On July 2017, 7, the Center for International Resource Science Education and Research at Akita University will provide trainees from the International Resource College with hands-on mining training using VR, which is expected as a new trend in resource science education around the world. conduct.
This mine training is a training from a non-iron company, a mining engineer of the Japan Oil, Gas and Metals Mineral Resources Organization (JOGMEC), and a trainee from a major trading company, studying at the "International Resources College" in Kosaka, Kazuno-gun, Akita Prefecture. It will be held for 30 people.
The trainees will experience the only "experience-based virtual mine" in Japan at the museum "Akita University Mining Museum" attached to Akita University.This "experience-based virtual mine" is a system that is expected in the world as a new trend of resource science education in the future, where you can experience underground digging of metal mines, open pit mining of limestone mines, etc. with VR.
Akita University International Resources Education and Research Center was established in 2009 as an education and research base for training resource human resources from an international perspective, based on Akita University's experience, technology, and human resources in resource development. ..
In addition to supporting the formulation of programs and human resource development for strengthening education and research capabilities for resource-related universities and research institutes in resource-rich countries, promotion of human resource exchange and joint research with advanced resource-related institutions in Japan and overseas. , Through practical training at resource-related sites centered on Akita Prefecture, we provide graduate-level education with an emphasis on practice.
