Vol.44

2019.11.29

p.1 Alumni in the World Dr. Yadu Nath POKHREL (2008 MSc, 2011PhD)

p.2 I’m a Nippon Worker Dr. LI Yonghe (李 勇鶴） (2009 PhD)

p.3 Visit! “MLIT Lunch Session” Ms. Kavalin Wangsiripaisal

(D2, Construction Management Lab)

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Alumni Association of the Civil Engineering

UT Civil E-mail News

The Editorial Team03-5800-6916（Tel/Fax）dosokai-news@civil.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp

Chief editor：Ayuko AKAIKE, Associate editor：Yuko SASE

Editors：Takeyoshi Chibana, Akiko SUZUKI

Fumiya TSUKADA, Kohei YODA（M1 Students)

Advisor：Manabu ITO

Proofreader：Alexander GILMORE (Associate Professor of Civil Engineering Dept.)

Nov.25,2019 In front of the building No.1, the ginkgo leaves are gradually changing color, and more and more people are visiting to enjoy seeing them. (by Kohei Yoda, Geotech lab M1)

I am Yadu Pokhrel. I received my Masters in 2008

and PhD in 2011 from the University of Tokyo.

After that, I worked as a postdoctoral researcher

for six months at Hokkaido University and then

moved to the United States. I currently work as an

Associate Professor at Michigan State University. I

conduct research on water resource assessment

and impacts of climate change on water resources.

I teach classes on Engineering Hydrology and

Water Resources Modeling. More information

about my work can be found at:

https://water.egr.msu.edu/

I had a wonderful time living in Japan for more

than five years. I was back in Tokyo in 2015 and

2017, and plan to visit again in 2020!

As an assistant Prof. of Michigan State University

Alumni in the World

Dr. Yadu Nath POKHREL(2008 MSc 2011PhD) Page1

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With my daughter in Singapore.

Teaching at the university

I live with my wife and two children (3-

year old daughter and 6-month old son).

I just spend time with them during

weekends and my leisure time. I also do

some photography, and love traveling.

My relaxing time!

I entered PASCO Corporation in 2009 after completing my Ph.D.program at the Regional Planning and Information Laboratory.PASCO was originally an aerial surveying company. Now thecompany is constantly in pursuit of the most advancedtechnologies in the areas of the acquisition and processing ofgeospatial information. Based on the results obtained throughthe active utilization of these technologies, we provide productsand services that underpin secure and comfortable lives for thepeople around the world.

I belong to the R&D center in PASCO. The major purpose of myresearch is to improve the efficiencies of the acquisition andprocessing of geospatial information by automatizing manualtasks using the latest technology.

I think the merit of researching in a company is that you candirectly communicate with the users of the systems and toolsthat you have developed. In addition, you can experience theentire research process, such as the analysis of the demands infield departments, selection of research themes, technologydevelopment, improvement of developed tools and systemsbased on the feedback from users. If you are interested inapplied research, working in the research department of acompany may be a good option.

As a worker of PASCO

I’m a Nippon Worker

LI Yonghe (李 勇鶴）(2009 PhD)

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My hobbies are mountain climbing and skiing. Duringthe summer and autumn holidays, I often go climbingwith my friends if the weather is nice.

The mountain trails in Japan are well maintained so thatyou can climb safely. You can feel a sense ofaccomplishment when you climb to the summit, andyou can enjoy a wonderful view from the top when theweather is nice. It is very pleasant to exercisesurrounded by nature and good for your health too. Thebeer you drink at the top is the best, and the cupnoodle feels several times more delicious than usual.

There are 100 famous mountains in Japan, and I haveclimbed 22 of them so far. This year, I am very happythat I was able to climb Mt. Yarigatake, which I havealways admired. There are many wonderful mountainsnear Tokyo, so please try some out. But, before youbegin climbing, I suggest that you first learn basicmountain climbing knowledge and manners.

My relaxing time!

Photo taken when attending ISPRS symposium held in Riva del Garda, ITALY

Photo taken at the summit of Tateyama

Photo taken at Mt. Yarigatake

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Even though it was a busy weekday, the top

management and young officers sacrificed their time

to discuss with us. They shared their vision and

action plan in order for us to benefit from their

professional experience as civil engineers in MLIT.

Visit MLIT in Kasumigaseki

Lunch with young officers

Appreciation and profile of writers

Host Family Program

Visit！MLIT Lunch Session

Discussions centered around typical

problems that everyone in civil engineering

field has faced and finding potential solutions

to those problems. We had an opportunity to

meet with the young officers and discuss in

small groups. In my case, I talked with

one officer who is working in the

International Section and another working in

the Strategic Planning Section. The issues

related to Japan were discussed during this

time.

Group chattering!

Thank you very much for the wonderful opportunity to meet top

management and young officers at MLAT. To learn from their vision,

strategies and action plans has inspired us to find solutions for our own

problems. As I am a civil engineer in the Department of Highways,

Thailand. I will do my best in my research and take this knowledge

to develop my country and and improve the lives of people there. I hope

that we will have the chance to collaborate and share knowledge

together again.

(Kavalin Wangsiripaisal, Ph.D. 2nd year,

Infrastructure Development Lab, The University of Tokyo)

Mr. Yamada, Vice Minister of Engineering

Affairs came to the room for greetings.

It was a great opportunity to learn about

the vision of MLIT and discuss the hot

issues which MLIT highlight in their action

plan.

One of the important concerns of MLIT is

the budget that Japanese government has

to support “Disaster Recovery” – a lesson

learned from Kansai Airport 2018.

How to deal with disasters is also an

important issue in order to help the public.