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Fourteen graduate and undergraduate students from our GEL-SIT, eight doctoral students, five master’s students, and one undergraduate student, are participating in the international conference “GEOMATE 2025” (November 11-13) held at Kyoto Research Park, delivering oral and poster presentations.All participating students have meticulously prepared and practiced extensively. We hope they will approach this international conference with […]

The SIT website has been updated with an announcement about an award! At GEOMATE 2025, Ms. Khin Nyein-Chan Kyaw (D2) was honored with the ‘Best Paper Award’ for her outstanding paper, for which she served as the first author and presenter. As a doctoral student from abroad, Ms. Khin Nyein-Chan Kyaw has admirably overcome language

At GEOMATE 2025, Ms. Arisa Katsuumi (M2) was honored with the ‘Best Paper Award’ for her outstanding paper, for which she served as the first author and presenter. Ms. Arisa Katsuumi has taken the initiative to establish her own research theme and courageously explored the challenging field of applying AI technology to geotechnical engineering. This

At GEOMATE 2025, Ms. Nami Nitta (M2) was honored with the ‘Best Paper Award’ for her outstanding paper, for which she served as the first author and presenter. Ms. Nami Nitta has made excellent use of her study-abroad experience in New Zealand to conduct a valuable study focusing on the differences in liquefaction assessment under

The 21st GEL-SIT seminar took place. In this time, our B4 students reported on the progress of their graduation research. It was encouraging to see that each project is steadily moving forward and that all of the students presented their updates with such positivity and energy.

The 20th GEL-SIT seminar took place. Although some time had passed since the previous session, M1 students presented updates on the progress of their research activities. Despite being busy with job hunting and coursework, each M1 student has been steadily advancing their research projects. Hearing their reports was truly encouraging and reassuring.

Following yesterday’s, the 19th GEL-SIT seminar took place. In this seminar, the B4 students reported on the progress of their graduation research. It was clear that the challenges and issues in each research topic are being steadily addressed. From this point forward, we expect the research activities to advance even more rapidly. We hope everyone

The official SIT website and the EurekAlert! Science News Releases website have both published a press release featuring one of the research outcomes from GEL-SIT. Article on official SIT websiteArticle on EurekAlert! Science News Releases

Following yesterday’s, the 18th GEL-SIT seminar took place. In this seminar, the third-year undergraduate students who newly joined our laboratory this year decided on the research topics they will work on during the fall semester.We hope that the third-year students will not be overly concerned with research results, but rather enjoy the process of conducting

The 17th GEL-SIT seminar took place. In this session, M2 students mainly gave presentations on their approaches to the interim review of their master’s theses. We expect that receiving advice from different perspectives will lead to more refined and sophisticated research outcomes in the future.