Special Lectures

Special Lectures

11:30-12:15 on 19 September (Wed.)

Invited lecture 1

Title: “The damage due to the 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami, and issues for their future mitigation”

Lecturer: Fumihiko Imamura

(Professor, Tohoku University/Director,

The International Research Institute of Disaster Science)

12:15-13:00 on 19 September (Wed.)

Invited lecture 2

Title: “Introduction of ICT to construction machines and advancement

in construction technology”

Lecturer: Kenjiro Shimada

(Team Leader, Komatsu Ltd.)

11:30-12:00 on 20 September (Thu.)

State-of-the-Art Report

Title: “Cambridge-GIKEN collaboration working on penetration mechanism

and performance of pressed-in piles”

Lecturers: Stuart Haigh (Senior Lecturer, Cambridge University),

Yukihiro Ishihara (Manager, GIKEN LTD)