On October 22nd and 23rd, the University of Tokyo Kashiwa Campus, where I am affiliated, will be open online. The Institute of Industrial Science and Yoshimura Laboratory will also be exhibiting, so please feel free to come and visit.

・Kashiwa Open House
https://park-ssl.itc.u-tokyo.ac.jp/utkk/opc2021/

・Institute of Industrial Science Open House
https://www.iis.u-tokyo.ac.jp/event/kashiwa/opencampus2021/

・Yoshimura Laboratory related
– What will pop up? Engineering Toy Box (23rd (Sat) 10:00-11:30)
https://live.nicovideo.jp/watch/lv333970672
– The forefront of flood prediction (Today’s Earth and SPHERE) (22nd (Fri) 17:00-18:30)
– Online poster session ~ The forefront of research at the Yoshimura Laboratory ~ (23rd (Sat) 11:30-13:00)
https://isotope3-opencampus2021.jimdosite.com/

It’s been a while, but I’d like to introduce the changes in members during that time.

April: Dr. Ryo Kaneko joined as a new JSPS PD. He is an AI specialist who originally got his doctorate from Professor Nihei at Tokyo University of Science.

April: Shuhei Nomura joined as a new M1 student. He was in the River Research Institute in his fourth year, but he started his master’s degree with a fresh start. He was active in the rowing club.

June: Haruya Yoshikawa joined as a new B4 student. He is not afraid of English meetings, and gives the impression of being a big shot.

August: Alexandre Cauquoin, who was a JSPS Foreign Special Research Fellow, transferred to the Abe Laboratory at the Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute after two years. Let’s continue to work closely together.

August: Secretary Miyagi-san retired. Thank you for your long support!

September: Hajime Hayakawa, a second-year M2 student, will leave for London to study abroad. Taking on challenges head-on will surely be beneficial for your future.

We are still a large group, but we will do our best, so we appreciate your guidance and support.

Regarding flood prediction, which I wrote about in the previous article, we released a press release when Ma et al., 2021 was published. Congratulations, Ma!

http://www.iis.u-tokyo.ac.jp/ja/news/3585/

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-021-89522-8/metrics

Looking at the altmetrics above, it’s pretty noteworthy among Nature group papers.

We have issued a press release on the paper by Tada-kun, who graduated in 2019, which was published by Scientific Reports on September 14th. Although it is not as significant in terms of social impact as the flood research, Dempa Shimbun has picked it up without any hesitation. Thank you!

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-021-97476-0

https://dempa-digital.com/article/229056