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Biography

I am a Professor of Agricultural Engineering at University of the Ryukyus, Okinawa, Japan. After receiving a BS (1996) and a MS (1998) from University of the Ryukyus, I earned my PhD in Agricultural Engineering from Kagoshima University, Japan.
I began my teaching career at University of the Ryukyus in 2001 and have been additionally functioning in the capacity of a advisory Professor of the United Graduate School of Agricultural Sciences, Kagoshima University from 2014.

My research interests lie in the Science and Engineering (Technology) of Landslides. In 2012, I won the Edward B. Burwell Jr. Award of the Environmental & Engineering Geology Division, Geological Society of America for the study on “Platy layer silicate minerals for controlling residual strength in landslide soils of different origins and geology.”

Edward B. Burwell Jr. Award:
http://www.geosociety.org/awards/12speeches/burwell.htm

Activities

Employment (5)

United Graduate School of Agricultural Sciences, Kagoshima University: Kagoshima, Kagoshima, JP

2015-04-01 to present | Advisory Professor (Major Chair of Regional Resource Environmental Engineering, Course of Resource and Environmental science of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries)
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Shinya Nakamura

University of the Ryukyus: Nishihara, Okinawa, JP

2014-06-01 to present | Professor (Department of Regional Agricultural Engineering, Faculty of Agriculture)
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Shinya Nakamura

University of the Ryukyus: Nishihara, Okinawa, JP

2003-11-01 to 2014-05-31 | Associate Professor (Department of Environmental Sciences and Technology, Faculty of Agriculture)
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Shinya Nakamura

United Graduate School of Agricultural Sciences, Kagoshima University: Kagoshima, Kagoshima, JP

2004-04-01 to 2014-03-31 | Co-Advisory Professor (Major Chair of Agricultural Engineering, Course of Science of Life Environment and Conservation)
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Shinya Nakamura

University of the Ryukyus: Nishihara, Okinawa, JP

2001-05-16 to 2003-10-31 | Lecturer (Department of Environmental Sciences and Technology, Faculty of Agriculture)
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Education and qualifications (3)

United Graduate School of Agricultural Sciences, Kagoshima University: Kagoshima, Kagoshima, JP

1998-04-01 to 2001-03-31 | Ph. D. of Agriculture (Major Chair of Agricultural Engineering, Course of Science of Life Environment and Conservation)
Education
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Shinya Nakamura

University of the Ryukyus Graduate School of Agriculture: Nishihara, Okinawa, JP

1996-04-01 to 1998-03-31 | Master of Agriculture
Education
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Shinya Nakamura

University of the Ryukyus: Nishihara, Okinawa, JP

1992-04-01 to 1996-03-31 | Bachelor of Agriculture (Faculty of Agriculture)
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Shinya Nakamura

Funding (4)

減災科学の新展開を目指した革新的斜面崩壊予測システムの開発と実証

2017-06-30 to 2019-03-31 | Grant
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (Tokyo, JP)
GRANT_NUMBER: 17K19311
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Shinya Nakamura via DimensionsWizard

畑作物における集落排水処理水・消化液のリスク評価と作物生育への関与の解明

2016-04-01 to 2019-03-31 | Grant
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (Tokyo, JP)
GRANT_NUMBER: 16K07946
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Shinya Nakamura via DimensionsWizard

Study on physical and mineralogical factors that affect residual strength of landslide soil

2010-01-01 to 2011-12-31 | Grant
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (Tokyo, JP)
GRANT_NUMBER: 22780221
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Studies on Three-Dimensional Stability Analysis Procedure in which the Residual Factor is Incorporated

2001-01-01 to 2002-12-31 | Grant
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (Tokyo, JP)
GRANT_NUMBER: 13660247
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Works (14)

Influence of effective normal stress in the measurement of fully softened strength in different origin landslide soils

Soil and Tillage Research
2015 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-84906506636

Contributors: Kimura, S.; Nakamura, S.; Vithana, S.B.
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Shinya Nakamura via Scopus - Elsevier

N<inf>2</inf> O emissions from shimajiri-maji (calcaric dark red soil) after applying two chemical fertilizers

Applied Ecology and Environmental Research
2015 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-84926390841

