The 2nd IROAST Symposium was held on June 11, at Kurokami South Campus. The theme of the symposium was “International Workshop on Geomechanics from micro to macro: trends and challenges”. Seven researchers were invited to give  lectures from Japan and abroad. There was a lively exchange of questions and answers.  After the workshop, they toured the facilities of the X-Earth Center (X-ray CT apparatus).

Jose Andrade, Caltech (USA)
Cino Viggiani, Université Grenoble Alpes (France)
Takashi Matsushima, Tsukuba University (Japan)

Itai Einav, the University of Sydney (Australia)
Yosuke Higo, Kyoto University (Japan)

Toshifumi Mukunoki, Kumamoto University (Japan)
Daiki Takano, Port and Airport Research Institute (Japan)

After the symposium

June 11, 2018－2nd IROAST Symposium "International Workshop on Geomechanics from micro to macro: trends and challenges"

IROAST will hold the 2nd IROAST symposium, “International Workshop on Geomechanics from micro to macro: trends and challenges” on June 11, 2018. World-class researchers from France (Université Grenoble Alpes), USA (Caltech), Australia (The University of Sydney) and Japan will talk about their research and discuss trends in the geomechanics field. We hope to see you at the symposium. Graduate students are also welcome.

Please pre-register by sending an email by June 5 to the organizer, Professor Otani, at junotani@gpo.kumamoto-u.ac.jp .

Date & time: June 11 (Mon.), 2018, 9:00-16:30
Venue: #905, Kurokami South C3 (Mechanical System Engineering) (Material Science and Engineering)
http://ewww.kumamoto-u.ac.jp/en/about/access/campus/
Organizer: Jun OTANI, Professor, Faculty of Advanced Science and Technology (FAST)/ Vice-Director, IROAST