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Personal Info.

Born in Kyoto, 1970.

Education

2002/3/25: Degree of Doctor of Engineering, Kyoto University
1994-1996: Graduate School of Kyoto University
1990-1994: Dept. of Civil Eng., Kyoto University

Work Experience

2017/1/1-Current	Professor, Structural Material Eng. Lab., Dept. of Civil and Resource Engineering, Kyoto University
2014/2/1-2016/12/31	Assoc. Professor, Structural Dynamics Lab., Dept. of Civil and Resource Engineering, Kyoto University
2006/4/1-2014/3/31	Assoc. Professor, Dynamics of Foundation Lab., Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Kyoto University
1996-2006	Research Associate, Faculty of Engienering, Kyoto University
2003/3/24-2004/1/23	Research Fellow, University of California, Berkeley. Worked with Prof. G.L. Fenves about developing a object-oriented software framework for experimental tests with OpenSees. At Prof. Fenves's request I opened the web site for OpenSees Works at Kyoto University.

Research Fields

Earthquake Engineering
Structural Engineering
Software Engineering (Object-Oriented technology)

Affiliations

Japan Society of Civil Engineers
Japan Association for Earthquake Engineering
Japan Concrete Institute
American Concrete Institute

Selected Papers, Book and Patents

Dissertations

• <Ph.D.> Development of High Seismic Performance RC Piers with Object-Oriented Structural Analysis, Kyoto University, 2002.
• <Master> Fundamental Study on Object-Oriented Approach to Structural Analysis, Kyoto University, 1996.
• <Graduation> Fundamental Study on Inelastic Seismic Response of RC Tall Piers with Hollow Section, Kyoto University, 1994.

