Special lecture by Dr. Alessandro Beghini (24/10/24)

Dr. Alessandro Beghini, a former international student from Italy, who is now working as a structural engineer at SOM, US, gave a special lectre on "Applied Research and Technology in Design and Construction".

Tanabe Award at the bachelor's final defense (24/02/07)

B4 student Makoto Ishihara was awarded the Tanabe Award at the bachelor's final defense held on February 6th and 7th, 2024. Congratulation!!!

"Frequency-Domain Fatigue Life Evaluation of Steel Bridges Considering Vibrational Characteristics of Traffic Loads"

Special lecture by Associate Professor Zhen Sun（23/11/22)

Dr. Zhen Sun, a former international student from China who is now an associate professor at Southeast University, China, gave a special lecture on "Condition Assessment of Bridges using Physics-based and Data-driven Methods".

Workshop on recent progress and future prospective in wind engineering（23/11/14)

Prof. Qingshan Yang, Prof. Guoqing Huang and Lecturer Tian Li from Chongqing University and Prof. Xuemei Li and Lecturer Fan Bai from Beijing Jiaotong University were invited and Workshop on recent progress and future prospective in wind engineering was held.

Mr. Wenchao Gao's Master's Research Results Receive the Japan Road Conference Excellence Award（23/11/02)

As part of the project 'Matching Field Needs with Technological Seeds,' supported by the Kanto Regional Development Bureau, a research paper titled 「Development of Road Rutting Assessment Technology Using In-Vehicle Camera」, developed by Mr. Gao and Prof. Nagayama, among others, received the Excellence Award at the 35th Japan Road Conference.

Special lecture by Prof. Michael Beer（23/10/26)

Prof. Michael Beer of Leibniz University Hannover, Germany, gave a special lecture on "Publish successfully - some important aspects" and "Career advice - some important aspects".

Mr. Wenchao Gao won the Outstanding Speaker Award（23/10/23)

Mr. Wenchao Gao received the Best Presentation Award at the 78th JSCE Annual Conference. The title of his presentation is "Evaluation of Road Surface Rutting by Distortion Analysis of Images Taken by Vehicle-mounted Camera".

Kick-Off Event for the Social Collaboration Course "Development of Millimeter Wave Monitoring to Observe the Safety of Buildings and Infrastructure" （23/09/27)

The University of Tokyo Graduate School of Engineering and Kyocera Corporation held a kick-off event for the "Development of Millimeter Wave Monitoring for Building and Infrastructure Safety," a social collaboration course established on July 1, 2023. Professor Tomonori Nagayama, who is in charge of this course together with the Department of Architecture, gave a lecture entitled "Expectations for Millimeter-wave Sensors to Monitor the Safety of Social Infrastructures".

The 3rd ZHITU Symposium was held at UTokyo（23/08/20-08/22)

The 3rd ZHITU Symposium was held at the University of Tokyo. The symposium was organized by the Bridge and Wind Engineering Laboratory. Participants are mainly from five universities: Zhejiang University (China), Hong Kong Polytechnic University (Hong Kong, China), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (USA), the University of Tokyo (Japan), and Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (Korea). A total of 108 faculty members and students participated, mainly in the fields of structural engineering, wind engineering, concrete, geotechnical, earthquake engineering, i-Construction, and others. Discussions were held on the state of cutting-edge research in the field of civil infrastructure, future prospects, and the promotion of international exchange. In addition to the academic program of keynote speeches, technical presentations, and panel discussions, the symposium also included technical and cultural tours. For more information, please visit the symposium's website: https://bridge.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp/zhitu/

Special lecture by our almuna, Dr. Prasanti Widyasih Sarli（23/08/07)

Our alumna, Dr. Prasanti Widyasih Sarli from Institut Teknologi Bandung gave us a special lecture about creating the Indonesian design wind map with multi-disciplinary approach.

Furuichi Award at the master's final defense (23/07/28)

M2 student Towen Chan was awarded the Furuichi Award at the master's final defense held on July 28th, 2023. Congratulation!!!

"Numerical Study of Fatigue Loading in Wind Turbines considering Dynamic Wake Effects"

Special lecture by Prof. Ken Loh, University of California, San Diego（23/07/19)

Prof. Ken Loh of the University of California, San Diego, USA, gave a special lecture titled "Enhancing Human Performance using Motion Tape Wearable Sensors and the Human Digital Twin".

