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Recent News †

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2019 †

Mar 29 New!!
Publications list has been updated: Journal Papers

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2018 †

Nov 22;
Publications list has been updated: Journal Papers

Nov 7;
Photos have been updated (Write-ups in Japanese):

Jul 1
We welcome back Eiko Tsukamoto who returns to our lab as our secretary.
Member list has been updated.

May 18
Publications list has been updated: Journal Papers

Apr 18
We held a welcome party for Naoya Kawasaki and Shohei Yoshida, our new B4 lab members (Civil and Environmental Engineering).
*View photos from the party here.

Mar 30
We congratulate Dr. Atsushi Watanabe as he leaves our lab and starts his new work from April. He has been with our lab for 10 years, supporting the various needs of students and researchers, and has contributed his expertise to various research activities, projects, and publications. Thank you so much Watanabe-san for your kind assistance and invaluable support throughout the years! We have learned a lot from you and your contributions have helped us greatly. We sincerely wish you the very best as you move on!

Mar 26
Publications list has been updated: Journal Papers

Mar 23
We held a farewell party for Dr. Atsushi Watanabe, who will be be moving to a different institute. Thank you for everything and wishing you the best in your life after your time in our lab!
*View our group photo from the party here.

Mar 2
Publications list has been updated: Journal Papers

Feb 20
We congratulate our B4 lab member for successfully defending his undergraduate research thesis:

Takuya Okamoto with research title "Observation and model analysis of organic carbon discharge characteristics for evaluating watershed-scale carbon dynamics"

Okamoto-san is a student of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. Cheers for your hard work!
*View a photo taken during his final presentation here.

Feb 13
Publications list has been updated: Journal Papers

Jan 5
We congratulate Lawrence Patrick C. Bernardo who gave his doctoral thesis presentation.

Doctoral Thesis Title:
"Computational Model Analyses and Field Observations of Hydrodynamic and Larval Dispersal Processes in Coral Reef Areas "
（In Japanese: サンゴ礁域における水理ならびに幼生分散過程に関する数値モデル解析と現地観測）

Loric is a student of the Department of Civil Engineering. Cheers for your hard work!
*View a picture from his final presentation here.

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2017 †

Dec 26
We held our year-end party for 2017, which was also a farewell party for Samy Sharaan and a welcome party for Ke Xiao. Thank you for everything and wishing you the best Samy-san!
*View our group photo from the party here.

Dec 22
We congratulate our secretary Eiko Tsukamoto on her retirement. She has been with our lab for more than 25 years, attending to the needs of students and researchers, and working tirelessly to support various projects and events through the years. Thank you so much Tsukamoto-san for your many years of dedicated service to our laboratory. We could not have come so far without your help. We truly wish you the very best!
*View our group photo on her last working day here.

Dec 14
We congratulate our researcher Masaya Yoshikai who was awarded Best Poster Presentation at the 3rd SCESAP Biodiversity Symposium held in Cebu, Philippines on Dec. 4 to 9, 2017. The details of his poster are as follows:

Masaya Yoshikai, Takashi Nakamura, Yoshiyuki Tanaka, Masahiro Nakaoka, Atsushi Watanabe, Toshihiro Miyajima, Eugene C. Herrera, Ariel C. Blanco, Miguel D. Fortes, Maria Lourdes San Diego-McGlone, Kazuo Nadaoka: Development of seagrass bed dynamics model for assessment of environmental impacts of intensive mariculture activities on seagrass ecosystem in Bolinao, Philippines

Dec 14
Publications list has been updated: International Presentations

Nov 30
Publications list has been updated: Domestic Conferences

Nov 28
We welcome Ke Xiao who joins our lab as an exchange student through the Tokyo Tech Winter Program and will be with us for 3 months. He is currently a 2nd year masters student (Environmental Engineering) at the University of Melbourne.

Oct 27
Publications list has been updated: Journal Papers

Oct 11
Photos have been updated (Write-ups in Japanese):

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

Sep 22 We held a farewell 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
Publications list has been updated: Journal Papers

Aug 1
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.

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"

Sasaki-san is 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,Ikenaga, Ando, Ba, Takeuchi, Amano (Nakamura Lab), Sasaki
*Hassan, Ba and Sasaki 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

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