MATSUBA Yoshinao
(Lecturer/Assistant Professor/Division of Environmental Studies)
Department of Socio-Cultural Environmental Studies/Coastal Engineering, Coastal Management
Career Summary
Education:
2021.3 Ph.D. Dept. of Civil Eng., The University of Tokyo
2018.3 M. Eng. Dept. of Civil Eng., The University of Tokyo
2016.3 B. Eng. Dept. of Civil Eng., The University of Tokyo
Professional Experience:
2024.2 Lecturer, Dept. of Socio-Cultural Environmental Studies, The University of Tokyo
2022.10 Assistant Professor, Dept. of Civil Eng., The University of Tokyo
2021.4 Visiting Researcher (JSPS Oversea Research Fellow), IHE Delft Institute for Water Education
2018.4 JSPS Research Fellow (DC1), Dept. of Civil Eng., The University of Tokyo
Research Activities
Hydrodynamics of Nearshore waves
Stormy waves generated offshore by strong winds during typhoons and winter storms propagate to the shore with changing their original shapes. For efficient and effective coastal disaster prevention and coastal protection, it is important to accurately understand their hydrodynamics of such nearshore waves. We are working to elucidate the hydrodynamics of of nearshore waves by analyzing observation data during typhoons and long-term wave observation data and numerically reproducing high waves using numerical models.
Development of Coastal Monitoring Techniques
For efficient coastal management, it is important to conduct coastal monitoring of nearshore topography and waves in high spatiotemporal resolution. We are developing low-cost remote-sensing techniques employing UAV and LiDAR, which can cover broad coastal area with high resolutions.
Future Plan
The coastal disaster prevention is becoming more important than ever due to climate change. However, the application of the conventional disaster prevention strategies relying on gray infrastructure will certainly increase burden on the coastal environment, which will cause other problems for our society. Evidently it is important to make efficient and effective strategies of coastal management considering future social change. I am going to work to realize coastal management that can protect both our human society and coastal environment.
Messages to Students
In our long history, we have struggled to find the best ways to manage coasts, but we still receive significant damage by coastal disasters and coasts around the world are losing their original shape. I welcome enthusiastic students who want to learn the sciences surrounding coasts and contribute to our future coastal management.