Special lecture by Jonathan Eid of WOODEUM（23/07/14)

Mr. Jonatthan Eid, a former international student from France who now works at WOODEUM, gave a lecture titled "Beyond Graduation: Navigating the Real World - Insights and Lessons from a Recent Graduate"

Dr. Kai Xue was appointed as a project assistant professor (23/07/01)

Dr. Kai Xue was appointed as a project assistant professor at the School of Engineering, the University of Tokyo, on July 1st, 2023.

Special lecture by Associate Professor Fernando Moreu（23/06/23)

Associate Professor Fernando Moreu of the University of New Mexico, USA, gave a special lecture titled "Increasing Inspectors Safety during Disasters Using New Human-Machine-Structure Interfaces".

Dr. Yuka Kikuchi was appointed as a lecturer (23/06/01)

Dr. Yuka Kikuchi was appointed as a lecturer at the School of Engineering, the University of Tokyo, on June 1st, 2023.

Paper Prize of Japan Wind Energy Association 2022.（23/05/31)

”A Study on a feedfoward control using the nacelle wind speed for downwind-type floating offshore wind turbines” by Prof. Takeshi Ishihara was selected as Paper Prize of Japan Wind Energy Association 2022. The prize was given for the proposal of a novel blade pitch control method to reduce loads of blade pitch actuators using feedforward control.

Best poster award from 44th National Symposium on Wind Energy（23/05/31）

Mr. Hiromasa Otori, Dr. Yuka Kikuchi, Prof. Takeshi Ishihara were awarded best poster award from 44th National Symposium on Wind Energy. The title of the awarded poster is "Numerical prediction of hydrodynamic coefficients for a barge platform by using direct numerical simulation and validation by water tank tests".

Best presentation award from 44th National Symposium on Wind Energy（23/5/31）

Dr. Yuka Kikuchi was awarded best presentation award from 44th National Symposium on Wind Energy. The title of the awarded presentation is "Assessment of LCOE for fixed-bottom offshore wind farm by using probabilistic engineering cost model".

JSCE Applied Mechanics Outstanding Presentation Award (23/05/27)

Dr. Masaru Kitahara wons JSCE Applied Mechanics Outstanding Presentation Award 2023. The title of awarded presentation is " Uncertainty quantification for dependent parameters using hierarchical Bayesian model updating and model class selection" .

Dr. Boyu Zhao was appointed as a project assistant professor (23/04/01)

Dr. Boyu Zhao was appointed as an project assistant professor of an endowed course program, "Science of Infrastructure Longevity", on April 1st, 2023.

Special lecture by Prof. Michael Beer (23/02/22)

Prof. Michael Beer from Leibniz University Hannover gave us a special lecture about efficient uncertainty quantification for structrual dynamic analysis.

Tanabe Award at the bachelor's final defense（23/02/08)

B4 student Kazuki Kuwashiro was awarded the Tanabe Award at the bachelor's final defense held on February 7th to 8th, 2023. Congratulations!!

The award-winning paper titles are as follows. Congratulations!!

"地盤の剛性と杭の細長比を考慮したモノパイル基礎の荷重分布と変形特性の予測"

Furuichi Award at the master's final defense (23/01/31)

M2 student Yuuki Kakiuchi was awarded the Furuichi Award at the master's final defense held on January 31th, 2023.

Congratulations!!

Special lecture by Dr. Arka P. Reksowarojo (22/12/23)

Our alumunus, Dr. Arka P. Reksowarojo gave us a special lecture about advances in lightweight adoptive structure.

Dr. Masaru Kitahara was appointed as an assistant professor（22/10/01）

Dr. Masaru Kitahara was appointed as an assistant professor at the School of Engineering, the University of Tokyo, on October 1st, 2022.

Special lecture by Dr. Yasutaka Narazaki (22/07/29)

Our alumunus, Dr. Yasutaka Narazaki gave us a special lecture in the first "Seminar on global careers in research feild".

Best poster award from the 43rd National Symposium on Wind Energy（22/05/27）

D2 student Yunpeng Song, Project Assistant Professor Guowei Qian, and Professor Takeshi Ishihara were awarded best poster award from the 43rd National Symposium on Wind Energy. The title of the awarded poster is "Large eddy simulation of wind turbine wakes considering control algorithm and Coriolis force".

