Prof. Dr. Fawu Wang

Topic of the Presentation:

Rapid and long runout landslides triggered by different liquefaction mechanisms

About Speaker:

Fawu Wang is a Professor at the college of Civil Engineering at Tongji University. He is chairholder of UNESCO Chair on Geoenvironmental Disaster Reduction, professor on geo-disaster reduction in School of Civil Engineering, Tongji University, China and Emeritus Professor of Shimane University, Japan. Prior to joining Tongji University in 2020, he has studied and worked in Disaster Prevention Research Institute of Kyoto University in Japan for more than 10 years, in Kanazawa University for 4 years, and in Shimane University for 10 years. He has been working on challenging problems in landslides, such as the mechanism of rapid and long runout landslides, the transformation mechanism from landsliding to flow-sliding, motion prediction of landslides, motion behavior of submarine landslides, and landslides triggered by earthquakes, heavy rainfall, and water impoundment. His primary research interests are to clarify the common mechanisms of landslides initiated by different triggers, and to find a way to predict the occurrence and motion of landslides, for the purpose of landslide disaster mitigation. Besides the teaching and research activities, he is also working as the President of the International Consortium on Geo-disaster Reduction (ICGDR) Life Membership Since 2013 Prof. Fawu Wang Tongji University, China.

Roles related to the Geo-disaster Reduction:

  • President, International Consortium on Geo-disaster Reduction
  • Chairholder, UNESCO Chair on Geoenvironmental Disaster Reduction
  • Professor Emeritus, Shimane University, Japan
  • Foreign Fellow, THE ENGIEERNIG ACADEMY OF JAPAN
  • Editor-in-Chief, Geoenvironmental Disasters

Keywords of his research: Mechanism of rapid and long runout landslides; • Landslides triggered by earthquakes, heavy rainfall, and water impoundment