Selected Papers

(some papers can be available in PDF format.）

• Iemura, H., Takahashi, Y. and Sogabe, N. : The load-displacement relationships of RC pier with splitting bond high strength bars (in Japanese), Journal of JSCE, No.774/V-65, pp.59--72, 2004.11.
• Fenves, G.L., McKenna, F., Scott, M.H. and Takahashi, Y. : An object-oriented software environment for collaborative network simulation, Proceedings of 13th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Paper No. 1492, 2004.8, Canada.
• Takahashi, Y., Iemura, H., Yanagawa, S. and Hibi, M. : Shaking table test for frictionalisolated bridges and tribological numerical model of frictional isolator, Proceedings of 13th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Paper No. 1531, 2004.8, Canada.
• Iemura, H., Takahashi, Y. and Sogabe, N. : Development of unbonded bar reinforced concrete structure, Proceedings of 13th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Paper No. 1537, 2004.8, Canada.
• Iemura, H., Takahashi, Y., and Sogabe, N.： Development of Two-Level Seismic Design using Post-Yield Stiffness and Application for UBRC Piers (in Japanese), JSCE Journal of Earthquake Engineering, No.196, 2003.
• Iemura, H., Takahashi, Y., Yanagawa, S., and Hibi, M.： Shake Table Tests For Frictional Isolated Bridge (in Japanese), JSCE Journal of Earthquake Engineering, No.136, 2003.
• Iemura, H., Takahashi, Y., and Sogabe, N.： Innovation of High-Performance RC Structure with Unbonded Bars for Strong Earthquakes (in Japanese), Journal of JSCE, Vol.I-60, No.710, pp.283--296, 2002.7.
• Takahashi, Y., Igarashi, A. and Iemura, H. : Object-Oriented Analysis and Design of Structural Analysis System (in Japanese), Journal of JSCE, Vol. I-57, No.689, pp.301-320, 2001.10.
• Iemura, H., Takahashi, Y., Iwata, S. and Sogabe, N. : Rational Seismic Design for Railway Elevated Bridges using UBRC Members (in Japanese), Proceedings of 26th JSCE Earthquake Engineering Sysmposium, Vol.2, pp.921-924, 2001, Japan.
• Iemura, H., Takahashi, Y. and Sogabe, N. : Unbonded reinforcement for high seismic performance of RC piers, Proceedings of the 13th KKNN Symposium on Civil Engineering, pp. 93-100, 2000.12, Taiwan.
• Iemura, H., Takahashi, Y., Sogabe, N. and Ukai, M. : Development of High Aseismic Performance RC Piers with Unbonded High Strength Bars (in Japanese), Proceedings of 1st Symposium on the Enhancement of Earthquake Performance of Infrastructures Based on Investigation into Fracturing Process, pp.157-162, 2000, Japan.
• Takahashi, Y. and Iemura, H. : Inelastic Seismic Performance of RC Tall Piers with Hollow Section, Proceedings of 12th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, No.1353, 2000.2, New Zealand.
• Kato, T. and Takahashi, Y. : Earthquake Design and Construction of Tall Composite Bridge Piers, Proceedings of 12th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, No.899, 2000.2, New Zealand.
• Nakajima, K., Iemura, H., Takahashi, Y. and Ogawa, K. : Pseudo Dynamic Tests and Implementation of Sliding Bridge Isolators with Vertical Motion, Proceedings of 12th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, No.1365, 2000.2, New Zealand.
• Takahashi, Y., Iemura, H., Ogawa, K., Nakajima, K. and Tamaki, T. : Effects of Vertical Ground Motion to Seismically Isolated Friction Bearing with Hybrid Loading Tests, Proceedings of 7th East Asia-Pacific Conference on Structural Engineering & Construction, pp.824--829, 1999, Japan.
• Iemura, H., Takahashi, Y. and Hirate, H. : Estimation of Earthquake Intensity from the Damage of RC Piers of Viaducts due to the Kobe Earthquake, Proceedings of 7th East Asia-Pacific Conference on Structural Engineering & Construction, pp.710--715, 1999, Japan.
• Iemura, H., Igarashi, A. and Takahashi, Y. : Substructured Hybrid Techniques for Actuator Loading and Shaking Table Tests, Proc. of 1st International Conference on Advances in Structural Engineering and Mechanics, pp.821--826, 1999, Korea.
• Iemura, H., Takahashi, Y., Ogawa, K. and Nakajima, K. : Hybrid Earthquake Loading Tests of a Frictional Base Isolation Bearing with Vertical Motion, Proceedings of International Workshop on Mitigation of Seismic Effects on Transportation Structures, pp.174-183, 1999, Taiwan.
• Iemura, H. , Takahashi, Y. and Chen, Y. : Control of Seismic Energy Partitioning of Bridge Piers with Sliding Rubber Bearing, Proc. of the 2nd World Conference on Structural Control, Vol.2, pp.941--948, 1998, Japan.<--
• Takahashi, Y., Iemura, H., et al.： Seismic Response of RC Bridge with Special Reference to the Effect of Bearings, Proc. of CONSEC '98, Vol.2, pp.867--876, 1998, Norway.-->
• Takahashi, Y., Igarashi, A., and Iemura, H.: Application of Object-Oriented Approach to Earthquake Engineering, Journal of Civil Eng. Information Processing System, Vol.6, pp.271--278, 1997, Japan.
• Fujita, R., Takahashi, Y., and Iemura, H. : Modelling of Structure in Object-Oriented Structural Analysis System (in Japanese), Journal of JSCE Civil Eng. Information Processing System, Vol.6, pp.119-126, 1997, Japan.
• Takahashi, Y., Igarashi, A., and Iemura, H.: Application of Object-Oriented Approach to Earthquake Engineering (in Japanese), Journal of Civil Eng. Information Processing System, Vol.5, pp.123--130, 1996, Japan.
• Iemura, H., Izuno, K., Fujisawa, S., and Takahashi, Y. : Inelastic Earthquake Response of Tall RC Bridge Piers with Hollow Section (in Japanese), Proc. 9th JEES, pp.1483-1488 , 1994, Japan.

Book

• Matsumoto, M., Watanabe, E., Shirato, H., Sugiura, K., Igarashi, A., Utsunomiya, T. and Takahashi, Y. : Structural Mechanics II (in Japanese), Maruzen, 2000.

Patents

• High-Aseismic Reinforced Concrete Pier using Unbonded High Strength Core Members, （Inventors）Hirokazu Iemura and Yoshikazu Takahashi， Japan Patent No.3418726，2003/4/18
• High-Aseismic Reinforced Concrete Pier using Unbonded High Strength Core Members, （Inventors）Hirokazu Iemura and Yoshikazu Takahashi, USA Patent No.6,685,399, 2004/2/3

Prize

• Outstanding Paper on JSCE Journal of Earthquake Engineering, 2004.

Hobby

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