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2017 †

Oct 2 New!
We welcome Dr. Ariel C. Blanco who joins our lab as Hitachi research fellow. He will be with us until Oct. 31, 2017.

Sep 22 New!
We held a farewell tea party for Ratino Sith who finished his who finished his doctoral course studies (Mechanical and Environmental Informatics). Thank you for everything and wishing you the best Ratino-san in your life after graduation!
*View our group photo from the party here.

Aug 30 New!
Publications list has been updated: Journal Papers

Aug 1 New!
We welcome Mahmoud Samy Ahmed Mahmoud Sharaan who joins our lab as E-JUST visiting student-researcher. He will be with us until Dec. 30, 2017.
Member list has been updated.

Jul 20
We congratulate Ratino Sith who gave his doctoral thesis presentation. Cheers for your supreme efforts and perseverance!

Doctoral Thesis Title:
"Assessment of Terrestrial Discharges from Coastal Watersheds in a Subtropical Island using Integrated Modeling Approaches"
（In Japanese: 統合モデリングアプローチによる亜熱帯島嶼での沿岸流域からの負荷評価）

*View pictures of his final presentation here. New!

Jun 23
Publications list has been updated: Domestic Presentations

Jun 11
Publications list has been updated: Journal Papers

May 26
Publications list has been updated: International Presentations

May 9
Publications list has been updated: Journal Papers

May 8
Publications list has been updated: Journal Papers and Book Chapters

May 1
We welcome back Masaya Yoshikai who rejoins our lab as Research Assistant.
Member list has been updated.

Apr 17
Professor Nadaoka was featured in the NHK BS1 TV Program 'Catch! Sekai no Top News'. He was interviewed and explained how Australian coral reefs are now facing the threat of extinction due to recent ocean warming conditions. The program segment was aired from 7:00 to 7:50 am.

Apr 6
Publications list has been updated: Journal Papers

Mar 31
Publications list has been updated: Journal Papers

Feb 14
We congratulate our B4 lab members for successfully defending their undergraduate research theses:

Gaku Sasaki with research title "Assessment of terrestrial loads from an urban area to a coral ecosystem using an integrated modeling approach"

Masaki Ikenaga with research title "Elucidation of factors that regulate seagrass distribution around the Fukido River mouth area in Ishigaki Island, Japan"

Sasaki-san and Ikenaga-san are students of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. Cheers for your hard work!
*View pictures of their final presentations here.

Feb 13
We held a farewell tea party for Mohamed Hassan who finished his short-term research stay as E-JUST visiting student-researcher in our lab. We wish you the best Hassan-san as you continue your research in Egypt!
*View our group photo from the party here.

Feb 10
We congratulate our M2 lab members for successfully defending their masters research theses:

Ryohei Egawa with research title "Elucidating blue carbon dynamics in mangrove and adjacent coastal ecosystems based on development of an integrated model system"

Yusuke Tanokura with research title "Detection of mangrove forest and evaluation of carbon stock using remote sensing in Victorias City, Philippines, and Ishigaki and Iriomote Islands, Japan"

Egawa-san and Tanokura-san are students of the Department of Mechanical and Environmental Informatics. Cheers for your supreme efforts!
*View pictures of their final presentations here.

Feb 5
Publications list has been updated: Journal Papers

Feb 3
Publications list has been updated: Journal Papers

Feb 2
Publications list has been updated: Journal Papers

Jan 22 to Feb 2
We conducted a field survey in Ishigaki Island in Okinawa Prefecture. Activities included the regular maintenance of oceanographic sensors in Shiraho reef and terrestrial sensors in various watersheds around the island. Seagrass samples were also collected in Shiraho reef, as well as environmental parameter data relating to seagrass growth rate and living conditions.
Members: Dr. Watanabe, Sith, Takeuchi
[View pictures from the field survey here.]

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2016 †

Dec 16
We held our year-end party with Nakamura Lab after a whole day of year-end cleaning! View our group photo here.

Dec 1
Professor Nadaoka's research was featured in Tokyo Institute of Technology's Web Site series Researchers at Tokyo Tech Vol.22. The article can be read through this link: http://www.titech.ac.jp/english/research/stories/faces22_nadaoka.html

Dec 1
Photos have been updated: Field Survey in Panay Island, Philippines (Sep 8 to 14)

Nov 7
Publications list has been updated: 2016

Aug 15 to Sep 4
We conducted a field survey in Ishigaki Island in Okinawa Prefecture. Activities included the deployment of oceanographic sensors, sewage and groundwater surveying, the deployment and maintenance of terrestrial sensors, and various activities in our mangrove and seagrass study sites.
Members: Prof. Nadaoka, Dr. Watanabe, Dr. Nakamura (Nakamura Lab), Bernardo, Sith, Hassan, Egawa, Tanokura, Ando, Ba, Takeuchi, Amano (Nakamura Lab), Sasaki, Ikenaga
*Hassan, Ba, Sasaki, and Ikenaga are first time participants.
[View pictures from the field survey here.]

June 23
Ongoing Projects and Completed Projects have been updated.

May 24
Publications list has been updated: 2016

Apr 28
Publications list has been updated: 2016

April 20
We held a welcome party for Gaku Sasaki and Masaki Ikenaga, our new B4 lab members (Civil and Environmental Engineering).
*View photos from the party here.