours 45 minutes to JR Komatsu Station by Limited Express Train

From Osaka :2 hours 30 minutes to JR Komatsu Station by Limited Express Train

C a m p u s a n d A c c e s s

C h u o ( C e n t r a l ) C a m p u sFacul ty of lntercul tural Communication, and interim campus for other facul t ies10-10 Doihara-machi, Komatsu, Ishikawa 923-0921Located on the 2nd and 3rd floors of Komatsu AZ Square in front of JR Komatsu Station

1 minute on foot from JR Komatsu Station 8 minutes drive from Hokuriku Expressway Komatsu I.C.

S u e h i r o C a m p u s Facul ty of Heal th SciencesHe 14-1 Mukai-motoori-machi, Komatsu, Ishikawa 923-0961Next to Komatsu Municipal Hospital, the medical hub of the Minamikaga Area

25 minutes on foot from JR Komatsu Station6 minutes by bus from JR Komatsu Station 10 minutes drive from Hokuriku Expressway Komatsu I.C.

A w a z u C a m p u s Facul ty of Production Systems Engineering and SciencesNu 1-3 Shicho-machi, Komatsu, Ishikawa 923-8511Located in the heart of the manufacturing district of the Minamikaga area

12 minutes on foot from JR Awazu Station15 minutes drive from Hokuriku Expressway Komatsu I.C.

M a p / A c c e s s t o K o m a t s u

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"Blue for intellect and mind" and "Black for stability and limitlessness" demonstrate Komatsu University's direction of "From Komatsu to the Future." They also remind us of the bright, blue earth that rotates in space.It is our hope that Komatsu University will nurture individuals who work with the community and create the future with an open mind.

C h u o ( C e n t r a l ) C a m p u s

10-10 Doihara-machi, Komatsu 923-0921, JAPANPhone: +81-761-23-6600 Fax: +81-761-48-3248Email: soumu@komatsu-u.ac.jp HP: https://www.komatsu-u.ac.jp/

M s . N a o k o Y a m a z a k iAstronautSpecial Advisor to the President