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Apr. 1, 2025 On April 1, 2025, Prof. Cho was appointed Vice Director of the Organization for Globalization at Kumamoto University.
Mar. 16, 2025 Prof. Cho delivered a lecture titled "Research Developments in Flow and Sediment Transport around Spur Dykes" during the 2025 Japan-Taiwan Joint Symposium on River Hydraulics and Sediment Transport held at National Cheng Kung University in Tainan from Mar. 14 to 15, 2025. (More)
Feb. 28, 2025 Lab member Mr. Yuta Ishii (B4) made an oral presentation in the Annual Meeting of the Western Regional Division of the Natural Disaster Research Council of Japan held in Nishijin Plaza, Kyushu University on Feb. 28, 2025. (More)
Nov. 30, 2024 Prof. Dongfang LIANG from the University of Cambridge will deliver an academic lecture titled "Meshfree Modelling of Ocean Waves, Landslides, and Soil-Water Interactions" in Meeting Room 401 of Engineering Building No. 1 on December 20 (Friday), 2024. Everyone is welcome to attend. (More)
Nov. 27, 2024 On November 27, 2024, a joint seminar between Kansai University and Kumamoto University was held in Room 301 of the Faculty of Engineering Building No. 1 at Kumamoto University. (More)
Nov. 22, 2024 During the 7th China-Japan-South Korea Water Science Forum held in Xi'an, China, on November 22, 2024, Prof. Cho delivered an invited speech titled "Assessment of Unsteady Flow and Drainage Capacity in Urban Sewers." (More)
Oct. 2, 2024 A special lecture titled "Revive the Beautiful Satoyama and Satoumi of Noto: 2024 Noto Peninsula Earthquake Disaster Volunteer Experience" was held by Mr. Sesshin Horita, the president of the Kumamoto Prefecture Alumni Association of Kyoto University and the chief priest of Sougaku-ji Temple. (More)
Sep. 28, 2024 Lab member Mr. Yumi Maehara (M2) made an oral presentation in the 2024 Annual Meeting of Japan Society of Fluid Mechanics (JSFM2024) held in Forest Sendai from Sep. 25-27, 2022. (More)
Sep. 24, 2024 During the 6th ASEAN Plus Three (10+3) Young Scientists Forum held in Nanning, China, on September 23, 2024, Prof. Cho delivered a keynote speech titled "Revitalization of Indigenous Knowledge as Nature-based Solutions for Sustainable Water Disaster Management." (More)
Aug. 20, 2024 The Kumamoto-Tsinghua Joint Symposium on Ecological Restoration of Rivers: Experience and Progress was held in Meeting Room 328, Engineering Building No.1 on August 16, 2024. (More)
Aug. 9, 2024 The 1st Workshop on Hydroscience and Engineering in Kyushu (HEK2024) will be held at Kumamoto University from September 9-10, 2024. All are welcome to attend this workshop. (More)
Jul. 25, 2024 On July 25, 2024, our research group conducted a field trip to Yamato Town in central Kumamoto Prefecture.(More)
May 30, 2024 From May 26 to 29, 2024, Prof. Cho undertook an academic trip to Taiwan. During this visit, he was invited to give a lecture at the 2024 Seminar on the Promotion of Comprehensive Urban Flood Management in Taipei. Additionally, he paid a visit to National Taiwan Ocean University in Keelung.(More)
Apr. 1, 2024 Dr. Naoto Inagaki joined Kumamoto University as an Assistant Professor on April 1, 2024 and became a member of the River Environment Laboratory.
Apr. 1, 2024 Prof. Cho was newly appointed Advisor to the President of Kumamoto University on April 1, 2024.
Mar. 26, 2024 Lab member Mr. Minoru Miyake (B4) received Dean's Award from the Faculty of Engineering, Kumamoto University on March 25, 2024.
Mar. 10, 2024 Lab member Mr. Minoru Miyake (B4) was awarded Excellent Presentation Award in the Annual Conference of JSCE West Branch held in Fukuoka University on March 9, 2024. His prensentation title was Effect of Driftwood Jamming on Characteristics of Bed Deformation around Traditional River Structure “Seigyu”.
Feb. 1, 2024 From Jan. 28 to Jan.29, lab members conducted a disaster survey on river-related disasters due to the 2024 Noto Peninsula Earthquake. (More Report 4M)
Dec. 8, 2023 Research student Mr. Jie Xu presented his research work in the 2023 Engineering Workshop held in Kumamoto University on Dec. 8, 2023. (More)
Oct. 27, 2023 International Joint Seminar on Water and Flood Management will be held in Seminar Room 301 of Engineering Building No.1 on Nov. 10, 2023. Everyone is welcome.(More)
Aug. 1, 2023 Prof. Fan Weicheng, Academician of Chinese Academy of Engineering and Dean of Institute of Public Safety Research of Tsinghua University, visited our laboratory.(More)
Jul. 4, 2023 Prof. Gu Shenglong from Qinghai University will deliver an academic lecture on Smoothed particle hydrodynamics (SPH) for hydraulic engineering: several typical applications, in Meeting Room 328 of Engineering Building No.1 on July 20, 2023. Everyone is welcome to the lecture. (More)
Feb. 22, 2023 Lab member Ms. Natsuki Uehara (B4) attended the poster session of the Disater Prevention Research Institute (DPRI) Annual Meeting held in Uji Campus of Kyoto University from Feb. 21-22, 2023. (More)
Jan. 26, 2023 Lab member Mr. Riku Yoshida (B4) made an oral presentation in the 28th JSCE Symposium on Underground Space (Hybrid mode) on Jan. 26, 2023. (More)
Nov. 1, 2022 The JSCE Annual Symposium on Fundamental Hydraulics will be held as a hybrid event (JSCE headquarter+online) on March 20 (Mon), 2023. You are welcome to attend. (More)
Sep. 29, 2022 Lab member Mr. Kakeru Hamasuna (B4) made an oral presentation in the 2022 Annual Meeting of Japan Society of Fluid Mechanics (JSFM2022) held in Kyoto University from Sep. 27-29, 2022. (More)
May 13, 2022 Laboratory field trip was arranged to typical disaster reconstruction sites in the Kuma River Basin which suffered from severe disasters caused by the heavy rainstorm in July, 2020. (More)
May 1, 2022 Prof.
Cho,
serving as a Guest Mentor of Interdisciplinary High School Research Program
Apr. 8, 2022 The
international collaborative platform Global Research
Network for Indigenous Knowledge in Water Resources Management
Mar. 1, 2022 The JSCE Annual Symposium on Fundamental Hydraulics will be held online on March 16 (Wed), 2022. (More)
Oct. 1, 2021 Prof. Ohmoto will deliver a special lecture on Nov. 18 (Thu) evening during the 13th Online Lecture Series on Hydraulic Engineering organized by JSCE. (More)
Aug. 2, 2021 The 56th Summer Seminar on Hydraulic Engineering of JSCE will be held Aug.30-31, 2021 (online). The seminar is organized by the Kochi Organizing Committee composed of members from National Institute of Technology Kochi College, Ehime University, Tokushima University, JSCE Secretariat and our laboratory. (More)
Aug. 1, 2021 Homepage was renewed. (More)
