Members
Resillience Co-Creation Division Nobuo Fukuwa
Fukuwa finished Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University in 1981. After working for a construction company, he came back to Nagoya University to take the posts of Associate Professor, School of Engineering in 1991, Professor, Cooperative Research Center for Advanced Science & Technology in 1997, and Professor, Graduate School of Environmental Studies in 2001. Then he took the current responsibility. His specialty is earthquake engineering for soil and structures. Doctor of Engineering. Structural design first-class registered architect.
Research Cooperation Division Toshihiro Noda
Noda finished his later period of doctor's course at Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University in 1994. Before taking the current post, he was a research associate at School of Engineering, Nagoya University in 1994, and Associate Professor and Professor, Graduate School of Engineering at the University in 1996 and 2008, respectively, and then the current position. His specialty is civil engineering, particularly geomechanics, geotechnical engineering, and anti-seismic geotechnical engineering. Doctor of Engineering.
Social Cooperation Division Takashi Tashiro
Tashiro completed the doctoral course at Graduate School of Engineering at Nagoya University. He took the current post after serving as a research specialist at the Public Works Research Institute, Japan and an assistant professor at the Graduate School of Engineering, an associate professor of the Graduate School of Environmental Studies and then that of the endowed research division of the Disaster Mitigation Research Center, Nagoya University. He specializes in river hydraulics, river basin management, ecosystem science and engineering, and flood risk management.
Academia-Industry Cooperation Research Division (Toho Gas Co. Ltd.) for Disaster Preventions in the Ground and Lifelines Area
Research Cooperation Division Takeshi Sagiya
Sagiya dropped out of his doctoral course at Department of Geophysics, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo in 1990. After serving Geographical Information Authority of Japan, he took the post of Associate Professor, Graduate School of Environmental Studies, Nagoya University in April 2003. Professor of the same in January 2008, and then the current position. His specialty is crustal movement study. Doctor of Science.
Resilience Co-Creation Division Satoru Nishikawa
After receiving master’s degree from the Graduate School of Engineering, University of Tokyo in 1982, he joined Japanese Government service and has held various positions in the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, United Nations Department of Humanitarian Affairs, Tokyo Metropolitan Government, Asian Disaster Reduction Center, the Cabinet Office and Japan Water Agency. He was appointed to the present position in April 2018. He is active in various disaster reduction fora, e.g. Member of the UN Advisory Group on the post-2015 Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction, Board Member of Institute of Social Safety Science, and Board Member of Business Continuity Advancement Organization. His scope of research includes, disaster reduction administration, international cooperation for disaster reduction, business continuity management, and public awareness methodologies. Doctor of Engineering.
Research Cooperation Division Yasuhiro Suzuki
Suzuki finished his doctor's course at Department of Geography, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo. Research associate at Nagoya University in 1991. Associate professor at Aichi Prefectural University in 1993. Professor, Graduate School of Environmental Studies, and General Manager of Disaster Management Office, Nagoya University in 2004, and then the current position. His specialty includes geography, tectonic geomorphology and active fault studies. Doctor of Science. University President Adviser.
Research Cooperation Division Takuya Nagae
Nagae completed his doctorate at the Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology in 2002. He has served as a research scientist at multiple universities including one in the U.S. Since 2006, he has been working at the Hyogo Earthquake Engineering Research Center of the National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Prevention (independent administrative corporation). Nagae has been involved in many experimental projects based on E-Defense (a 3-D full-scale earthquake shaking table). He has held his current post since September 2014. Specializes in construction of anti-seismic structures. Doctor of Engineering.
Social Cooperation Division Nagahisa Hirayama
In March, 2004, he completed his Doctorate in Environmental Engineering at the Kyoto University Graduate School of Engineering. In 2004, he became a Senior Researcher at the Disaster Reduction and Human Renovation Institution. In 2008, he joined the Kyoto University Graduate School of Engineering as an Associate Professor. He entered his current post in 2013 after working as Senior Research Fellow at the National Institute for Environmental Studies. His specialties are Sanitary Engineering, and Disaster Environmental Engineering. Mr. Hirayama holds a doctorate in engineering.
Resillience Co-Creation Division Nobuo Arai
Arai completed a masters majoring in geoscience at the Graduate School of Science at Kobe University. He has worked in the technical research institute of a construction company, a think tank, and a meteorological information provision company. He has held his present post since April 2014. Specializes in seismic disaster prevention, regional disaster prevention, natural disaster science. Doctor of Environmentology.
