Messages were sent from Prof. Kimura, the Project leader of the MNGD project, which is in its final year, and Dr. Fitsum, the leader of the Ethiopian side. The video is posted on the Message from principal investigator page.A short version of Dr. Fitsum’s video is also available. →MNGD Project […]
A research meeting was held at University of Miyazaki on May 27th. Prof. Kimura, the leader of each component, major researchers, and Prof. Asaeda, who is the research supervisor of our project, and Mr. Furukawa from JST. In the morning, activity reports on each subject were presented, and the participants […]
The MNGD project has produced calendars (with both Western and Ethiopian calendars) illustrating its activities.The illustrations from September 2022 to August 2024 are now available as an e-picture book. It can be viewed here. There is also the fixed link in ‘Achievements’.
In March 2024, Prof. Kamei (University of Miyazaki) and Dr. Iwai (Kyoto University) were invited to give a public lecture at Addis Ababa Science and Technology University (AASTU). Mr. Berachow (Lecturer, AASTU) who visited Japan for short-term training last year presented the progress and results of experiments conducted in the […]
In March 2024, three Japanese professors, Prof. Kamei (University of Miyazaki), Dr. Fukubayashi (University of Miyazaki), and Dr. Iwai (Kyoto University), visited the soil laboratory at Addis Ababa Science and Technology University. They checked the progress of experiments with Ethiopian researchers and conducted experiments. In 2019 when the MNGD project […]
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, […]
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, […]