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Performance Control Systems Lab
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The lab studies building structures that are resistant to earthquakes and kind to the planet.
AboutAbout the lab
Earthquake-resistant buildings, in timber or in concrete
The Performance Control Systems Lab (Maeda Lab) studies buildings and cities that are safe and secure against disasters such as earthquakes.
Its subjects include higher-performance reinforced concrete structures, urban timber buildings using CLT, and brick masonry buildings overseas.
Its research field extends from its local area of Sendai and Miyagi to all of Japan, and further overseas.
The lab has a network of joint research with universities, construction companies, design firms, and government agencies in Japan and abroad.
Key terms
- Reinforced concrete structure
- A building frame in which columns, beams, and walls are made of concrete containing steel bars (rebar)
- CLT
- Thick panels made by gluing together layers of wooden boards with the grain direction alternated. They can be used for building walls and floors
- Brick masonry
- A way of building in which walls are made by stacking bricks. It can be weak against earthquake shaking
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Aiming for buildings and cities that are safe, secure, comfortable, and kind to the global environment and to people, the lab studies state-of-the-art reinforced concrete structures, timber buildings using renewable wood, and improving the earthquake resistance of brick masonry buildings in developing countries. Through exchanges with research institutions in the US, New Zealand, Asia, and elsewhere, the lab extends the technology developed in Sendai and Miyagi to earthquake disaster prevention measures around the world and to next-generation structural design.
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MembersFaculty
The members of the Maeda Lab consist of faculty, secretaries, and PhD, master's, and undergraduate students.As of 2026
- ProfessorMasaki Maeda
- Assistant ProfessorZhuoran Yi
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The top and research theme images are illustrative and were not taken at the lab. They are cropped from Wikimedia Commons images. Cropped CC BY-SA images are provided under the same CC BY-SA license as the original (version shown on each line).
- Top image: “Многослойная клееная деревянная панель Райн Александр Дмитриевич” Райн Александр Дмитриевич / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Seismic Research on RC, Timber, and Brick Masonry: “Imperial County Services building damage 1979” U.S. Geological Survey / Public domain (cropped)
- Related lab (Infrastructure Materials Engineering Lab): “Concrete resistance test” Habib M’henni / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)
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