53Outlook for researchplantingandInquiriesTextile EducationMachine Fabrication EducationFifth instar domestic silkworm larvae just before the pupa stage(left) and fifth instar wild (natural) silkworm larvae (right)In practical field science, farming activities thatare also popular outside the departmentinclude the study of cotton cultivation, sheepshearing, silk cultivation, and natural silkwormcocoon and egg collection as well as sweetpotatopotatoharvesting,harvesting, and buckwheat cultivation.Campus Farm: 3-15-1 Tokida, Ueda, Nagano PrefectureOmuro Farm: 6788 Kano, Tomi, Nagano prefectureThe entrance to theExperimentalFarmLaboratory on the on-campus ExperimentalFarm is surrounded bycherry blossoms.Cotton balls that have burst open during cotton cultivation(left) and collected silkworm cocoons (right)At the Experimental Farm, we train highly inquisitive andcreative students with distinctive personalities through thetechnical application of academic theory to textile rawmaterials and ingredients and through research educationrelating to field science with the goal of contributing to thedevelopment of the community.Our undergraduate and graduate students experiment with textilefabrication technology using spinning machinery, which makesthread from raw fiber materials, and other equipment whilecarrying out research and experiments in an effort to develop newmaterials. Further, in the adjacent Textile Prototype DevelopmentCenter, an extensive array of testing equipment is available fortasks such as evaluating the properties of threads and fabrics.Students of the Functional Machinery and Mechanics Course andBioengineering Course use machining and measurement rooms forexperimentation and practice in the area of machine fabrication.Technicians also create and fabricate experimental equipmentupon requestfrom other departments and courses. Mostimportantly, these facilities enable students to experience theprocess of creating things by actually fabricating, creating, andmeasuring their o wn experimental devices.Textile machineryMachine toolsUsing fiber and machine fabricationtechnology to actually make thingsFostering creativity through education in textile materialsTextile EducationExperimental Farm
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