Young Researcher Award form Japan Association for Wind Engineering（21/05/26）

Project Assistant Professor Guowei Qian received Young Researcher Award form Japan Association for Wind Engineering in recognition of exceptional research potential in wind engineering. The award is granted for the research of wind field prediction and wind farm power maximization, which are published in the following two papers.
[1] G.W. Qian, T. Ishihara, Wind Farm Power Maximization through Wake Steering with a New Multiple Wake Model for Prediction of Turbulence Intensity, Energy, Vol. 221, pp.1-17, 2021
[2] G.W. Qian, T. Ishihara, Numerical study of wind turbine wakes over escarpments by a modified delayed detached eddy simulation, Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics, Vol.191, pp.41-53, 2019

Prof. Nagayama makes an online presentation on road infrastructure monitoring on June 2nd（22/06/02）

Prof. Nagayama makes an online presentation on road infrastructure monitoring on June 2nd.

• https://tecmex.or.jp/info/onlinelecture220602/

D1 Hiromasa Otori is featured in "Create the future" (22/05/02)

D1 Hiromasa Otori is featured in "Create the future" taken by school of engineering.

Dr. Tomonori Nagayama was appointed as a professor. (22/04/01)

Dr. Tomonori Nagayama was appointed as a professor at the School of Engineering, the University of Tokyo, on April 1st, 2022.

Assoc. Prof. Nagayama received the 2021 Best Teaching Award of the faculty of engineering. (22/03/24)

Assoc. Prof. Nagayama received the 2021 Best Teaching Award of the faculty of engineering.

Furuichi Award at the master's final defense(22/02/09)

M2 student Hiromasa Otori was awarded the Furuichi Award at the master's final defense held on February 27th, 2022. Congratulations!!!

"Numerical study on the dynamic response of floating platform considering the Fluid-Structure Interaction"

Excellent Paper Award at the Annual Meeting of the JSCE. (21/10/08)

Atsushi Ishii, a master graduate of the bridge laboratory, was awarded Excellent Paper Award for his research presentation at the 76th Annual Meeting of the Japan Society of Civil Engineers. His paper is entitled "高精度物体追跡を利用した走行車両のモード同定と重量推定".

Excellent Paper Award at the Annual Meeting of the JSCE. (21/10/08)

Qi Hu, a PhD graduate of the bridge laboratory, was awarded Excellent Paper Award for his research presentation at the 76th Annual Meeting of the Japan Society of Civil Engineers. His paper is entitled "Monitoring-based FEM-MBS Analysis Scheme and Experiment Validation for Vehicle-Bridge Interaction System".

Best poster award from 42th National Symposium on Wind Energy（2021/05/31)

Professor Takeshi Ishihara, Mr. Yoshihisa Iida were awarded best poster award from 42th National Symposium on Wind Energy. The title of the awarded poster is "Prediction of combined aerodynamic and seismic loadings on wind turbine support structures by coupled and uncoupled approaches".

Best presentation award from 42th National Symposium on Wind Energy（2021/05/31)

Project Assistant Professor Yuka Kikuchi was awarded best presentation award from 42th National Symposium on Wind Energy. The title of the awarded poster is "Assessment of levelized cost of energy and international comparison based on failure mode effect".

Best paper award from Japan Association for Wind Engineering（2021/05/25)

Dr. Yosuke Nagumo, Professor Takeshi Ishihara were awarded best paper award from Japan Association for Wind Engineering. The title of the awarded paper is "A study of crosswind resistant performance of train cars considering uncertainties of acting forces".

Dr. Yuka Kikuchi appointed as a specially appointed lecturer（21/4/1）

Dr. Yuka Kikuchi became a specially appointed lecturer at the Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo in April.

Dr. Wang Lilin appointed specially appointed assistant professor（21/4/1）

Dr. Wang Lilin became a specially appointed assistant professor at the Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo in April.

Dean Award of the Graduate School of Engineering at Graduate Commencement （21/3/19）

Dr. Tian Li was awarded Dean Award of the Graduate School of Engineering at Graduate Commencement for his doctor thesis. His thesis title is “Numerical study of wind-induced vibration and aerodynamic suppression of bridge cables”.

Excellent Master Thesis Award from Japan Association for Wind Engineering（21/3/17）

M2 student, Mr. Yunpengy Song received Excellent Master Thesis Award from Japan Association for Wind Engineering. The title of his master thesis is “Numerical study of wind turbine wakes by considering control algorithm and rotor geometry”.

Tanabe Award at the bachelor's final defense（21/02/10)

B4 student Yuuki Kakiuchi was awarded the Tanabe Award at the bachelor's final defense held on February 9th to 10th, 2021. Congratulations!!

The award-winning paper titles are as follows. Congratulations!!

"Estimation of wheelbase, sensor position and drive speed through vehicle vibration analysis for road condition evaluation."

