Department of Earth Science and Technology

  In order to turn out capable engineers for developing mineral and energy resources and utilizing underground space, the department aims to provide students with quality education and research in the following fields: 1) exploration of mineral and energy resources, 2) exploitation and transportation of underground resources, 3) underground environments, 4) utilization of underground space, and 5) prevention measures for disasters caused by earthquakes, landslides and volcanic eruption. Furthermore, the department aims to create sophisticated engineers who can work internationally in the survey and development of natural resources that exist unevenly throughout the earth, and who can join in mining projects with international collaboration.

  The research organization of the department has two divisions called Applied Earth Science and Geo-Engineering in order to achieve the above-mentioned objects.

  The Division of Applied Earth Science focuses on fundamental earth science and its applications in such areas as exploration of mineral and energy resources, environmental issues, and prevention of natural disasters.

  The Division of Geo-Engineering covers the fields of Water Resource and Environmental Engineering, Engineering Rock Mechanics, Petroleum and Geothermal Engineering, and Resource System Engineering.

Division	Applied Earth Sciences
Field of Instruction and Research	Quality	Faculty Member	Instruction Subject
Energy Geology	Stratigraphy, Sedimentology, Micropaleontology, Historical Geology and Paleoenvironments as a basis for the Genesis, and Exploration of Energy resources such as Petroleum, Coal and Natural Gas	Prof. Tokiyuki Sato	Advanced Energy Geology
		Associate Prof. Makoto Yamasaki	Applied Micropaleontology
Quaternary Geology	Quaternary and Environmental Geology, especially based on Sedimentology, Tephrochronology, and Geomorphology		Advanced Quaternary Science
Sedimentology	Modes of sediment transportation and formations of sedimentary eayer	Prof. Takashi Uchida	Applied Sedimentology
Economic Geology	Geological and physicochemical approaches to Ore Genesis, especially on Igneous Activities, Hydrothermal Processes and Mineralization,and on Methodology of Mineral Exploration	Prof. Akira Imai	Advanced Economic Geology
			Resource Mineralogy
Petrology	Petrogenesis and Isotopic Age Determination on Plutonic and Volcanic Rocks in Orogenic Belts and other continental regions, and Disaster Prevention Geology based on the Petrological point of view	Prof. Tsukasa Ohda	Advanced Petrology II
		Associate Prof. Masatsugu Yamamoto	Advanced Petrology I
		Lecturer Hideki Murakami	Advanced Mineralogy of Rock-forming Minerals
			Applied Geology
Applied Geophysics	Theoretical and observational research for the Geological and other Subsurface Interpretation by processing Geophysical Data such as Seismic Waves and Electromagnetic and Gravity Fields	Prof. Tadashi Nishitani *2	Advanced Applied Geophysics I
			Advanced Applied Geophysics III
		Associate Prof. Tomoki Tsutsui	Advanced Applied Geophysics II
Stratigraphy and Volcanic Stratigraphy	Stratigraphy of the Cenozoic Volcanic Sequences in the northeast Honshu arc, Japan, and Tectonics of the Earth's Crust		Advanced Structural Geology I
		Lecturer Osamu Nishikawa	Advanced Structural Geology II
			Green-tuff Geology
Geothermal Geology	Geological and Geochemical Applications to Geothermal Resource Exploration and Genesis, especially based on Alteration Mineralogy, Age Determination and Remote Sensing		Geothermal Geology
Geochemistry	Circulation of Geochemical Materials through the Surface and Interior of the Earth, especially Water and Gas Circulation based on Isotopic Analyses	Prof. Daizo Ishiyama	Advanced Geochemistry I
		Associate Prof. Tohru Sugawara	Advanced Geochemistry II
		Associate Prof. Yasumasa Ogawa	Advanced Geochemistry III

Division	Geo-Engineering
Field of Instruction and Research	Quality	Faculty Member	Instruction Subject
Water Resources and Environmental Engineering	Studies on Advanced Water Resources and Waste Water Treatment	Prof. Takaho Otomo *1	Advanced Waste Water Treatment
Engineering Rock Mechanics	Basics and Application of Rock Mechanics for Excavation	Prof. Fumio Sugimoto *1	Advanced Rock Engineering
			Numerical Analysis for Resource Development
		Prof. Tadao Imai	Mechanics for Geological Disasters
Petroleum and Geothermal Engineering	Theoretical and Applied Studies on the Development of Fluid Energy Resources, such as Petroleum, Natural Gas, Geothermal and Ground Water	Prof. Hikari Fujii	Advanced Reservoir Engineering
			Advanced Geothermal Engineering
Resource Systems Engineering	Transportation Technology and Systems Engineering for Mineral Resources		Transportation Technology in Mine Design
			Advanced Design Engineering of Systems for Mineral Transportation
			Advanced Prospect Technology of Mineral Resources

*1 This professor will retire by mandatory retirement regulation in March 2015.
*2 This professor will retire by mandatory retirement regulation in March 2016.