Nishida - TIT Prof visits DLSU CE Department

Dr. Takahiro Nishida of TIT as Visiting Professor

Dr. Takahiro Nishida, professor from the Graduate School of Science and Engineering and Department of International Development Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology (TIT) visited De La Salle University as a Visiting Scholar to the Civil Engineering Department on December 6-13, 2013. Dr. Nishida’s visit was primarily devoted to providing ideas, advice and recommendations to the ongoing researches on concrete mixed with seawater of civil engineering undergraduate and graduate students. He also conducted a lecture about the “Investigation, Repair and Strengthening of Deteriorated Concrete Structures”. A discussion in organizing the Crack Seminar and Workshop on Civil and Chemical Engineering in September 2014 and the Seawater Mixed Concrete Seminar in March 2015 was held with CE Dept. cahir, Jason Ongpeng and TokyoTech Office manager, Ronaldo Gallardo. These seminars will be organized together with TIT and the Japan Concrete Institute. Dr. Nishida also attended undergraduate student presentations on thesis and course projects related to construction materials, technology and management.

- Article written by Cheryl Capiz-Roxas