The 2024 degree conferral ceremony was held.
The 2024 degree conferral ceremony was held on March 26th. Ikuto Azuma, Ryohei Urata, Yoshifumi Kondo (all 2nd year masters students) and Yuna Ueno (4th year undergraduate student) were given their degrees. Ikuto Azuma also received the “Environmental ana Civil Engineering Field Excellence Research Award” for his master's thesis and presentation. Congratulations!The three master's students […]
Research exchange at the Universidad de Castilla–La Mancha.
I visited the Universidad de Castilla–La Mancha in Ciudad Real, central Spain. I had a discussion about models with Professor Ángel Yustres Real, and Professor Vicente Navarro gave me a lecture on analysis. It was a very good visit, as I was able to gain a new perspective.
Master's thesis and graduation thesis reviews for 2024 have been completed.
The master's thesis and graduation thesis reviews for the class of 2024 have been completed.Although there may have been some inconvenience in communicating with your supervisor online, all of you worked very hard until the end and produced excellent research and theses. Thank you very much for your hard work!
Research progress report (M1) was held
On January 10, we held a research progress report by M1 students. The meeting also served as an introduction of research to new undergraduate students, but I think it turned out to be a meaningful debriefing meeting with good discussions. We hope that further discussions among the laboratoy members will lead to good results in […]
Presentation at 9th Clay CONFERENCE, Hannover
Oral presentation at 9th Clay CONFERENCE held in Hannover, Germany on Nov. 25-28.Titles: HMC simulation of swelling pressure test on bentonite using the double structure model considering the surface phenomena of mineral crystalAuthors: Hiroyuki KYOKAWA and Ryuhei URATA It was good to have the opportunity to give an oral presentation and exchange ideas with many […]
Research progress meeting (M2, B4) was held.
We held a research progress meeting for M2 (Azuma, Urata, Kondo) and B4 (Ueno) who are preparing for their master's and bachelor's thesis. We had a meaningful Q&A session and it was a good opportunity for them to share their research and writing their thesis. I would like to thank all the presenters for their […]
Research exchange at Charles University (Prague, Czech Republic)
I had a chance to meet Dr. Bhargavi, who wan in same room at the University of Tokyo, and we had a presentation and discussion at Charles Univesity in Prague, Czech Republic. It was a very meaningful stay, and we had discussions that may lead to future collaborations.
New undergraduate students joined our lab members!
Three new undergraduate students (Rintaro Ban, Taichi Fujiwara, and Kazuya Matsuda) have joined our lab. Let's make our laboratory more exciting and make it a better research group!
Layout changes to meeting space
The layout of the online meeting space has been changed and coffee breaks are now available.I hope students will seek a more comfortable environment and do your best in your research!
Temporarily returned to Japan.
After the workshop in Kitakyushu on September 20, I dropped by NIT. It was a busy but fulfilling day with chatting, lunch (sushi), research meeting, experiment room check, and dinner (izakaya). Although we see each other frequently in online meetings, it was fun to talk to each other in person. I know I will be […]