Associate professor Tomonori Nagayama received Graduate School of Engineering Award (Research category)（21/1/21）

Associate professor Tomonori Nagayama received Graduate School of Engineering Award (Research category) on Jan 21 2021. His research, including the assessment of infrastructure utilizing monitoring, has been highly evaluated domestically and internationally. The graduate school gave him the award recognizing his research contributions.

Intelligence, Informatics and Infrastructure Outstanding Potential Paper Award (20/12/4)

Dr. Yaohua Yang・Associate professor Tomonori Nagayama and Project associate professor Di Su were awarded Intelligence, Informatics and Infrastructure Outstanding Potential Paper Award from Japan Society of Civil Engineering, the Committee of AI for Structural Engineering. The title of the awarded paper is “Displacement Estimation of Nonlinear SDOF System under Seismic Excitation Using Kalman Filter for State-parameter Estimation”.

Excellent Paper Award at the Annual Meeting of the JSCE. (20/11/23)

Ishihara, an M1 student of the bridge laboratory, was awarded Excellent Paper Award for her research presentation at the 75th Annual Meeting of the Japan Society of Civil Engineers.

Her paper is entitled, "Displacement response estimation based on acceleration response measurement and nonlinear history characteristic parameter identification" (In Japanese).

Excellent Paper Award at the Annual Meeting of the JSCE. (20/11/23)

Takahiro Yamaguchi, a PhD graduate of the bridge laboratory, was awarded Excellent Paper Award for his research presentation at the 75th Annual Meeting of the Japan Society of Civil Engineers.

His paper is entitled, "Estimation of 3D position information of buried tubes by deep learning of ground radar signal and analytical signal processing" (In Japanese).

Young Researcher Award at Japan Wind Energy Association 2020.（2020/11/18）

Project Res. Assoc. Yuka Kikuchi won Young Research Award at Japan Wind Energy Association 2020 for "Assessment of levelized cost of energy for wind energy based on wind and wave simulation and reliability analysis", which is a compounded title of the following two papers. The award was given for the contribution of a systematic evaluation of levelized cost of energy based on engineering technology.

[1] Yuka KIKUCHI, Takeshi ISHIHARA: Assessment of weather window for the construction of offshore power plants by using wind and wave simulations, Journal of Physics: Conference Series 753(9) pp.1-11, 2016.

[2] Yuka KIKUCHI, Ryouta SAITO and Takeshi ISHIHARA: Assessment of levelized cost of energy for wind energy based on reliability analysis, Journal of wind energy, Vol. 43, No. 1, pp.1-12, 2019. (In Japanese)

A best paper award at Japan Wind Energy Association 2019.（2020/09/22）

"Assessment of levelized cost of energy for wind energy based on reliability analysis" by Project Res. Assoc. Y. Kikuchi, Mr. Ryouta Saito and Prof. T. Ishihara was selected as a best paper award at Japan Wind Energy Association 2019. The award was given for the contribution of a systematic evaluation of Japan wind turbine’s repair downtime and a quantitative scenario proposal towards the cost reduction.

Prof. Emeritus Yozo Fujino received the Housner medal.（20/06/18)

American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) has awarded Prof. Emeritus Yozo Fujino with George W. Housner Structural Control and Monitoring Medal. Housner Medal was established in 2011 in recognition of pioneering contributions of George W. Housner, who was a Professor at the California Institute of Technology, to the field of structural control and monitoring of civil infrastructure systems. The medal is awarded annually to one individual in recognition of outstanding research contributions to the broad field of structural control and health monitoring.

• https://www.asce.org/templates/award-detail.aspx?id=622

Tomoaki Takeda and his team received ASCE Moisseiff Award.（20/06/18)

American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) has awarded Dr. Takeda, Assoc. Prof. Mizutani, Assoc. Prof. Nagayama, and Prof. Emeritus Fujino with the 2020 Moisseiff Award for the paper “Reproduction of Cable-Stayed Bridge Seismic Responses Involving Tower-Girder Pounding and Damage Process Estimation for Large Earthquakes,” published in the February 2019 issue of Journal of Bridge Engineering. The Moisseiff Award was established by ASCE in 1947 in recognition of the accomplishments of Leon S. Moisseiff, who lead suspension bridge design in 1920's and 1930's and made a notable contributions in structural design. The award is given to the author or authors of an important paper dealing with the broad field of structural design.