Research Cooperation Division Masafumi Mori
Mori finished his doctor’s course at Department of Architecture, Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University in 1991. After working for a construction company for 15 years, he became an associate professor at Nagoya University’s Graduate School of Environmental Studies from October 2006. In January 2011, he became an associate professor at the Research Cooperation Division of the Nagoya University Disaster Mitigation Research Center, before assuming his current post. His specialty includes seismic engineering, building foundation, and earthquake disaster prevention. Doctor of Engineering. Structural design first-class registered architect.
Resillience Co-Creation Division Yuko Araki
Araki completed her doctoral course at Department of Architecture, Graduate School of Engineering Faculty of Engineering, Kobe University in 2015. After working at an architectural design office, NGO of disaster recovery assistance, and others, she took the post of principal investigator of Disaster Reduction and Human Renovation Institution in 2015, and then the current position from January 2018. Her specialty is area rehabilitation and supporting sufferers. Doctor of Philosophy, and qualified architect of the first class.
Resillience Co-Creation Division Kazumi Kurata
Kurata finished his master course at Department of Environmental Engineering and Architecture, Graduate School of Environmental Studies, Nagoya University in 2004. He developed Web GIS (geographical information system) at a software development company, and was involved in the development of disaster prevention education/awareness systems as a member of collaborative research with Nagoya University. He took the post of assistant professor of endowed research division of Disaster Mitigation Research Center, Nagoya University and then the current position from April 2017. His specialty is earthquake disaster prevention. Doctor of engineering.
Social Cooperation Division Masayuki Takemura
Takemura joined a construction company’s technical research institute, after finishing his doctor’s course at Graduate School of Science, Tohoku University in 1981. After working at the company’s Kobori Laboratory, he took the position of Deputy Director of Takuji Kobori Research Institute in 2010. Professor of Social Cooperation Division of Disaster Mitigation Research Center, Nagoya University from 2012. And then the present position from April 2018. He has served as Director of Seismological Society of Japan, Deputy Chairman of Japan Association for Earthquake Engineering, Chairman of the Society of Historical Earthquake Studies, and others. His specialty is seismology. Doctor of Science. Disaster Prevention in the Energy Supply Area Endowed Research Division (Chubu Electric Power Company)
Social Cooperation Division Mitsuo Tsuzuki
Tsuzuki finished Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Waseda University in 1986. Currently he is on loan from an electric power company. His specialty is earthquake-resistant engineering. Master of Engineering. First-class registered architect .
Social Cooperation Division Hiroaki Uratani
In 2009, he graduated from the Nagoya Institute of Technology Graduate School of Engineering. Currently he is on loan from an electric power company. His specialty is Building Structural Engineering. Mr. Uratani holds a masters degree in Engineering.
Social Cooperation Division Atsushi Suganuma
Suganuma finished his master course at Graduate School of Engineering Kyoto University in 1992. He was engaged in technology development and earthquake-resistant design of pipelines at a gas company. He took the post of contract researcher of Disaster Mitigation Research Center, Nagoya University in 2016, and then the current position from April 2017. His specialty is earthquake-resistant design of pipelines. Master of Engineering
Social Cooperation Division Natsuki Kitagawa
Kitagawa finished his master course at Graduate School of Engineering Kyoto University in 2012. He was engaged in construction of pipelines at a gas company. After then, he took the current position. His specialty includes infrastructure planning ang management. Master of Engineering
Social Cooperation Division Fusao Rito
Rito graduated from Faculty of Engineering, Ehime University in 1981. He obtained a PhD (Engineering) at Ehime University in 2002. He had worked at a geological survey company for 37 years from 1981. He took the present position after having served as the technical director of Tokyo Branch in 2003, the adviser and head of chief engineers’ office in 2014, and the director chief engineer in 2016. His specialty is Geotechnical Engineering. Doctor of Engineering, Professional Engineer (Civil Engineering and Engineering Management)
Disaster Mitigation Planning for Regional Society Endowed Research Division (OYO Corporation)
Social Cooperation Division Masato Yamazaki
Yamazaki finished his later period of doctor's course at Department of Global Environmental Studies, Graduate School of Global Environmental Studies, Sophia University in 2010. He took the present position after having served as fellow at Safety Science Research Division, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, and postdoctoral fellow, Ritsumeikan Global Innovation Research Organization, Ritsumeikan University. His specialty is simulation analysis of economy.
Doctor of Environmentology