MultiPhysics Ryukyu-Arc

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This project ended on March 31, 2017 (Research period: 8 months). We are planning to continue conducting the kinds of researches.
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In this project we would provide some high-accurate visualization technologies for the underground in Ryukyu-arc islands. This should come in useful to prevent various geohazards, for example sinkholes, landslides, liquefaction and so on. Furthermore, we would unravel the rock weathering/forming mechanism based on the proposed visualization technologies and interdisciplinary knowledge, and its environmental and disaster risk might be evaluated.

Member

Hitoshi MATSUBARA (PI, Associate Professor)
Affiliation: Dept. of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Faculty of Engineering
Research field: Geosphere engineering, Computational science

Shinya NOZAKI (Associate Professor)
Affiliation: Dept. of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Faculty of Engineering
Research field: Image analysis, Image recognition, Visualization

Shinya NAKAMURA (Professor)
Affiliation: Dept. of Regional Agricultural Engineering, Faculty of Agriculture
Research field: Land resources development and management

Tomohiro TOKI (Associate Professor)
Affiliation: Dept. of Chemistry, Biology and Marine Science, Faculty of Science
Research field: Geochemistry

Naoya SHINZATO (Associate Professor)
Affiliation: Tropical Biosphere Research Center
Research field: Microbial ecology, Applied microbiology

Ömer AYDAN (Professor)
Affiliation: Disaster Prevention Research Center for Island Regions
Research field: Rock mechanics, Earthquake engineering

Events

Contributions

|| 2017-3-20　
"First International Workshop on Role of Microorganism and Thermo-Hydro-Chemico-Mechanical Process in Geoengineering and Geoscience" was held.

2017-3-5
We will hold "First International Workshop on Role of Microorganism and Thermo-Hydro-Chemico-Mechanical Process in Geoengineering and Geoscience" on March 20th, 2017. The objective of this workshop is to extend our knowledge in theoretical, experimental, computational and field-based approaches in the researches of Geomicrobiology in engineering and sciences. Distinguished researchers in Japan and Turkey have also been invited. Please attend if you can. (Details)

2016-11-11
A journal paper entitled "Methanogens in H2-rich hydrothermal fluids resulting from phase separation in a sediment-starved, basalt-hosted hydrothermal system" by Prof. Toki et al. has been accepted.

2016-10-20
Prof. Aydan gave a lecture at ARMS9 - the ISRM 9th Asian Rock Mechanics Symposium (Title: Stick-slip behaviour of rock discontinuities and its implications in the estimation of strong motions during earthquakes).

2016-9-26
A journal paper entitled "Comparative Analysis of Microbial Communities in Iron-Dominated Flocculent Mats in Deep Sea Hydrothermal Environments" by Prof. Toki et al. has been accepted.

2016-8-31
A study entitled "The effect of biological degradation of tuffs of Cappadocia" by Prof. Matsubara and Prof. Aydan has been presented at EURock 2016.