CURRICULUM VITAE: Kazuya YASUHARA
◆Academic Career:
• 1968: Graduated from Kyushu University, Japan
(Department of Civil Engineering, School of Engineering),
• 1978: Awarded Ph. D. at Kyushu University
◆Professional Career:
• 1968 Research Assistant at Kyushu University, Japan
• 1990 – 2007 Professor at Ibaraki University
(Department of Urban and Civil Engineering), Japan
• 2007–2009 Head of the Department at the same
• 2009 -2010 Professor at Ibaraki University (Department of Urban and Civil Engineering), Japan
• 2010 Professor Emeritus of Ibaraki University, Japan
• 2010 International Project Coordinator, Institute for Global Change Adaptation Science
(ICAS), Ibaraki University, Japan
• 2010 – 2014 Review Editor for IPCC AR5 (Ch. 29 and Technical Summary)
◆Awards:
• 1978: JSSMFE Award for Outstanding Young Researcher
(Cyclic Behaviour of Cohesive Soils Related to Transportation Facilities)
• 1999: American Society of Civil Engineer’s Best Paper Award
(Material Engineering Division, Development of Innovative Lightweight Geo-material)
• 1999: JGS Award for Meritorious Service
• 2000: Groundwater Science and Technology Award (IAHR)
• 2004: JGS Award for the Best Research Achievement
(Cyclic Behaviour of Clays and Its application)
• 2006: Best Paper Award from Japan Chapter of International Geosynthetics Society
• 2008: JGS Meritorious Research Award for Ground Environment
(Development of innovative geo-materials using used tire-chips)
◆Overseas Experience
Sabbatical leaves taken during work and study periods were the following.
• 1979–1981: Visiting Professor at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Ill.,USA
• 1986–1987: Research Fellow at Norwegian Geotechnical Institute, Oslo, Norway
