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CivilEngineeringAfter GraduationIn the FutureToyotaLabTherearevariouskindsofenvironmentalproblemsrelatedtowaterandflooddisastersallovertheworld.ThemembersofToyotaLab.aredevelopingcountermeasuresforthelakesandriversinNaganoPrefectureagainstsuchproblems.Weusefieldmeasurements,computersimulations,andmapinterpretationsetc.of“themovementofwater”inourresearch.Ourresultswillproduceusefuldataforthefutureadministrativeplansforthelakesandrivers.“Weareguestsonearth.”OneoftherealjoysinCivilEngineeringistoinvestigatethenaturalphenomenaandthinkofwaystolivewithandgetalongwithnature.Itisnecessarytothinkofwaystocoexistwithnature,sowedosobyincorporatingtheresultsfromtheresearchesinotherfieldssuchasbiologyandgeologyintoourresearch.MasashiToyotaAssistant ProfessorCompleted master course of graduate school in Kyoto University. Current subject is water current and quality in lakes and rivers.Field measurement on the water current and quality in Lake SuwaMembers work by dividing up the duty on the boat. Consider the water current and quality in lakes and riversFlood hazard map from the viewpoint of topography characteristics in Nagano city. (Red and yellow zones are hazard areas.)Moststudentsareworkingaspublic(government)officials.Somestudentsgotthejobswithconstructioncompaniesandconsultants.OnestudentworksasanITengineer.KawamuraLabMylaboratoryhasbeenpromotingresearchintheformofindoorteststargetinggroundthatsupportsstructuressuchasbridgesandbuildings.Weareconductingresearchintothereinforcementofsoil,whichisnotsufficientlystrongasconcrete,onsteelreinforcementusedforcivilandotherlargescalestructures.Moreover,investigationsareconductedonthestrengthanddeformationcharacteristicsofsuperhardclayindeepsubterraneanareas.Earthreinforcementisrelatedtothetechnologyappliedpracticallytohighsteepslopes.Thepresenttaskismeasuresandcountermeasurestoensurestabilityevenwithexcessiveprecipitation,whichhasincreaseddramaticallyinrecentyears.Elucidationofcharacteristicsofsuperhardclaywillleadtodevelopmentofdeepundergroundtowns.Inthelaboratory,studentsareworkingdailyonexperimentsrelatedtothesetasks.TakashiKawamuraAssistantProfessorGraduatedfromKyushuUniversity,presentpostfrom2007afterservingasResearchAssociateandLectureatFacultyofEng.,ShinshuUniv.Experiments in the class by third year students (left); destruction of material composed entirely of soil (upper right); strength is improved significantly if paddy-rice straw is mixed with it (lower right).From construction of a gigantic earth structure to deep subterranean developmentLoads exceeding several tons are applied to clay taken on campus (upper right) to reproduce super hard clay existing several hundreds of meters below the ground (lower right).Graduatesareworkingactivelyaspublicemployeesofgovernmentagencies,civilengineersofconstructioncompanies,andasconsultantscontributingtosociety.Manystudentsfindemploymentaftercompletingtheirsenioryear,althoughsomegoontograduateschool.CivilEngineeringAfter GraduationIn the Future34

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