Outstanding Research Activities in FY 2019 | Port and Airport Research Institute (PARI)

Research Activities Outstanding Research Activities in FY 2019

Awards for Papers and Others in FY 2019

No.	Name		Award	Institution	Date	Remarks
1	Toru YAMAJI	Director, Structural Engineering Department	Japan Society of Civil Engineering, FY2018 Distinguished Paper Award	Japan Society of Civil Engineers	April 5, 2019	Studies on the cathodic protection characteristics in seabed soil and the cathodic protection design of the port steel structures in consideration of the soil reactivity
	Kazuhide YONAMINE	Researcher, Materials Group
	and eight others
2	Yuichiro KAWABATA	Senior Researcher, Structural Mechanics Group	FY2019 the Commendation for Science and Technology by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (The Young Scientists' Award)	Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology	April 17, 2019	Research on control of concrete expansion and deterioration based on structural analysis
3	Takahiro NISHIDA	Senior Researcher, Materials Group	FY2018 Society of Materials Science, Japan, Kansai Branch Manager's Award	Society of Materials Science, Japan (public interest incorporated association), Kansai Branch	April 18, 2019
4	Yuichiro KAWABATA	Senior Researcher, Structural Mechanics Group	Ports & Harbours Association of Japan, FY2019 Distinguished Paper Award	The Ports & Harbours Association of Japan	May 22, 2019	Development of technology applicable to the pile-connection areas of precast superstructures utilizing the sleeve tube type method
4	and two others			The Ports & Harbours Association of Japan	May 22, 2019
5	Sayuri MATSUMOTO	Head, Sensing and System Technology Group	Marine Acoustic Society of Japan Distinguished Achievement Award	Marine Acoustic Society of Japan (corporation engaging in specified non-profit activities)	May 30, 2019	High-resolution audiovisual data acquisition system
	Kageyoshi KATAKURA	Visiting Researcher, Sensing and System Technology Group
	Tomoo SATO	Postdoctoral Researcher, Sensing and System Technology Group
	Muneo YOSHIE	Senior Director for Research
6	Yuri SUGIYAMA	Researcher, Soil Mechanics and Geo-Environment Group	FY2018 Japanese Geotechnical Society, Research Encouragement Award	Japanese Geotechnical Society	June 7, 2019	Analytical investigation of disturbance on seabed-sampled soil specimens and its influence on unconfined strength
7	Takahiro NISHIDA	Senior Researcher, Materials Group	Presentation Award	4th International Symposium on Concrete and Structures for Next Generation	June 18, 2019
8	Tomohiro KUWAE	Head, Coastal and Estuarine Environment Research Group	FY2019 Japanese Association for Coastal Zone Studies, Publication and Culture Award	Japanese Association for Coastal Zone Studies	July 19, 2019	Blue Carbon: CO2 Uptake and Carbon Storage in Shallow Coastal Ecosystems and Their Utilization
8	and one other			Japanese Association for Coastal Zone Studies	July 19, 2019
9	Technical Emergency Control (TEC) Force,		2019 Prime Minister's Commendation to Contributors for Disaster Prevention	Cabinet Office	September 20, 2019	2018 Dispatch of TEC-FORCE following the Hokkaido Eastern Iburi earthquake
9	Port and Airport Research Institute, National Institute of Maritime, Port and Aviation Technology			Cabinet Office	September 20, 2019
10	Hidenori TAKAHASHI	Head, Soil Stabilization Group	Telford Premium Prize (Distinguished Paper Award)	Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE), U.K.	October 4, 2019	Thirty-seven-year investigation of quicklime-treated soil produced by deep mixing method
	Yoshiyuki MORIKAWA	Director, Geotechnical Engineering Department
	and two others
11	Toshinari TANAKA	Senior Researcher, Robotics Group	19th Symposium on Construction Robotics in Japan, Outstanding Paper Award	Council for Construction Robot Research (CCRR)	October 10, 2019	Field test of ROV equipped with tele-operation assistance functions for inspection of concrete pier superstructure
	Ema KATO	Head, Structural Mechanics Group
	Shuji NOGAMI	Senior Researcher, Structural Mechanics Group
12	Shinji SASSA	Head, Soil Dynamics Group	3rd Infrastructure Management Award, Special Award	Six Ministries (Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism; Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications; Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology; Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare; Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries; Ministry of Defense)	November 7, 2019	Method for reducing waves passing through caisson joints to suppress washout and collapse of seawalls and quaywalls and to extend the service life of port and harbor structures
13	Hitoshi TAMURA	Senior Researcher, Marine Information Group	FY2019 Hydrographic Technology Encouragement Award	Japan Hydrographic Association (general incorporated foundation)	February 27, 2020	Development of a wave prediction system for ocean swells based on a coupled phase model