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2022

08/29 Paper "Future variability of wave energy in the Gulf of Oman using a high resolution CMIP6 climate model" was published in Energy LINK Journal paper

09/22 Presentation at BRGM, France, title: "Wave resource assessment and climate change impacts in the Indian Ocean" Conference

09/20 Visited Risk Management Solutions and presented at the modeling group Conference

09/12 Presented at Grenoble Computer Science Laboratory - LIGLAB, Université Grenoble Alpes, and Sorbonne Paris Nord University, France, Title: "Large-scale computing in coastal engineering; Modeling the ocean wave climate using numerical and soft-computing models" Conference

09/06 Visited National Oceanography Center, Southampton

09/05 Presented at Wave SIG Meeting, Imperial College London Title: "Linking the long-term change in wave energy to
various wave parameters" Conference

09/02 Visited Fluid Mechanics Research Group at UCL

08/29 Paper "Linking the long-term variability in global wave energy to swell climate and redefining suitable coasts for energy exploitation" was published in Scientific Reports. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-18935-w LINK Journal paper

08/25 Visited HR Wallingford, Reading, UK

08/23 Paper "Machine learning as a downscaling approach for prediction of wind characteristics under future climate change scenarios" was published in Complexity. LINK Journal paper

07/08 Visited School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics, University of Plymouth in Plymouth, UK

07/06-07 Attended, presented, and chaired at 9th PRIMaRE conference on marine renewable energy at the University of Exeter Penryn Campus in Cornwall, UK LINK Conference

06/29 Invited public talk "Energy Transition with Ocean Renewable Energies", Japan-China High-level Expert Symposium on Energy Transition.

Organized by Sakura Science Program Headquarters, Japan Science and Technology Agency, and Department of Foreign Expert Services, Ministry of Science and Technology, China LIVE STREAMING LINK LINK PAMPHLET

06/29 Joined the Science Board of the Atmospheric and Hydrospheric Sciences Section, Japan Geoscience Union LINK Contribution

06/21 Joined the Editorial Board of Journal of Marine Science and Engineering - MDPI LINK Contribution

06/20 Visited the Hydrodynamics Laboratory, Imperial College London, UK.

06/08 “Impact of climate variability and change on the sustainability of ocean wave energy and selection criteria for suitable locations and technologies”, Fluid Mechanics Group, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Imperial College London LINK Invited Talk

06/07 “Net-zero emission with ocean renewables in a changing climate”, Space and Atmospheric Physics (SPAT), Faculty of Natural Sciences, Imperial College London LINK Invited Talk

05/30 Visited Zienkiewicz Centre for Computational Engineering, Swansea University, Swansea, UK.

04/25 Joined "Inclusion Umi Cafe (Inclusion海かふぇ)" of Oceanographic Society of Japan, as a mentor Contribution

04/11 Gave an online talk at the Applied and Computational Mathematics Seminar series at University College Dublin. LINK Invited Talk

03/12 Paper accepted for publication: Kamranzad B*, Takara K, Louisor J, Guillou N (2022) Wave resource assessment and climate change impacts in Reunion and Mauritius. Coastal and Offshore Science and Engineering. Journal paper

03/11 Visited the University of Exeter, Penryn Campus, had a fruitful discussion with researchers at Renewable Energy group, and gave a seminar. Invited Talk

03/11 Paper accepted for publication: Wen Y, Kamranzad B, Lin P (2022). Joint exploitation potential of offshore wind and wave energy along the south and southeast coasts of China. Energy. 123710. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2022.123710 LINK Journal paper

03/01 I joined the Department of Physics, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Imperial College London as a visiting researcher https://www.imperial.ac.uk/people/b.kamranzad

02/17 Invited public talk "Reaching Net-Zero Emissions with Ocean Renewable Energies, and Japan's ocean wave energy potential and stability", Organised by the Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation, London, UK LINK Invited Talk

02/10 Visited National Oceanography Centre (NOC) in Liverpool.

01/28 Webinar "Ocean wave energy potential and its sustainability under a changing climate", Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Brunel University London Invited Talk

The session “A-OS20: Ocean renewable energy: resource, impacts and technologies” was proposed and adopted Japan Geoscience Union Meeting (JpGU) 2022 LINK Contribution

2021

12/10 Joined a one-day field trip with the Department of Civil Engineering at Brunel University, to Shoreham-by-Sea and Seaford in the south of England.

12/01 GSAIS lecture "Risk associated with sea-level rise and its impact on coast and shore protection"

10/08 IIWER webinar #4 was organized. Topic: "Ocean Renewable Energy Assessment and Future Projections: approach and applications in the Mediterranean Sea", Speaker: Prof. Giovanni Besio (University of Genova)

10/04 I started a new position as a visiting Senior Lecturer at Brunel University, London, United Kingdom.

