Independent Research Project for Undergraduate Students Presentation
Osaka University encourages undergraduate students to perform their independent research beyond their specialized area by offering research funding and faculty advisors to guide students in their research activity.
In the 2023-24 academic year, its 9th year, 54 research groups performed independent research activity.
Of the 54 student groups, 11 groups will present their research on May 2, 2024.
Date & Time: 1:30 p.m. ~ 4:10 p.m., Thursday, May 2, 2024 (first day of the Icho Festival)
Venue: Assembly Hall, Osaka University Hall, Toyonaka Campus
Map: Building #13
Presenters
School of Letters
Research theme: The Ideal Model in Diderot's aesthetic theory - Focusing on the foreword of "Salon de 1767"
Lead applicant: HONGO Mikoto (3rd year, School of Letters)
Advisor: YAMAJO Hirotsugu (Graduate School of Humanities)
School of Human Sciences
Research theme: Examining the educational value of a board game that simulates university life
Lead applicant: AOKI Kai (1st year, School of Letters)
Advisor: HAGIHARA Hiromichi (Graduate School of Human Sciences)
School of Foreign Studies
Research theme: Comparing Indonesian and Japanese languages in terms of reduplication, prefixes, and prepositions that convey plural meanings
Lead applicant: SANTOSA Kurniawan (3rd year, School of Foreign Studies)
Advisor: KONO Tomoaki (Graduate School of Humanities)
School of Law
Research theme: Logic of international conflicts over waiver of immunity from jurisdiction and enforcement measures -- Through participation in the International Law Moot Court Competition
Lead applicant: ISHIDA Ayane (2nd year, School of Law)
Advisor: NISUGI Kento (Osaka School of International Public Policy)
School of Science
Research theme: Impact of fibrous materials on dust aggregation – from house dust to planetesimal formation
Lead applicant: IWANO Shiori (3rd year, School of Science)
Advisor: KATSURAGI Hiroaki (Graduate School of Science)
Division of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine
Research theme: Evaluation of pathophysiological change in rat models of colitis under treatment with UDCA using preclinical 7T-MRI
Lead applicant: YOSHIKAWA Midori (3rd year, Faculty of Medicine)
Advisor: SAITO Shigeyoshi/KAMADA Yoshihiro (Graduate School of Medicine)
School of Dentistry
Research theme: Examining the role of senescent cells in normal bone development
Lead applicant: EBIHARA Kaoru (4th year, School of Dentistry)
Advisor: OHBA Shinsuke/ABE Makoto (Graduate School of Dentistry)
School of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Research theme: Reproducing lidocaine metabolism in human -- Food microorganisms that can reproduce drug metabolism in human can be used to examine drug metabolites
Lead applicant: HORI Sho (2nd year, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences)
Advisor: HARADA Kazuo (Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences)
School of Engineering
Research theme: Improving the production quality of human powered aircrafts using optimization methods of airfoil shape and styroform filling technique
Lead applicant: ABO Ryohei
Advisor: TAKEUCHI Shintaro (Graduate School of Engineering)
Graduate School of Engineering Science
Research theme: Elucidating the development of schemas [cognitive patterns] using predictive coding
Lead applicant: NOMURA Kentaro (3rd year, School of Engineering Science)
Advisor: HORII Takato (Graduate School of Engineering Science)
Additional (for research that doesn't meet the requirements of the schools listed above)
Research theme: Challenges in creating barrier-free environments in Japanese public transport systems -- to realize more seamless linkage between transport systems
Lead applicant: UENO Kazushi (3rd year, School of Letters)
Advisor: AKAI Nobuo (Osaka School of International Public Policy)