Part-time Researcher Nozomu Kuroda received the FY2024 Japan Society of Civil Engineers (JSCE) Paper Encouragement Award.

Congratulations to Nozomu Kuroda, Part-time Researcher at the Research Center for Climate change Adaptation Strategy, Disaster Prevention Research Institute (DPRI), Kyoto University was a recipient of the 2024 Encouragement Award for Papers presented by the Japan Society of Civil Engineers (JSCE).

This award recognizes the importance of the paper that served as the basis for Researcher Kuroda’s doctoral thesis. See below for details.

The award is in recognition of Mr. Kuroda’s doctoral thesis.

Details of the award are given below:

Recipient: Nozomu Kuroda, Part-time Researcher

Name of Award: 2024 JSCE Encouragement Award for Papers

Winning Paper: 「平成30年7月豪雨後の産業部門における売上回復過程の統計分析」”Statistical Analysis of the Sales Recovery Process in the Industrial Sector after the July 2018 Heavy Rains” [JSCE Transactions B1

Published in the Journal of Japan Society of Civil Engineers, Ser. B1 (Hydraulic Engineering) 土木学会論文集B1（水工学）Vol.78, No.1, pp.48-62, 2022.］ Vol. 78, No. 1, pp. 48-62, 2022.]

Date of Award: 13 June 2025

About JSCE Encouragement Award for Paper

The award recipients are young researchers (under 40 years of age as of 1 April) who have published papers in the Journal of the Japan Society of Civil Engineers, Transactions of the Japan Society of Civil Engineers, or other JSCE publications on research areas such as planning, design, construction, invention, maintenance, etc.

The research work should also should be recognized by their peers as contributing to the academic and technological advancement and development of civil engineering, and as being exceptional quality in originality and benefit to the field. In addition, the award recipient must be the sole/lead author of the paper.

• List of 2024 Japan Society of Civil Engineers Award Winners [Japan Society of Civil Engineers]