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last modified:2024/03/28

Associate Professor SUMITA Ikuro

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Faculty, Affiliation

Faculty of Geosciences and civil Engineering,Institute of Science and Engineering

College and School Educational Field

Division of Geosciences and Civil Engineering, Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology
Division of Natural System, Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology
Course in Earth and Planetary Science, School of Geosciences and Civil Engineering, College of Science and Engineering

Laboratory

 TEL:076-264-6518 FAX:076-264-6545

Academic Background

【Academic background(Doctoral/Master's Degree)】
The University of Tokyo Doctor Graduate School, Division of Science 199703 Completed
【Academic background(Bachelor's Degree)】
The University of Tokyo 1992
【Degree】
Doctor of Science

Career

Univesity of California Bekeley (2005/03-2005/09)
Kanazawa University(2001/05/01-)
Johns Hopkins University(2000/11-2001/04)
Johns Hopkins University(1997/11-2001/04)
University of Tokyo(1997/04-2000/10)
University of Tokyo(1996/04-1997/03)

Year & Month of Birth

1968/10

Academic Society



Award


Specialities

Solid earth and planetary physics

Speciality Keywords

Research Themes

Experimental Study of Thermal Convection in a rotating spherical shell

A Study of elastic waves propagating through a solidifying medium

Books

Papers

  •  Experiments on seepage-triggered cliff landslides using cohesive wet sand Fumi Shibuya,Ikuro Sumita Progress in Earth and Planetary Science 9 1 2022/08/12 
  •  Excitation of airwaves by bubble bursting in suspensions : regime transitions and implications for basaltic volcanic eruptions Kana Hashimoto,Ikuro Sumita Earth, Planets and Space 73 1 2021/07/13 
  •  Cyclic lava effusion during the 2018 eruption of Kilauea Volcano M. R. Patrick, H. R. Dietterich, J. J. Lyons, A. K. Diefenbach, C. Parcheta, K. R. Anderson, A. Namiki, I. Sumita, B. Shiro, J. P. Kauahikaua Science 366 1213 2019
  •  Low-velocity impact cratering experiments in granular slopes Hayashi, K., Sumita, I. Icarus 291 160175 2017/03/23
  •  Effect of viscosity on the shaking-induced fluidization in a liquid-immersed granular medium Yasuda, N., and I. Sumita Physical Review E 93 022901 2016

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  •  Shaking conditions required for flame structure formation in a water-immersed granular medium Yasuda, N., I. Sumita Progress in Earth and Planetary Science 1 13 2014
  •  Earthquake model experiments in a viscoelastic fluid: A scaling of decreasing magnitudes of earthquakes with depth Namiki, A., Yamaguchi, T.,Sumita, I., Suzuki, T., and S. Ide Journal of Geophysical Research 119 2014
  •  Inner-Core Dynamics Sumita, I, M. I. Bergman Treatise on Geophysics (second edition) 8 297-316 2015
  •  Low-velocity impact cratering experiments into a wet sand target Takita, H. and Sumita, I Physical Review E 88 022203 2013
  •  A laboratory model for melting erosion of a magma chamber roof and the generation of a rhythmic layering Shibano, Y., Sumita, I., Namiki, A. Journal of Geophysical Research 118 4101-4116 2013
  •  Diffusive magnetic image of upwelling patterns in the core J. Geophys. Res. 2002
  •  Thermal Convection Experiments in a rotating hemispherical shell with heterogeneous boundary heat flux: Implications for the Earth\'s Core JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH 107 10 2002/08
  •  Paleomagnetisim of Archean rocks of Hamersley basin, Western Australia, and the paleointensity in the early Proterozoic Phys. Earth Planet. Inter. 128 223-241 2001
  •  Laboratory experiments on high Rayleigh number thermal convection in a rapidly rotating hemispherical shell Phys. Earth Planet. Inter. 117 153-170 2000
  •  A laboratory model for convection in Earth's core driven by a thermally heterogeneous mantle SCIENCE 286 1547-1549 1999
  •  Models of the anisotropy of the Earth's inner core J. Phys. Cond. Matter 10 11215-11226 1998
  •  A model for sedimentary compaction of a viscous medium and its application to inner-core growth Sumita, I., S. Yoshida, M. Kumazawa, and Y. Hamano Geophysical Journal International 124 502-524 1996

Conference Presentations

  • Bubble bursting and sound generation in suspensions(conference:American Physical Society, Divison of Fluid Dynamics 2022)(2022/11/21)

Others

  •  Thermal convection experiments in rotating systems and their applications to planetary cores 3 169-180 2000
  •  Thermal Interactions between the mantle, outer and 31 212 2002/12

Arts and Fieldwork

Patent

Theme to the desired joint research

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research

○「地震動はマグマからの脱ガスと減圧発泡を促進するか?:実験による検証」(2018-2020) 
○「スロー地震に伴う微動を実験室で聴く」(2017-2018) 
○「液状化と流体移動:その多様性を実験と無次元数を用いて理解する」(2012-2014) 
○「地殻流体の流れを視る:基礎実験」(2010-2011) 
○「地滑りの多様性と法則を小規模室内実験から探る」(2009-2011) 

Competitive research funding,Contribution

Collaborative research,Consignment study

Classes (Bachelors)

○Earth Sciences for Education(2023)
○Earth Sciences for Education(2023)
○Earth Sciences for Education(2023)
○Fundamentals of Earth and Planetary Physics B(2023)
○Applied Geophysical Experiments B(2023)
○Applied Geophysical Experiments A(2023)
○Fundamentals of Earth and Planetary Physics A(2023)
○Geophysical Experiments B(2023)
○Geophysical Experiments A(2023)
○Practice in Geology(2023)
○Experiments in Fundamental Physics(2017)
○Experiments in Fundamental Physics(2017)
○Earth Sciences for Education(2017)
○Practical Seminar for Teaching Profession C / Junior High School・High School(2017)
○Structure of the Earth(2017)
○Earth Sciences for Education(2017)
○Computer Geosciences(2017)
○Earth Sciences for Education(2017)
○Applied Geophysical Experiments(2017)
○Geophysical Experiments(2017)
○Practice in Geology(2017)
○Practice in Geology(2017)
○Experiments in Fundamental Physics(2016)
○Practice in Geology(2016)
○Computer Geosciences(2016)
○Earth Sciences for Education(2016)
○Geophysical Experiments(2016)
○Structure of the Earth(2016)
○Earth Sciences for Education(2016)
○Earth Sciences for Education(2016)
○Applied Geophysical Experiments(2016)
○Practical Seminar for Teaching Profession C / Junior High School・High School(2016)

Classes (Graduate Schools)

○Earth and Planetary Dynamics(2023)
○Earth and Planetary Dynamics(2023)
○Earth and Planetary Dynamics B(2023)
○Earth and Planetary Dynamics A(2023)
○Earth and Planetary Dynamics(2017)
○Earth and Planetary Dynamics(2017)
○Geodynamics A(2017)
○Earth and Planetary Dynamics(2017)
○Earth and Planetary Dynamics(2017)
○Geodynamics B(2017)
○Geodynamics A(2016)
○Earth and Planetary Dynamics(2016)
○Geodynamics A(2016)

International Project

International Students

Lecture themes

Others (Social Activities)

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