Doctoral students are required to undergo mid-term evaluations towards the end of first and second year of their program. Now is a period for evaluation for the D1 and D2 students enrolled in October. Evaluation presentations are public, so please join some of the presentations if you want to learn from your seniors. Schedule is updated regularly.

July 13 (Monday)

TILINTI Birhanu Zeleke (D1 / HES) Date&Time: 13 Jul 2026, 10:30-11:15 Room: A101 Title: Integrating Functional Foods with Human Environmental Systems: Nutritional Strategies for Enhancing Thermoregulatory Responses to Improve Thermal Comfort

July 21 (Tuesday)

XU Yulin (D2 / SRE) Date&Time: 21 Jul 2026, 13:00-14:00 Room: D103 Title: Developing an Explainable AI Architecture for Geological and Excavation Risk Assessment in Underground Mining

July 27 (Monday)

HO XUAN NGOC CHAU (D2 / MSPE) Date&Time: 27 Jul 2026, 9:45-10:30 Room: A5-66 Title: Influence of crosslinking structure on mechanical and fatigue behavior of epoxy resin

August 3 (Monday)

AZMI ALVIAN GABRIEL (D2 / MSE) Date&Time: 3 Aug 2026, 13:00-14:00 Room: MC527 Title: Transparent starch/CMC/ZnO hydrocolloid films with tunable UV shielding, migration safety, and structure–property trade-offs

August 4 (Tuesday)

	XU Qi (D2 / HES) Date&Time: 4 Aug 2026, 8:30-9:15 Room: Title: Amine-Promoted Carbonation of biomass fly ash: Influence of Key Parameters and Mechanistic Insights
	LUO Long (D1 / HES) Date&Time: 4 Aug 2026, 9:15-10:00 Room: A101 Title: Multiscale Analysis of Amine-Mediated CO2 Fixation Mechanisms at C-S-H Interfaces
	THUONG BAO MINH (D1 / MSPE) Date&Time: 4 Aug 2026, 11:30-11:55 Room: A6-63 Title: Investigation of the impacts of radiation and Soret effect on ammonia-air flame propagation using numerical simulations

August 10 (Monday)

	PHAM Hai Viet (D2 / MSE) Date&Time: 10 Aug 2026, 10:00-10:50 Room: MC527 Title: In-situ cathode electrolyte interphase and active site engineering on Ca2Mn3O8 as OER/ORR catalyst for stable Zinc-air battery
	Rakhi (D1 / MSE) Date&Time: 10 Aug 2026, 10:50-11:40 Room: MC527 Title: Synthesis of Cu64O nanoparticles Conductive Paste for Advanced Power Semiconductor Applications

August 21 (Friday)

AHMED ABD ALRAHEEM SULIMAN ESSA (D2 / EE) Date&Time: 21 Aug 2026, 11:30-12:15 Room: A456 Title: Oxyfuel combustion of MSW in a vertical type waste incinerator for carbon capture and utilization

August 31 (Monday)

BULATHGAMAYALAGE Uthpala Kaushalya (D2 / EE) Date&Time: 31 Aug 2026, 13:00-14:15 Room: A1-02 Title: Investigating Bacterial Attachment and Removal Mechanism in Activated Sludge

September 1 (Tuesday)

	AMIR UBAIDAH BIN MOHD ZUKI (D2 / SRE) Date&Time: 1 Sep 2026, 10:30-12:00 Room: A456 Title: Evaluation of Water Weakening and Carbon Storage in Carbonate Reservoirs Using Geochemical Modeling
	CHEN Yuru (D2 / SRE) Date&Time: 1 Sep 2026, 13:00-14:30 Room: A4-56 Title: Investigation of Multispecies MICP Systems under Vacuum and Microgravity for Space Construction Applications

September 7 (Monday)

YOUSUF Muhammad (D1 / EE) Date&Time: 7 Sep 2026, 9:00-10:00 Room: A102 Title: Integration of AnMBR and Membrane Contactor for Biogas Production and Recovery of Multi-nutrient (Ammonia, Phosphorus and Potassium) from Cow Manure.

September 15 (Tuesday)

SCHEIDLER Barnabas (D1 / HMSD) Date&Time: 15 Sep 2026, 9:45-10:45 Room: A5-66 Title: Generative Design Composite Parts Manufacturing with Electrostatic Fiber Alignment and Electrodeposition

September 17 (Thursday)

NITHIMETHAPORN Nicharin (D2 / FEE) Date&Time: 17 Sep 2026, 10:00-11:00 Room: A4-04 Title: Vibrational Energy Harvesting in Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems Integrated with Sacrificial Anode Metal Sheets for Detecting Steel Corrosion in Concrete

September 25 (Friday)

SHI Daquan (D1 / SRE) Date&Time: 25 Sep 2026, 10:30-12:00 Room: A5-56 Title: Synthesis and Thermodynamic Modeling of K-A-S-H Gel

September 28 (Monday)

PANDUM Jeero (D2 / FEE) Date&Time: 28 Sep 2026, 11:00-12:00 Room: A4-04 Title: Application of the Impact-Echo Method with AI for Integrity Assessment of Conventional and 3D-Printed Concrete

September 29 (Tuesday)

	SIRINAKSOMBOON KITTIKHUN (D1 / HMSD) Date&Time: 29 Sep 2026, 9:00-10:00 Room: A5-59 Title: Proposal for Improving Intrinsic Parameter Calibration by Using Surface-Aware Factors
	Irish Sultan TAMBIS (D1 / SRE) Date&Time: 29 Sep 2026, 10:00-10:30 Room: Online Title: Optimal Performance of FA-GGBFS Geopolymer as Repair Material for Concrete Substrate based on Interfacial Interaction
	TIAN Zhonglin (D1 / SRE) Date&Time: 29 Sep 2026, 10:30-11:30 Room: Online Title: Comparative Effects of Calcite and Vaterite Powders on Hydration, Microstructure, and Performance of Blast-Furnace Slag Blended Cement
	CHEN Yiyang (D1 / SRE) Date&Time: 29 Sep 2026, 13:00-14:30 Room: 資源棟リフレッシュラウンジ Title: Development of a Hybrid Continuum–Discontinuum Rock Simulation Method Based on a 3D Advanced Joint Constitutive Model

To be announced

	DUHA Ali Falah Al-Mallahi (D2 / HMSD) Date&Time: Room: Title:
	ZHANG Mingquan (D2 / HMSD) Date&Time: Room: Title:
	RIO OCTOVINARY PRAMANAGARA (D2 / EES) Date&Time: Room: Title:
	ALI SYED AGHA SHAH (D1 / FEE) Date&Time: Room: Title:
	GOUDARZI Hamed (D1 / HES) Date&Time: Room: Title:

Written by: Kenji Satoh

Events / Reports /  25.05.2026