Program Schedule

March 5, 2025 (Wednesday) Inamori Auditorium

10:00–11:00 Registration
11:00–11:30 Opening
Ceremony
Opening remarks
Toshinobu Yamaguchi, Professor & Dean, Graduate School of Science & Engineering, KU
Welcome remarks and overview of Kagosima University
Akio Ido, Professor, Executive Director and Vice-President for Research and Information Technology,KU
Group Photo
11:30–11:50 Keynote
Lecture
(K1)
Vision Driven Engineering
Shinichiro KATSU, Professor, Faculty of IT and Business, Cyber University, Japan
11:50–12:10 Keynote
Lecture
(K2)
Study of implant materials and information for patient’s quality of life and health; Medical Informatics
G C Mohan Kumar, Professor & Former Dean (Faculty Welfare), NITK Surathkal, India
12:10-12:30 Keynote
lecture
(K3)
Unmanned aerial vehicles for precision agriculture information gathering to advance crop monitoring and management
K. Colton Flynn, Research Soil Scientist, USDA-ARS Grassland Soil and Water Research Laboratory, USA
12:30–12:50 Keynote
lecture
(K4)
Scientometric insights into manufacturing engineering research in India and Japan: a comparative study
Mallikarjun Angadi, Librarian, NITK Surathkal, India
12:50–14:00 Lunch
14:00-14:20 Keynote
lecture
(K5)
Diagnosing Plastic Litter pollution: advances in remote sensing platforms and image analysis
Shinichiro KAKO, Professor, Graduate School of Science & Engineering, Kagoshima University, Japan
14:20-14:40 Keynote
lecture
(K6)
Offshore Wind Technology – Current Challenges and Future Opportunities
Sharath Srinivasamurthy, Assistant Professor, Saga University, Japan
14:40-15:00 Keynote
lecture
(K7)
Application of agriculture informatics for efficient use of water and effect of rain water harvesting in improving agriculture output
Rajendra Kalbavi Rao, Secretary General, Association of Consulting Civil Engineers (India) & Executive Director, D K Nirmithi Kendra, Mangalore, India

March 6, 2025 (Thursday) Inamori Auditorium

10:00–10:20 Keynote
Lecture
(K8)
Sustainable retrofitting of RC beams for enhancing shear performance using natural sisal-jute FRP hybrid composite system
H N Jagannatha Reddy, Professor, Bangalore Institute of Technology, India
10:20–10:40 Keynote
Lecture
(K9)
Convective Transport Phenomena of Graphene/Water Nanofluid in Plate Heat Exchanger
Shuichi TORII, Professor, Kumamoto University, Japan
10:40–11:00 Keynote
Lecture
(K10)
Utilizing generative AI in business : The potential of consulting AI
Katsunobu MATSUDA, CEO, BANSO Co., Ltd., Japan
11:00–11:20 Keynote
Lecture
(K11)
Evolutionary Computation: Optimization Algorithms through Collaboration Instead of Gradients
Satoshi ONO, Professor, Graduate School of Science & Engineering, Kagoshima University, Japan
11:20-11:40 Break
11:40-13:00 Technical
Session
(T1)
Session Chair: Prof Unni Kartha G and Prof Nakul Ramanna Sanjeevaiah
Design of passive tuned mass damper for structural vibration control in floating offshore wind turbines
Amiya Pandit and Sharath Srinivasamurthy
Precast Concrete Joint Connection Using Anchors and Epoxy Mortar Combination
Dhruva Narayana Katpady, Yoshikazu Akira, Kazuya Sakamoto and Kanako Shima
Sustainable Strengthening of RC Beams with CFRP Laminates using Near Surface Mounted (NSM) Technique
R Prabhakara, Pradeep C R, Nandeesh Sreenivasappa and H N Jagannatha Reddy
Impact resistance studies of NSM retrofitted two-way slabs using drop test
Arjun R P Reddy, Nandeesh Sreenivasappa, H N Jagannath Reddy and R Prabhakara
ABAQUS Analysis and Validation of Flexural Parameters of NSM strengthened RC Beams
Pradeep C. R, R. Prabhakara, H. N. Jagannatha Reddy and Nandeesh Sreenivasappa
13:00-14:00 Lunch
14:00-15:30 Technical
Session
(T2)
Session Chair: Dr Dhruva Narayana Katpady and Prof R Prabhakara
Markov chain model for structural health prediction of bridges
SREENIVASAPPA Nandeesh, JERIN SULTANA Jui, AKIRA Yoshikazu and YAMAGUCHI Toshinobu
Manufactured aggregates for modern infrastructure: advancements, applications, and future directions
Nakul Ramanna Sanjeevaiah, Chethan B and R Prabhakara
Modelling of shear transfer mechanism in different types of concretes by linear regression analysis of results obtained using push off specimens
Harish Kumar N R, Nandeesh M, Sreenivasappa, R Prabhakara and H N Jagannath Reddy
Detection of Concrete Cracks Using YOLOv8 and Estimation of Crack Width
Ryuo Kawabata, Kotaro Nagata, Yukari Nakamaru, Kentaro Yasui, Chihiro Morita and Noritaka Shigei
Fatigue Behaviour of Reinforced and Un-Reinforced GGBS Based Concrete
Ravi Kumar C M, Ibrahim Khalil Ulla K and Eramma H
An experimental study on the fatigue behaviour of un-reinforced GGBS based concrete
Ibrahim Khalil Ulla K, Ravi Kumar C M and Eramma H
15:30-15:45 Break
15:45-17:00 Technical
Session
(T3)
Session Chair: Prof Ravikumar C M and Dr. Sneha Korpe
Seismic risk assessment to estimate insurance premium for residential buildings in Guwahati, India
Indrani Gogoi and Bhargav D.B. Gogoi
Assessment of Soil-Structure Interaction using Machine Learning, finite element model – A review
Deepa S, S.V.Venkatesh and I.R.Mithanthaya
A Review of Vibration Isolation Efficiency Using Infilled Trenches: Numerical and Experimental
Perspectives – Sreya M V
Seismic Data Extraction from Earthquake videos: An AI driven approach
Neeraja Nair,Unni Kartha G and Parvathy R
Production of Echo Effect in Virtual Studio Environment using Analog Delay System
Mrinank Shekhar Gogoi

