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Hydraulic Engineering Lab (Kyoto Lab, Takewaka Lab, Shirakawa Lab, Dairaku Lab)
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The lab focuses on water flow and circulation to tackle environmental problems in coasts, lakes, and rivers.
AboutAbout the lab
Seeking solutions to environmental problems through water flow and circulation.
The Hydraulic Engineering Lab focuses on each process of water flow and circulation, and conducts research that contributes to solving environmental problems in coasts, lakes, and rivers.
Using methods such as remote sensing, field surveys, fluid experiments, and numerical analysis, the lab aims at understanding phenomena, developing technology, and making policy recommendations.
The faculty members have formed the “Aquatic Environmental Engineering Research Group” and work together in a loosely coordinated structure.
The college's page introduces the lab under a combined name covering the Kyoto, Takewaka, Shirakawa, and Dairaku labs.
Key terms
- Remote sensing
- A method of observing the condition of the land surface or the sea from a distance, using satellites, radar, and the like
- Numerical modeling
- A method of expressing natural phenomena in mathematical equations and reproducing or predicting them by computer calculation
- Hazard
- A natural phenomenon, such as a wind or flood disaster, that can cause damage
ResearchResearch themes
Using methods such as remote sensing, field surveys, fluid experiments, and numerical analysis, the lab aims at understanding phenomena, developing technology, and making policy recommendations. Each faculty member works on topics such as bubbles and sound, river basins, climate change and wind and flood disasters, and coastal zones.
*Illustrative imageBubble Deformation and Sound, and Wind-Wave Experiments
The lab works on a theory of catastrophic bubble deformation and the sound radiated from it. Experiments investigate the deformation of sound waves propagating through clouds of microbubbles, and the diffusion of substances by wind waves.
*Illustrative imageEnvironmental Management of River Basins
The lab addresses contemporary social issues surrounding environmental management of river basins, such as environmental water use, and water resources planning. It combines an engineering perspective with economic, social, and natural perspectives to seek ways of improvement.
*Illustrative imageWind and Flood Risk Information for Climate Change Preparedness
The lab works on hazard and risk information on wind and flood disasters for climate change adaptation. It also develops regional climate simulation technology, and methods for probabilistically evaluating information from large-scale multi-model simulations.
*Illustrative imageObserving and Predicting Coastal Environments
Through field observation, remote sensing, and numerical modeling, the lab seeks to understand and predict coastal environments. Safe use of the seashore is also part of the research.
MembersFaculty
- ProfessorToshimichi Kyoto
- ProfessorSatoshi Takewaka
- Associate ProfessorNaoki Shirakawa
- Associate ProfessorKoji Dairaku
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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: “Running water, JUNE 2026” EST blueprint / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Bubble Deformation and Sound, and Wind-Wave Experiments: “Gray's Reef National Marine Sanctuary diver hydrophone” Anonymous National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration photographer / Public domain (cropped)
- Environmental Management of River Basins: “PART OF THE TRUCKEE RIVER IS DIVERTED BY DERBY DAM INTO AN IRRIGATION CANAL WHICH FLOWS THROUGH FALLON TO THE... - NARA - 553654” Jonas Dovydenas / Public domain (cropped)
- Wind and Flood Risk Information for Climate Change Preparedness: “Super Typhoon Nanmadol Threatens Japan (MODIS )” MODIS Land Rapid Response Team, NASA GSFC / Public domain (cropped)
- Observing and Predicting Coastal Environments: “Aerial view of the coastline at Red Beach, Graciosa Island, Azores, Portugal (PPL1-Corrected) julesvernex2” Jules Verne Times Two / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
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