Prof. Shinji EGASHIRA

DEGREES
1973: M. S., Graduate School of Kyoto University: Basic study on turbidity currents
1980: Dr. Eng., Kyoto University: Basic study on flow and mixing structure of density stratified fields

WORK EXPERIENCE
1973-1982: Research Associate of Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Kyoto University
1982-1994: Associate Professor of Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Kyoto University
1990(Mar.-Oct.): Guest Professor, St Anthony Fall Hydraulic Laboratory, University of Minnesota
1994-2007(Mar): Professor of Ritsumeikan University, Dept. Civil and Environmental Systems Engineering
2007(Apr.)-Present: Head Manager of Engineers, NEWJEC Inc.

RESEARCH TOPICS
1. Density stratified flows and related problems.
2. Sediment yield and runoff process.
3. Mechanics of sediment transportation (bed-load to debris flow).
4. Mechanics of river morphology and change.
5. Prediction and mitigation for water- and sediment- induced disasters.

ACTIVITIES IN PROFESIONAL SOCIETIES
1988-2007: Hydraulic Committee of JSCE (Japanese Society of Civil Engineers)
1992-1994: Chairman of Environmental Hydraulics Division
1991-Present: Associate Editor for Journal of Hydro-science and Hydraulic Engineering (JSCE)
1999-2001: Secretary General of Hydraulic Committee
2002-2004: Editor for Journal of Hydraulic, Coastal and Environmental Engineering (JSCE)
1997-Present: International Advisory Committee for Debris Flow Hazard Mitigation
Often: Temporal Organizing and Science Committee such as IAHR Symposium on River, Coastal and Estuarine Morphodynamics

AWARDS

1999: Paper Prize (Japanese Society of Sediment and Erosion Control).

LAST PUBLICATIONS WRITTEN IN ENGLISH (More than 55 in the last 10 years):
Shinji Egashira, Takahiro Itoh, Katsuya Horie and Naoshi Nishimoto: A method to predict sediment transport process in drainage basins with dams, River, Coastal and Estuarine Morphodynamics: RCEM 2007, Taylor & Francis Group, London, pp. 1193-1201, Sept. 2007.
Takahiro Itoh and Shinji Egashira: Critical condition of sediment entrainment by sediment-water mixture flow, River, Coastal and Estuarine Morphodynamics: RCEM 2007, Taylor & Francis Group, London, pp. 519- 526, Sept. 2007.
Shinji Egashira: Review of research related to sediment disaster mitigation, Journal of disaster research, Vol. 2, No. 1, pp. 11-18, 2007. 
Itoh, T., S. Egashira and Osti, R.: Sediment control function of close type check dam focusing on sediment runoff volume, Proceedings of the International Symposium on Hydraulic Structures, IAHR Symposium, 12-13 October, Ciudad Guayana, Venezuela, CD-ROM: 54-ATO-I3136.pdf, 2006.
Egashira, S., K. Horie, T. Itoh and N. Nishimoto: Influence of dam reservoir on sediment runoff and river bed variation corresponding to a plan size rainfall, Proceedings of the 6th Japan-Taiwan Joint Seminar on Natural Hazard Mitigation, 9-11 October, Kyodai Kaikan, Kyoto, Japan, CD-ROM: SESSION D, paper_egashira.pdf, 2006. 
Xuan Loc Luu, Shinji Egashira and Hiroshi Takebayashi: Study on river change and sediment transportation of Tan Chau reach in lower Mekong River, Proceedings of International Conference on Fluvial Hydraulics, River Flow, Sep. 2006, Lisbon, Portugal, pp. 1319-1327, 2006.
Xuan Loc Luu, Shinji Egashira and Hiroshi Takebayashi: A new treatment of exchange layer thickness to evaluate sediment sorting and armoring, Journal of Applied Mechanics, Vol. 9. pp.1025-1030, 2006.