Faculty and Researchers

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.

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.

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.

Hydraulics

We are engaged in a wide range of research including gas transport phenomena in oceans and surrounding flow fields related to the motion of microorganisms. In addition, we are studying the phenomenon of water droplets and gas bubbles using the world's fastest video camera developed at this university.

Transport Planning, Urban Planning, Regional Planning

We are working broadly on urban management in an aging society and low-carbon society from both a theoretical and practical perspective. In particular, we are studying town planning by the residents themselves that applies urban management techniques.

Structural Engineering, Bridge Engineering, Maintenance Engineering

For the sake of safe, reliable and comfortable living, we research the development of new materials and structures, investigate methodologies, and study maintenance of existing structures. We deepen our understanding by examining phenomena, touching on materials and structures in experiments and analysis.

Concrete Engineering, Construction Materials, Environmental Materials

The fundamental properties and degradation mechanisms of construction materials under various environmental conditions such as loading, drying, heating, freezing, etc., are clarified using a visualization method based on three-dimensional X-ray CT images. Based on the results, we are devising useful utilization methods and material production methods, such as the use of recycled materials and the development of artificial rocks.

Urban Microbial Ecology, Human Impacts on Microbial Ecosystems

We are working on a variety of research projects to understand the urban aquatic microbial ecosystems. Our current interest is the dynamics and distribution of bacterial heavy metal and antibiotic resistance genes in urbanized environment. We also try to elucidate the quantitative relationship between biodiversity and ecosystem functioning with microbes.

Transportation Planning

We research the relationship between people and the social environment from a variety of perspectives, such as engineering, health and well-being, psychology, and cognitive science. In particular, in recent years, we have also been doing R&D on equipment to support independent living by people with disabilities.

Environmental Measurement Engineering, Hydrology

Using measurement instruments, as well as electron microscopes, and the like, we investigate the state of the environment in urban areas mainly by measuring the heat and moisture environment (temperature, humidity etc.) and soil property about heat and moisture transfer.

Coastal Engineering

This coastal engineering laboratory aims to protect human lives and properties from such devastating coastal disasters and contribute to developing a sustainable coastal area. To achieve this goal, we have conducted a variety of research relevant to coastal engineering, including field surveys, hydraulic experiments, and numerical simulations.

Geotechnical Engineering