| Venture Laboratory(VL) was built for the following purposes: 1. Promotion of research and development aiming the fundamentals of future industries by discipline the students of graduate course. 2. Education of the graduate students having creative mind and fruitful venture spirit. 3. Promotion of enthusiastic collaboration with local industries. 4. Highly advanced facility for advanced research. To achieve those purposes, five projects were proposed. 1) New development of effective usage of function of insects. 2) Virtual Product Design and Japanese Manufacturing. 3) STC (Science Technology and Commercialization). 4) Research for the production of sustainable products. 5) The researches concerning seven areas emphasized by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry. Graduate students and post doctoral research associates engage in these projects. VL provides four MOT (Management of Technology) lectures by collaborating with ASTEM (Advanced Software Technology & Mechatronics Research Institute of Kyoto). Special lectures are also routinely held by inviting researchers who have launched venture companies. VL not only promotes collaboration among students trained in different disciplines, but also between students and researchers from industry. |
