IAS Professor Akito Sakurai and IAS Assistant Professor Fuyuan Gong appointed
Dr. Akito Sakurai and Dr. Fuyuan Gong arrived on April 1, 2018 at Yokohama National University, and the University conferred upon them the title of IAS Professor and IAS Assistant Professor respectively. The conferment ceremony took place on April 19, 2018. IAS Professor Akito Sakurai and IAS Assistant Professor Fuyuan Gong was appointed as Collaborating Investigator of the Research Unit: Safety and Resilience of Infrastructure and Infrastructure Systems of the Institute of Advanced Sciences (IAS).
A Photo taken after the conferment ceremony on April 19, 2018.
From left: Distinguished YNU Professor Yozo Fujino (Principal Investigator of the Research Unit: Safety and Resilience of Infrastructure and Infrastructure Systems), Professor Atsumi Miyake, Vice-Director of IAS, IAS Professor Akito Sakurai, IAS Assistant Professor Fuyuan Gong and Professor Koichi Maekawa (Faculty of Urban Innovation / Institute of Advanced Sciences)