<Original articles & Reviews>

Phyu Phyu Thin, Heru Hendrayana, Wahyu Wilopo, Satoru Kawasaki:
Assessment of groundwater facies in Wates Coastal Area, Kulon Progo, Yogyakarta, Indonesia.
Journal of Degraded and Mining Lands Management, 5(4), 1389-1401, 2018.

Yuta Yoshimura, Kazunori Nakashima, Masaji Kato, Kengo Inoue, Fumiyoshi Okazaki, Hitoshi Soyama, Satoru Kawasaki:
Electricity generation from rice bran by a microbial fuel cell and the influence of hydrodynamic cavitation pretreatment.
ACS Omega, 3, 15267-15271, 2018.
DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.8b02077

L. R. Daryono, A. D. Titisari, I. W. Warmada, S. Kawasaki:
Comparative characteristics of cement materials in natural and artificial beachrocks using a petrographic method.
Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment, in press.

Apichaya Aneksampant, Atsushi Tanaka, Xuefei Tu, Hisanori Iwai, Mitsuo Yamamoto, Kazunori Nakashima and Masami Fukushima:
Roles of Microbial Activity and Anthraquinone-2,7-disulfonate as a Model of Humic Substances in Leaching of Iron from Hematite into Seawater.
Analytical Sciences, 34(11), 1303-1308, 2018.
DOI: 10.2116/analsci.18P147

Md. Al Imran, Mai Shinmura, Kazunori Nakashima and Satoru Kawasaki:
Effects of Various Factors on Carbonate Particle Growth Using Ureolytic Bacteria.
Materials Transactions, 59(9), 1520-1527, 2018.
doi:10.2320/matertrance.M-M2018830

Thiloththama H. K. Nawarathna, Kazunori Nakashima, Masahiro Fujita, Momoko Takatsu, Satoru Kawasaki:
Effects of cationic polypeptide on CaCO3 crystallization and sand solidification by microbial-induced carbonate precipitation.
ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng. 6, 10315-10322, 2018.
DOI: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.8b01658

加藤昌治，奈良禎太，岡崎勇樹，河野勝宣，佐藤稔紀，佐藤努，高橋学：
粘土の透水係数測定へのトランジェントパルス法の適用，
材料，Vol. 67, No. 3, pp. 318-323, 2018.

Y. Nara, M. Kato, R. Niri, M. Kohno, T. Sato, D. Fukuda, T. Sato, and M. Takahashi:
Permeability of granite including macro-fracture naturally filled with fine-grained minerals.
Pure and Applied Geophysics, 175 (3), 917-927, 2018.
doi: 10.1007/s00024-017-1704-x

Sivakumar Gowthaman, Kazunori Nakashima and Satoru Kawasaki:
A state-of-the-art review on soil reinforcement technology using natural plant fiber materials: Past findings, present trends and future directions.
Materials, 11(4), 553, 2018.
https://doi.org/10.3390/ma11040553

R. A. N. Dilrukshi, Kazunori Nakashima, Satoru Kawasaki:
Soil improvement using plant-derived urease-induced calcium carbonate precipitation.
Soils and Foundations, 58, 894–910, 2018.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sandf.2018.04.003

G. G. N. N. Amarakoon and Satoru Kawasaki:
Factors affecting sand solidification using MICP with Pararhodobacter sp.
Materials Transactions, 59(1), 72-81, 2018.
https://doi.org/10.2320/matertrans.M-M2017849

Hamed A. Keykha, Afshin Asadi, Bujang B. K. Huat, and Satoru Kawasaki:
Laboratory conditions for maximal calcium carbonate precipitation induced by Sporosarcina pasteurii and Sporosarcina aquimarina bacteria.
Environmental Geotechnics, 2018.
https://doi.org/10.1680/jenge.16.00009

Mengmeng Li, Chaolin Fang, Satoru Kawasaki and Varenyam Achal:
Fly ash incorporated with biocement to improve strength of expansive soil.
Scientific Reports 8, 2565, 2018.
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-20921-0

Thiloththama Hiranya Kumari Nawarathna, Kazunori Nakashima, Satoru Kawasaki:
Enhancement of microbially induced carbonate precipitation using organic biopolymer.
International Journal of GEOMATE, Vol.14, Issue 41, pp.7-12 (2018)

<International Conferences & Proceedings>

S. Gowthaman, S. Mitsuyama, K. Nakashima, M. Komatsu, S. Kawasaki:
Bio-inspired Stabilization of Embankment Soil Mediating Psychrobacillus sp. and Low-grade Chemicals: Preliminary Laboratory Investigation,
8th International GEOMATE Conference on Geotechnique, Construction Materials and Environment, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, November 20-22, 2018.

