InquiriesFostering creativity through education in textile materialsExperimental FarmMachineFabricationEducationTextileEducationTextile machineryMachine toolsUsing fiber and machine fabrication technology to actually make thingsTextile Education55Ourundergraduateandgraduatestudentsexperimentwithtextilefabricationtechnologyusingspinningmachinery,whichmakesthreadfromrawfibermaterials,andotherequipmentwhilecarryingoutresearchandexperimentsinanefforttodevelopnewmaterials.Further,intheadjacentTextilePrototypeDevelopmentCenter,anextensivearrayoftestingequipmentisavailablefortaskssuchasevaluatingthepropertiesofthreadsandfabrics.StudentsoftheFunctionalMachineryandMechanicsCourseandBioengineeringCourseusemachiningandmeasurementroomsforexperimentationandpracticeintheareaofmachinefabrication.Techniciansalsocreateandfabricateexperimentalequipmentuponrequestfromotherdepartmentsandcourses.Mostimportantly,thesefacilitiesenablestudentstoexperiencetheprocessofcreatingthingsbyactuallyfabricating,creating,andmeasuringtheirownexperimentaldevices.AttheExperimentalFarm,wetrainhighlyinquisitiveandcreativestudentswithdistinctivepersonalitiesthroughthetechnicalapplicationofacademictheorytotextilerawmaterialsandingredientsandthroughresearcheducationrelatingtofieldsciencewiththegoalofcontributingtothedevelopmentofthecommunity.TheentrancetotheExperimentalFarmLaboratoryontheon‐campusExperimentalFarmissurroundedbycherryblossoms.Inpracticalfieldscience,farmingactivitiesthatarealsopopularoutsidethedepartmentincludethestudyofcottoncultivation,sheepshearing,silkcultivation,andnaturalsilkwormcocoonandeggcollectionaswellassweetpotatoplantingandharvesting,potatoharvesting,andbuckwheatcultivation.OutlookforresearchCampus Farm: 3‐15‐1 Tokida, Ueda, Nagano PrefectureOmuroFarm: 6788 Kano, Tomi, Nagano prefectureCottonballsthathaveburstopenduringcottoncultivation(left)andcollectedsilkwormcocoons(right)Fifthinstardomesticsilkwormlarvaejustbeforethepupastage(left)andfifthinstarwild(natural)silkwormlarvae(right)
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