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Kenjiro Terada, Professor
1 student voices
The Advanced Computational Mechanics Lab develops numerical simulation methods for predicting the behavior of structures, fluids, and ground. It describes with equations how concrete, soil, metals, resins, and materials combining them change under force. The lab also takes on methods that compute step by step and link the whole sequence, from cracks forming and growing to the failure of an entire structure. It also develops techniques for presenting computational results clearly, aiming to provide information useful for disaster prevention education and decision-making.
So Kazama, Professor
1 student voices
The Water Environment Systems Lab studies the movement of water over land and the water problems that arise there. Using satellite data and observation records, the lab investigates the mechanisms of the water cycle, including rainfall, snowfall, evapotranspiration, groundwater storage, and runoff. The lab examines how river organisms relate to the water environment through field surveys, biological experiments, and simulations. Using numerical climate models, the lab also clarifies how global warming affects floods, sediment disasters, and the environment of lakes and marshes.
Ryo Inoue, Associate Professor
1 student voices
The Spatial Planning Science Lab develops methods for analyzing data tagged with time and location. Data recording social and economic activity increasingly retains detailed information on when and where events occurred. From such data, the lab reads the reality of people's activities and creates material for discussing the future of regions. The lab works on themes that shape how regions function, such as real estate prices, crime, and disaster risk.
Tatsuhito Kono, Professor
1 student voices
The Social Systems Planning Lab studies the planning and evaluation of social infrastructure that underpins transportation, communications, daily life, and disaster prevention. The lab also studies the processes through which national and regional policies are decided. It seeks to clarify, through both theory and empirical analysis, how urban activities and social infrastructure influence each other across space. Using methods such as urban and regional economics, econometrics, and game theory, the lab places emphasis on applying its findings to actual policy.
Aya Kubota, Professor
1 student voices
The Urban Design Lab studies methodologies for understanding on-site realities in order to envision how regions should be. Visiting disaster-affected areas, the lab repeats surveys and proposals while learning from the people who live there, the landscapes, and the relationships among people. It aims for design in which spatial intervention brings about emergence, and for design that values the "roots" that support the existence of people and things. The lab was established in 1995, and Prof. Kubota has led it since fiscal 2023.
Yuki Yamakawa, Professor
0 student voices
The Mathematical Systems Design Lab uses mathematical methods to address a range of problems in the development of infrastructure. It develops methods to predict how much force materials and structures can withstand and how they deform. The lab also works on predicting the deformation and strength of the ground that supports structures, and on assessing the safety of power transmission towers after earthquakes. The theory and computer simulation techniques the lab has built up so far are its strengths.
Makoto Hisada, Professor
0 student voices
The Infrastructure Materials Engineering Lab studies inorganic materials used in infrastructure facilities, especially concrete. Because concrete deteriorates at different rates depending on the environment in which it is placed, the lab considers it important to investigate the speed and mechanisms of deterioration and link them to maintenance and management. The lab holds that it is desirable to contribute, from a materials perspective, to efforts to reduce environmental impact toward a decarbonized society and a recycling-oriented society. In experiments, the lab takes a broad perspective from the nanoscale to the macroscale, and in computation, it tackles problems using data science such as Thermodynamic Modelling.
Shotaro Yamada, Professor
0 student voices
The Geosphere and Geotechnical Engineering Lab studies the investigation, design, construction, and maintenance of social infrastructure structures related to the ground. It explores how the processes of the earth work and unravels how they connect to issues in geotechnical engineering. It clarifies how ground disasters occur and develops effective methods for disaster prevention and mitigation. Building on soil mechanics and geotechnical engineering, the lab also actively adopts new digital and data-driven approaches.
Hideki Naito, Associate Professor
0 student voices
The Structural Creation Lab studies technologies for using social infrastructure structures, including bridges, safely over a long period. It develops methods for evaluating how safe a structure is throughout its entire period of use, from the time it is built. It investigates how bridges behave during earthquakes and applies the findings to the design of earthquake-resistant structures. The lab also works on inspection and diagnostic technologies for finding damage in concrete structures.
Yu Otake, Professor
0 student voices
The Advanced Social Infrastructure Lab develops new methodologies and theories for civil engineering that are not bound by disciplinary boundaries. Built on the traditional fields of structural mechanics, soil mechanics, hydraulics, and infrastructure planning, the lab uses them in combination across fields. On top of this, it brings in data science, probability theory, statistics, optimization, and computer science to solve practical problems. Its research starts from the situation in Japan: frequent disasters, aging infrastructure, and a declining birthrate and aging population.
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