Professor Emeritus At Kyoto University
About
Valedictorian of the 1971 class of the Faculty of Engineering, and after completing the doctorate program in 1976, was employed as a Teaching Associate in the Faculty of Engineering of Kyoto University. Within the Faculty of Engineering, promoted to Senior Lecturer in 1979, promoted to Associate Professor in 1981, promoted to Professor in 1996, and remains in this position today. Received the Japan Society of Civil Engineers Award Thesis Prize in 1976, the Karl Emil Hilgard Prize of the American Society of Civil Engineers, one of the Most Splendid Paper Award of IAHR (IAHR-APD) in 1998, and this Yalin Award in 2009. He has thus received the major awards of each field in 11-year cycles.
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Scientist/Researcher/Academic
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Universities and Academia
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