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How to Develop Students’ Creativity?—A Case of Student Competition of Biomolecular Design

Satoshi Murata*, Ibuki Kawamata and Shin-ichiro M. Nomura

Department of Robotics, Graduate School of Engineering, Tohoku University, Japan
*E-mail address: murata@molbot.mech.tohoku.ac.jp

(Received August 8, 2016; Accepted October 4, 2017)

Abstract. Educational effect of STEM education especially a design competition for students in the field of nanotechnology is discussed in this paper. Molecular design competition BIOMOD is founded in 2011, now becomes an influential competition attracting many young generations to DNA nanotechnology. The background of the competition, its structure and an example of awarded project is introduced to demonstrate educational effects of the competition.

Keywords: STEM Education, Molecular Design, BIOMOD