41st ISRM Online Lecture

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The 41st ISRM Online Lecture, broadcast 23 March 2023, is “Monitoring rock displacements using satellite technology” by Professor Norikazu Shimizu.

The lecture can be viewed on the ISRM website.


About the speaker

Dr. Norikazu Shimizu is an Emeritus Professor of Yamaguchi University, Japan, and is currently working for the Organization for Research and Development of Innovative Science and Technology, Kansai University, as a Specially Appointed Professor. He started his academic career in the Department of Civil Engineering at Kobe University in 1981. He joined Yamaguchi University as an Associate Professor in 1992 and was appointed as a Full Professor of Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering in 2000. He retired from Yamaguchi University in 2021.

Professor Shimizu served as a Vice President at Large of the International Society for Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering (ISRM) from 2015-2019. He was President of the Japan Society for Rock Mechanics and Chair of the Committee of Rock Mechanics in the Japan Society of Civil Engineers from 2011-2013.

Professor Shimizu has received various awards for his contributions to academia and society from the Japanese government: the Japan Prime Minister’s Prize for Distinguished Contributor to Disaster Prevention, the Space Development and Utilization Grand Prize by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, and the Award of Contribution to Regional Educational Administration from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology. He was also awarded the Meritorious Contribution Award from the Japan Society of Civil Engineers, and Distinguished Paper Award, Technical Development Award, etc. from several academic and professional societies. He was chosen to be an honorary member of the Geotechnical Society of Bosnia and Herzegovina for his contribution to the society.

His research topics are “Development of rock displacement monitoring system using satellite technology and its practical uses”, “Numerical analyses and field measurements for assessment of the rock stability of slopes, tunnels, underground large caverns and dams”, and “Underground space design using human sensibility”. In 2014, he published the ISRM Suggested Method for Monitoring Rock Displacements Using GPS. He has conducted collaborative research with several countries. More than 350 of his scientific and technical papers have been published in international and domestic journals and conference proceedings. He has delivered about 45 keynote addresses and special lectures at international conferences, foreign universities, and research institutes.

The lecture will remain online so that those unable to attend at this time will be able to do it later. As usual, the attendees will be able to ask questions to the lecturer by e-mail during the subsequent five days. All online lectures are available from this page.