【Research Area 】　Area of Infrastructure Creation (Number of Faculty: 19)

Name	English Name	Position	Research Field	Department in the Master's Course
岩下 和義	Iwashita, Kazuyoshi	Associate Professor	Environmental Geotechnical Engineering	International Program on Civil and Environmental Engineering
Specialty: Soil mechanics, seismic engineering. Research on the mechanical properties of granular matter (experiments and numerical analysis). Research on seismic resistance of adobe (sun-dried brick) structures.
川上 英二	Kawakami, Hideji	Professor (Geosphere Research Institute, GRIS)	Earthquake Engineering	International Program on Civil and Environmental Engineering
Specialty: Urban seismic engineering. Research aiming to reduce earthquake damage in urban areas and improve earthquake resistance. Evaluating the external force exerted by earthquakes with high precision. Diagnosis of the earthquake resistance of wooden and reinforced concrete buildings and failure analysis. Prognosis of earthquake damage to ‘lifelines’ and development of technology to improve its safety.
川本 健	Kawamoto, Ken	Associate Professor	Environmental Geotechnical Engineering	International Program on Civil and Environmental Engineering
Specialty: Environmental geotechnical engineering, soil science. I am doing research on the behavior of pollutants in the soil and groundwater. This includes the measurements and modeling of soil-water and gas transport, colloid-facilitated transport of contaminants in the vadose zone.
風間 秀彦	Kazama, Hidehiko	Professor (Geosphere Research Institute, GRIS	Environmental Geotechnical Engineering	International Program on Civil and Environmental Engineering
Specialty: Soil and foundation engineering. Engineering properties of cohesive soils and the development of examination and testing methods for them, safety evaluation of slopes, countermeasures to alleviate landslide damage, development of sealing materials to prevent ground pollution.
小松 登志子	Komatsu, Toshiko	Professor	Environmental Geotechnical Engineering	International Program on Civil and Environmental Engineering
Specialty: Environmental engineering, environmental soil science. My main research is to investigate the behavior of pollutants in the soil. This includes predicting the fate and transport of pollutants such as pesticides and volatile organic chemicals (VOCs), facilitated transport of pollutants by soil colloid particles, and the advection and diffusion of soil gases.
桑野 二郎	Kuwano, Jiro	Professor (Geosphere Research Institute, GRIS	Environmental Geotechnical Engineering	International Program on Civil and Environmental Engineering
Specialty: Geotechnical engineering, geotechnical earthquake engineering, soil mechanics. Besides basic research that tries to accurately evaluate the strength and deformation properties of soils, I am studying soil dynamics, such as liquefaction phenomena, and the long term stability of embankments, their maintenance and repair. I also study earth reinforcement, for instance geogrid reinforced embankment, to improve earthquake resistance and strengthen the soil.
牧 剛史	Maki, Takeshi	Associate Professor	Structures and Materials	International Program on Civil and Environmental Engineering
Specialty: Building and construction materials, concrete engineering, seismic engineering. Research topics: I am investigating the seismic behavior of concrete structures, focusing especially on the development of response analysis methods and earthquake resistance evaluation methods, which deal not only with the structure itself, but take the role of the supporting foundations and the surrounding ground into account.
松本 泰尚	Matsumoto, Yasunao	Associate Professor	Structures and Materials	International Program on Civil and Environmental Engineering
Specialty: Vibration and noise engineering, and structural dynamics. His research interests include human responses to vibration and noise, evaluation of vibration and noise in living environment, and vibration and noise problems caused by civil engineering structures.
茂木 秀則	Mogi, Hidenori	Lecturer	Earthquake Engineering	International Program on Civil and Environmental Engineering
Specialty: Earthquake engineering: earthquake response of geologically irregular ground, investigation of the ground structure based on microtremor measurements, probability distribution of ground motion parameters of earthquakes.
睦好 宏史	Mutsuyoshi, Hiroshi	Professor	Structures and Materials	International Program on Civil and Environmental Engineering
Specialty: Concrete engineering, earthquake engineering, bridge engineering, development of management and maintenance systems for bridges, prestressed concrete and the application of advanced materials to structures.