March 6, 2025 (Thursday) Lecture Halls Room 111

11:40-13:00 Technical
Session
(T4)
Session Chair: Dr Indrani Gogoi and Dr. Bo Causer
Geochemical and Petrographic Characterization of Apatite: Implications for REE Enrichment and Resource Utilization
Hirunika Manavi, Hafiz U. Rehman and Lalindra Ranaweera
Prospects of gold mineralization in the Yuki gold mine, Oita prefecture: geo-information from petrological and geochemical aspects
Hafiz U. REHMAN, Rena YAMADA and Hiroyuki ARIKAWA
Accidents prediction model for selected two-lane rural highway as a surrogate measure of road safety
Raviraj H. Mulangi, Gangadhar Mahesh and Raghavendra S Sanganaikar
Study on parking demand and its characteristics using structural equation modelling
Sumayya Naznin P H, Anila Cyril and Abhirami V
Advancing Sustainable Railway Track Design Integrating Modern Technologies for Environmental Impact Reduction
Premlatha K Naidu and Jagdish H Godihal
A Comparative Study on Wave Overtopping Discharge for A Perforated and Non-Perforated Semicircular Breakwater
Vishwanatha Mane, Manu, Subba Rao and A. Vittal Hegde
13:00-14:00 Lunch Break
14:00-15:30 Technical
Session
(T5)
Session Chair: Prof Parvathy R and Dr. Takashi Kawakami
Decision Support Information System for Academic Excellence: A New Frontier for Engineering Community in the Virtual Information world
Suresh Jange, Mallikarjun Angadi, Dundappa Amoji and Mallikarjun Vaddenkeri
A Hybrid Model of Transformers and CNNs for Studying Long-Range Word Relationships in NLP Tasks
Faria Samreen
Navigating the Future of Tourism: AI-Driven ChatGPT Trip Planner Acceptance with a Hybrid SEM-ANN and Necessary Condition Analysis
Abhishek Talawar, Sheena S, Sreejith Alathur and Suresh P.V.
MuZAC : Multilingual Zero-Shot Automated Video Captioning using Audio-Visual Modalities for UnderResourced Languages
Girija Jagannath, Sree Pragna Machupalli
Harnessing Genetic Algorithms for Enhanced Reasoning: A Nature-Inspired Approach to Decision Making
Ashok A Itagi and Jagdish H Godihal
Sustainable Smart Cities: What Lies Ahead
Kavita J Godihal and Jagdish H Godihal
15:30-15:45 Lunch
15:45-17:00 Technical
Session
(T6)
Session Chair: Prof Shuichi Torii and Ms Hirunika Manavi
Comparing the Accuracy of Models for Predicting the Wind Speed Focussed Approach for a Rooftop Mounted Micro Wind Turbine
Sathyabhama A, Ramakrishna N. Hegde and Ratan U. Gaonkar
Comparative study of Corrosion inhibition efficiency of Naringin on Aluminium and AA 6063 alloy in 0.5 M HCl solution: Insights from Experimental and Quantum chemical studies
Divya Kumari and Reena kumari P D
Influence of ground control points in aerial survey and ORI mapping
Shwetha A, Bibang Gwra Basumatary, Karthik M H and Nakul Ramanna Sanjeevaiah
Application of response surface methodology for evaluating performance of tannery solid waste in biogas production
Sneha Korpe, Susumu Nii, Shirish H Sonawane and P Venkateswara Rao

