1st research progress report in 2023
On October 19, we held a research progress report for bachelor and master students. They reported on the background of their research, a review of previous research, the selection of specific research objectives and methods, and finally the progress of our research. Each of students understood the purpose of the meeting, gave presentations and asked […]
Field trip @ Kisogawa River
We went to see the chert layer of the Kiso River on October 7 for the preview of the lecture and to collect samples. I was impressed by the grandeur of the Earth's movement and felt that it was worthwhile to conduct research on it. However, it seems that we still need more experience in […]
Special Lecture at the 44th Young Geotechnical Engineers Seminar
I participated in the 44th Young Geotechnical Engineers Seminar held on Monday, September 25, and gave a special lecture.Every year, young geotechnical engineers (about 40 years old or younger) gather at this seminar to discuss and exchange ideas. I introduced my research activities focusing on various geomaterials over the past 15 years and talked about […]
Laboratory party beating a hot summer.
We had a party with our lab members. Thank you for all your hard work! Let's keep up the good work in the second half!Thank you also to all the alumni who came to the party!
Presentation at the 17th Asian Regional Conference of the ISSMGE at Astana
I participated in the 17th Asian Regional Conference of the International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering held in Astana, Kazakhstan from August 14 to 17, and made a presentation (poster).Title: Constitutive model of expansive soft rock considering cementation and swelling nature
The 8th Workshop on "Bentonite"at Kobe Univ.
I attended the "8th Bentonite Study Group at Kobe University" held on August 7.It was very useful to have a good discussion after a long time. Thanks to Mr. Cui (Waseda University) for his presentation and Prof. Tachibana at Kobe University for his organization. Bentonite workshop (Initiators: Wang Hailong (Waseda University, JAPAN), Hiroyuki Kyokawa (Nagoya […]
Participated in the 58th Annual Conference of the Japanese Geotechnical Society
We participated in the 58th Annual Conference of the Japanese Geotechnical Society on July 11-14. Shu Suzuki (M2) and Kyokawa and Shotaro Hijikata (University of Tokyo), who was Kyokawa formerly supervised, gave presentations from our laboratory. It was fun to see many old friends and colleagues at the conference 😊. Soil-water coupling behavior of group-pile […]
The 9th International Congress on Environmental Geotechnics
I attended and presented at the 9th International Congress on Environmental Geotechnics in Chania, Greece, from June 25 to 28. It was the first time for me to attend an international conference on environmental geotechnics, but I learned a lot from the many interesting presentations on not only bentonite research, but also related issues such […]
Short-term intensive seminar on programming
We had the short-term intensive seminar on programming on 10th June. Students studied from morning to night. It was so tuff. Thus both lecturer and students are mentally and physically exhausted at the end of the seminar. However, we could complete the tasks. Goooooood job!!
Yoshifumi Kondo (M1) received the Best Presentation Award at the 2022 JSCE Chubu Branch Conference.
Mr. Yoshifumi Kondo, a first-year master's course student, received the Best Presentation Award at the 2022 JSCE Chubu Branch Conference. The title of the paper is "Experimental study on mechanical characteristics of unsaturated unconsolidated Kaolin clay" (under the guidance of Prof. Feng Zhang). Congratulations!!!!