counter: Associate Professor Geotechnical Engineering Group Department of Engineering Mechanics and Energy Graduate School of Systems and Information Engineering University of Tsukuba We study GRANULAR MATERIALS including geomaterials, engineering powders, and polycrystalline solids. We are developping new experimental and simulation techniques to understand and describe the complicated bulk behavior of such materials. Applications to various engineering fields are also our great concern. About Our Group (PDF, in Japanese) [1] Visualization Technique LAT (Laser-Aided Tomography) Micro X-ray CT at SPring-8 [2] Discrete Element simulation [3] Macro simulation (3-1) Strain gradient FEM (3-2) SPH (Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics) Personal history List of publications Geotechnical Engineering group web site (in Japanese) Civil engineering group web site e-mail address: