CURRICULUM VITAE (as of May 2017)
Director/Professor, Urban Disaster Mitigation Engineering

Kimiro MEGURO, Ph D.

International Center for Urban Safety Engineering (ICUS),
Institute of Industrial Science (IIS),The University of Tokyo (UTokyo), Tokyo, Japan
Office: 4-6-1 Komaba, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 153-8505, Japan.
Tel: + 81-3-5452-6436, Fax: 03-5452-6438;
E-mail: meguro@iis.u-tokyo.ac.jp
Sex: Male
Nationality: Japanese
Date and Place of Birth: September 3, 1962, Fukushima

Dr. Kimiro MEGURO is a Director and Professor of ICUS, established in April 2001 at the Institute of Industrial
Institute (IIS), the University of Tokyo (UTokyo) and a President of Japan Association of Earthquake Engineering(JAEE). After receiving his PhD. degree from UTokyo in 1991, he joined International Center for
Disaster-Mitigation Engineering (INCEDE) as one of the founding members. ICUS is a successor research centerof INCEDE.
Dr. MEGURO has wide range of research field in disaster management and urban safety from structural
to non-structural measures. As a specialist of numerical simulation, he has developed several new models bywhich total behavior of structures and/or materials from a sound state to a complete discrete state can be simulated.
Applying these models, he has been studying dynamic failure behavior of structures that is highly nonlinear andvery difficult to be simulated by conventional models. While in the other field, or as a specialist of non-structural
measures and policy making, he has proposed some important social systems and policies. He has been working
on the human evacuation problems during disaster and he has come out with the idea of a new model in which
evacuation behavior of large number of people having different characteristics and changes of circumstances ofthe evacuation field in case of disaster can be simulated. He is also studying the application of new technologies,
like virtual reality, GIS/RS, and/or ICT to disaster management and urban safety issues, such as evacuation,
fire-fighting drill, risk assessment, disaster information management, and disaster education, etc.
With the expertise in earthquake engineering and disaster management, Dr. Meguro made some usefulcontributions to both national and international research communities and real societies. He has been serving as acore member of many important committees for disaster management under national and local governmental
bodies, private sectors, and academic societies, such as Japan Society for Natural Disaster Science (JSNDS, Vicepresident), Institute of Social Safety Science (ISSS, Vice President), Japan Society of Civil Engineers (JSCE,Committee member), the Japanese Society for Active Fault Studies (JSAF, Director), Japan Society of Risk
Management for Preventive Medicine (JSRMPM, Vice president), Japan Association of Earthquake Engineering(JAEE, President), etc. He has also been a Board Member of the World Seismic Safety Initiative (WSSI), anUndertaking of International Association for Earthquake Engineering (IAEE). By the election in 2014, Dr.
Meguro was chosen as the youngest ever President of the JAEE and he is now serving as Special Advisor ofCabinet Office, Government of Japan.
He has authored and co-authored of 50 books including picture books, comics, and map books, etc. andover 1,350 technical papers including conference papers on general field of disaster management and urban safetywith the emphasis on earthquake disaster management.
As major awards, he has obtained, The Best Paper of the Year by a Young Researcher from Japan
Society of Civil Engineer, JSCE, in 1992, The Cultural Award for Books on Technology and Science from theBusiness & Technology Daily News, in 1993, The Best Book of the Year from JSCE in 1994, and The Best Paperof the Year from ISSS in 2002, The Best Paper of the Year by the Japanese Geotechnical Society in 2006,
Continuing International Contribution Award by JSCE, in 2007，and The Commendation for Science andTechnology by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology in 2010, etc.

CURRICULUM VITAE (Simple version, as of May 2017)
Birth Day:
3rd September, 1962
Position:
Director and Professor of ICUS (International Center for Urban Disaster Engineering), established in April
2001 at the Institute of Industrial Institute (IIS), The University of Tokyo (Utokyo)
Special Advisor, Cabinet Office, Government of Japan
President of Japan Association of Earthquake Engineering (JAEE), Vice President of Institute of Social
Safety Science (ISSS), Vice President of Japan Society for Natural Disaster Science (JSNDR),Vice
President of Japan Society of Risk Management for Preventive Medicine(JSRMPM), Director of theJapanese Society for Active Fault Studies (JSAFS), Board Member of the World Seismic Safety
Initiative (WSSI), etc.
Education:
PhD. degree from the University of Tokyo (Utokyo) in 1991, Master degree (Engineering) from (Utokyo) in
1988, Bachelor degree (Engineering) from Musashi Institute of Technology in 1986
Professional career:
1991: Research Associate, INCEDE (International Center for Disaster-Mitigation Engineering), IIS, UTokyo
ICUS is a successor research center after INCEDE.
1995: Associate Professor, IIS, UTokyo
2004-Present: Professor, IIS, UTokyo
2006-2009: Project Professor, Tokyo Institute of Technology (TIT)
2007-Present: Director, ICUS, IIS, UTokyo
2008-Present: Visiting Professor, The Open University of Japan
2010-Present: Professor, Center for Integrated Disaster Information Research (CIDIR), Interfaculty Initiativein Information Studies, UTokyo
2013-Present: Adjunct Professor, United Nations University
2015-Present: President of Japan Association of Earthquake Engineering (JAEE)
2016-Present: Special Advisor, Cabinet Office, Government of Japan
Field of Research:Disaster management and urban safety from structural to non-structural measures
Numerical simulation（DEM, EDEM, AEM: new models by which total behavior of structures and/ormaterials from a sound state to a complete discrete state can be simulated accurately.）Non-structural measures and policy making (some important social systems and policies, human evacuation
problems during disaster, Study of application of new technologies, like virtual reality and/or GIS/RS todisaster mitigation and urban safety issues, such as evacuation, fire-fighting drill, risk assessment,
education on disaster, etc.)
Social Contribution:
With the expertise in earthquake engineering, Dr. Meguro made some useful contributions to both national
and international research communities and real societies. (Core member of many important committees
for disaster mitigation under national and local governmental bodies and academic societies in Japan,
also a Board Member of the World Seismic Safety Initiative (WSSI), an Undertaking of International
Association for Earthquake Engineering (IAEE))
Publications:
50 books, over 1,350 technical papers including conference papers
Major awards:
The Best Paper of the Year by a Young Researcher from Japan Society of Civil Engineer, JSCE, in 1992,
The Cultural Award for Books on Technology and Science from the Business & Technology Daily News,in 1993,
The Best Book of the Year from JSCE in 1994,
The Best Paper of the Year from the Institute of Social Safety Science in 2002,
The Best Paper of the Year by the Japanese Geotechnical Society in 2006,
Continuing International Contribution Award by JSCE in 2007,
The University Tokyo President’s Award in 2007,
The Commendation for Science and Technology by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science andTechnology in 2010, etc.