2022.2.4
IRIDeS Academia-Industry Collaboration Part 3
IRIDeS Labs for Academia-Industry Collaboration
▷Earthquake Induced Tsunami Risk Evaluation Lab (Tokio Marine and Nichido Fire Insurance)
The lab was co-established by IRIDeS and Tokio Marine and Nichido in 2012. It combines IRIDeS’s academic knowledge of disaster science and Tokio Marine and Nichido’s practical knowledge of earthquake and tsunami risks based on its insurance business, and publishes the results for the public. To date, the lab has been continuously engaged in research on tsunami hazard assessments and tsunami fragility, developing human resources, supporting tsunami evacuation training, and disseminating disaster risk reduction education.
▷Earthquake Disaster Prevention for Urban Areas Lab (OYO Corporation)
The lab was established in 2019 in collaboration with IRIDeS and OYO Corporation. Their research aims at presenting practical disaster prevention and mitigation solutions from the perspectives of geomorphology, geology, seismology, and earthquake engineering for large inland earthquakes directly beneath cities that may occur in the near future.
▷AEON Disaster-Resilient and Environmentally-Friendly City Creation Joint Research Lab
Established in October 2021, the lab aims at creating a safe, secure, and resilient community by developing an environment of greenery that will serve also as a regional center for disaster risk reduction. The lab has three main areas of research: disaster risk reduction, forest design, and countermeasures against infectious diseases.
▷Nippon Koei Resilient City Technology Implementation Joint Research Lab
This research facility will be launched in April 2022. Using various technologies in the field of data science, the lab will develop an interchangeable digital twin model that integrates data-driven, high-density, high-accuracy, and high-speed disaster-related information in cyberspace and real space, aiming to build a model for resilient cities.
