53Textile EducationMachine Fabrication EducationOutlook for researchplantingandInquiriesAttheExperimentalFarm,wetrainhighlyinquisitiveandcreativestudentswithdistinctivepersonalitiesthroughthetechnicalapplicationofacademictheorytotextilerawmaterialsandingredientsandthroughresearcheducationrelatingtofieldsciencewiththegoalofcontributingtothedevelopmentofthecommunity.TheentrancetotheExperimentalFarmLaboratoryontheon-campusExperimentalFarmissurroundedbycherryblossoms.Ourundergraduateandgraduatestudentsexperimentwithtextilefabricationtechnologyusingspinningmachinery,whichmakesthreadfromrawfibermaterials,andotherequipmentwhilecarryingoutresearchandexperimentsinanefforttodevelopnewmaterials.Further,intheadjacentTextilePrototypeDevelopmentCenter,anextensivearrayoftestingequipmentisavailablefortaskssuchasevaluatingthepropertiesofthreadsandfabrics.StudentsoftheFunctionalMachineryandMechanicsCourseandBioengineeringCourseusemachiningandmeasurementroomsforexperimentationandpracticeintheareaofmachinefabrication.Techniciansalsocreateandfabricateexperimentalequipmentuponrequestfromotherdepartmentsandcourses.Mostimportantly,thesefacilitiesenablestudentstoexperiencetheprocessofcreatingthingsbyactuallyfabricating,creating,andmeasuringtheirownexperimentaldevices.Inpracticalfieldscience,farmingactivitiesthatarealsopopularoutsidethedepartmentincludethestudyofcottoncultivation,sheepshearing,silkcultivation,andnaturalsilkwormcocoonandeggcollectionaswellassweetpotatoharvesting,potatoharvesting,andbuckwheatcultivation.Campus Farm: 3-15-1 Tokida, Ueda, Nagano PrefectureOmuro Farm: 6788 Kano, Tomi, Nagano prefectureFifthinstardomesticsilkwormlarvaejustbeforethepupastage(left)andfifthinstarwild(natural)silkwormlarvae(right)Cottonballsthathaveburstopenduringcottoncultivation(left)andcollectedsilkwormcocoons(right)Textile machineryMachine toolsTextile EducationExperimentalFarmUsing fiber and machine fabricationtechnology to actually make thingsFostering creativity through education in textile materials
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