Laboratory field trip to Mie
March 27028 We visited several tsunami evacuation tower along the Mie coast
Short-term visitors: Professor Harshinie Karunarathna
March 25-30 Professor Harshinie Karunarathna at Swansea University, UK stayed in the laboratory for one week.
Seminar: Professor Pham Van Bang Damien
Date: March 4 Time: 14:00-16:00 Room: E-206D (Uji Campus) Speaker: Professor Pham Van Bang Damien (INRS, Institut national de la recherche scientifique) Title: Impact forces on vertical seawall Scour erosion at the toe of vertical seawall
Che-Wei Chang became Project Assistant Professor
January 18 Dr. Che-Wei Chang (Project researcher) became Project Assistant Professor.
Edited journal ”Mega Quakes: Cascading Earthquake Hazards and Compounding Risks” has been awarded as Frontier's Spotlight Award Bronze Prize
11/6 Edited journal ”Mega Quakes: Cascading Earthquake Hazards and Compounding Risks” has been awarded as Frontier's Spotlight Award Bronze Prize 詳細 Article collection on the vestibular system wins Frontiers European research prize 2018 Spotlight finalists
New students joined as Ph.D candidates
October 1 Four students joined as Ph.D candidates Kei Ando (mainly working at KOBELCO) Takashi Fujiki (mainly working at PARI) Zuorui Lyu (MEXT Scholarship) Audrius Sabūnas (MEXT Scholarship)
Bahareh Kamranzad became Assistant Professor supported by Hakubi Center
October 1 Dr. Bahareh Kamranzad (JSPS researcher) became Assistant Professor supported by Hakubi Center.
Seminar: Dr. Mark Hemer
Date: September 5 Time: 14:00-16:00 Room: E-206D (Uji Campus) Speaker: Dr. Mark Hemer (CSIRO, Australia) Title: Addressing integrative challenges for coastal projections – sea-level, waves and coastal extremes.
Party for marriages
Date: August 28 Time: 19:00-21:30 Location: Cotelette, Fushimi We had party for marriage of Shimura-san and Imai-san.
Farewell party
Date: August 28 Time: 19:00-21:30 Location: Rooftop bar Farewell party for James