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The Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering is divided into two majors, Mechanical and Aeronautical, and undergraduate students are introduced to the field of mechanical engineering through introductory and advanced courses. At the graduate level, students pursue a wide range of research, including mechanics, control, production, thermal engineering, fluid engineering, and nano/bio...

  Advances in science and technology have revolutionized our lives, but they have also created ethical challenges. Engineers need to consider and responsibly address the social impacts of technology, and engineering ethics education needs to be strengthened. This will ensure that engineering and technology can contribute to human happiness and prosperity.   Humanity and science and...

As an architecture student, I am very interested in architectural engineering and design. Architecture provides aesthetic impressions and convenience, and it requires the collaboration of various fields. Through architecture, I aim to provide people with a better living environment.   I am a student in the Department of Architecture, majoring in Architectural Engineering, which is the study...

In the 20th century, the philosophy of science developed through various theories and debates, including logical positivism and Karl Popper’s disprovationalism. Logical positivism emphasizes verifiability, while disprovationalism emphasizes the disprovability of scientific theories. Each theory has contributed to scientific progress, but neither has provided a perfect solution. Science is...

Charles Darwin’s theory of natural selection explains why selfish behavior is evolutionarily advantageous, but it also raises the question of why organisms behave altruistically. The kin selection hypothesis explains that altruistic behavior can arise for genetic benefit and analyzes the behavior of honeybees as an example of this. It also points out the limitations of the kin selection...

Altruistic humans are detrimental to individual survival, but they contribute to the prosperity of the group as a whole, promoting social stability and progress. This altruistic behavior can be explained by the group selection hypothesis and plays an important role in strengthening social structure and solidarity.   In school and social life, we often engage in group activities. In group...

Altruistic and selfish people coexist in the world. From an evolutionary perspective, selfish people should have a better survival advantage, but in the real world, we find plenty of altruistic people as well. Several hypotheses exist to explain this, most notably the kin selection hypothesis, which argues that altruistic behavior emerges for genetic benefit. In addition, the complex structure...

  The patent system is intended to protect and encourage the invention of creative knowledge and technology, but in some cases it can stifle innovation by creating complacency or monopolization of existing technologies. However, they are essential for engineering students, and it is important to recognize and protect the importance of patents as you develop your skills.   The importance...

Karl Popper’s philosophy of disproversialism provided a method for the verification of scientific theories, which he saw as conflicting with the Copenhagen interpretation of quantum mechanics. However, the Copenhagen interpretation can be reevaluated within Popper’s philosophical framework by applying disproversialism and tendency-based probability theory, and can be seen as...

Intelligent design argues that evolutionary theory is limited in its ability to explain the origin and change of life, citing “irreducible complexity” as an example of how the complexity of life cannot be explained by mere chance and natural laws. Dembski uses this to point out that evolutionary theory is not perfect and argues for the existence of a designed element.  ...