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 AY 2024-25, its 10th year, 53 research groups performed independent research activity.
Of the 53 student groups, 11 groups will present their research on May 2, 2025.
Date & Time: 1:30 p.m. ~ 4:25 p.m.(scheduled), Friday, May 2, 2025 (first day of the Icho Festival)
Venue: Assembly Hall, The University of Osaka Hall, Toyonaka Campus
Map: Building #13
Presenters
*You can view reports for each research presentation by clicking any of the links below. (Coming soon)
School of Letters
Research theme: Gender Roles and Girls' Culture in “Children's Books for Girls”
Lead applicant: USUI Yuko (3rd year, School of Letters)
Advisor: NAKAJIMA Izumi (Graduate School of Humanities)
School of Human Sciences
Research theme: History of Disaster Prevention Education and Activities in Tsuda-Shinhama District of Tokushima City and Prospect of Future Pre-Reconstruction
Lead applicant: EBISUI Miki (1st year, School of Human Sciences)
Advisor: MIYAMOTO Takumi (Graduate School of Human Sciences)
School of Foreign Studies
Research theme: Relationship between Indonesia and Japan during Postwar Reconstruction Period: Perspective from a Graduate of the University of Osaka (Former Osaka University of Foreign Studies)
Lead applicant: SHIRAHAMA Hiroki (3rd year, School of Foreign Studies)
Advisor: SUGAHARA Yumi (Graduate School of Humanities)
School of Law
Research theme: Examination of International Legal Issues Associated with Sea Level Rise: Changes in Legal Status of Coastal Countries in the Sea Area and Response to “Climate Change Refugees”
Lead applicant: TAKAHASHI Ryunosuke (3rd year, School of Law)
Advisor: NISUGI Kento (Osaka School of International Public Policy)
School of Science
Research theme: Role of RGF8 Secretory Peptide in Lateral Root Primordium Formation
Lead applicant: NODA Mitsuki (2nd year, School of Science)
Advisor: TATSUO Kakimoto (Graduate School of Science)
Division of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine
Research theme: Development of Adaptive Image Processing Method for Chest X-ray Images Using AI
Lead applicant: HASHIMOTO Mei (2nd year, Faculty of Medicine)
Advisor: ISHIDA Takayuki/ YAMAZAKI Asumi (Graduate School of Medicine)
School of Dentistry
Research theme: Molecular Mechanism of Pathogenesis in Mouse Models of Child Abandonment
Lead applicant: UEHARA Yuka (4th year, School of Dentistry)
Advisor: TAKUMA Kazuhiro/ HAYATA Atsuko (Graduate School of Dentistry)
School of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Research theme: Action Mechanism of Phytochemicals with inhibiting degranulation effects and their anti-allergic effects
Lead applicant: KIDAWARA Sota (3rd year, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences)
Advisor: SAITOH Tatsuya (Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences)
School of Engineering
Research theme: Development of a Virtual Reality Execution Environment using WebAssembly
Lead applicant: WADA Haruto (2nd year, School of Engineering)
Advisor: WATANABE Takashi (Graduate School of Information Science and Technology)
Graduate School of Engineering Science
Research theme: Realization of Three-dimensional Expansion of the Trapping Area in a Quadrupole Linear Trap and Control of the Fine Particle Shuttling
Lead applicant: KARIYAMA Shiori (3rd year, School of Engineering Science)
Advisor: TANAKA Utako (Graduate School of Engineering Science)
Additional (for research that doesn't meet the requirements of the schools listed above)
Research theme: The Science of Artisan Common Sense: the Effect of the Amount of Koji Mold Inoculated during the Seed Cutting Process of Sake Brewing on the Enzyme Activity of Koji
Lead applicant: KODAMA Wakana (2nd year, School of Science)
Advisor: KUSUMOTO Kenichi (Graduate School of Engineering)