PWRI Web Magazine Editorial Staff
P.R. Managerial Meeting
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General Manager: Dr. Kazunori Wada Representative managers: Mr. Eiji Aoki, Ms.Harumi Moriki, Mr. Toshio Yarimizo, Mr. Masuo Kondo, Mr. Minoru Kikuchi, Mr. Makoto Kimura
Managers: Mr. Yoshiaki Sato, Mr. Takahiro Yamanashi, Mr. Akira Kamakura, Mr. Yoshinori Nonomura, Ms. Yuko Nagaya, Mr. Yuya Kato, Dr. Mamoru Suwa, Mr. Yuji Okayasu, Mr. Hitoshi Umino, Mr. Koji Ishida, Mr. Nobuharu Isago, Mr. Tomoyuki Noro, Mr. Yasushi Josen
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Mr. Atsushi Yoshii, Mr. Wataru Suzuki Representative managers: Mr. Osamu Hatakeyama, Mr. Masahiro Shibata Managers: Mr. Hirofumi Kitsuta, Ms. Yuri Sakai, Ms. Maiko Kawanaka
Editor's Note
The CERI Open House was held on July 3rd and 4th. In this yearly event,
individual research teams display their ingenuity in presenting their research
activities and results. In the auditorium on the first floor of the administrative
building, panels were exhibited to introduce the activities of the entire
Institute. For this year's panel exhibition, panels of photos of Sapporo
City in the early to mid-Showa period were displayed in a change from previous
years' panel exhibitions.
From the photos of those days, I learned for the first time that in the
1950s, snow was removed manually and disposed of using horse sleds. I suppose
there were snow plow machines available in those days as well, but as a
person born in 1963, I thought of the 1950s as fairly recent and the photos
were quite surprising.
This issue of the Web Magazine contains an article about the Eco Car Festival.
The advancement of research on biogas and other alternative fuel sources
is beginning to give variety to automobile fuels in addition to fossil
fuels. In the past, the main roles in civil engineering and construction
projects were played by people and horses. Now construction machinery has
come to take the central role and the next stage may be the use of construction
machinery fueled by biogas generated from animal excreta. After that well,
who knows what the future will bring? However, we intend to continue with
steady research activities while looking ahead to the future to solve problems
we have at present.
(Hirofumi Kitsuta)