Department Overview
Department of Earth Resources Engineering addresses a wide range of global issues related to the development of underground minerals and energy resources (e.g., geothermal energy, oil and natural gas). Our research covers the entire resource development process from upstream to downstream, including prospecting, development, mining, refining, separation, environmental remediation, and disaster prevention. Beyond conventional resource engineering, we are also involved in frontier research on carbon capture and storage (CCS), methane hydrate development, deep-sea resource development, urban mining, and even extraterrestrial resource exploration (e.g., the Moon and Mars). Students who acquire a wide range of expertise in this department will go out into the world as global resource engineers.
What Do you Learn？
The four-year course in this department provides students with opportunities for lectures, laboratory experiments, field surveys, internships, and graduation research. Students learn the holistic background of engineering and earth sciences in the first two years and earth resources engineering in the following two years. In the third year, students participate in internships at relevant companies domestically or internationally, gaining practical experience in mineral and energy resource-related technologies. In the fourth year, students begin their graduation research in one of seven laboratories (Economic Geology; Exploration Geophysics; Geothermics; Resources Production and Safety Engineering; Rock Engineering and Mining Machinery; Mineral Processing, Recycling and Environmental Remediation; Energy Resources Engineering). Through daily interaction and discussion with diverse international students while conducting graduation research, a global perspective is cultivated.
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Educational Philosophy and Aims
The objective of the School of Engineering is to develop expert technicians and researchers to fulfill the responsibilities of engineering to society. Because of the wide-ranging effects of engineers on society, engineers not only require special knowledge in their respective fields, but also an understanding of ethics in engineering, a profound cognizance and perception of humanity, and a broad education about the environment and the role of human beings within it. To participate in international society it is necessary to realize and understand the multiplicity of cultures, and to respect other people’s beliefs and ideas. It is also important for engineers to hone communication skills in order to acquire practical and technical proficiency, and to cultivate logical thinking ability, planning skills, perseverance, leadership ability, and physical strength.
In keeping with this view of engineering’s responsibility to society as a whole, the Kyushu School of Engineering programs include both compulsory and elective courses which strive to educate our engineers to become leaders in their fields. Our students are expected to acquire the following during their four-year program:
- Basic knowledge of mathematics and natural science necessary to be a technician in each area of expertise
- A desire to continue lifelong studies, and to keep pace with future changes in each area of expertise
- Management skills as a technical leader in each area of expertise
- Ability to implement science and technology while considering the effects on the economy, society, and the environment
- Ability to understand the role of technology and realize an engineer’s responsibilities to society
- Communication and presentation skills in Japanese and other languages
- Ability to comprehend and respect other people’s opinions and ideas, and to communicate own ideas and opinions
- Wide point of view to realize the multiplicity of cultures and understand and respect other people’s beliefs and ideas
- Wide knowledge of human nature and society, the global environment, and technology
- Basic physical strength necessary to act as an engineer or researcher
Engineering and technology will continue to assume an increasingly greater role in the world. It is our hope that our students will gain a wide range of knowledge and skills in becoming engineers who proudly carry the responsibility and commitment of working towards the betterment of society.