Seminar – Coastal Hazards and Energy System Science (CHESS) Lab

Invited special lecture by Dr Pierre

We will have a special lecture by Dr. Pierre De Wit, Associate Professor at the Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Gothenburg, Sweden. He is an internationally recognized researcher in marine evolutionary biology, population genomics, and climate-driven adaptation of…
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International symposium on tidal power in the Seto Inland Sea

We have completed the international symposium successfully with the field trip to the optimal tidal current power generation sites in the Seto Inland Sea. Thanks all for joining the symposium. Date: Nov 18-19, 2025 Venue: MIRAI Crea at Hiroshima University

The Best Idea Award

The Best Idea Award! Many congratulations! It was awarded to Remmouche Samy for my participation in the TICAD9 Side Event organized by JICA. This event, titled “The Future of Cities in Africa from the Perspective of Youth,” that was held on…
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International Symposium on Tidal Current Power in the Seto Inland Sea, Japan

Date: 2025/11/18 Time: 1:00 pm – 6:00 pm Venue: MIRAI CREA (multi-purpose space), Hiroshima University Online: registration required Language: English (Japanese real-time translation provided) Contact: Dr. Jae-Soon Jeong / jeongjs@hiroshima-u.ac.jp Program (18 Nov., 1:00 pm – 6:00 pm): Second day (19 Nov.) – Field trip (from…
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SmaSo interim poster presentations

Three students successfully made the poster presentation for the interim evaluation under the SmaSo program. Morhaf Aljber, Muon Ratheany, and Seiha Khan.

A special seminar with an invited speaker

We have a special seminar with invited speakers from the University of Gothenburg (UoG), Sweden, and from the National Fishery Institute, Japan. Date: 2nd October 2025 Time: 10:00-12:00 Invited speaker: Associate Prof. Jonathan Roques from UoG, and Dr Ohara from…
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Special seminar by visiting scholar

IDEC Seminar series #93 and PHIS Seminar series #44. We have a visiting scholar from Inha University, Korea, and he will make a special talk at the seminar. “Surface drifter dynamics and monitoring potential in the Han River estuary” Speaker:…
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Visitors: Kyungil University from S. Korea

About 30 students and two professors from Kyungil University in South Korea visited the CHESS lab and Hiroshima University. They introduced their up-to-date research activities on disaster prevention and countermeasures using sensing technology and AI.

A wrap-up lab dinner

We had a laboratory dinner to wrap up the second semester of 2024. We have achieved an excellent research performance in 2024!

CHESS lab: Warp-up seminar

The wrap-up seminar of the CHESS lab will be held as below. All members will make a presentation on their significant research progress. Date and Time: 10:00-17:00, February 1st in 2025 Venue: MIRAI CRIE small conf. room