Contributors: Bellido, J.; Sakai, K.; Nakamura, S.; Kazuro, M.; Okamoto, K.; Nakandakari, T.
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Shinya Nakamura via Scopus - Elsevier

Optimal choice of soil hydraulic parameters for simulating the unsaturated flow: A case study on the Island of Miyakojima, Japan

Water (Switzerland)
2015 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-84949255999

Contributors: Okamoto, K.; Sakai, K.; Nakamura, S.; Cho, H.; Nakandakari, T.; Ootani, S.
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Shinya Nakamura via Scopus - Elsevier

Simulation of N<inf>2</inf>O emissions from a sugarcane field in Okinawa, Japan

Applied Ecology and Environmental Research
2015 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-84953310988

Contributors: Bellido, J.; Sakai, K.; Nakamura, S.; Kazuro, M.; Okamoto, K.; Nakandakari, T.
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Shinya Nakamura via Scopus - Elsevier

Shearing rate effect on residual strength of landslide soils in the slow rate range

Landslides
2014 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-84911805663

Contributors: Kimura, S.; Nakamura, S.; Vithana, S.B.; Sakai, K.
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Shinya Nakamura via Scopus - Elsevier

Correlation of large displacement drained shear strength of landslide soils measured by direct shear and ring shear devices

Landslides
2012 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-84865826452

Contributors: Vithana, S.B.; Nakamura, S.; Gibo, S.; Yoshinaga, A.; Kimura, S.
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Shinya Nakamura via Scopus - Elsevier

Effects of overconsolidation ratios on the shear strength of remoulded slip surface soils in ring shear

Engineering Geology
2012 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-84858279808

Contributors: Vithana, S.B.; Nakamura, S.; Kimura, S.; Gibo, S.
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Shinya Nakamura via Scopus - Elsevier

Application of recovered strength in stability analysis of reactivated landslide, xuechengzhen, China

Geotechnical Special Publication
2010 | Conference paper
EID:

2-s2.0-79959587033

Contributors: Nakamura, S.; Gibo, S.; Yasumoto, J.; Kimura, S.; Vithana, S.B.
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Shinya Nakamura via Scopus - Elsevier

Influence of laboratory-created OCR on large deformation shear strength: Ring shear behaviour of two types of landslide slip surface soil

Geotechnical Special Publication
2010 | Conference paper
EID:

2-s2.0-79959614397

Contributors: Vithana, S.B.; Gibo, S.; Nakamura, S.; Kimura, S.
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Shinya Nakamura via Scopus - Elsevier

Landslide stability analysis utilizing shear strength of slip surface soil: Asato and tyunjun landslides, Okinawa, Japan

Geotechnical Special Publication
2010 | Conference paper
EID:

2-s2.0-79959607644

Contributors: Kimura, S.; Gibo, S.; Nakamura, S.; Vithana, S.B.
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Shinya Nakamura via Scopus - Elsevier

Platy layer silicate minerals for controlling residual strength in landslide soils of different origins and geology

Geology
2010 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-77955962978

Contributors: Nakamura, S.; Gibo, S.; Egashira, K.; Kimura, S.
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Shinya Nakamura via Scopus - Elsevier

Influence of overconsolidation ratio on residual shear strength of Miaowan &amp; Kamenose landslide soils under laboratory conditions

Proceedings of the International Offshore and Polar Engineering Conference
2009 | Conference paper
EID:

2-s2.0-74549122422

Contributors: Vithana, S.B.; Gibo, S.; Nakamura, S.; Kimura, S.
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Shinya Nakamura via Scopus - Elsevier

Shear strength characteristics of landslide soils, Asato Landslide, Okinawa, Japan

Proceedings of the International Offshore and Polar Engineering Conference
2009 | Conference paper
EID:

2-s2.0-74549130443

Contributors: Kimura, S.; Gibo, S.; Nakamura, S.; Vithana, S.B.
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Shinya Nakamura via Scopus - Elsevier

Strength recovery from residual state in reactivated landslides

Geotechnique
2002 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-0036850156

Contributors: Gibo, S.; Egashira, K.; Ohtsubo, M.; Nakamura, S.
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Shinya Nakamura via Scopus - Elsevier