President: Dr. Shigeo TAKAHASHI
Shigeo TAKAHASHI President
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Professional Exprerience
| 1973 | Research Engineer, Hydraulic Engineering Div., Port and Harbor Research Institute (PHRI), Ministry of Transport (MOT) |
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| 1981 | Senior Research Engineer, PHRI |
| 1984 | Chief of Wave Power Laboratory, PHRI |
| 1988 | Chief of Maritime Structures Laboratory, PHRI |
| 2000 | Director for Special Research, PHRI, Ministry of Land Infrastructure and Transport (MLIT) |
| 2001 | Director of Marine Environment and Engineering Dept. (PARI) |
| 2005 | Director of Tsunami Research Center (PARI) |
| 2005 | Distinguished Researcher (PARI) |
| 2010 | Director of Asia-Pacific Center for Coastal Disaster Research (PARI) |
| 2011 | President(PARI) |
| Also Visiting Professor at Nagaoka University of Technology, Kagoshima University, and Tokyo Institute of Technology |
Research Areas
- Wave force on vertical breakwaters
New type breakwaters, - Wave power converters
Safety of marine recreational activities, - Wave-soil-structure interactions
Performance design method for breakwaters - Stability of tidal-flats
Coastal disaster prevention
Research Achievements
Degree
- 1988 Doctor of Engineering, University of Tokyo
“Development of Wave Power Extracting Caisson Breakwater“
Award
- 1992 JSCE Award (Japan Society of Civil Engineers) for Technology Development
- 1993 JSCE Award (Japan Society of Civil Engineers) for Technology Development
- 1995 Science and Technology Agency Minister Award for Research Achievements
- 2010 JSCE Award (Japan Society of Civil Engineers) for Distinguished Research Achievement
- 2010 JSCE Award (Japan Society of Civil Engineers) for Book of the Year
- 2010 Techno-Ocean Award
