Nagaoka University of Technology (National)

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1 1 Study Area University Graduate School Field of Study *Category by PEACE Project Actual Study and Research Field *Category by University based on PEACE Project URL of Graduate School Degrees Status Credits and years needed for graduation (In the case of Graduate School Student) Subjects with English as the language of instruction Selling Point B. (National) Graduate School of 1. Urban and Transportation Planning 2. Structure / Bridge / Vibration 3. Civil Material 4. Environmental 5. Mine / Geological /Geographical Information System Others : Geotechnical, Hydraulic, Hydrology, Road Road, Bridge and Computational, Concrete, Hydraulic, Geotechnical, Disaster Prevention Design, Hydrospheric and Atmospheric, Environmental Remote Sensing, Environmental Biochemistry, Water Science and Technology, Solid and Hazardous Waste Management, Environmental Materials Science, Urban Planning, Infrastructure Planning and Management Master of Research Student (6~12 months) Graduate School Student (2 years) 30 credits, 2 years The required conditions for Master degree are as follows: 1. Minimum required credits: 30 credits 2. Pass Master s thesis defense. (see annex) Nagaoka is a quiet, restrained city where can be reached in about 90 minutes from Tokyo on the Johetsu Shinkansen (high speed railway). There are about 300 international students at Nagaoka University of Technology. It represents about 12% of all the students in the university and this rate is one of the highest among the national universities in specialized in engineering. This creates an environment for international students to exchange on campus not only with Japanese but with the students from all over the world.

2 2.Features of University is a national technology university founded in 1976 in Nagaoka, Niigata, Japan. The university provides common classes to every student in order to foster their management skills and establish cultural, social, and international knowledge. This is consistent with the university s goal of graduating talented people who are not only highly competent in their respective fields but also capable of undertaking effective organizational leadership. The University has following fields of study: - Undergraduate School: School of (Mechanical, Electrical, Electronics and Information, Materials Science and Technology, Civil, Environmental Systems, Bioengineering, Management and Information Systems ) - Graduate School of : Master's Program (Mechanical, Electrical, Electronics and Information, Materials Science and Technology, Civil, Environmental Systems, Bioengineering Management and Information Systems ) Doctoral Program (Information Science and Control, Materials Science, Energy and Environment Science, Integrated Bioscience and Technology) - Graduate School of Management of Technology Professional Degree Course (System Safety) 3.Features of Graduate School The master s program aims to train people who will become leaders in the fields of engineering and science, and who will be capable of successfully addressing the needs of an increasingly complex society. The program places special emphasis on the development of a high level of knowledge, extensive practical experience and expertise, and originality. Civil is aimed at training each student to be a practical and creative engineer who can take leadership to solve various problems related to construction engineering and associated areas with specially acquired academic knowledge and creativity while incorporating the total perspective of making plans, construction, and maintenance of the social infrastructure of various types that support the sound social, cultural, and economic activities of human beings in harmony with the surrounding environment. Its lectures, seminars, experiments, and other activities and resources are organized to support the student s acquisition of comprehensive knowledge with an advanced specialty of construction engineering with idea of giving the student a consistent education from the undergraduate course through to the master course. Environmental Systems is aimed at training the student (1) to be able to understand the natural environmental mechanism well, (2) to be able to solve environmental problems from a comprehensive perspective, and (3) to produce a practical and creative engineer who can take leadership with a service-provision oriented mind. The lectures, seminars, experiments, and exercises are organized to encourage the student to acquire comprehensive knowledge with an advanced specialty of Environmental while applying and developing the basic knowledge the student received during the undergraduate course based on the basic policy of giving the student a consistent education from the undergraduate course through to the master course.

3 4.Features of the Program and Curriculum in each Field of Study (Civil Course/Environment Systems Course) Field of Urban and Transportation Urban Planning, Infrastructure Planning and Management Field of Structure / Bridge / Vibration : Bridge and Computational, Disaster Prevention Design, Field of Civil Material Concrete Field of Environmental Environmental Biochemistry, Water Science and Technology, Solid and Hazardous Waste Management, Environmental Materials Science, Hydrospheric and Atmospheric Field of Mine / Geological / Geographical Information System Environmental Remote Sensing Other Fields: Geotechnical, Hydraulic, Hydrology, Road - For more details of the credits, please see Annex 5.Academic Schedule April May June July August September October December January February Guidance for Int l Student, Enrollee Acceptance Entrance Ceremony Classes Begin (1st Term) Medical Checkup Entrance Examination for Master s Course (September Enrollment) Classes End (1st Term) Entrance Examination for Master s Course (April Enrollment I) 1st term Exam. Summer Vacation Sep. Enrollment* Classes Begin (2nd Term) Univ. Festival Int l Festival at NUT University Foundation Day Study Trip for International Students Classes End (2nd Term) 2nd term Exam. Party for Int l Students Winter Vacation Classes Begin (3rd Term) Classes End (3rd Term)

