Curriculum Vitae

Personal Data

Name: Takayuki Shuku

Birth Place: Shiga Prefecture, Japan

Date of Birth: January 27th, 1983

Work experience

April. 2024 - Present

Professor, Department of Urban and Civil Engineering, Tokyo City University, Japan

Oct. 2016 - Mar. 2024

Associate Professor, Graduate School of Environmental and Life Science, Okayama University, Japan

Dec.2019 - Nov. 2020

Visiting Scholar, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore

Supervisor: Prof. K.K. Phoon

Aug. 2017 - Sep 2017

Visiting Scholar, Fresh Water Center (Jyväskylä Office), Finish Environment Institute, Finland

Supervisor: Prof. Timo Huttula

Feb. 2016 - Mar. 2016

Visiting Scholar, Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering , Ruhr University Bochum, Germany

Supervisor: Prof-Ing. Tom Schanz

Oct. 2011 - Sep. 2016

Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Environmental and Life Science, Okayama University, Japan

Apr. 2007 - Sep. 2011

Design Engineer, Department of Civil Engineering Design, Ohmoto Gumi Co., Ltd, Japan

Education

Oct. 2008 - Sep. 2011

D.Env., Graduate School of Environmental Science, Okayama University, Japan.

Apr. 2005 - Mar. 2007

M.Sci. Eng., Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Shimane University, Japan.

April. 2001 - Mar. 2005

B.Sci. Eng., Department of Earth Science, Shimane University, Japan.

Awards

2022

GEOSNet Young Researcher Award 

2020

Best Paper Award (Japan Society of Civil Engineering)

2019

Bright Spark Lecture Award

The award for among the top five downloaded articles in Granular Matter during 2018

2018

Best Paper Award, Chugoku Branch of the Japanese Geotechnical Society

2013

Excellent Presentation Award at the 48th Japan National Conference on Geotechnical Engineering, the Japanese Geotechnical Society

Best Paper Award,  Japanese Geotechnical Society

Young Researcher Award,  Japanese Geotechnical Society

2012

Incentive award at the 67nd Chugoku-Shikoku regional conference on Irrigation, drainage and rural engineering, the Japanese Society of Irrigation, Drainage and Rural Engineering

2011

Excellent Presentation Award at the 46th Japan National Conference on Geotechnical Engineering, the Japanese Geotechnical Society

2009

Excellent Presentation Award at the 44th Japan National Conference on Geotechnical Engineering, the Japanese Geotechnical Society