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Takashi Kiyota, Professor
Civil Engineering, Architecture & Urban0 student voices
The Kiyota Lab studies how to reduce natural disasters that cause major damage to civil infrastructure, drawing on fields such as geology, geotechnics, topography, and seismology. The lab visits disaster sites to document damage and case histories, and uses experiments and analysis to investigate the mechanisms behind the unexpected ways the ground behaves during earthquakes and heavy rain. The lab aims to apply its results to disaster countermeasures and infrastructure development that avoid wasteful investment.
Reiko Kuwano, Professor
Civil Engineering, Architecture & Urban0 student voices
The Kuwano Lab studies the behavior of soil and ground through detailed experiments and observation. The lab conducts fundamental research that examines the properties of geomaterials through high-precision laboratory tests, as well as research on keeping underground structures and earth structures in service for a long time. In recent years, the lab has been studying ground cave-ins and has also been advancing numerical analysis using the discrete element method.
Yoshinao Matsuba, Lecturer
Environment & Sustainability0 student voices
The Matsuba Lab specializes in coastal environmental engineering and conducts research aimed at coasts that combine a rich natural environment with disaster protection functions. Coasts protect land by weakening the energy of waves, and they are also home to many living things. The lab uses the latest observation technology to capture coastal change, and investigates these phenomena in detail through numerical simulations of waves and currents. Graduate students are admitted from the Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, and undergraduate thesis students from the Department of Civil Engineering in the Faculty of Engineering.
Jun Sasaki, Professor
Environment & Sustainability0 student voices
Sasaki Lab studies coastal marine environments, focusing on coastal engineering and environmental hydraulics. Its themes include blue carbon as a climate change measure, the prediction and restoration of enclosed bay environments, and the sustainable use of coastal areas in developing countries. In addition to numerical simulation, field observation, laboratory experiments, and remote sensing, the lab also conducts social surveys such as interviews and questionnaires. Research themes are decided together with each student, based on their interests and skills.
Dai Yamazaki, Associate Professor
Environment & Sustainability0 student voices
Yamazaki Lab studies the flow of water on land, including rivers, lakes, wetlands, and groundwater, and how it changes, at the scale of the entire globe. Its main methods are numerical modeling, satellite remote sensing, and data integration, and it also values field observations to make its models more reliable. The lab also works on assessing how changes in water, such as floods and water resources, affect human society. It is the development hub of the global river model CaMa-Flood, and makes the source code publicly available.
Kei Yoshimura, Professor
Environment & Sustainability0 student voices
Yoshimura Lab studies the water cycle on Earth broadly, investigating how it works from many different angles. The lab works on the circulation of stable water isotopes, data assimilation that incorporates observational data into models, and the prediction of river flow and floods. Because the water cycle is strongly affected by climate change, the lab aims to clarify how it works and apply this knowledge to benefit society. The lab also runs the Kashiwa Campus Science Camp, in which undergraduates take part, as well as open campus events.
Tajima Yoshimitsu, Professor
Civil Engineering, Architecture & Urban0 student voices
The Coast and Coastal Environment Lab studies issues related to coastal disaster prevention, coastal use, and the habitats of living organisms. Coasts, located at the boundary between land and sea, face problems such as tsunamis, storm surges, and coastal erosion. The lab first seeks to understand how waves and currents work, and from there tackles problems of sediment transport and the forces acting on structures. Combining field observations, experiments, and numerical simulation, the lab has each member take charge of an independent research topic.
Kawasaki Akiyuki, Professor
Environment & Sustainability0 student voices
The Kawasaki Group studies the relationship between water-related disasters, such as floods and typhoons, and poverty and inequality. The effects of disasters are not felt equally by everyone; in Asia and Africa, poverty and inequality have widened in the wake of disasters. Using field surveys, satellite data, and geospatial information (GIS), the group analyzes how disasters affect people's incomes and livelihoods. The group also collaborates with researchers in economics and the social sciences, combining engineering analysis with social perspectives.
Masahide Horita, Professor
Civil Engineering, Architecture & Urban0 student voices
The Construction Management / Development Systems Lab studies the management and operation of construction projects, international development, and social systems. Its subject is not only infrastructure facilities themselves, but also the social mechanisms, organizations, and human activities involved in their development and operation. The lab values the process in which students think for themselves about the problems they tackle in their bachelor's, master's, and doctoral theses. Through presentations and discussions at weekly lab seminars, students work to find out what the real problem truly is.
Miho Yoshimura Ohara, Professor
Civil Engineering, Architecture & Urban0 student voices
The Ohara Lab conducts research to reduce disaster risk and enhance society's disaster resilience. To build a society that is resilient to disasters, it is necessary to anticipate both short-term and long-term disaster risks and to design what society should look like. Disaster resilience consists of the following elements: the strength to avoid fatal damage, the flexibility to recover quickly, emergency response, and building back better. Aiming to realize a society that has no regrets about disasters in the future, the lab carries out a variety of activities in Japan and abroad.
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