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Satoshi Fujii, Professor
2 student voices
The Travel Behavior Systems Lab studies problems of cities, transportation, and national land from the standpoint of the humanities and social sciences. Traffic congestion and crowding at tourist sites arise from social dilemmas, where individual convenience conflicts with the interests of society as a whole. The lab investigates the social and psychological mechanisms behind these problems and explores ways to change people's attitudes and behavior. Its foundation is a pragmatist approach, learning through hands-on practice together with government officials and people working in the field.
Toshiyuki Takano, Professor
2 student voices
The Biomaterials Chemistry Lab studies the chemistry of materials made by living organisms, such as wood components and chitin and chitosan. Moving between the material, fiber, nano, and molecular levels, the lab investigates cellulose, hemicellulose, and lignin. Its work ranges from fundamental research on complex structures to research that leads to new functional materials and to solutions for the problems of existing materials.
Tomoaki Nishikawa, Associate Professor
2 student voices
The Earth Measurement Lab conducts large-scale analysis of seismic motion and crustal deformation data, develops analytical methods, and launches new observations, in order to clarify the temporal and spatial characteristics of crustal activity. Through this work, the lab aims to elucidate the processes by which earthquakes occur and the settings where they occur, and to contribute to predicting seismic hazard.
Tetsuya Takemi, Professor
2 student voices
The Storm and Extreme Weather Lab studies the structure of extreme weather that causes meteorological disasters, such as typhoons, heavy rain, and violent winds, and the mechanisms of their formation and development, through analysis of satellite and meteorological data and numerical modeling. The lab also studies the regional-scale atmospheric environment and Asian monsoon variability that form the background of extreme weather, and how extreme weather will appear in future climates.
Hitoshi Gotoh, Professor
1 student voices
The Coastal Urban Design Lab researches the prediction of flows that occur during tsunamis, storm surges, and localized torrential rain, using computational methods called particle methods. A particle method treats water as a collection of fine particles and tracks the flow from the interactions between particles. The lab numerically analyzes with high accuracy phenomena that underlie measures to protect waterside environments, such as solid-gas-liquid multiphase flow in which water, sediment, and air bubbles are mixed. Extending the same idea to the movement of people, the lab also develops simulators of crowd evacuation during disasters.
Kosei Yamaguchi, Professor
1 student voices
The Hydrometeorological Engineering Lab studies how heavy rain forms and where and how much it falls. By combining observation with weather radar and other instruments with numerical models, the lab follows the process by which cumulonimbus clouds develop. Its work covers a wide range, from short-term rainfall prediction and future changes due to climate change to control methods that would mitigate heavy rain. The lab is part of the Disaster Prevention Research Institute and aims to develop technology that protects human lives from heavy rain disasters.
Takahiro Sayama, Professor
1 student voices
The Disaster Prevention Technology and Policy Lab conducts research to reduce the risk of water disasters such as floods and inundation. Based on hydrology, the lab models the whole process from rain falling on mountains, to its runoff into rivers, to its overflow into towns. The lab also studies how climate change will alter disasters, and how land use and the way recovery is carried out affect risk. The technologies the lab develops are used in the field by local governments and national government, and the knowledge gained there is fed back into research.
Kiyoshi Kishida, Professor
1 student voices
The Civil Engineering Construction Systems Lab studies the behavior of the ground and rock masses that support social infrastructure. Many roads, railways, airports, and river levees are geotechnical structures built from embankments and cuts. The lab investigates the behavior of deep underground rock masses, tunnels, and embankment structures through model experiments and numerical analysis. Its work ranges from basic research on characterizing and predicting the ground to applied research that evaluates stability during construction and resilience in disasters.
Tetsuharu Oba, Professor
1 student voices
The Urban Infrastructure Systems Engineering Lab studies how to build sustainable and resilient cities and national land. It considers methods to strengthen cities, national land, and infrastructure as robust systems and to manage them efficiently. Through empirical research using urban data and practice-based research carried out in the field, it builds planning theory, policy theory, and methodology. It also puts effort into returning the results to society and using them to solve real problems.
Takeshi Katsumi, Professor
1 student voices
The Infrastructure-Friendly Technology Lab, centered on geoenvironmental engineering, studies how to build infrastructure that protects the global environment. It deals with technologies for returning waste and by-products from human activities to the ground as construction materials, or for safely accepting them into the geoenvironment. The lab also develops technologies for remediating contaminated ground and hydrological environments, and technologies for infrastructure development with a small environmental burden. Although it is a lab of the School of Global Environmental Studies, it is also involved in education for the Undergraduate School of Global Engineering in the Faculty of Engineering and the Department of Urban Management in the Graduate School of Engineering.
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