4 March Entrance Examination for Master s Course (April Enrollment II) ** Ski/Snowboard Training for Int l and Japanese Students Graduation Ceremony For Afghan participants: * Acceptance as Research Student (Non-regular Student) in September or October ** Entrance Examination for Master s Course (Regular Student) (April Enrollment) 6.Facilities - Dormitories We have 4 on-campus dormitories and 1 off-campus dormitory available for international students. - University Library Graduate Students and undergraduate students assigned to laboratory can use the library for 24 hours everyday except year end/new year holidays. - Information Processing Center The Information Processing Center provides common high performance computers and Local Area Network environment for faculty members. - Meals and Daily Shopping on Campus The following facilities are available on campus: - Cafeteria, Café, Shop-BAITEN, Barber, Laundry, Bank - Gymnasium and Health Care Center 7.List of faculty members (supervisors) capable of guiding Afghan participants in English One faculty is appointed to supervise the student before enrollment based on the consultation with applicant. (Civil ) Professors Name Research Field Research Topics Masatsugu NAGAI Structural / Maintenance Management 1)Steel Structural 2)Maintenance Management 3)Bridge Kyuichi MARUYAMA Concrete 1)Upgrading of concrete structures with FRP 2)Seismic design of concrete structures 3)Durability Satoru OHTSUKA Geotechnical Natural disaster science 1) Deformation analysis of earth structure 2) Geotechnical disaster prevention works against rainstorm and earthquake 3) Hazard map with Geographic Information System 4) Landslides, Design and countermeasure work of natural slope Mitsutaka SUGIMOTO Geotechnical 1) Shield tunneling 2) Shield lining 3) Pipe jacking method

5 Tokuzo HOSOYAMADA Hydraulics / Coastal and Ocean / Fluid Mechanics 4) Reinforced earth 1)Numerical simulation of flows in river and coastal waves 2) Sediment transport due to waves and currents in river and coastal area 3) Flood and avalanche 4) Fluid forces on structures Associate Professors Name Actual Research Field Research Topics Hirofumi TOYOTA Geotechnical 1)Dynamic properties of soils 2)Mechanical properties of unsaturated soils 3)Slope stability during rainfall and earthquakes Takumi SHIMOMURA Civil engineering materials Construction Construction Management Structural Earthquake engineering 1)Properties of Concrete 2)Durability of Concrete Structures Maintenance management Osamu TAKAHASHI Civil Materials Construction 1)Mix design of Asphalt Mixture 2)Mechanical Characterization of Asphalt Concrete Construction Management Eiji IWASAKI Structural Earthquake 1)Development of numerical methods of structural analysis 2)Optimal design and performance of shell structures and Maintenance management bridges engineering 3)Design method of cable-stayed bridges 4)Performance of steel structures for corrosion by airborne salts Yasuyuki Civil and environmental 1)Noise and Vibration MIYAKI 2)Development of Noise Propagation Model 3)Application for Measurement by Using CCD Cameras (Environmental Systems ) Professors Name Research Field Research Topics Kazunori SATO Environmental materials Material 1)Solid Surface Chemistry 2)Materials Characterization 3)Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Materials 4) Inorganic Ion Exchangers for Heavy-Metal Adsorption Bunpei NAKADE Urban planning 1)Land use Planning 2)Town Planning in Local City 3)Master Plan 4)Zoning

