Research Fields

Earthquake Engineering: Building Foundation and Geotechnical Engineering

Publications (Google Scholar Citations) (ResearchGate)

Awards

• 2010. 4 : Received the Young Scientists' Prize, The Commendation for Science and Technology by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT), Japan
  "A Simple Method to Estimate Seismic Damage to Buildings Based on Microtremor Geophysical Survey" (in Japanese)

Affiliations (Member of the Following Societies)

• Architectural Institute of Japan (AIJ)
• The Japanese Geotechnical Society (JGS)
• Japan Association for Earthquake Engineering (JAEE)
• Seismological Society of Japan (SSJ)
• International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (ISSMGE)
• Seismological Society of America (SSA)
• Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI)
• American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

Education

• 1993. 3 : Graduated from Dept. of Architecture and Building Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology
• 1995. 3 : Completed Master Course of Dept. of Architecture and Building Engineering, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology
• 1998. 3 : Completed Doctor Course of Dept. of Architecture and Building Engineering, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology
• 1998. 3 : Received Doctor Degree of Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology

Professional Experience

• 1995. 4 - 1998. 3 : Research Fellow of Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
• 1998. 4 - 1998. 12 : Research Associate, Dept. of Architecture and Building Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology
• 1999. 1 - 2001. 3 : Research Engineer, Earthquake Disaster Mitigation Research Center^(*), RIKEN (The Institute of Physical and Chemical Research)
• 2001. 4 - 2001. 12 : Research Engineer, Earthquake Disaster Mitigation Research Center^(*), National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Prevention (NIED)
• 2002. 1 - 2006. 3 : Deputy Team Leader, Earthquake Disaster Mitigation Research Center^(*), National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Prevention (NIED)
• 2006. 4 - 2008. 3 : Research Engineer, Disaster Prevention System Research Center, National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Prevention (NIED)
• 2008. 4 - 2010. 3 : Senior Research Engineer, Dept. of Structural Engineering, Building Research Institute (BRI)
• 2010. 4 - 2016. 3 : Senior Researcher, Structural Standards Division, Building Dept., National Institute for Land and Infrastructure Management (NILIM), MLIT
• 2016. 4 - 2018. 3 : Senior Research Engineer, Dept. of Structural Engineering, Building Research Institute (BRI)
• 2018. 4 - Present : Chief Research Engineer, Dept. of Structural Engineering, Building Research Institute (BRI)

(*) 2011. 3 : Closed.

Contact Address

Dept. of Structural Engineering, Building Research Instiute
1 Tachihara, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0802, Japan
Phone: +81-29-864-6652 Fax: +81-29-864-6773