Susumu Kono

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Susumu (Sam) Kono

Professor

Structural engineeringReinforced Concrete structures

Biography

He received his Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from the University of Illinois in 1995. After teaching at Toyohashi University of Technology and Kyoto University, he started to serve at Tokyo Institute of
Technology since 2012.

Expectations for WRHI

Collecting the state of the art information in the research area of interest through his/her network, in addition to the intimate collaboration with world famous researchers.

Research Projects

  • Damage assessment of reinforced concrete structures

  • Development of high performance concrete structures

  • Seismic performance of concrete piles

  • Structural design of RC structures based on post-earthquake damage assessment

  • Super-light slab system using glue laminated timber

1996 - 1998

Assist. Prof., Toyohashi U. of Tech
1998 - 2002

Assist. Prof., Kyoto University
2002 - 2012

Associate Prof., Kyoto University
2012 - 2016

Profesor, MSL, Tokyo Inst. of Technology
2016 -

Profesor, IIR, Tokyo Inst. of Technology
2018

Kono S., Kuwabara R., K.F., Yuniarsyia E., Watanabe H., Mukai T., Mukai D.: Development of Resilient Reinforced Concrete Building Structural System, Proceedings of the Houston International Furom: Concrete Structures in Earthquake, July 1-3, 2018, Univ of Houston, USA, pp. Paper ID #6. 2018.

Kono S., Setiawan J., Obara T., Del Zoppo M., Watanabe H., Mukai D.: Seismic Performance of RC Beams Focusing On Failure Mode And Crack Evaluation, Proceedings of the Eleventh US National Conference on Earthquake Engineering, June 25-29, 2018, Los Angeles, USA, pp. Paper ID #1386. 2018.

Thusoo S., Tanaka H., Otaki T., Kono S., Watanabe H., Hayakawa T., Hirade T., Mukai T., Mukai D.: Analysis of Bending Behavior of Hollow Precast Steel Encased Concrete Piles Using Fiber Based Models, Proceedings of the Eleventh US National Conference on Earthquake Engineering, June 25-29, 2018, Los Angeles, USA, pp. Paper ID #394. 2018.

Netrattana C., Taleb R., Watanabe H., Kono S., Mukai D., Mukai T.: Numerical Evaluation of Ultimate Drift Capacity of Slender Reinforced Concrete Walls, Proceedings of the Eleventh US National Conference on Earthquake Engineering, June 25-29, 2018, Los Angeles, USA, pp. Paper ID #414. 2018.

Kono S., Kuwabara R., Kitamura F., Yuniarsyia E., Watanabe H., Mukai T., Mukai D.: Development of Resilient Reinforced Concrete Building Structural System, Proceedings of the Sixteenth European Conference on Earthquake Engineering, June 18-21, 2018, Thessaloniki, Greece, pp. Paper ID #10852. 2018.

Kono S., Kuwabara R., Kitamura F., Yuniarsyia E., Watanabe H., Mukai T., Mukai D.: Japanese Research Effort on Resilient Reinforced Concrete Buildings, Lecture at the Dept of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Univ of Washington, Seattle, July 6th, 2018.

Kono S., Kuwabara R., Kitamura F., Yuniarsyia E., Watanabe H., Mukai T., Mukai D.: What is Resilient Reinforced Concrete Buildings? – Some efforts in Japan -, Lecture at “Analysis and Design of Structures”, Postgraduate course of studies, National Technical University of Athens, June 15th, 2018.