March 6, 2025 (Thursday) Lecture Halls Room 121

11:40-13:00 Technical
Session
(T7)
Session Chair: Mr Rajendra Kalbavi Rao and Mr Prashant Kurdekar
Performance of recycled fine aggregate based concretes
Harshkumar V. Annigeri, Subhash C. Yaragal, Salim Ali, Afnan Khan, Ashish Kumar, Vishal Pratap Maurya and Aithala Panambur Harish
Processing of agriculture waste: rice husk ash and sugarcane bagasse ash, as value added materials in concrete – a review:
Harshkumar V. Annigeri, Subhash C. Yaragal, and Bharath Jayaram
Performance of recycled aggregate based pervious concretes
Javeed Akthar, Karthik M, Akash M. H, Subhash C. Yaragal, Harshkumar V. Annigeri and Shetty Jagadeep
An experimental study on the performance of eco-friendly pervious concretes
Pavan Rathod, Vinodkumar, Ullas M Kuppinakeri, Subhash C. Yaragal, Harshkumar V. Annigeri and Krishna Rao Shivananda
Numerical study on laminated elastomeric isolation bearings subjected to cyclic loading
Kanika Sharma, M H Prashanth, Pruthvi Raj S and Prashanth M V
Effect of soil flexibility on strengthening schemes for OGS building frames
Deepa Sunil Mahalkari, Hemant Sonawadekar, Neha S N and Shetty Sanjith
13:00-14:00 Lunch Break
14:00-15:30 Technical
Session
(T8)
Session Chair: Dr Deepa S and Prof Hafiz U. REHMAN
Studies on treatment of phenolic wastewater from petrochemical industry using electrocoagulation technique
Prashant Kurdekar and Lokeshappa B
A sustainable approach to use construction and demolition waste (CDW) as fine aggregate in neo concretes
Manu P Hegde, Nandeesh Sreenivasappa, Pradeep C R and R Prabhakara
Investigating the flexural performance of RCC beams strengthened with sustainable eco-friendly Sheep Wool FRP (SWFRP) using U-wrapping technique
Archana D. P., H. N. Jagannatha Reddy, R. Prabhakara, Hemalatha. K, H. P. Thanuja and Chethan Chandru
Effective modelling of masonry infills for better performance of structure using pushover analysis
Lakshmikantha B A, Shobha L and R Prabhakara
Consideration on the application of Physics-Informed Neural Networks to Unsaturated Seepage Analysis
Ryusei Fukunaga, Shinichi Ito and Kazunari Sako
A study on bird call recognition of a rare species inhabiting Amami-Oshima island
Yusuke Uemura, Shinya Fukumoto, Masayuki Kashima, Mutsumi Watanabe, Shin Ugawa and Naoko Eimura

Note:

  1. The presentation time is 20 minutes for keynote lectures including discussion.
  2. The presentation time is 12 minutes for technical papers (10 minutes of presentation + 2 minutes of discussion).
  3. Laptop/computer will be made available in the presentation room for those who are bringing the presentation in a USB drive. The presenters are requested to upload their ppt before the start of their session.