Safety and Resilience of Infrastructure and Infrastructure Systems

Research Interest

A large number of infrastructure stocks in Japan are aging, and it is almost the renewal period of asset management. This research unit aims at developing resilient and early restorable infrastructure management systems from natural disasters and accidents even in emergency circumstances, making use of technology that integrates sensing, data assimilation and computational science.

Unit Members

Principal Investigator: Professor Koichi Maekawa

Collaborating Investigator: Assistant Professor Hiroto Higa; IAS Associate Professor Siringoringo Dionysius Manly

Adjunct Investigator: Distinguished YNU Professor/Professor Emeritus Yozo Fujino (President of Josai University); Distinguished YNU Professor Kenichi Soga (University of California, Berkeley); IAS Adjunct Professor Yong Xia (Hong Kong Polytechnic University); IAS Adjunct Professor Tan Kang Hai (Nanyang Technological University); IAS Adjunct Professor Gong Fuyuan (Zhejiang University); IAS Visiting Professor Akito Sakurai; IAS Visiting Professor Koji Ikeuchi; IAS Visiting Professor Hiroyuki Yamato; IAS Visiting Professor Atsushi Honma; IAS Visiting Professor Masaaki Yabe; IAS Visiting Professor Tetsuya Mishima