• https://news.asce.org/writing-team-earns-2020-moisseiff/
• https://ascelibrary.org/page/asce_award_winning_jrnl_papers

Japan Association for Wind Engineering Award for recognition of excellent academic achievement （20/05/20)

May 20, 2020. Associate professor Atsushi Yamaguchi received Japan Association for Wind Engineering Award for recognition of excellent academic achievement. The title of the paper is “Maximum Instantaneous Wind Speed Forecasting and Performance Evaluation by Using Numerical Weather Prediction and On-site Measurement”, in which a maximum instantaneous wind speed forecast model is developed by using ARX model with non-parametric regression with multi time scale forgetting factor to realize accurate forecast of the maximum instantaneous wind speed.

Henry Dyer Award, Dean's Award and Tanabe Award at the bachelor's final defense（20/02/07)

B4 student Hiromasa Otori was awarded Henry Dyer Award, Dean's Award and Tanabe Award at the bachelor's final defense held on February 6th to 7th, 2020.

The award-winning paper titles are as follows. Congratulations!!

"Proposal of analytical model for determining three-dimensional flow field in touchdown tornado-like vortex"

Best presenter award at the JSCE Presentation（19/12/05)

M1 student Yuichi Ishihara was awarded the best presenter award at the 74th Annual Japan Society of Civil Engineers Presentation.

Congratulations!!

Best presenter award at the JSCE Presentation（19/12/05)

Sou Kato, a graduate of the bridge labolatory, was awarded the best presenter award at the 74th Annual Japan Society of Civil Engineers Presentation.

Congratulations!!

Professor Emeritus Yozo Fujino’s the Japan Academy Prize Lecture was held(19/07/24)

Professor Emeritus Yozo Fujino has been awarded the Japan Academy Prize for “vibrations and control of large civil structures”. The award ceremony, attended by the present Emperor and Empress, was held on 17th June 2019. In commemoration of the award, the Prize Lecture was held on 24th July hosted by the department.

Associate Professor Tomonori Nagayama is awarded the Commendation for Science and Technology by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology（19/04/17)

Associate Professor Tomonori Nagayama is awarded the Prize for Science and Technology (Development Category) together with Dr. Boyu Zhao (Former project researcher), Prof. Masashi Toyoda (Institute of Industrial Science), and Mr. Masataka Ieiri (JIP Technoscience, Inc.) for their contributions in "the development of a precise road condition evaluation technique based on smartphone measurement"

• http://www.mext.go.jp/b_menu/houdou/31/04/1415044.htm
• http://www.mext.go.jp/b_menu/houdou/31/04/__icsFiles/afieldfile/2019/04/09/1415044_1_1.pdf
• https://www.drims.online

Assistant Professor Su Di assumed his post as a associate professor in Tokyo Univ.(19/04/01)

Assistant Professor Su Di assumed his post as a associate professor in the Univ. of Tokyo in April.

Dr. Qian Guowei assumed his post as a assistant professor in Tokyo Univ.(19/04/01)

Dr. Qian Guowei assumed his post as a assistant professor in the Univ. of Tokyo in April.

Dean Award of the Graduate School of Engineering at Graduate Commencement（19/03/25)

Doctor student Qian Guowei was awarded Dean Award of the Graduate School of Engineering at Graduate Commencement.

Congratulations!!

Professor Emeritus Yozo Fujino is awarded the Japan Academy Prize (19/03/12)

Recipients of the Japan Academy Prizes were elected at the 1127th General Meeting held on March 12th, 2019. Professor Emeritus Yozo Fujino is awarded the Japan Academy Prize.

The prize is awarded to persons who have achieved notable research landmarks and said to be the most authoritative academic award in Japan; the awardees in the past include Nobel Prize winners. The award ceremony is scheduled in June.

• http://www.japan-acad.go.jp/japanese/news/2019/031201.html#006
• http://www.japan-acad.go.jp/japanese/activities/index.html

Best presenter award at the JSCE Presentation（19/02/20)

M2 student Sou Kato was awarded the best presenter award at the 73rd Annual Japan Society of Civil Engineers Presentation.

Congratulations!!

Tanabe Award at the bachelorr's final defense（19/02/09)

B4 student Yuichi Ishihara was awarded the Tanabe Award at the bachelor's final defense held on February 7th, 2019

Congratulations!!

Furuichi Award at the master's final defense (19/02/09)

M2 student Masaru Kitahara was awarded the Furuichi Award at the master's final defense held on January 30th, 2019.

Congratulations!!

Dean Award of the Graduate School of Engineering at Graduate Commencement（18/03/26)

Doctor student Zhao Bo Yu was awarded Dean Award of the Graduate School of Engineering at Graduate Commencement.

Congratulations!!

Tanabe Award at the bachelorr's final defense（18/02/09)

B4 student Yoshihisa Iida, Kota Nagase were awarded the Tanabe Award at the bachelor's final defense held on February 6th, 2018

Congratulations!