6 5)Area Division Atsushi RIKIMARU Earth system and resources monitoring Remote-sensing and GIS 1)Tropical forest resources monitoring and estimation 2)Disaster monitoring from radar satellite data 3)Satellite data aided high precision agriculture Agricultural information 4)Study of the snow coverage area from image observation Minjiao LU Hydrology Hydraulic Natural disaster engineering 1)Hydrology 2)Hydrometeorology 3)Water Resources 4)Snow 5)GIS and remote sensing Yoshio Environmental technology 1)Development of a new method to assess KERA Applied biochemistry organophosphate insecticides exposure 2)Biodegradation of chlorinated organophosphoric acid trimesters by microorganisms 3)Enzymology and protein engineering of D-aspartate oxidase and aspartate racemase Associate Professors Name Actual Research Field Research Topics Toshiro KUMAKURA Meteorology Natural Disaster Science 1)Snow Science 2)Model simulations on atmosphere and snow pack 3)Storm and snow disaster analysis 4)Development of meteorological and snow observation technique Toshiya Civil and environmental 1)Solid and hazardous waste management KOMATSU engineering 2)Biological wastewater treatment 3)Environmental bioassay evaluation Kazushi SANO Traffic 1)Public transportation system 2)Micro traffic simulation 3)Urban logistics Shu HIGUCHI Town planning Architectural planning 1)Urban / Regional planning in Local City 2)Urban Housing in Local City 3)Revitalization of Central District in Local Cities 4)Parking Space Problem Shuji Civil and environmental 1)Solid Waste Management HIMENO engineering 2)Sewerage Management 3)Chemical 4)Gas Separation Membrane Takashi Civil and environmental 1)Environmental Protection YAMAGUCHI engineering Environmental technology Environmental materials 2)Environmental Microbiology 3)Environmental Biotechnology 4)Water and Wastewater 5)Solid Wastes Technology Please refer to the faculty s profiles and activities on our website (

7 Annex (1) By the end of the master course, the minimum of 30 units must be taken to finish. The 24 units out of the 30 units must be taken from the graduate school classes that are provided for the major course. (2) Out of the 30 units that are necessary to finish the master course; 6 units of the common class subjects must be taken. Common class subjects or elective elective Subject Unit 1st or 2nd Year Semester Teachers Remarks Postwar Economic Development and the Labour 2 Market in Japan 2 McGown English Theories of Industrial Organization 2 2 McGown English Japanese Industrial Development Experience 2 2 Mikami& (Aruna) English Total Quality Management: Theory and Practice 2 2 McGown English Civil Course or elective Elective Subject Unit 1st or 2nd Year Semester Teachers Remarks Seminar on Civil Staff Seminar on Civil Staff Seminar on Civil Staff English Seminar on Civil Staff Research Work of Civil Staff English Research Work of Civil Staff English Advanced Fluid Mechanics 2 2 Hosoyamada English Advanced Concrete 2 2 Shimomura(T) English Advanced Geotechnical Sugimoto English Advanced Geotechnical Toyota English Advanced Construction 2 2 Miyaki English Advanced Disaster Control 2 2 Ohtsuka English Advanced Structural 2 2 Nagai English Advanced Transportation 2 2 Takahashi(O) Japanese Advanced Soil Sugimoto Japanese Advanced Soil Toyota Japanese Advanced Disaster Prevention 2 2 Ohtsuka Japanese Advanced Hydraulic 2 2 Hosoyamada Japanese Advanced Structural Analysis Iwasaki Japanese Advanced Structural Analysis Iwasaki Japanese Advanced Structural 2 2 Nagai Japanese Practical about Steel Structure Miyaki& 2 2 Construction (Miyazaki) Japanese Advanced Reinforced Concrete Maruyama(K)& (Sakata) Japanese Advanced Reinforced Concrete Maruyama(K) Japanese 1

8 Annex Environmental Course or elective Elective Subject Unit 1st or 2nd Year Semester Teachers Remarks Seminar on Environmental Systems Staff Seminar on Environmental Systems Staff Seminar on Environmental Systems Staff Seminar on Environmental Systems Staff English Research Work of Environmental Systems Staff Research Work of Environmental Systems Staff Advanced Seminar on Environmental Systems 2 Staff English Advanced Topics on Atmospheric and Hydrospheric Sciences Lu English Advanced Materials Science for Environment 2 2 Sato(K) English Advanced Infrastructure Planning and Management 2 2 Sano English Advanced Transportation Planning and Analysis 2 2 Sano English Advanced Water Environmental Yamaguchi English Advanced Water Environmental Yamaguchi English Advanced Environmental Information Survey 2 2 Rikimaru Japanese Advanced Course of Dynamics of Hydrosphere Interactive with Atmosphere Kumakura Japanese Advanced Topics on Atmospheric and Hydrospheric Sciences Lu Japanese Advanced Course of Environmental Biochemistry Takahashi(S) Japanese Advanced Course of Environmental Biochemistry Kera Japanese Advanced Water Environmental Control 2 2 Yamaguchi Japanese Advanced Waste Management 2 2 Himeno Japanese Advanced Environmental Risk Management 2 2 Komatsu(T) Japanese Advanced Materials Science for Environment 2 2 Sato(K) Japanese Advanced Transportation Planning and Policy 2 2 Sano Japanese Advanced Transportation and Planning Sano Japanese Advanced Urban Planning Nakade Japanese Advanced Urban Planning Higuchi Japanese 2