Infrastructure Sustainability / インフラ・サステナビリティ

Development of sustainability analytics for concrete materials and structures

Improving the productivity of concrete construction based on sustainability evaluation

Research on carbon neutral and sustainability-oriented design for port structures

Road Asset Management / 道路アセットマネジメント

Deterioration prediction and maintenance planning of roads and bridges using inspection data

Road safety improvement planning and traffic safety awareness evaluation and education methods

Trends and countermeasures for disaster prevention, mitigation, and resilience of road infrastructure

Management methods for reducing delay and realizing lean construction for road projects

Sustainable Social Systems / サステナブル社会システムズ

Trends in sustainable governance and SDGs efforts and their evaluation and improvement

Research on the achievement status of SDGs in local governments and their driving force

Quantifying social perspectives on sustainable cities and infrastructure

Research projects / 研究プロジェクト

Academia-Industry collaboration

• Research on sustainability-oriented design for port structures (Port and Airport Research Institute)
• Joint research on the development of concrete technology that contributes to sustainable infrastructure development (Tokyo University of Science; Tokyu Construction; Tobishima Construction; Port and Airport Research Institute)

Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research (Kakenhi)

• 2020-2022 / Tourism crisis management for inbound tourists: information collection and evacuation behavior (Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C), PI: Dr. Sunkyung Choi, Tokyo Institute of Technology)
• 2018-2021 / Risk and water-related resilience in deltas: dimensional modeling of the natural environment, infrastructure and socio-economic structure (Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A), PI: Prof. Akiyuki Kawasaki, The University of Tokyo)
• 2018-2021 / Optimization and survivability of marine energy devices in a future ocean climate (Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B), PI: Dr. Ayumi Saruwatari, Hokkaido University)

Other research projects

• 2023-2024 / A multidimensional study of sustainable road network management planning in Bhutan considering social impacts (Japan Society of Civil Engineers Research Grant for International Expansion of Infrastructure Management Technology)
• 2021-2022 / Application of inspection technologies and development of a knowledge transfer platform for realizing bridge maintenance management in Tajikistan (Japan Society of Civil Engineers Research Grant for International Expansion of Infrastructure Management Technology)
• 2020-2021 / Towards pandemic-resilient construction industry: Development of strategies for managing the impacts of COVID-19 and futureproofing construction supply chain (AUN/SEED-Net Special Program for Research Against COVID-19, PI: Dr. Kriengsak Panuwatwanich, Sirindhorn International Institute of Technology, Thammasat University)
• 2020 / Social perspectives on sustainable cities and communities in Japan and the Philippines (SIT project for research grant, Start-up)