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Hiromi Sugimachi 【Place of Employment】Electric Power Development Co.,Ltd (J-POWER) Technological Management Office, International Activities Department March 2004 Graduated from Department of Earth Resource, Marine and Civil Engineering, School of Engineering, Kyushu University March 2007 Graduated from Department of Urban and Environmental Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyushu University |
I joined the civil engineering course so that I could be one of the people in finding solutions to future environmental problems. In this course, it is possible to learn about various support systems, including dams, bridges, roads, water, soil, etc. While studying at the university, I had the opportunity to attend an NGO general assembly presided over by the UN. After that, I started wishing that I could work abroad and contribute to society. This is why I joined J-POWER. Now I have the opportunity to visit overseas countries to speak to government staff there about local power conditions and to conduct on-site surveys in order to construct new power plants or to provide environmental conservation measures. The main aspects of these projects are not only technological capabilities but also how to build trusting relationships with the host countries. The task of transmitting stable electricity around the world and building people’s infrastructure is a great challenge. |
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Kazuaki Nagahara 【Place of Employment】Kyushu Railway Company March 1999 Graduated from Civil Engineering Course, School of Engineering, Kyushu University March 2001 Graduated from the Department of Urban and Environmental Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyushu University |
I selected this course because I was traveling all over Japan using railways, etc. Through my journeys, I began to have a desire to learn about urban development and the public transportation systems that interconnect cities. Through this course, I was rewarded. During my study, some of the best experiences at the laboratory were the field trips for surveys and measurement in which I collected data day and night. Another precious memory is a month of travel with my friends in Europe. Now, I am engaged in a job developing mechanisms for the maintenance system of the Kyushu Sinkansen lines. Seeing my mechanisms working well is really a rewarding work. |
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Mariko Sato 【Place of Employment】Oriental Consultants Co., Ltd. March 2002 Graduated from the Department of Earth Resource, Marine and Civil Engineering, School of Engineering, Kyushu University March 2004 Graduated from the Department of Urban and Environmental Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyushu University |
I have always had a strong adoration for what is big and for the manufacturing industry, because I am not tall. In addition, an impressive encounter with Bay Bridge and Rainbow Bridge in my childhood, and the idea that civil engineering deals with social infrastructure as a whole, which I learned at a school orientation at Kyushu University, were the factors that made me decide to major in civil engineering. After graduation, I joined Oriental Consultants in order to become involved in projects of fundamental “manufacturing” activities in civil engineering. Now, I'm working in the field of transportation, on projects of various scales, from small projects such as a bus business to support individual lives, to large ones, such as a national project. Civil engineering is an indispensable element of human activities, and I myself am one of its end users. I think my job is very rewarding because it makes people enjoy technology. |
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Fumio Koyama 【Place of Employment】Taisei Corporation 1980 Graduated from the Department of Hydraulic and Civil Engineering, School of Engineering, Kyushu University 1982 Graduated from the Department of Hydraulic and Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Kyushu University |
I am currently working on a railroad tunnel project to cross the Bosporus Straits and link the Asian side and European side of Istanbul, the largest city in Turkey. Getting involved with big projects on a global scale was my childhood dream; therefore, quite naturally, I chose to study construction engineering. Further, because I was particularly interested in maritime engineering, I decided to study at this university, which has a maritime engineering course. Now, thinking back those free and lively days in Fukuoka, I really treasure my good old school days. To my chagrin, however, I heard that the number of young people who desire to get involved in construction-related work has been decreasing. I strongly recommend that you participate in a big dream project and feel a sense of accomplishment. If I were to dramatize my job in a Project X-like way, it would read like this: In the year 1453, the young Ottoman sultan Muhammad II was racking his brain, plotting about how he could seize Constantinople, the sacred city of Christianity. Finally, to overwhelm enemy vessels, he executed a bizarre operation to avoid the city port, which was blocked with chains, and tug his sailing vessels up and over the land and into Golden Horn Bay. Now, in 2005, we samurai engineers stand on the same spot of the Bosporus Straits, which divides the world into East and West, to face the challenge of building a tunnel to cross the straits, from the Asian side to the European. We fought the swift current and deep water. Everybody said the project would fail. But today, we are here and walking in this, the deepest tunnel in the world. It was tough work, but I have never experienced such fulfillment before. I’m glad I chose this job. |
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Mayumi Takemoto 【Place of Employment】Transport Planning Division, City Planning Department, Housing and Urban Development Bureau of Fukuoka City March 2003 Graduated from Department of Earth Resource, Marine and Civil Engineering, School of Engineering, Kyushu University |
I joined the School of Engineering to acquire knowledge in technology and utilize this knowledge in my future career. Likewise, I chose the Civil Engineering Course because I was fascinated by the idea of “town creation.” After graduation, I found an engineering job at Fukuoka City Hall to put into practice what I learned at university. At the city hall, we have personnel shuffles on a regular basis; therefore, there are opportunities to experience various kind of work. While I was working at the Minami ward office, in my early years, I was engaged in maintenance projects for roads, as well as a project to develop a park with a pond, which we planned along with the people of the community. Now, I work in the transport planning division, where I prepare plans for the city’s transportation (public transportation, roads, etc.) My job is very worthwhile because my achievements are left as they are and appreciated by local people. |
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Hirotada Matsumoto 【Place of Employment】Kyushu Regional Development Bureau, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism March 1989 Graduated from Department of Civil Engineering, School of Engineering, Kyushu University |
It has been 20 years since I have been working as a civil engineer for Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism. During this time, I have had such opportunities as working on a dam in a snowy region, doing coastal jobs in Kochi Prefecture, performing an environmental survey in Okinawa Prefecture, and even conducting field work at the Mekong River. All through these years, I have often recalled a phrase I heard on various occasions during my school days: “People cannot live without land.” I think these have been a concentrated and fulfilling 20 years. And yet, I cannot stop feeling that I want to study more. I want to study the history of local communities and apply this knowledge to civil engineering works at present. Civil engineering works are passed on to the future generations as part of the natural environment. Please join us. |
