Prof. Hitoshi Tanaka

Tohoku University

Professor

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About

Prof. Hitoshi Tanaka finished his PhD study at Tohoku University, Japan in 1984. After job experience in other universities such as Utsunomiya University (Japan) and Asian Institute of Technology (Bangkok, Thailand), he was promoted to a full-professor of Tohoku University in 1996. He was a visiting researcher at ISVA (Institute of Hydrodynamics and Hydraulic Engineering), Technical University of Denmark in 1996. His main research interest lies in fluid mechanics such as turbulent wave boundary layers, related sediment movement and also resulting morpho-dynamics in costal and estuarine environments. His study sites are not confined in Japan, but covering various countries worldwide such as Vietnam, Thailand, Korea, Indonesia, Oman and Bolivia etc. He served as a chairman of IAHR-APD (Asian and Pacific Division, International Association for Hydro-Environment Engineering and Research) from 2011 to 2014, and also as a council member of IAHR from 2013 to 2017. In addition, he was a vice-president of JSCE (Japan Society of Civil Engineers) from 2015 to 2017.

Career Type:

Scientist/Researcher/Academic

Organization Type:

Universities and Academia

Expertise Fields/Interests:

Coastal Engineering, Hydraulic Engineering, Environmetal Hydraulics

Major Achievements:

Technical Committees

Committee Name
Committee on Coastal and Maritime Hydraulics
Committee on Fluvial Hydraulics
Committee on Fluid Mechanics
Committee on Experimental Methods and Instrumentation

IAHR Position

Committee Name	Position	Start Date	End Date
JAWER Editorial Board	Editorial Board member	2020-04-01	Now
Japan Chapter	Chair	2019-01-01	Now
JHER Editorial	Associate Editors	2018-01-01	Now
IAHR Council	Member	2015-08-01	2017-08-31
Asia & Pacific Regional Team	Past Chair	2015-01-01	2019-01-01
IAHR Council	Member	2013-10-01	2015-08-01
Japan	Vice Chair	2011-07-07	2018-12-31
Committee on Coastal and Maritime Hydraulics	Member	2008-01-01	2020-07-06

My Papers and Presentations

Title	Year
Necessity of Using a Wave Friction Factor in Tsunami Numerical Simulation	2020
Numerical Simulation of Hydrodynamic and Sediment Transport at Cua Lo Inlet, Quang NAM Province, Vietnam	2020
Evaluation of Longshore Sediment Transport Rate Along the Thu Bon River Delta Coastlines in Viet Nam	2017
Morphological Evolution of Beach Adjacent to the River Mouth After the 2011 Tsunami	2015
Behavior of Coastal and Estuarine Morphology on Sendai Coast After the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake Tsunami	2014
Breaching Mechanism Analysys of Coastal Levees HIT by 2011 Tsunami	2014
Investigation of Erosion Mechanism on Nha Trang Coast, Vietnam	2014
Investigation of Tsunami Overtopping a Coastal Embankment	2014
Seasonal Evolution of Shoreline Changes in Nha Trang Bay, Vietnam	2014
Study on Hydrodynamics of Nha Trang Bay by Using FVCOM Model	2014
Study on Water Quality and Hydrodynamic in Westlake, Hanoi by Using Mathematical Model and Field Investigations	2014
Tsunami Mitigation by Using a Shore-Parallel Canal and Coastal Embankment	2014
A Study on Factors Related to Long-Term Environmental Changes in Lake Jusan	2013
Dam Break Wave Simulation Using the Simultaneous Coupling Method	2013
Effectiveness of a Shore-Parallel Canal to Reduce Tsunami Impact	2013
On the Shoreline and River Mouth Morphology Changes Around Samegawa River Following the Great East Japan Tsunami of 2011	2013
Applicability of New Generation System for Solitary Wave Boundary Layer	2011
Field Measurement and Numerical Studies on the Tsunami Propagation into Upstream of Rivers	2011
Bottom Boundary Layer Beneath Long Waves	2010
Laboratory Study on Storm Impacts to a Sandy Beach	2010
Motion of Salt Water in Iwaki River Mouth	2010
Proposal of Generation Method of Bottom Boundary Layer Under Solitary Wave	2010
Mid-Layer Intrusion Simulation in Nagatsura-Ura Lagoon	2007
Laboratory Study of Sand BAR Development at a River Entrance	2005
Effectiveness of Jetty Construction at the Shiribetsu River Mouth, Japan	2004
Impact of Port Construction on Coastal and River Mouth Morphology – a Case Study at Sendai Port	2004
Use of Water Level Variation for Estimating Water Depth at a River Entrance	2004
A Study on Internal Seiche in Lake Inawashiro	2001
Study on Grid Dependence of Numerical Simulation for Circular Pipe Flow Using Low-Reynolds Number K-Ε Model	2001
Topographically Induced Upwelling of the Kuroshio and Its Effect, Northeast Japan	2001

My Videos

Title	Year
Hitoshi Tanaka - Beach erosion in Japan: past, present and future	2021

IAHR Awards

IAHR Awards	Date