The last of the brace test specimens has been completed. 26 specimens have been tested! Thanks to Abe and Sadanaga for their hard work.
2023/12/01 Operation for Large laboratory
We cleaned up the large laboratory and painted the jigs used for the brace frame experiments.
2023/11/24 Steel and Wood Composite Beam Experiment
The steel-wood composite beam experiment using adhesives has been completed. Mr. Hayashi, Thank you for your hard work!
2023/11/15 Presents from Seniors
We received snacks and messages of support from seniors. Thank you very much! We were able to recover our energy. We will do our best for our graduation thesis and master’s thesis!
2023/11/09 Group Photo
We took a group photo in the “1-kou pose”! The autumn leaves were beautiful!
2023/10/26 Library Lecture
We attended a literature collection and management lecture hosted by the university library. This will aid us in conducting more thorough literature review as we progress in our research activities.
2023/10/20 We will miss you, Dr. Wang!
Dr. Wang, who was a visiting faculty member for one year, has returned to China. We are very grateful to have been involved with his strain aging experiments. Thank you very much!
2023/9/12-15 Conference of Architectural Institute of Japan
The 2023 Annual Conference of Architectural Institute of Japan was held at Kyoto University, and Dr. Matsui, Dr. Wang, and seven students from our laboratory gave presentations.
A social gathering was also held on the evening of September 14 with Prof. Emeritus Ishiyama, Prof Emeritus Midorikawa, and alumni.
2023/8/6 Beam-Column Component Test
Cyclic loading tests were conducted on the column-beam component!

2023/8/2 Brace Test is Over!
The bracing tests, which had been conducted since April, have been completed and a total of nine specimens were loaded.
