Outstanding Research Activities in FY 2020 | Port and Airport Research Institute (PARI)

Research Activities Outstanding Research Activities in FY 2020

Awards for Papers and Others in FY 2020

No.	Name		Award	Institution	Date	Remarks
1	Daiki TAKANO	Senior Researcher, Soil Mechanics and Geo-Environment Group, Geotechnical Engineering Department	Soils and Foundations 2019 Editorial Board Member Award	Japanese Geotechnical Society	July 29,2020	-
2	Toru YAMAJI	Director, Structural Engineering Department (Head, Materials Group)	ConMat'20 Best Paper Award	Scientific Committee of ConMat'20	August 10, 2020	Evaluation of durability of concrete used for wave dissipating block based on field survey
3	Shinji SASSA	Head, Soil Dynamics Group Geotechnical Engineering Department	Infrastructure Technology Development Award	Japan Institute of Countryology and Engineering Coastal Development Institute of Technology	September 16, 2020	Method of reducing wave forces that pass through caisson joints to prevent collapse and suction (net buffer construction method)
4	Hidenori TAKAHASHI	Head, Soil Stabilization Group, Geotechnical Engineering Department	Distinguished Paper Award (Telford Premium)	Institution of Civil Engineers, U.K	October 5, 2020	Centrifuge modelling of breaking waves and seashore ground
	Yoshiyuki MORIKAWA	Director, Geotechnical Engineering Department
	Hiroaki KASHIMA	Senior Researcher, Coastal and Ocean Development Group, Coastal and Ocean Development Department
5	Yuri SUGIYAMA	Researcher, Soil Mechanics and Geo-Environment Group,Geotechnical Engineering Department	Distinguished Paper Award (Telford Premium)	Institution of Civil Engineers, U.K.	October 5,2020	Extension of unsaturated soil mechanics and its applications
6	Kazuhide YONAMINE	Researcher, Materials Group Structural Engineering Department	Annual Academic Lecture Session Excellent Paper Award	Japan Society of Civil Engineers	October 15,2020	Changes in workability due to transportation and pumping of concrete with high-level replacement of copper slag fine aggregate
7	Koji KAWAGUCHI	Head, Marine Information Group, Ocean Hydrodynamics Department	Coastal Engineering Paper Award	Japan Society of Civil Engineers Coastal Engineering Committee	October 28,2020	Improvement of stability and reliability of directional spectra observed with Doppler-type directional wave meter (Lead author: Dr. Noriaki HASHIMOTO, Professor, Kyushu University)
7	Takashi FUJIKI	Senior Researcher, Marine Information Group, Ocean Hydrodynamics Department	Coastal Engineering Paper Award		October 28,2020
8	Kenta KUDAI	Researcher, Soil Dynamics Group, Geotechnical Engineering Department	Coastal Engineering Paper Encouragement Award	Japan Society of Civil Engineers	October 28, 2020	Prediction of collapse of underground cavity from ground surface displacement and its countermeasures against internal erosion
9	Akihiko KONDO	Senior Researcher, Earthquake and Structural Dynamics Group, Earthquake Disaster Prevention Engineering Department	Excellence Award	Ministry of Land, Infrastructure Technology Research Society	November 12,2020	Development of engineering methods for anti-seismic reinforcement and restoration of pile-supported piers with the use of damper materials