Joint seminar with Ho-Kyung Kim's group at SNU(18/01/16)

Joint seminar with Ho-Kyung Kim's group at SNU (Seoul National University) was held at University of Tokyo.

6 members from bridge lab made research presentations.

A poster award at 39th National Symposium on Wind Energy（17/12/21)

A research paper by Mr. Saito, Dr. Kikuchi, Prof. Ishihara was selected as poster awards at 39th National Symposium on Wind Energy, which was held from 6th. to 7th. of December, 2017.

Best presenter award at the JSCE Presentation（17/12/18)

M1 student Masaru Kitahara was awarded the best presenter award at the 72rd Annual Japan Society of Civil Engineers Presentation.

Dr. Yamaguchi assumed his post as a associate professor in Tokyo Univ.(17/04)

Dr. Yamaguchi assumed his post as a associate professor in the Univ. of Tokyo in April.

Dr. Jay assumed his post as a assistant professor in Tokyo Univ.(17/04)

Dr. Yamaguchi assumed his post as a assistant professor in the Univ. of Tokyo in April.

Furuichi Award at the master's final defense (17/02/09)

M2 student Takahiro Yamaguchi was awarded the Furuichi Award at the master's final defense held on February 1st, 2017.

Congratulations!!

Best presenter award at the JSCE Presentation（17/01/20)

D3 student Tomoaki Takeda was awarded the best presenter award at the 71st Annual Japan Society of Civil Engineers Presentation.

Special Lecture by Prof. Pennung Warnitchai (16/07/11)

We had special lecture "Recent Research Activities at AIT in Wind and Earthquake Engineering" by Prof. Pennung Warnitchai (Professor of Structural Engineering at the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT)). Thank you for your coming and interesting lecture.

A best paper award of Japan Wind Engineering Association in 2015（16/05/30)

A research paper "A numerical study of aerodynamic characteristics of ice-accreted transmission lines" by Mr. S. Oka and Prof. T. Ishihara was selected as a best paper award of Japan Wind Engineering Association of 2015

A presentation award at 37th National Symposium on Wind Energy（16/05/30)

A presentation by Dr. Kikuchi was selected as a presentation award at 37th National Symposium on Wind Energy, which was held from 26th. to 27th. of November, 2015.

Special Lecture by Dr. Neil Hoult(16/05/11)

We had special lecture "Distributed sensing: understanding structural behaviour" by Dr. Neil Hoult(Associate Professor, Queen's University). Thank you for your coming and interesting lecture.

Asst. Prof. Tsukasa MIZUTANI was honored with “Paper Award for Young Scientists” from Japan Society of Hydrology and Water Resources(15/10/15)

Asst. Prof. Tsukasa MIZUTANI was honored with "Paper Award for Young Scientists" from Japan Society of Hydrology and Water Resources(JSHWR) on September, 9, 2015. The awarded paper "Tsukasa MIZUTANI, Kenji INOMATA, Wataru TSUJITA, Riki HONDA, Yozo FUJINO and Tomonori NAGAYAMA: Real-Time Rainfall Detection by Analyzing Singularities of Communications Antenna Radiowave Fluctuations, Journal of Japan Society Hydrology and Water Resources, Vol. 27, No.5, pp.208-218, 2014." proposes new technique for torrential rainfall detection based on interdisciplinary understanding and ideas on digital signal processing, hydrology, electromagnetism，and others. The originality and promising achievements were highly evaluated.

University of Tokyo Professor Emeritus Yozo Fujino is the winner of the 2015 Hattori Hoko award(15/10/14)

Professor Emeritus Yozo Fujino received the 2015 Hattori Hoko award on October, 9. Hattori Hokokai foundation, established in 1930 by the founder of the Seiko holdings, presents the “Hoko award” to a single recipient every year. Recipients of the award in the past include Dr. Hideki Yukawa, a Nobel Prize winner. Dr. Yozo Fujino has been involved in the research on the safety of infrastructure and led research on infrastructure dynamics, control, and monitoring. He thus led and solidified new trend in structural engineering.

Five poster awards at 36th National Symposium on Wind Energy（14/12/01)

Five research papers by Prof. Takeshi ISHIHARA, Ms. Yuka KIKUCHI, Ms. Ran WAKABAYASHI, Mr. Yuta TAKEI, Mr. Masato FUKUSHIMA were selected as poster awards at 36th National Symposium on Wind Energy, which was held from 27th. to 28th. of November, 2014.