小田 匡寛	Oda, Masanobu	Professor	Environmental Geotechnical Engineering	International Program on Civil and Environmental Engineering
Specialty: Rock mechanics. I am interested in many fields of rock mechanics, but recently I am mainly concerning myself with research on: 1) mechanics of granular materials, 2) rock fracture mechanics, 3) mechanics and hydrology of discontinuous rock formations, 4) deposition conditions of alluvial clay and soil properties, 5) liquefaction of sandy soils.
小口 千明	Oguchi, Chiaki	Associate Professor (Geosphere Research Institute, GRIS	Environmental Geotechnical Engineering	International Program on Civil and Environmental Engineering
Specialty: Geomorphology, rock weathering. The central topics of my research are the weathering process of rocks and stones, as well as soil formation, and the long term changes of landforms and geosphere materials.
奥井 義昭	Okui, Yoshiaki	Associate Professor	Structures and Materials	International Program on Civil and Environmental Engineering
Specialty: Structural Engineering (especially bridge engineering) and applied mechanics. Research on the efficient design of composite bridges, development of a constitutive law for high damping rubber, development of an analytic model for the question of long term deterioration of crystalline rock.
長田 昌彦	Osada, Masahiko	Associate Professor (Geosphere Research Institute, GRIS	Environmental Geotechnical Engineering	International Program on Civil and Environmental Engineering
Specialty: Rock mechanics, engineering geology. My research interest is to investigate the relation between rock deformation and fluid/vapor flow, for example, developing processes of water conducting fractures in rocks, drying-induced deformation of rocks, dynamic permeability during rock deformation, evaporation measurement from rock surface, and development of instruments for obtaining the accurate rock deformation.
齊藤 正人	Saitoh, Masato	Associate Professor	Seismic Engineering	International Program on Civil and Environmental Engineering
Specialty: Earthquake engineering. My main interest is in the evaluation of the impact response of structures and their operation and maintenance, which can be roughly divided into the three areas: the dynamic interaction of large scale foundations and pile foundation components, smart structures (including seismic isolation systems), and earthquake-proof design methods.
鈴木 輝一	Suzuki, Kiichi	Associate Professor	Environmental Geotechnical Engineering	International Program on Civil and Environmental Engineering
Specialty: Geotechnical engineering. Discovery of a constitutive law that can be applied to the complex behavior of sand or grouted sand. Computational experiments using the biphasic (including the monophasic) finite element method, distinct element method for element shear tests, liquefaction, and seepage failure phenomena. Development of countermeasures (to liquefaction, etc).
角田 文雄	Tsunoda, Fumio	Professor	Seismic Engineering	International Program on Civil and Environmental Engineering
Specialty: Seismological geology. My research is based on the analysis of the geological structure of the upper and lower crust of the earth, the simulation of its deformation history, etc, and aims at the clarification of the generation mechanisms of extremely shallow earthquakes, the properties of earthquake motion in the upper crust, the distribution and prediction of strong ground motions, and the recurrence intervals of damaging earthquakes.
渡辺 邦夫	Watanabe, Kunio	Professor (Geosphere Research Institute, GRIS	Environmental Geotechnical Engineering	International Program on Civil and Environmental Engineering
Geosphere Environmental Engineering. My research concerns the geospheric environment as it appears in groundwater engineering, geosphere environment management systems, nuclear waste reprocessing. I am also investigating the long term changes in building materials of world heritage sites, while they are undergoing restauration.
山辺 正	Yamabe, Tadashi	Associate Professor	Environmental Geotechnical Engineering	International Program on Civil and Environmental Engineering
Specialty: Rock mechanics. Using both experiments and numerical analysis I am trying to elucidate coupling phenomena between heat, stress and water infiltration in soft and discontinuous rock.
山口 宏樹	Yamaguchi, Hiroki	Professor	Structures and Materials	International Program on Civil and Environmental Engineering
Specialty: Structural engineering (especially in the filed of structural dynamics and control). I am doing researches on structural health monitoring based on ambient vibration measurement and modal damping identification, various vibration problems of structures (such as wind-induced vibration of cable structures), and mechanism, control, human impact of noise and low frequency sound generation in structures.