Professor Rieko Kuwano at University of Tokyo

Reiko KUWANO

Reiko KUWANO
Date: 30/09/2014

Professor
Institute of Industrial Science,
The University of Tokyo, JAPAN

E-mail: kuwano@iis.u-tokyo.ac.jp

Degree:
1986 Bachelor degree, Dept. of Civil Engineering, the University of Tokyo
1988 Master degree, Dept. of Civil Engineering, the University of Tokyo
1999 Ph.D., Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, London University

Job record:
1989 -1995 Engineer, Taisei Corporation
1994 Academic visitor, Imperial College, London
1999-2000 Research associate, Dept. of Civil Engineering, the University of Tokyo
2000-2001 Lecturer, Dept. of Civil Engineering, the University of Tokyo
2001-2006 Senior Researcher, Public Works Research Institute
2006-2013 Associate Professor, Institute of Industrial Science, the University of Tokyo
2013-present Professor, Institute of Industrial Science, the University of Tokyo

Research interests:
Geotechnical & Geo-environmental engineering
On-going research topics include;
i) Prevention of ground cave-in,
ii) Maintenance, renewal and rehabilitation of buried pipe,
iii) Long-term behaviour of earth/underground structures,
iv) Ground improvement using microbial function,
v) Characterisation of mechanical property of geomaterial