The Fukushima floating offshore wind farm demonstration project has started generating electricity (2013/11/11)

The world first Offshore Floating Wind Farm Project led by Prof. Ishihara as technical advisor has been successfully completed and commenced operations today, which consists of 2MW downwind-type floating wind turbine, 66kV floating power sub-station, extra-high voltage undersea cable and the dynamic cable as the first phase of the project. For more information: Fukushima Floating Offshore Wind Farm Demonstration Project

Fukushima Floating Offshore Wind Farm Demonstration Project (World First) starts (13/06/28)

Construction for the world first Floating Offshore Wind Farm Project lead by Prof. Ishihara as technical advisor has started. 2MW downwind floating turbine and compact semi-sub as the part of the first phase of the project has been assembled at the dockyard and is towed to Fukushima today from Tokyo Bay area.

For more information: Fukushima Floating Offshore Wind Farm Demonstration Project

Professor Takeshi Ishihara's project introduced on Financial Times(12/12/07)

Professor Takeshi Ishihara's project introduced on Financial Times.

For more information: Hopes high for offshore turbines despite hurdles

Professor Takeshi Ishihara's project introduced on Todai Research (12/06/20)

Professor Takeshi Ishihara's project is introduced on Todai Research

Harvesting the Winds of Fukushima -Japan to Build World’s First Floating Wind Farm-
Wind power is being pursued around the world as a renewable energy solution, but so far has not seemed suited to Japan’s steep mountains and deep seas. In 2012, proof-of-concept research for a multiple turbine floating power station will start off the Iwaki coast of Fukushima Prefecture. Launched by Professor Takeshi Ishihara of the University of Tokyo’s Graduate School of Engineering, Department of Civil Engineering, major Japanese corporations and researchers from multiple fields have come together in this world-first wind farm project.

For more information:
http://www.u-tokyo.ac.jp/en/todai-research/feature-stories/feature-stories-top/harvesting-the-winds-of-fukushima/

A paper award at 21th National Symposium on Wind Engineering (11/03/08)

A research paper "Numerical study on the flow field of tornado-like vortex using the LES turbulence model" by Prof. T. Ishihara and Ms. S. OH was selected as a paper award at 21th National Symposium on Wind Engineering which was held from 1st. to 3rd. of December, 2010. The award was given for the contribution of formations of flow fields in tornado-like vortices generated by a numerical tornado simulator and mechanisms of strong vertical velocities at the center of a one-celled type vortex as well as the maximum tangential velocity appearing near ground in a two-celled type vortex.

Development of Offshore Wind Power Generation System(11/01/07)

Our research proposal on “Development of offshore wind power generation system” in collaboration with Tokyo Electric Power Company, Kajima Corporation, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries is accepted by New Energy and Industrial Development Organization (NEDO).
This research program is a four year project starting from 2010, in which a bottom -mounted offshore wind power generation system will be installed in vicinity of wind observation tower that is located about 3km off the southern coast of Choshi, Chiba. This study aims to develop offshore wind turbines and supporting structures suitable to the environmental conditions of Japan and to establish operation and maintenance methods based on the conditional monitoring system. The influence of offshore development on marine and birds will be investigated and a guideline will be developed for design, construction, operation and maintenance of wind power generation system with high safety and reliability levels. Figure 1 shows a rendering of offshore wind power generation system.

A best paper award at Renewable energy 2010 conference(10/07/02)

A research paper "An assessment of available offshore wind energy potential using mesoscale model and geographical information system" by Dr. A. Yamaguchi, Mr. M. B. Solomon and Prof. T. Ishihara was selected as a best paper award at Renewable energy 2010 conference which was held from 27th of June to 2nd of July, 2010. The award was given for the contribution of an accurate quantative estimation of the wind climate and the available potential considering economical social and technical condition to show that the annual demand of TEPCO can be produced by offshore wind energy.

Welcome Party(09/10/13)

We held a welcome party with concrete Lab. to welcome newcomers, XU and Sun from China, Honarbakhsh from Iran, Juliette from France, Solomon from Philippines, Elsa from Sweden.

NEDO accepted our proposal on “Development of offshore observation system of wind conditions”（09/08/31)

Our research proposal on “Research and Development of Offshore Wind Power Generation Technology (Measurement of Offshore Wind Climate)”funded by New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO) was accepted. This is a joint research project in collaboration with Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO).

This is a five year project and an offshore measurement tower will be constructed on the south coast of Choshi city in Chiba prefecture. Wind and marine conditions will be measured and the numerical simulation of the wind and marine conditions will be also carried out. Using the measured and simulated data, the offshore wind energy map and the guideline for measurement of offshore wind climate will be proposed. The figure shows a rendering of offshore measurement tower.

