LAB LOGA page on LabLog, a review site (not the lab's official page)
Enomoto Lab
Machine-translated · View original
The lab uses field surveys and experiments to uncover the mechanisms of ground disasters caused by earthquakes and heavy rain.
AboutAbout the lab
Understanding the mechanisms of ground disasters
The Enomoto Lab studies ground disasters from the perspective of geotechnical engineering and soil mechanics.
The structures that support society are built on or in the ground, and Japan is a country with many ground disasters, such as liquefaction during earthquakes, slope failures caused by heavy rain, and subsidence of reclaimed land.
The lab conducts surveys and observations at disaster sites, performs soil tests on collected soil, and carries out model experiments that reproduce the field conditions.
By interpreting the resulting data, the lab clarifies the mechanisms of ground disasters and links this to the development of technologies that reduce the damage from disasters.
Key terms
- Liquefaction
- A phenomenon in which earthquake shaking breaks the interlocking of water-saturated sand grains, causing the ground to behave like a liquid.
- Soil testing
- Laboratory tests that examine the properties of collected soil, such as grain size, strength, and how easily it deforms.
- Earth structure
- A structure built by piling up or compacting soil, such as an embankment or a road fill.
NewsLab news
A student won an Outstanding Presentation Award at the Kanto Branch Conference of the Japan Society of Civil Engineers
A student won an Outstanding Presentation Award at GeoKanto2025
A student won an Outstanding Paper Presentation Award at the 60th Japan National Conference on Geotechnical Engineering
Assistant Professor Ishimaru and a student won an Outstanding Paper Presentation Award at the 59th Japan National Conference on Geotechnical Engineering
A student was selected as an outstanding presenter at GeoKanto2023
ResearchResearch themes
The lab works on clarifying the mechanisms of ground disasters and developing technologies to reduce their damage. Examples of themes include the behavior of earth structures during earthquakes and seismic retrofitting methods, ground liquefaction and post-liquefaction properties, and the behavior of geomaterials arising from their viscosity.
View More ↗
MembersFaculty
The members of the Enomoto Lab consist of faculty, postdoctoral researchers, and doctoral, master's, and undergraduate students.As of 2026
- Associate ProfessorTadao Enomoto
VoicesStudent voices
Compiled from answers by students who were in the lab. Ratings and reviews reflect individual students' experiences, not the lab's official views.
Students who take part in an interview may receive a thank-you gift worth ¥1,000, regardless of what they say.
On a 4-point scale, ● marks where students' answers fall
Who is this lab for?
What's great about this lab?
What did you learn after joining?
What's the vibe, and what is the professor like?
Where do graduates go?
RelatedLabs similar to Enomoto Lab
Tsukamoto LabFaculty of Science and Technology, Department of Civil EngineeringGeotechnical engineering
Nihei LabFaculty of Science and Technology, Department of Civil EngineeringHydraulic engineeringNakayoshi LabFaculty of Science and Technology, Department of Civil EngineeringHydraulic engineering
Terabe LabFaculty of Science and Technology, Department of Civil EngineeringInfrastructure planning and transportation engineeringThe information on this page is compiled by the LabLog team from the lab's public information and interviews. For corrections or removal requests, please contact LabLog, not the lab.
Report an errorAbout the images
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: “Landslide Seba Beach” Quinn Desilets / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Clarifying the Mechanisms of Ground Disasters: “Landslide (Holocene; Mt. Logan, near Parachute, Colorado, USA)” James St. John / CC BY 2.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (塚本研究室): “Soil liquefaction 4,Katori-city,Japan” katorisi / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (二瓶研究室): “Flowerdale River at Meunna, Tasmania, Australia” NeoGeneric / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (寺部研究室): “Traffic survey, two folding chairs ( )” Pasquale Paolo Cardo / CC BY 2.0 (cropped)
About LabLog
LabLog is a lab review app for students only. Student members at each university interview students in labs and publish what they say. Student voices can only be read by students who sign up with a university email address. Operated by bestiee Inc.
Learn more about LabLog ↗Search engines and AI may reference the basic lab info and rating summaries on this page and the description of LabLog. Student voices are for student members only. Automated collection by programs (scraping, or input to or training of AI) is prohibited under Article 8 of the Terms of Service. If you need data for research or analysis, please contact us.