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Department of
Architecture and Civil Engineering
Introduction
The Department of Architecture and Civil Engineering is committed to educating students so that they develop professional skills to plan, design, and manage buildings and
infrastructures in cities and rural areas in order to maintain safe, comfortable, and high-quality living environments.
The undergraduate program prepares students to pursue both basic and professional knowledge as well as application ability that designers and engineers require. The program offers practical education based on architecture and civil engineering. In the freshman and sophomore years, students in small sized classes are expected to acquire not only a basic knowledge of liberal arts, architecture, and civil engineering, but also professional skills through the subjects of Introduction to Engineering, Practice of Architectural Design, and Project Study, and so on. In the junior and senior years, students will be required to take a compulsory course either from the Architecture and Building Science course or the Civil and Environmental Engineering course that are made up of specialized subjects, respectively.
The graduate program gives students an education that will enable them to determine the research issues, find their possible solutions, and realize good results in their research work.
Besides, with collaborating Research Center for Collaborative Area Risk Management (CARM), all students are provided valuable experiences for promoting researches that contribute to a reduction in the risk area not only natural disasters but also a large risk including every-day life and environmental perspective.
Courses
Architecture and Building Science course
The Architecture and Building Science course aims to educate students to become practical engineers by enabling them to acquire the skills of primary professional fields associated with architecture, including architectural design and planning, urban and regional planning, architectural history, building services, building environment, and architectural structure, including basic knowledge and skills related to the field of civil and environmental
engineering. The Architecture and Building Science course is mainly made up of six
specialties.
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Architecture and Building Science course
The Civil and Environmental Engineering course aims to educate students to become practical engineers by enabling them to acquire the skills of primary professional fields associated with civil and environmental engineering, including structural engineering, hydraulics, geotechnical engineering, urban and traffic planning, and environmental system including basic knowledge and skills related to the fields of architecture. The Civil and Environmental Engineering course is mainly made up of four specialties.
Admission Policy
The Department of Architecture and Civil Engineering aims to train world-class, globally minded engineers with excellent leadership skills, and practical and creative abilities for the design and management of architecture, infrastructure and synthetic systems to maintain a sustainable society.
In order to achieve these goals, the department seeks students with the following qualities:
Students with a strong interest in a wide range of issues related to natural environments, social systems, culture and human life, and motivation to seek solutions to problems related to these issues.
Students with expertise in architecture and civil engineering, and a desire to conduct pioneering research in these areas.
Students with creative ideas and the ability to be actively involved in the search for
solutions to difficult problems.
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Laboratory list
Architecture and Urban Design
Name Position Field Research Interests
Taiki Saito Dr. Eng.
[email protected] Professor Seismic Engineering
(1) Earthquake response analysis of buildings and non-structural elements
(2) Seismic isolation and response control techniques for buildings
Hiroshi Matsumoto Dr. Eng.
[email protected] Professor Building Environmental Engineering
(1) Numerical Prediction and Performance Evaluation of Air Distribution
(2) Optimum Control and Design of Indoor Climate Shiro Matsushima
Dr. Design.
[email protected] Professor
Housing Planning and Design,
Design Technology and Management
(1) Planning of Housing, Architectural Design and Interior Design
(2) Design Technology and Project Management
Shoji Nakazawa Dr. Eng.
[email protected] Professor Structural Engineering
(1) Buckling analysis and seismic response analysis of shell and spatial structures
(2) Development of a seismic resistant performance evaluation technique based on seismic risk analysis (3) Development of a grid computing system for solving
a structural optimization problem and a seismic risk Junichiro Asano
Dr. Eng.
[email protected] Professor Urban Planning (1) Development and Application of Land Use Control (2) History of Urban Planning in Modern Era
Tomoya Matsui Dr. Eng.
Associate
Professor Building Structural Engineering
(1) Evaluation of Seismic resistant performance of RC buildings
(2) Development of Composite Concrete Encased Steel Structural System
(3) Development of Retrofit Method of Building Hideo Izumida
Dr. Eng.
Associate
Professor History and Theory of
Architecture (1) Architectural and Urban History of Asian Countries (2) Social Analysis of Settlement
Yoshinori Kakino Dr. Eng.
Associate
Professor Architectural Planning, Environment Behavior
(1) Architectural Planning of School Buildings, Day Care Center, Children in Sweden, Finland, Netherlands (2) Human Activity and Culture
(3) Collective Housing
Yukihiro Matsumoto Dr. Eng.
Associate
Professor Structural Engineering
(1) Buckling and Seismic design methodology for shells and space structures
(2) Structural Design Methodology of Hybrid Structures using Fibre Reinforced Polymer (FRP)
(3) Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) using Fibre Optic Sensors
Yasuyuki Nakamori Master of Education [email protected]
Associate
Professor Japanese Literature
Architectural Theory (1) Haikai; Basyo,sikou,tyoumu
(2) Architectural Theory of William Merrell Vories
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Urban and Regional Management
Name Position Field Research Interests
Kinya Miura Dr. Eng.
[email protected] Professor Geotechnical
Engineering and Applied Mechanics
(1) Evaluation of Seismic Resistance and Seismic Design of Ground-Structure System
(2) Coupled Water-Heat-Deformation Analysis of Ground and Soil Structure
Takanobu Inoue Dr. Eng.
[email protected] Professor Water Environment Engineering (1) Water Quality Analysis of Fresh Water (2) Water Conservation Engineering Yuzuru Miyata
Ph. D.
Environmental Science [email protected]
Professor
Environmental Economics,
Economic Analysis of Cities and Regions
(1) Environmental economics.
(2) Theoretical consideration and/or empirical study of the economies of cities and/or regions.
Takao Fujiwara Doctor of Economics
[email protected] Professor Management of Technology
(1) Ecosystem of high tech start-ups
(2) Investment analysis on social infrastructure Risk management of techno & social changes Shigeru Kato
Dr. Eng.
[email protected] Professor Coastal Hydraulics, Coastal Disaster Prevention
(1) Numerical Simulation of Coastal Current, Wave and Material Transport
(2) Natural Disaster in Coastal Zone Hiroyuki Shibusawa
Dr. Eng.
Associate Professor
Regional and Urban Economics
Computational Economics
(1) Socio-Economic System Engineering
(2) Evaluation of Urban and Regional Economic Systems (3) Input-Output Analysis
Kuriko Yokota Dr. Eng.
Associate
Professor Water Environmental
Chemistry (1) Water Quality Analysis
(2) Material dynamics of water environment
as of January 2016
