Artificial technologies have influenced the entire world, leaving few areas untouched. As a result, background environments (atmosphere, hydrosphere and terrestrial fields) have changed significantly. Furthermore, non-negligible negative effects have emerged such as global warming; frequent occurrences of floods and droughts; erosion of sediment; pollution of the air, soil, coastal and terrestrial waters, and ground water; and deterioration of ecosystems.

There are two possible strategies to deal with these problems and realize a sustainable society that is safe and comfortable, which follow two separate paths. One is the creation of new production technologies that manage the sources and reduce human impact. A typical example is desulfurization equipment. The second is the development of technologies that eliminate artificial impacts on and control, conserve, rehabilitate, and restore target environments. This is a strategy in which the environment is conserved and restored by clarifying the structure of, interactions among, effects and mechanism of the environment, and by making use of the results.

This major course aims for the latter path. With our eyes set on environmental pollution and deterioration of nature in Japan and other countries in the Asian region, we strive for the development of technologies for engineering control, management and restoration related to water, soil and terrestrial environments by placing emphasis on the active use of a wide range of methods, theoretical, numerical and physical simulation, as well as cultivating engineers who are specialized in these technologies.

Academic staff in the e³ program

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Professor/Associate Professor		Laboratory
	Toshihiko YAMASHITA D.Eng. Tokyo Inst of Tech	Coastal and Offshore Engineering Water wave dynamics, surf zone turbulent flows, air-sea gas transfer, wave-structure interaction.    More ...
	Yasunori WATANABE D.Eng. Hokkaido U
	Norihiro IZUMI Ph.D. Minnesota U	River and Watershed Engineering  StudentOpinion Sediment transport; bed configuration and resistance to flow in alluvial streams; turbulence, dispersion and diffusion in alluvial streams; stratified flows; water resources; hydrology; water environment; hydro-meteorology; land-atmosphere interaction in climate models; climate variation, predictability; water resources management; water security   More ..
	Tomohito YAMADA D.Eng. U of Tokyo
	Hiroyuki TANAKA D.Eng. Hokkaido U	Soil Mechanics   StudentOpinion  Characterization of geomaterials by in-situ and laboratory testing; risk assessment of  mass-movement disaster; optimum design method for ground improvement; mechanism of spreading process of ground pollution.  More ..
	Satoshi NISHIMURA Ph.D. Imperial College
	Seiichi MIURA D.Eng. Hokkaido U	Analytical Geomechanics  StudentOpinion Stress-strain-liquefaction behavior of cohesionless soils; mechanical properties of soft rocks; static and dynamic soil-structure interactive behavior; mechanical behavior of reinforced soil structures; seepage and seepage force around underground structures; heat flow in ground; bearing capacity of various types of foundations; stability of slopes; earthquake disasters on ground and soil structures.  More ..
	Tatsuya ISHIKAWA D.Eng. Kyoto U
	Takafumi SUGIYAMA Ph.D. U of New Brunswick	Environmental Material Engineering Durability of Concrete Structures under Natural Weathering Conditions; Application of Mineral Admixtures such as Fly Ash and Slag for Concrete; Deterioration Mechanisms for Concrete; Transport Phenomena through Hydrated Cement Systems; Heated Concrete Behavior; Fiber Reinforced Concrete; Environmentally Functional Materials.   More ...
	Takashi HORIGUCHI D.Eng. Hokkaido U
	Yasuyuki SHIMIZU D.Eng. Hokkaido U	Hydraulic Research StudentOpinion Current research activities: River Morphodynamics, Micro scale and Meso-scale bed forms (ripples, dunes, sandbars) Numerical computations of bed forms evolution process, Numerical Computation of free meandering process with bank erosion, Flow and Sediment transport in natural river, Structure-induced flow and morphology, Simulation of flow and fish movement through step type fish ladder, rainfall-runoff Modeling, Morphology on tidal environment,  transport, Morphology of Mountainous river, Gravel bed river simulation etc.  More ..
	Ichiro KIMURA D.Eng., Kyoto U

Courses offered

Eight English-medium courses are offered by the Division.  Please refer to curriculum for details.

Last update:  11/08/11