Dr. Nagayama assumed his post as a lecturer in Tokyo Univ.(09/04)

Dr. Nagayama assumed his post as a lecturer in the Univ. of Tokyo in April.

Dr. Dionysius Manly Siringoringo assumed his post as an project assistant professor in Tokyo Univ.(09/04)

Dr. Dionysius Manly Siringoringo assumed his post as a project assistant professor in the Univ. of Tokyo in April.

Dr. Su Di assumed his post as an project assistant professor in Tokyo Univ.(08/11)

Dr. Su Di assumed his post as a project assistant professor in the Univ. of Tokyo in November.

Welcome Party(08/10/16)

We held a welcome party with concrete Lab. to welcome newcomers, Jeseong from south Korea and Jitboon from Thailand.

Prof. Ishihara's research was appeared in nikkei BP mook(08/09/29)

Prof. Ishihara's research was appeared in nikkei BP mook in an article of next generation energy

Dr. Ishihara assumed his post as an professor in Tokyo Univ.(08/07/19)

Dr. Ishihara assumed his post as a professor in the Univ. of Tokyo in April.

Dr. Nishikawa assumed his post as an project assistant professor in Tokyo Univ.(08/07/19)

Dr. Nishikawa assumed his post as a project assistant professor in the Univ. of Tokyo in April.

Dr. Mizuno assumed his post as an associate professor in Yamaguchi Univ.(08/04/22)

Dr. Mizuno assumed his post as an associate professor in the Department of Environmental Science and Engineering in Yamaguchi Univ. on March 1st.　We wish him every success in his career.

The party for prof. Fujino’s Medal with Purple Ribbon was held（07/06/14）

This party was held by our lab members and the alumna at the Hongo Campas in the University of Tokyo on June 16, 2007. We are so grad lots of people participated in the party. Thank you very much for your celebration.

The 2007 Raymond C. Reese Research Prize by ASCE(07/06/06)

Prof. Yozo Fujino and Dr. Tomonori Nagayama, as well as Dr. Masato Abe and Mr. Kenji Ikeda, have been presented with the 2007 Raymond C. Reese Research Prize, by the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE). Their paper1) on ambient vibration monitoring of a long suspension bridge has been highly evaluated and awarded this prize for outstanding contributions to the application of structural engineering research. The paper presents one of the first research efforts to monitor a full-scale bridge using dense arrays of sensors and applies data processing methods theoretically derived from structural analysis to elucidate structural characterisitcs of the bridge.

For more information: http://www.asce.org/pressroom/honors/honors_details.cfm?hdlid=57
1) T. Nagayama, Y. Fujino, M. Abe, K. Ikeda, (2005) "Structural identification of a nonproportionally damped system and its application to a full-scale suspension bridge"Journal of Structural Engineering, 131(10), pp.1536-1545

Prof. Fujino received the Medal with a Purple Ribbon.(07/06/04)

The Medal with Purple Ribbon is one of Medals of Honor from the Emperor ofJapan in spring and fall every year. his Medal with Purple Ribbon ishigh-profile government award given for contributions to the arts, academics or sports. The number of awardes is about 30 each time and about 10 are selected from academic professionals in all over Japan. Professor Yozo FUJINO was awarded in 2007 Spring as one among three engineering professors.In May 16, 2007, the Medal was given to him from the Minister of Science,Technology and Education and the Emperor of Japan made a speech to theawardees in the Palace.

Study tour at the University of Tokyo (06/12/06)

On December 6th '06, our lab invited a group of researchers from the US, who were attending the "Asia-Pacific Workshop on SHM" in Japan, for a study tour in our university. Below are some pictures taken in that tour.

Activities(06/08/24)

A small symposium on Bridges & Structures among three universities (SNU, TIT and UT) was held in our Department on Aug 24th. Click on the picture for larger version.

Activities(06/07/18)

Professor Fujino has delivered a Keynote Lecture titled "Vibration Based Monitoring for Local and Global Assessment of Infrastructure Condition" at the 4th World Conference on Structural Control and Monitoring held during the period 11-13 July 2006 in San Diego, California, U.S.A.

Lab. trip(06/06/12)

This June 17th, 18th we have a lab trip going to Gunma Prefecture.

Undergraduate Students(06/05/30)

This year 5 undergraduate studentscame to our laboratory.

Research(06/05/14)

Prof. Fujino organized a seminar on "Researches on Disasters & Accidents Warning and Risk management system applying to Railway system"

Webpage Renewal(05/06/06)