Environmental and Urban Engineering Major
Civil, Environmental and Applied Systems Engineering
ozaki_t
【Research Topics】 1. Urban runoff water management - environmental mitigation and flood disaster prevention- 2. Environmental system and management for low-carbon societies
Key Words: Water management, watershed management, urban drainage, urban flooding, environment education, disaster-prevention education, life cycle assessment, environmental system
Applications: Water environmental planning, flood disaster prevention planning, sewer system planning, engineering systems design for low-carbon society, energy management
tobita
【Research Topics】 1. Combined failure mechanisms of geotechnical structure 2. Centrifuge modeling on geotechnical problems 3. Application of the generalized scaling law to saturated ground 4. Stability of natural slopes during earthquakes
Key Words: Disaster prevention in geotechnics, liquefaction, slope stability, dynamic soil-structure interaction, centrifuge modeling, laboratory testing for soil, constitutive equations, finite element method, finite difference method, seismic site response analysis
Applications: Urban disaster prevention, geology, geotechnical earthquake engineering, foundation engineering, theory of plasticity
yasuda-t
【Research Topics】 1. Assessment of climate change impact and adaptation 2. Reduction of coastal disasters 3. Integrated assessment on disaster resiliency of coastal area 4. Performance design of coastal structures
Key Words: Climate change, coastal disaster, tsunami, storm surge, high waves, risk assessment, coastal preservation, resilience, performance design, numerical simulation, hydraulic experiment
Applications: coastal engineering, coastal disaster reduction, adaptation to climate change, integrated countermeasures, future projection
hashi-m
【Research Topics】 1. Real-time flood inundation analysis 2. Flood evacuation behavior analysis 3. Assessment of the impact of riparian vegetation on flood risk
Key Words: Inundation area forecast, satellite image analysis, mobile spatial statistical data, UAV, 3D point cloud, flood waste generation forecast, real-time forecast
Applications: River engineering, disaster prevention hydraulic engineering
【Research Topics】 1. Topologically optimized structures specially for geotechnical engineering 2. Visualization of water flow in soil by fusion of measurement and numerical modeling 3. Research on countermeasures against road disasters caused by heavy rainfall and earthquakes
Key Words: Soil-structure interaction, data-driven visualization of soil mechanics
Applications: Rationalization of geotechnical structure, visualization of seepage flow in soil
t-ishi
【Research Topics】 1. Patch plate bonding repair of deteriorated steel structures 2. Development of simple repair method for fatigue cracks 3. Development of damage detection methods for steel structures
Key Words: Steel bridge, maintenance, design, composite structure,repair and strengthening, corrosion, fatigue,carbon fiber, aluminum alloy, inspection
Applications: Infrastructure, steel bridge, design, maintenance
n.ueda
【Research Topics】 1. Structural performance evaluation of deteriorated concrete structures 2. Damage evaluation of concrete structures by means of nonlinear finite element analysis 3. Simulation of failure behavior of fiber reinforced concrete structures 4. Mesoscale analysis on fracture of concrete
Key Words: Concrete, reinforced concrete, prestressed concrete, fiber reinforced concrete, damage evaluation, seismic performance, durability, alkali silica reaction
Applications: Seismic performance evaluation, deterioration prediction of concrete structures, structural design for fiber reinforced concrete structure
tsurutah
【Research Topics】 1. Effective utilization of industrial wastes for concrete 2. Durability in concrete structures 3. Effects of aggregate quality on mechanical properties in concrete 4. Development of mortar base used for coral reef regeneration promotion technology
Key Words: Aggregate quality, concrete, strength, young’s modulus, shrinkage, effective use of waste, durability, surface protection, maintenance, frost damage, geopolymer concrete
Applications: Estimation of performance in concrete, effective use of natural resources, keeping a long service life in concrete structures, building a sustainable society
kitaoka
【Research Topics】 1. Study on civil engineering and ai 2. Study on geo risk management using an artificial intelligence 3. Study on early warning system for reducing a slope failure risk
Key Words: Geo risk, tunnel, slope failure, groundwater, artificial intelligence
Applications: Project management for tunnel project, early warning system for slope failure, geo risk management
inokuchi
【Research Topics】 1. Transportation planning 2. Traffic safety 3. Structure of urban transportation system for healthy city planning
Key Words: Traffic simulation model, traffic assignment model, carbon dioxide emission, public transportation, traffic safety, electric vehicle, ultra light-weight vehicle, healthy city planning
Applications: Transportation planning, environmental planning, healthy city planning
kitazume
【Research Topics】 1. Meso- and microscopic land-use model using geographic information system(gis) 2. Assessment and management of infrastructure projects and ppp 3. Urban revitalization and community regeneration 4. Living labs
Key Words: Cost benefit analysis, land-use model, micro simulation, GIS, generational accounting, management accounting
Applications: Urban planning, city planning, urban revitalization, public private partnership, asset management,risk analysis, resilience policy
yeboon
【Research Topics】 1. Multi-objective optimization and sequential approximate optimization 2. Data envelopment analysis and its applications 3. Machine learning and its applications
Key Words: Optimization, data mining, artificial intelligence, machine learning
Applications: Optimal design, optimal control, predictive control, development of systems on disaster prevention and measures
mhayashi
【Research Topics】 1. History of landscape and civil engineering 2. Public space and landscape management 3. Disaster management planning based on local history
Key Words: Landscape, riverfront design, cultural landscape, historical landscape, history of urban development, traditional flood mitigation system, scenic conservation measure
Applications: Landscape planning, conservation and utilization of civil engineering heritage
hiro.t.k
【Research Topics】 1. Practical applications of stochastic systems and stochastic differential equations 2. Application of asset management to efficient maintenance scheme in civil engineering 3. Risk analysis in engineering and finance 4. Development of fast simulation schemes for reliability-risk analyses
Key Words: Stochastic differential equation, reliability engineering, risk analysis, Monte Carlo method
Applications: Safety assessment of structural systems, optimal maintenance for social infrastructures, risk assessment applicable for various fields
skubota
【Research Topics】 1. Information management system for civil infrastructures 2. Construction and usage of building information modeling (BIM) 3. Application system of three-dimensional point cloud data
Key Words: Civil infrastructure, BIM/CIM, information system, 3D point cloud data, geospatial information, GIS
Applications: Civil infrastructure, maintenance of civil infrastructure, survey fields, smart city, smart infrastructure
takizawa
【Research Topics】 1. Wireless networks 2. Ubiquitous computing 3. Mobile computing 4. Network dynamics
Key Words: Wireless ad-hoc networks, wireless sensor actuator networks, self organizing networks, distributed system, internet of things, swarm intelligence
Applications: Smart city, environment monitoring systems, emergency systems, swarm robotics
yasumuro
【Research Topics】 1. 3 dimensional measurement and modeling - scanning scheme and adaptive data processing for scalable 3D modeling - 2. Human-friendly system - easy-to-understand and interactive human-machine interface - 3. Intelligent system - supportive mechanism for human-centered workflow
Key Words: Computer vision, Computer graphics, 3D visualization, 3D modeling, augmented and/or mixed reality, physics-based simulation, human interface, intelligent systems
Applications: Intelligent, supportive information systems for designing, planning, and assistance in the fields of urban development, cultural heritage, and construction
n-adachi
【Research Topics】 1. Communications infrastructure 2. Network security 3. Internet of things
Key Words: Network architecture, network protocol, security, wireless, network, traffic control
Applications: Smart city, network infrastructure, network security, network management, network design
