On April 10, 2019, Professor Pierre Breul from Université Clermont Auvergne, France, visited IROAST and met with IROAST Director Takashi Hiyama. Professor Breul and IROAST Vice-Director Jun Otani signed an MOU in January to facilitate research collaboration between Professor Breul's research group, the Groupe Géotechnique of the Institut Pascal, and Professor Otani's X-Earth Center, Faculty of Engineering. At the meeting, they discussed the possibilities of their future research collaboration and Professor Breul's Visiting Professorship at IROAST.
(From left, Vice-Director Otani, Professor Breul, Director Hiyama and IROAST Section Chief Kumagai)