Prof. Isamu Yoshitake

Dr. Yoshitake is a Professor of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and is the Chief-director of Education and Research Center for Infrastructure Management of Yamaguchi University. He received his B.Eng. (1996), M.Eng. (1998), and D.Eng. (2000) degrees from Yamaguchi University. His research interests include durability of concrete, reinforced & prestressed concrete structures, and advanced strengthening materials such as FRP. He is a member of ACI, IIFC, JCI, JSCE, and JSMS. Prof. Yoshitake has been the vice-president of an international technical society, Bridge Engineering Institute (BEI), since 2018. His recent recent publications are below: I. Yoshitake and H. Hasegawa (2021), Moving-wheel Fatigue Durability of Cantilever Bridge Deck Slab Strengthened with High-modulus CFRP Rods, Structures, Vol.34. L. Hu, I. Yoshitake, et al. (2021), Effect of surface bugholes on chloride penetration of concrete coated with penetrants, Magazine of Concrete Research L. Hu, I. Yoshitake, et al. (2021), A laboratory test on the effect of bugholes on surface degradation of tunnel lining concrete under freeze-thaw cycles, Magazine of Concrete Research I. Yoshitake, H. Hasegawa, et al. (2020), Monotonic and cyclic loading tests of reinforced concrete beam strengthened with bond-improved carbon fiber reinforced polymer (CFRP) rods of ultra-high modulus, Engineering Structures, Vol.206.