Model Tests and Numerical Simulations of Liquefaction and Lateral Spreading II: LEAP-ASIA-2019

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Tetsuo TobitaDr. Tetsuo Tobita is a Professor of Civil Engineering at Kansai University Japan. He received his bachelors (1995) and masters (1997) degree in Civil Engineering from Kyoto University Japan. In 2002 he obtained his Ph. D from University of Southern California USA with the dissertation title Energy-based modeling of liquefaction and earthquake site response. From 2002 to 2016 he had been an assistant and associate professor at the Disaster Prevention Research Institute Kyoto University. In April 2016 he moved to Kansai University Osaka Japan. He has over 20 years of experience in the field of Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering. He has active research interests in soil liquefaction earthquake-induced landslides and dynamic soil-structure interaction problems. His expertise extends from dynamic centrifuge modelling to numerical analysis. Koji Ichii Dr. Koji Ichii is a Professor of Societal Safety Sciences at Kansai UniversityJapan. He received his bachelors (1993) and masters (1995) degree in Civil Engineering from Kyoto University Japan. In 2003 he obtained the doctor of Engineering from Kyoto University of with the dissertation title Application of performance-based seismic design concept for caisson-type quay walls. In 1995 he started his career in earthquake engineering as a researcher at the Port and Harbour Research Institute Ministry of Transport Japan. He moved to Hiroshima University as an associate professor in 2005 and joined the Faculty of Societal Safety Sciences Kansai University as an professor in 2017. He has been working on not only engineering issues such as seismic design and maintenance of structures but also educational issues such as how to tell children about disasters by using picture books and kids songs.   Kyohei Ueda Dr. Kyohei Ueda is an Associate Professor at the Disaster Prevention Research Institute (DPRI) Kyoto University Japan. He received his bachelor's (2005) and master's (2007) degrees in Civil Engineering from Kyoto University. In 2010 he obtained his Ph.D. from Kyoto University with a dissertation titled Finite Strain Formulation of a Strain Space Multiple Mechanism Model for Granular Materials and Its Application. After working as a researcher at the Port and Airport Research Institute (2010-2011) and the Railway Technical Research Institute (2012-2014) he joined the DPRI as an assistant professor in 2015 and was promoted to associate professor in 2022. His research interests include geotechnical earthquake engineering and soil dynamics and he has been studying subjects concerning numerical and centrifuge modeling on the complex seismic behavior (e.g. liquefaction) of soil-structure systems.