Research :The most important research for me is on the tensile properties of cement concrete. The tensile strength of cement concrete is low, so tensile properties have not been treated as a very important property. However, the occurrence and growth of “cracks”, which are very important in “durability of concrete structures”, are greatly related to tensile properties. Therefore, I am developing a special testing equipment and test method for direct tensile test, and studying the tensile properties of various types of cement concrete by using the equipment.
Professor
SUTOH Atsushi
Research :Construction Management is becoming increasingly important civil engineering, so we researched and/or working on the following problem based on a Stochastic process.
(1)Development and application of a back analysis method for soil, rock, and concrete characteristics and construction Problems
(2)Study on a natural disaster risk in civil construction work
(3)Study on a maintenance and repair of infrastructure especially for tunnels and bridges, using Life Cycle Management theory
Professor
TAKAHASHI Toshihiko
Research :Study on disaster prevention, environment and utilization of the coast.
・Study on the process of damage of sloping revetment attacked by severe wave for hours.
・Effects of sloping revetment on bottom topography.
・A method of estimation of wave run-up heights on a sloping revetment considering the effect of relative depth.
・Experiment study on the effect of relative depth for countermeasures against wave-overtopping on sloping revetment.
・Study of coastal utilization for surfing and environmental assessment of the coast.
Professor
YAMADA Masaki
Research :The Strength of Structural Components
・Bonding strength between steel and concrete
・Exploitation of torque shear test for bonding strength
・Real loading capacity of non-composite steel plate girder bridges
・Maintenance and repair of steel bridges
Associate Professor
KWON Youngcheul
Research :My research focuses on the investigation of deformation characteristics of soils in the different mechanical conditions. I am particularly interested in the liquefaction and consolidation phenomenon of the sandy and clayey soils. To date, I worked in these two different research areas by hybrid simulation system to understand the fundamental aspects of the mechanical behavior of various soils.
Summary of Research interests :
1)Development of hybrid simulation system to apply in geotechnical engineering problems.
2)Long-term consolidation settlement of clayey soils under static loading condition.
3)Quantitative estimation of deformation by liquefaction phenomenon.
Associate Professor
SUGAWARA Keiichi
Research :The main research areas are the effects of vegetation on the flow field.
・Evaluation method of flow resistance of vegetation(transparent type structure)
・Investigation of river management method using vegetation
・Maintenance and creation of river environment
・Sediment movement mechanism in river tidal area
・Behavior of runup tsunami in the vegetative channel
Associate Professor
HOJO Toshimasa
Research :By using the functions of microorganisms, energy such as methane gas can be created from wastewater and waste containing organic matter rich. The development of methane fermentation technology contributes to the achievement of low-carbon society and recycling society.
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Professor
KIKUCHI Akira
Research :
1) Transportation Planning : Research on transportation policies including Travel Demand Management and traffic flow on road network.
2) Activity & Travel Behavior Analysis: Analysis and modeling on individuals' travel behaviors including travel mode choice and route choice under uncertainty.
3) Behavioral Decision Making: Research on personal decision making based on cognitive, social psychology, b ehav ioral economics and experimental economics, especially focuses on relationships between pro-environmental behavior and traffic information.
Professor
KONDO Yuichiro
Research :Based on design studies and environment studies, we study a methodology of community development, practice and evaluation. Recent studies are follows.
1)Designing of environmental education programs with teaching materials.
2)Community development using rural resource.
3)Consciousness investigation by text mining.
Web site : http://www.yuichirokondo.com
Associate Professor
TOMARI Naoyuki
Research :My working areas are titled as “infrastructure planning and management”, “transport planning” or “transport policy” in the field of civil engineering. My research interests mainly consist of the following two parts: the first one is planning system including planning process and public involvement; the other is transport policy focusing on urban transport, especially taxi policy, airport planning and high-speed rail development. I have keen interests in international comparison on the research interests.