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Mikami Lab
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The lab studies coastal natural disasters such as tsunamis and storm surges.
AboutAbout the lab
Protecting lives from coastal natural disasters.
The Mikami Lab studies natural disasters that occur in coastal areas, such as tsunamis and storm surges.
By combining field surveys, hydraulic model experiments, and numerical models, the lab works to clarify what actually happens in disasters and to predict damage.
The lab also conducts research that supports better evacuation behavior, taking into account local topography and the characteristics of evacuees.
Key terms
- Hydraulic model experiment
- An experiment that uses water tanks and similar facilities to reproduce the movement of waves and currents with models
- Numerical model
- A mechanism for reproducing and predicting natural phenomena by calculating them on a computer
- GIS
- Technology for handling map information on a computer to analyze topography, road networks, and more (Geographic Information System)
NewsLab news
An undergraduate student received the Best Oral Presenter award at ASSIGN 2025
A master's student received an Outstanding Presentation Award at the Research Discussion Meeting of the Japan Society for Coastal Zone Studies
ResearchResearch themes
Centered on natural disasters in coastal areas, the lab conducts a wide range of research on coasts, fluids, disaster prevention and mitigation, and evacuation. It combines diverse methods, including field surveys, hydraulic model experiments, numerical models, and evacuation behavior support.
*Illustrative imageField Surveys of Coastal Disasters
When a coastal disaster occurs, the lab forms a team with researchers in Japan and abroad and conducts field surveys. Through topographic surveying, measurement of inundation traces, and interviews with residents, it clarifies the actual state of the damage.
*Illustrative imageHydraulic Model Experiments
Using a tsunami wave basin and a wave flume, the lab conducts hydraulic model experiments that reproduce tsunamis and storm surges. It investigates matters such as the fluid forces acting on coastal structures.
*Illustrative imageAnalysis with Numerical Models
The lab reproduces past disasters with numerical models to clarify the factors behind the damage, and also predicts disasters that may occur in the future and examines how the damage would change.
*Illustrative imageResearch on Evacuation Behavior Support
Taking into account local topography, road networks, and the characteristics of evacuees, the lab researches evacuation simulations in 3D space using GIS and game engines.
MembersFaculty
The members of the Mikami Lab consist of faculty, master's and undergraduate students, and exchange students.As of 2026
- Associate ProfessorTakahito Mikami
- ProfessorMiguel Esteban
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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: “Portland Head Light during Storm Surge Activity” Cfwphotography / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Field Surveys of Coastal Disasters: “Damage to a control forest in Natori city - -, and a control forest that survived in Ishinomaki city” Anawat Suppasri, Nobuo Shuto, Fumihiko Imamura, Shunichi Koshimura, Erick Mas, Ahmet Cevdet Yalciner / CC BY 2.0 (cropped)
- Hydraulic Model Experiments: “JACOEL-Wave Tow Tank-Image16” Unknown author / Public domain (cropped)
- Analysis with Numerical Models: “Von Karman vortices off Rishiri Island, Japan” NASA / Public domain (cropped)
- Research on Evacuation Behavior Support: “Tsunami evacuation route sign on the road, Kamakura, 2016” DimiTalen / CC0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Sekine Lab): “20081207 Kurobe River Alluvial Fan” Beh / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Sato Lab): “Side View Of Concrete Bridge” Collins Musonda / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Sakakibara Lab): “S Koirala Hospital Constructed Wetland ( )” SuSanA Secretariat / CC BY 2.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Sasaki Lab): “Aerial view of Autobahnkreuz Köln-Nord” El Grafo / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)
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