Sunday, May 15, 2016

DLSU CE Faculty to meet Japanese Experts in Concrete

The DLSU CE faculty will meet two experts on concrete from two Japanese universities, Prof. Hikaru Nakamura (Nagoya University) and Prof. Sohichi Hirose (Tokyo Institute of Technology) to discuss the proposal of the DLSU CE Department to set-up a Concrete Quality Research and Training Center (ConQRT Center) at the DLSU Science and Technology Campus(STC), Binan, Laguna.

Prof. Hikaru Nakamura of Nagoya University
Prof. Hikaru Nakamura of Nagoya University will deliver a lecture during the meeting on May 20, 2106 at 3:00 PM at De La Salle University, HSSH Conference Room (4Fl) to the CE faculty about  the N2U –Bridge and Concrete Research and Facilities at Nagoya University.Prof. Nakamura was the professor who facilitated the signing of the Agreement for Academic Exchange and Cooperation and Student Exchange Memorandum between De La Salle University Gokongwei College of Engineering and the Graduate Schools of Engineering and the Graduate Schools of Environmental Studies, Nagoya University. Incidentally, Prof. Hikaru Nakamura of Nagoya University Department of Civil Engineering is one of the keynote speakers of the ASEP Convention on Concrete Engineering, Practice & Technology (A.CONCEPT2016) on May19-21, 2016. He will present a paper on “Experimental and Numerical Evaluation of Corrosion-Induced Crack of Concrete.”
Prof. Sohichi Hirose of Tokyo Institute of Technology
Prof. Sohichi Hirose of Tokyo Institute of Technology, the PhD adviser of Engr. Jason Ongpeng will also attend the meeting to share his research expertise on non-destructive testing (NDT) of concrete. Prof. Hirose is also a keynote speaker of a paper on "Advanced NDT for Concrete Materials and Structures" at the A.CONCEPT2016.

Dinner aftet the Meeting at Managan, Robinson's Place, Malate

The resource persons with Jason Ongpeng and Dean Jonathan Dungca

Prof. Nakamura presents the N2U

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