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IGSI Lab
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A course taught in English that tackles urban challenges in developing countries through civil engineering.
AboutAbout the lab
Hands-on civil engineering education taught in English
The International Graduate Program in Civil Engineering (IGSI) trains people who can work in civil engineering to solve problems mainly in cities in emerging and developing countries.
The course offers practical education with an emphasis on studio-based education.
The course is not only for Japanese students; it is also established to educate international students, including master's students in the MEXT special program for government-sponsored international students.
Lectures, studio-based education, and master's thesis supervision are basically all conducted in English.
Key terms
- Wind tunnel experiment
- An experiment in which a model is placed in a device that generates wind artificially, to examine how wind affects a structure
- Surf zone
- The area near the coast where waves break
- ITS (Intelligent Transport Systems)
- Efforts to advance transportation using information and communications technology
ResearchResearch themes
The faculty members of the IGSI course study a wide range of civil engineering fields, including bridges, geotechnics, coastal engineering, transportation, and concrete structures. The course offers practical education with an emphasis on studio-based education, aimed at solving problems in cities in emerging and developing countries.
*Illustrative imageLong-Span Bridges and Wind Disasters in Cities
The lab studies the aeroelasticity of long-span bridges, the mechanisms of wind disasters affecting structures and cities, and ways to reduce them. It uses wind tunnel experiments and numerical simulation.
*Illustrative imageGeotechnical Structures and Ground Disasters
Focusing on geotechnical structures such as tunnels and river embankments, the lab works on design and construction as well as on ground disasters caused by heavy rain and earthquakes. It takes on a wide range of geotechnical engineering, from fundamental research to applications.
*Illustrative imageSediment Transport in the Surf Zone and Coastal Disaster Prevention
The main theme is sediment transport inside and outside the surf zone. The lab also studies coastal environment conservation, coastal disaster prevention, and coastal risk assessment, using field surveys, laboratory experiments, and numerical simulation.
*Illustrative imageTraffic Control for Solving Traffic Problems
To solve traffic problems such as accidents and congestion, the lab studies how to control, operate, and manage traffic, using techniques such as simulation. It also studies ITS (Intelligent Transport Systems), which advance transportation using information and communications technology.
MembersFaculty
- ProfessorHiroshi Katsuchi
- ProfessorYing Cui
- ProfessorTakayuki Suzuki
- ProfessorShinji Tanaka
- ProfessorKimitoshi Hayano
- ProfessorChikako Fujiyama
- ProfessorAkira Hosoda
- ProfessorMihoko Matsuyuki
- Associate ProfessorRyosuke Abe
- Associate ProfessorSatoshi Komatsu
- Associate ProfessorItsuki Sato
- Associate ProfessorHiroshi Tamura
- Associate ProfessorHiroto Higa
- LecturerJiaqi Wang
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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: “Construction at the Drakelow Substation - geograph.org.uk - 4543446” Mat Fascione / CC BY-SA 2.0 (cropped)
- Long-Span Bridges and Wind Disasters in Cities: “San Francisco Bay Bridge Western Span at night” Dllu / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Geotechnical Structures and Ground Disasters: “Landslide on Kentucky Route 8” CaseGrillot / CC0 (cropped)
- Sediment Transport in the Surf Zone and Coastal Disaster Prevention: “Sediment plume at sea” European Space Agency / CC BY-SA 3.0 igo (cropped)
- Traffic Control for Solving Traffic Problems: “Temporary traffic lights” Crep171166 / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Kumiko Inui Studio): “Scale model of Bytom of the 16th century, 1..500” Silar / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Maki Onishi Studio): “Scale Architectural Model of a Mario Kleff Design 01” Designer Mario Kleff / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Y-GSC Studio (Spatial Culture Design / Critical Media Creation / Sound Culture Studies / Video and Physical Expression)): “MARIMORENA-Madrid-España 06” Inés Para Editar / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Fujiwara Studio): “Post-war industrial building - geograph.org.uk - 2537565” David Lally / CC BY-SA 2.0 (cropped)
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