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11-543: The founder was Matsumoto Kenjiro , second son of Yasukawa Keiichiro, and the links with the Yaskawa Electric Corporation (founded in 1915) remain strong to this day. The centenary of the opening of the Tobata campus is being celebrated in 2009, with Founder's Day on May 28, 2009. One of its famous alumnus is "Mr. Tornado", the severe storms researcher Tetsuya "Ted" Fujita . He graduated in 1943 and

22-490: A Japanese national university on May 31, 1949 and has, since April 1, 2004, been incorporated as a National University Corporation under a new law that applies to all national universities. Despite the incorporation, which has led to increased financial independence and autonomy, KIT is still quite strictly controlled in many respects by the Japanese Ministry of Education (Monbukagakushō, or Monkashō). In 1995,

33-470: Is a Japanese manufacturer of servos , motion controllers , AC motor drives , switches and industrial robots . Their Motoman robots are heavy duty industrial robots used in welding, packaging, assembly, coating, cutting, material handling and general automation. The company was founded in 1915, and its head office is located in Kitakyushu , Fukuoka Prefecture . Yaskawa applied for a trademark on

44-667: Is commemorated in the school's archives, as is that of Okuma Shigenobu . KIT has three campuses. Two of these are in Kitakyushu and one is in Iizuka . All three are in Fukuoka Prefecture , Kyushu . Faculty of Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering. This is the oldest campus, opened in 1909. It was designed by Tatsuno Kingo. It originally had three departments: Mining, Metallurgy, and Mechanical Engineering. Faculty of Computer Science and Systems Engineering, Graduate School of Computer Science and Systems Engineering. This

55-745: Is the second campus, established in 1986. The first students were admitted in 1987. Graduate School of Life Science and Systems Engineering. This is the newest campus, established in April 2001. KIT has partnership agreements with several overseas universities, including the University of Surrey (UK), Old Dominion University (USA), and the University of Texas at El Paso (USA). 33°53′39″N 130°50′21″E  /  33.89417°N 130.83917°E  / 33.89417; 130.83917 Yaskawa Electric Corporation The Yaskawa Electric Corporation ( 株式会社安川電機 , Kabushiki-gaisha Yasukawa Denki )

66-499: The Satellite Venture Business Laboratory was opened at Tobata campus. The first school building of Meiji Senmon Gakko was made wholly of wood and designed by Tatsuno Kingo . There is also a 1/50th scale model of the building on display in the university archives on Tobata campus. The first president of KIT, Yamakawa Kenjiro who studied at Yale University declared that the aim of the school

77-673: The globe. Some of these are: This article about a Japanese corporation- or company-related topic is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article about a technological corporation or company is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Motoman The Yaskawa Electric Corporation ( 株式会社安川電機 , Kabushiki-gaisha Yasukawa Denki ) is a Japanese manufacturer of servos , motion controllers , AC motor drives , switches and industrial robots . Their Motoman robots are heavy duty industrial robots used in welding, packaging, assembly, coating, cutting, material handling and general automation. The company

88-741: The term " Mechatronics " in 1969, it was approved in 1972. The head-office, in Kitakyushu, was designed by the American architect Antonin Raymond in 1954. The company is listed on the Tokyo and Fukuoka Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the Nikkei 225 stock index . YASKAWA has business hubs in 29 countries around the world and with production bases in 12 countries including Japan. There are 81 subsidiaries and 24 affiliate companies across

99-544: Was an associate professor until 1953 when he was invited to the University of Chicago . The university was granted government permission to be founded in 1907 as a private training school for engineers called Meiji Senmon Gakkō (Meiji Vocational School), toward the end of the Meiji period . The first campus opened its doors in Tobata in 1909, and the centenary of the university is therefore being celebrated in 2009. KIT became

110-461: Was founded in 1915, and its head office is located in Kitakyushu , Fukuoka Prefecture . Yaskawa applied for a trademark on the term " Mechatronics " in 1969, it was approved in 1972. The head-office, in Kitakyushu, was designed by the American architect Antonin Raymond in 1954. The company is listed on the Tokyo and Fukuoka Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the Nikkei 225 stock index . YASKAWA has business hubs in 29 countries around

121-573: Was to produce "gentlemen well versed in technological skills" ( gijutsu ni tannō naru shikunshi ). Nowadays the university aims to produce both ladies and gentlemen with these skills, and enjoys a high reputation with employers. Founder's day is May 28. It coincides deliberately with the Battle of Tsushima of May 27 and May 28, 1905, the decisive naval battle in the Russo-Japanese War . Admiral Tōgō Heihachirō once visited KIT, and his visit

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