We held a welcome party for our lab!! We are excited to welcome new members: fourth-year undergraduate students Ogashiwa-san, Nakayama-kun, Fukui-san, Matsuda-kun, Mukai-kun, and international student Massimo-san. Let’s work hard together from now on!
2025/03/025 Graduation Ceremony and Farewell party
The graduation ceremony was held on March 25th.
Ota-san and Sadanaga-san, thank you for leading our lab with strength and reliability as senior members. I sincerely wish you all the best in your new endeavors!
Tsukamoto-kun, Nakamura-kun, and Nakayama-kun — let’s continue doing our best together!
After the ceremony, we held a lab reunion with the participation of many of our lab’s alumni.
It was a truly valuable and meaningful time. Thank you all so much!
2025/02/06 Graduation of Mr. Akshay
Akshay has completed his doctoral program and is graduating from our lab. As a specialist in structural analysis, he taught us so much — We’re truly grateful!
Wishing him continued success in all his future endeavors!
2025/1/27, 2/3 Defense of Graduation Thesis / Master’s Thesis
The defense of graduation thesis was held on January 27th, and the master’s thesis was held on February 3rd. The presentation was very easy to understand and I could tell that a lot of preparation had been made. Thank you to everyone in B4 and M2 for their hard work!
2025/1/26 Lab Session with Professor Mortazavi

Professor Mortazavi from the University of Minnesota came to our laboratory! He introduced his research to us and gave us valuable comments on our research presentation.
Thank you very much for giving us such a valuable opportunity! !
2024/1/16 Lilliann won the Architectural Institute of Japan Conference Young Presentation Award

Lilliann, a first-year doctoral student, received the Outstanding Young Presentation Award at the 2024 Architectural Institute of Japan Convention held in Tokyo! congratulations! !
2024/12/01 The Big Experiment on Chevron Braced Frame was Completed!!
Experiment movies
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Test specimen 1 of the large-scale brace experiment (Chevron Brace Frame) has been completed! This is the largest scale laboratory experiment ever conducted in the experimental building, and the all members have been involved in preparations. In addition, Professor Tagawa, Professor Chen, and students from Hiroshima University’s Architectural Structural Laboratory helped us prepare for the experiment! thank you very much! ! Thank you very much to Lilliann, Roosevelt, and all the laboratory members for their hard work!
“Thanks to everyone’s hard work, even late into the night, we were able to finally test the biggest test specimen in the history of this lab! It’s a huge achievement, and we’ve learned a lot! Looking forward to the next four specimens!” (by Lilliann)
2024/11/18 Steel-Wood Composite Beam Experiment Completed
Experiments on the steel-wood composite beam using adhesives have been completed. Thank you, Hayashi-kun, for your hard work!
I had a hard time doing the unobtrusive and steady work in the preparation, but I’m glad I was able to complete it! (Hayashi)
2024/11/19 Gifts from seniors

We received snacks and messages from our OB and OG seniors.
Thank you!!
We were able to recover energy! We will do our best for the graduation and master’s thesis!!
2024/11/15 Test specimen assembly completed ! !
The assembly of the large laboratory test specimen has been completed !!
It was a long-term plan, but everyone in the lab worked together to make preparations!
We will continue to work hard in preparation for the experiment !!!