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A Joint Effort between Academia and Industry in the Eastern Part of Kagawa Prefecture in Japan

Sato, Kazuishi (Department of Nano Material and Bioengineering, Tokushima Bunri University)
Okajima, Kunihiko (Department of Nano Material and Bioengineering, Tokushima Bunri University)
Nakajima, Ken-Ichiro (Department of Mechanical Engineering, Tokushima Bunri University)

Publication Information

Journal of Engineering Education Research / v.15, no.4, 2012 , pp. 14-20 More about this Journal

Abstract

The Regional Cooperative Development Center (RCDC) at Tokushima Bunri University was established in 2005. The role of the RCDC is to make a social contribution and to assist in the development of human resources. The RCDC has made contributions to society by organizing meetings to facilitate the exchange of technology, holding public lectures, supporting joint research projects, providing technical assistance for manufacturers, making available the free use of equipment owned by the university and so on. Additionally, the RCDC has put much effort into giving undergraduate students internship opportunities at industries in the eastern part of Kagawa Prefecture (the TOSAN area) in Japan. The RCDC also trained a contracted researcher from a small company about the creation of intellectual property, including how to conduct a patent prior art search, how to prepare a patent specification, etc. The RCDC has worked in partnership with industry, Sanuki City Society of Commerce and Industry and Higashi-Kagawa City Society of Commerce and Industry in order to revitalize local communities.

Keywords

Engineering education; Industrial-academic-government collaboration; Human resource development; Regional contribution;

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