KAWABE INFORMATION

1. Full name (family, first);

Kawabe Shinji

2. Date and place of birth;

1960/--/--, Nagoya-city, Japan

3. Present address;

Office; N.I.T. gokiso-chou, shouwa-ku, Nagoya-city, 466-8555, Japan

e-mail; kawabe@archi.ace.nitech.ac.jp

4. Affiliation, title and degree;

Associate Professor, Department of Architecture,

Department of Environmental Technology and urban planning

Nagoya Institute of Technology,

Dr.of Engineering

5. Short scientific biography;

-1992 Associate Professor, Department of Architecture,

Nagoya Institute of Technology

1992-1986 Researcher, Central laboratory of R and D, INAX Corporation

6. Education

1987-1990 Dr.Eng. Nagoya Institute of Technology

(Thermal Expansion and Creep of Concrete under Multi-Axial Constant Load)

1984-1986 M.Eng. Nagoya Institute of Technology

(Thermal Expansion of Concrete under Multi-Axial Constant Load)

1980-1984 B.Eng. Nagoya Institute of Technology

(Measurement Method for Strain of Concrete under Multi-Axial Stress Condition)

7. Awards

1999 Awards for Researchers /Japan Concrete Institute

1999 Awards for Researchers /Japan Cement Association

1997 Awards for Promising Researchers /Japan Society for Finishings Technology

1996 Awards for Promising Researchers /All Japan Ceramic Tile Society

1991 Awards for Promising Researchers /Architectural Institute of Japan

8. Main scientific publications (to a maximum of five)

1.Effect of Water Content on Expansion and Creep of Concrete under Multi-axial Stress,

Concrete under sever Condition, Vol.2, E&FN SPON, pp.1543-1552, 1995.7

2.Thermal Expansion and Creep of High Strength Concrete under Multi-axial Stress Condition

International Conference on Urban Engineering in Asian Cities in the 21st Century, pp.d75-d80,Bangkok, 1996.11.6

3.The Thermal Expansion of Plain Concrete under Constant Biaxial stress,

Japan Concrete Institute Proceeding, Japan, pp.293-300, 1984.6

4.The Development of Architectural Precast concrete Retaining Wall,

Congress on Concrete in the Service of Mankind, Dandee, pp.305-311, 1996.6

5.Time and Cost Study on Foundation Work with Precast Concrete Members for Detached Housing,

Prefabrication Facing the New Century, Helsinki, pp.42-45, 1997.10

9. Subject of research work;

1. Characteristics of concrete.

(Creep of concrete, strength of light weight concrete after heating and so on)

2. Interface between different materials.

(Adhesion between concrete and mortar, mortar and stone,concrete and ceramic tile and so on)

3. Texture of concrete surface.

4. Absorption characteristics of electromagnetic wave in ferrite mortar.

10. Knowledge of foreign languages;

English

2001