Faculty and Researchers
Environment, Civil Engineering, and Architecture
Engineering and Civil Engineering
An introduction to faculty staff members and laboratories in the Engineering and Civil Engineering.
Note: Information on the laboratories is current as of the 2026 academic year. There may be changes to this information in the 2027 academic year.
OKADA Masaaki
- Position
- Professor
- Laboratory
- Landscape & Heritage Study Laboratory
Landscape Engineering, History of Civil Engineering, Industrial Heritage, Heritage Studies
Research on landscape evaluation and history of civil engineering. We embrace the concept of using landscapes near to us as community assets in doing design. We start with familiar places, and identify issues and research ways to resolve them.
OKINAKA Tomoo
- Position
- Professor
- Laboratory
- Applied Mechanics Laboratory
Material Mechanics, Applied Mechanics, Image Measurement Systems
In the break-up and collapse of a structure, splitting cracks will branch and propagate for several hundred meters. We use experiments and computer simulation to investigate what phenomena are occurring in such situations.
KAWAI Katsuyuki
- Position
- Professor
- Laboratory
- Environmental Geotechnics Laboratory
Geotechnical Engineering, Geoenvironmental Engineering, Disaster Prevention
Using a three-phase mixture comprising soil particles, water, and air, we faithfully model geo-materials that exhibit complex behaviors depending on their composition ratio, and search for clues to solve problems by simulating ground disasters such as landslides and soil contamination.
NAKASHIMA Koji
- Position
- Lecturer
- Laboratory
- Geotechnical Disaster Prevention Engineering Laboratory