A Japanese expert from a non-profit organization called “Community Road Empowerment (CORE)” visited the project site in Jinka, southern Ethiopia in December 2023 and March 2024. He had meetings with local engineers and local residents to propose how to implement low-volume road construction in the areas with black cotton soil, […]
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On Thursday, February 8, 2024, Dr. Dereje Engida, the President of Addis Ababa Science and Technology University (AASTU) which is one of the counterpart institutions of SATREPS-MNGD project visited Kyoto University with the following five scholars from Ethiopia. The visit was arranged through the invitation by JICA Ethiopia Office, At […]
We interviewed Dr. Iwai (Associate Professor, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University), who supervised the experiments for the MNGD Program FY2023 short-term training program.
The daily life at AASTU was comprised of two main elements: insufficient supplies and delayed meals. The examination equipment was far from adequate, and even the existing items were not organized at all. The campus cafeteria was excessively crowded, and ordered meals or coffee would not arrive even after 30 […]
A donkey cart was brought in to set up a “full-scale driving test site” on the campus of Jinka University. We can only imagine what the donkeys we encountered throughout Ethiopia were thinking. However, when the small donkey, which had carried sand and sandbags all day, was relieved of its […]
In Jinka, at the end of September. Around noon on the day of the regular market, it rained heavily. When I visited the market in the afternoon after the rain finally stopped, it was crowded with people. However, I had to watch my step so as not to slip and […]
Dr. Frehaileab Admasu Gidebo, the first PhD graduate of the MNGD project in 2023, has published a paper in “Case Studies in Construction Materials” , an international engineering journal.The paper, based on experiments conducted by Dr. Frehaileab using pseudo-black cotton soil at Ehime University, can be read here. Frehaileab Admasu Gidebo, […]
The MNGD Project 2023 short-term training program has been completed and the 9 participants have safely returned to Ethiopia. This year’s participants were… From Addis Ababa Science & Technology University(AASTU)・Dr. Fitsum Tesfaye（15/11/2023～14/12/2023：Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University）・Dr. Eleyas Assefa（15/11/2023～14/12/2023：Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University）・Mr. Belachew Gebrewold（15/10/2023～14/12/2023：Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto […]
On December 13, 2023, three members of the MNGD Project short-term training program participated in a social gathering with Ph.D. students at Graduate School of Asian and African Area Studies, Kyoto University, as well as with Ethiopian students who are visiting Japan under “the AY2023 IAfP Short-Term Exchange Program – […]
The 34th KKHTCNN Symposium on Civil Engineering was held on November 23~25, 2023 at the Amari Hotel in Pattaya, Thailand. Project members Prof. Hideaki Yasuhara, Associate Prof. Yasuo Sawamura, and Associate Prof. Hiromasa Iwai also co-chaired the session, graduate student, Mr. Teshome Kebede Birhanu presented his research titled “Evaluation of […]
December 7, 2023, the participants of MNGD Short-term training gathered in a seminar room at Katsura Campus of Kyoto University for a workshop that summarized the training. Two of the presenters gave online presentations, one from Center for African Area Studies, Kyoto University and the other from the University of […]
October 26, 2023. The group of short-term training participants visited the construction sites of the Ujitawara Tunnel on the Shin-Meishin Express way. The five participants from Addis Ababa Science and Technology University(AASTU) and the Ethiopian Road Administration (ERA), together with Dr. Sawamura(Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University) and international student […]