For sustainable development, environmental and health risk must be minimized and limited resources must be used effectively. For this, optimal disposal systems for solid waste and resources recycling systems from waste should be established. Assessment and management of land as a place for waste disposal and the remediation of polluted soils are also important issues. In our subject group, staffs and specialists of waste management, resources and materials processing, and geo-environmental engineering, are studying and teaching on the above issues. 
 

Academic staff in the e³ program

To potential applicants:  If the information provided on the laboratory homepage is outdated or inadequate, please contact professors in those laboratories [e-mail search] or choose laboratories that provide complete information.
 

Professor/Assoc Professor		Laboratory
	Tetsuro YONEDA D.Eng. Kyushu U	Environmental Geology Rock weathering and geotechnical behavior of weathered rocks, geological waste disposal, mineral-water interface reaction and water-rock interaction, assessment of contamination of soil and bedrock, and its remediation, geological and mineralogical study of natural and artificial resources.  More ..
	Tsutomu SATO D.Eng. Waseda U
	Naoki HIROYOSHI D.Eng. Hokkaido U	Mineral Processing and Resources Recycling Waste utilization and resource recycling; process mineralogy to recover gold from complex sulfide ore; advanced coal cleaning; on-line monitoring and process control system in mineral processing; biohydrometallurgy and bioremediation; production of ceramic microspheres by agglomeration in liquid.  More ..
	Mayumi ITO D.Eng., Hokkaido U
	Yoshiaki FUJII D.Eng. Hokkaido U	Rock Mechanics  StudentOpinion Self healing of fractured sedimentary rocks; Estimation of in-situ stress by using Tangent Modulus Method; Influence of atmospheric nuclear explosions on the Global-mean Surface Temperature; Harmful influences of reduction of anthropogenic CO2 emission; The fastest trace in skiing; The fastest waxing technique for skiing.  Rock durability under freeze-thaw cycles; Mechanical properties of rock under sub-zero temperature; Long term strength of rock under various environment; Assessment of rock slope stability by numerical analysis. More ..
	Jun-ichi KODAMA D.Eng. Hokkaido U
	Toyoharu NAWA D.Eng. Tokyo Inst of Tech	Eco-materials and Resources Sustainable use of recycled materials in concrete construction, mine engineering and safety problems; prediction and prevention of slope failure; early detection of spontaneous combustion of coal; gas drainage techniques from coal seams, basic research on the utilization of methane hydrate.  More ..
	Masami FUKUSHIMA D.Sc. Hokkaido U	Chemical Resources Chemical functions of humic substance; application of humic substances to soil remediation using biomimetic catalyst; systhesis of biomimetic catalysts using humic polymer; humification processes of organic wastes.   More ..
	Katsuhiko KANEKO D.Eng., Kyoto U	Terrestrial Engineering Rock fracture mechanics and its application to blasting; slope stability; biogrouting in soil, rock, concrete, masonry, and similar materials; non-destructive test for rock; transport of heat and fluids in porous media; modeling of hydrothermal convection system.  More ..
	Satoru KAWASAKI D.Eng. Tottori U
	Toshifumi IGARASHI D.Eng. Hokkaido U	Groundwater and Mass Transport   StudentOpinion Treatment of acid drainage, protection and remediation of groundwater/soil environments, preservation of wetland, dynamics of suspension, mass transport at liquid-soild interface, permeability of porous media, paste backfill to mine  More ..
	Shusaku HARADA D.Eng. Osaka U

Courses offered

Fourteen courses are offered by the Subject Group.  Please refer to curriculum for details.

Last update:  08/29/2011