Graduate School of
Science and Engineering

Our lab. is mainly engaged in research related to infrastructures and concrete materials. Infrastructures support our daily life in various situations. Sometimes it even protects us from disasters. It protects not only people but also valuable culture and scenery. Appropriate and precise maintenance and management are necessary to ensure the safe and secure use of infrastructure in the future. We are conducting research on a wide range of topics, including damage assessment methods for infrastructure and their components for the purpose of disaster prevention and mitigation and the development of new applications for concrete materials. In particular, we are researching the early evaluation of reinforcing steel corrosion in concrete using nondestructive testing methods and evaluating the fracture process of concrete using slag aggregate. Among the non-destructive testing methods, we use the acoustic emission method.