P.G.N. Nayanthara, A.B.N. Dassanayake, K. Nakashima, S. Kawasaki:
Evaluating Possible Avenues for Soil Improvement by Biocementation in Sri Lanka: A Preliminary Investigation.
8th International GEOMATE Conference on Geotechnique, Construction Materials and Environment, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, November 20-22, 2018.

S. Gowthaman, S. Mitsuyama, K. Nakashima, S. Kawasaki, M. Komatsu:
Quantifying the Solidification Effect of Biogrouted Soil Using Native Bacteria: Initial Investigation for Slope Soil Stabilization,
Bio-mediated and Bio-inspired Geotechnics (B2G-Atlanta 2018), Atlanta, United States, September 13.

W. Mwandira, S. K. Nakashima, S. Kawasaki, M. Ito, T. Igarashi, T. Sato, M. Chirwa, K. E. Banda, I. Nyambe, M. Ishizuka:
The Strength and Microstructure of lead-contaminated mine waste materials stabilized by Pararhodobacter sp.,
Bio-mediated and Bio-inspired Geotechnics (B2G-Atlanta 2018), Atlanta, United States, September 13.

P. G. N. Nayanthara, K. Nakashima, S. Kawasaki:
Biocemented rocks as a novel solution against coastal erosion: A lesson learnt from nature,
6th Joint Seminar on Geoenvironmental Engineering and Recycling (GER 2018), Taiyuan, China, September 10.

T.H.K. Nawarathna, Kazunori Nakashima, Satoru Kawasaki:
Enzyme mediated CaCO3 crystallization in the presence of natural polysaccharides,
14th International Chitin and Chitosan Conference (ICCC) & 12th Asia-Pacific Chitin and Chitosan Symposium (APCCS ), 24(2), pp 179, Osaka, Japan, Aug.27-30, 2018.

Md. Al Imran, Kazunori Nakashima, Niki Evelpidou, Satoru Kawasaki:
Applicability of coastal ureolytic bacteria to coastal protection in Greece,
2018 International Conference on Geomechanics and Engineering (ICGE18), Incheon, Korea, August 29.

S. Gowthaman, K. Nakashima, K. Ebina, S. Kawasaki:
Experimental Optimization of Biocement Formation: Alternative Countermeasure for Surface Erosion of Cut Slope,
International Symposium on Earth Resources Management & Environment (ISERME 2018), Colombo, Sri Lanka, August 24.

P. G. N. Nayanthara, A. B. N. Dassanayake, K. Nakashima, S. Kawasaki:
A preliminary investigation on isolation and identification of marine bacteria for biocementation in nearshore environments,
International Symposium on Earth Resources Management & Environment (ISERME 2018), Colombo, Sri Lanka, August 24.

W. Mwandira, K. Nakashima, S. Kawasaki, M. Ito, T. Sato, T. Igarashi, M. Chirwa, K. E. Banda, I. Nyambe, M. Ishizuka:
Biocementation using ureolytic bacteria: an eco-friendly alternative for treatment of mine waste in Kabwe Mine site,
2nd International KAMPAI Symposium & JST Mid-term Evaluation Meeting, Lusaka, Zambia, August 14.

J. Okamoto, H. Oguri, K. Nakashima, S. Kawasaki:
Polymerization of titania by silica-polymerizing enzymes,
European Congress on Biotechnology (ECB2018), Geneva, Switzerland, July 2.

K. Nakashima, M. Fujita, T. H. K. Nawarathna, S. Kawasaki:
Bio-based cementation using urease-producing bacteria: sand solidification and kinetics,
European Congress on Biotechnology (ECB2018), Geneva, Switzerland, July 3.

<Awards>

S. Gowthaman, S. Mitsuyama, K. Nakashima, M. Komatsu, S. Kawasaki
Best Paper Award, 2018年11月21日
(GEOMATE-2018, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia)

Md. Al Imlan
Sustainable Resources Engineering Award, September 25, 2018.

宮永未森
2018年度生物工学若手研究者の集い（若手会）夏のセミナー ポスター賞（ユニバーサル賞），2018年6月30日
「宮崎海岸周辺に生息する尿素分解菌を用いた地盤固化試験」

竹田雄大
2018年度生物工学若手研究者の集い（若手会）夏のセミナー ポスター賞（専門分野賞）, 2018年6月30日
「GFPを融合したシリカ重合酵素の機能解析」

岡本淳之介
平成30年度資源・素材学会北海道支部春季講演会 若手優秀講演賞，2018年6月16日
「シリカ重合酵素群の凝集制御とチタニア重合活性の評価」

藤田賢大
Sustainable Recources Engineering Award, March 22, 2018.