| Name |
Fumihiko Imamura |
| Position |
Professor, Tsunami Engineering Laboratory Disaster Control Research Center, Tohoku University |
| Degree |
Dr. Eng., Coastal Engineering |
| Majors |
Science and Technology for Tsunami Mitigation |
| Education |
- 1989 Dr. Eng., Coastal Engineering, Tohoku University
- 1986 MS Eng., Coastal Engineering, Tohoku University
- 1984 BS, Civil Engineering, Tohoku University
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| E-Mail |
@ |
| TEL |
+81-22-752-2092 |
| FAX |
+81-22-752-2091 |
| Research Fields |
- Tsunami engineering
- Numerical simulation for tsunamis
- Real time tsunami warning
- Disaster mitigation technology
- Human response for information and evacuation
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| Major works and publications |
- 2008, The Sea: Tsunamis (The Sea Ideas and Observations on Progress in the Study of the Seas), Harvard University Press, E. Bernardo and A. Robinon, eds.
- 2006, Outstanding for education Awards, Graduate School of Engineering, Tohoku University
- 2003, Tsunami hazard assessment and mitigation studies, European Commission for Research, finalist of the 2003 Descartes Prize
- 2000, Propagation of Obliquely Incident Tsunamis on a Slope Part II: Characteristics of on-ridge Tsunamis, The 1999 Coastal Engineering Journal Award
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| Member of the society |
- Council member, International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, October 2002- Present
- Secretary of IUGG (International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics) Tsunami committee, July 2002-July 2006
- Associate Member, Science Council of Japan (SCJ), April 2006-present
- President of the Japan Society for Natural Disaster Science, April 2008-present
- Member of CIP Committee on International Participation
- AGU(American Geophysical Union), November 2008-present
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| Link |
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