08/12 Our paper "Wave Power Potential of Sri Lanka" was accepted for publication in Engineer. LINK Journal paper

07/02 Panelist in a roundtable discussion in "China-Japan High-level Expert Symposium on Marine Environment" ) LINK Program Live Invited Talk

06/24 Conference paper "Decadal change of global wave energy based on JRA-55 dataset" was accepted for presentation at EWTEC2021, Plymouth, UK Conference

06/17-18 Taiwanese-German Sustainability Exchange Program was held, and I gave a talk in "Virtual Fish Bowl: Innovative Technologies in Renewable Energy Generation" LINK Invited Talk

05/29 Conference proceeding "Spatio-temporal analysis of offshore wind field characteristics and energy potential in Southern China" was accepted in 8th PRIMaRE Conference, Bangor, UK Conference

05/07 Webinar: “Sustainability of Wave Energy in a Changin Climate", Bedford Institute of Oceanography, Canada. Invited Talk

04/30 IIWER 2nd webinar was held successfully! Watch it on YouTube Conference Contribution

04/01 New semester started with “Ocean Renewable Energies", Institute for Liberal Arts and Sciences, Kyoto University, Bachelor degree course Lecture

03/17 Webinar: “Combining methodologies on the impact of inter and intra-annual variation of wave energy on selection of the suitable location/WEC", Zienkiewicz Centre for Computational Engineering of the College of Engineering of Swansea University, UK. Invited Talk

03/13 Our paper "Combining methodologies on the impact of inter and intra-annual variation of wave energy on selection of suitable location and technology" was accepted for publication in Renewable Energy. LINK Journal paper

02/24 Our paper "Long-term assessment of offshore wind energy in the south and southeast coasts of China based on a 55-year dataset" was accepted for publication in Energy. Journal paper

01/29 IIWER first webinar was held successfully! Watch it on YouTube Conference Contribution

2020

12/09 Research topic "Advances in Sea State Modeling and Climate Change Impacts" went online in Frontiers in Marine Science! Contribution

11/24 Abstract submitted to EWTEC2021 was accepted! Conference

10/30 Hakubi Newsletter vol. 18 (2020) was published. Find my essay "About Imagination" on page 21. LINK Contribution

10/12-15 RENEW2020 conference was held (most of the participants attended online). I had a presentation on "Change of wave energy resources in Japan during 5 decades" Our paper as book chapter LINK to program Conference

09/16 Oral presentation at IAHR-APD 2020 (online), title: Inter and intra-annual variation of wave energy in Southeast Asia. LINK to program Conference

09/16 Oral presentation at IAHR-APD 2020 (online), title: Multi-Decadal Variability in Global Wind and Wave Climate: An Analysis Based on MIROC6 dataset. Conference LINK to program Conference

09/02 Our paper "Assessment of wave power stability and classification with two global datasets" was accepted for publication in International Journal of Sustainable Energy. Journal paper

8/10 Our paper "Sustainability of wave energy resources in the South China Sea based on five decades of changing climate" was accepted for publication in Energy. Personalized share LINK Journal paper

07/29 MERCon conference was held online. Our paper "Global Climate Change Impacts on Wave Energy Potential Along the South Coast of Sri Lanka" was presented by Pravin Maduwantha LINK to program Conference

07/25 Our paper "A climate-dependent sustainability index for wave energy resources in Northeast Asia" was accepted for publication in Energy LINK Journal paper

07/12 Our session "A-OS16E: Ocean renewable energy" was held online in JpGU-AGU 2020. Conference

06/11 Our paper "Impacts of Global Climate Change on the Future Ocean Wave Power Potential: A Case Study from the Indian Ocean" was published in Energies. LINK Journal paper

06/09 I had a presentation for the Hakubi seminar on “Where are the suitable coastlines in Japan for energy extraction from the ocean waves?", The Hakubi Center for Advanced Research, Kyoto University. LINK Conference

06/07 Our paper "Modeling the combined impact of climate change and sea-level rise on general circulation and residence time in a semi-enclosed sea" was accepted for publication in Science of the Total Environment. LINK Journal paper

05/28 Our paper "Change of nearshore extreme wind and wave climate in Southeast Africa" was published in Italian Journal of Engineering Geology and Environment (SCACR19-SI). Link Journal paper

05/19 Our paper "A multi-criteria approach for selection of wave energy converter/location" was accepted for publication in Energy. LINK Journal paper

04/01 The Proposed project for Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C) was adopted by JSPS. Award

03/27 Our paper on "Evaluation of spatio-temporal variability of ocean power resource around Sri Lanka" was accepted for publication in Energy. LINK Journal paper

02/20 My "After story" was published on Kyoto University website. https://www.oc.kyoto-u.ac.jp/exchange/kyoto-daad-reports/en/post_624/

AI Da's report Contribution

02/14 Joint lecture with Heidelberg Centres for the Environment at Heidelberg University will be organized by the Kyoto University European Center in Heidelberg and the Heidelberg University Office, Kyoto (HUOK).

Title: "Coastal Areas: Challenges and Opportunities for Sustainable Development"

Speaker: Max Jungmann, Heidelberg Center for the Environment, Discussant: Bahareh Kamranzad, Kyoto University LINK NEWS

February 14, 2020 (18:15 -19:45)

Venue: Kyoto University, Yoshida International House (Yoshida South Campus), Room 2 (ground floor) Invited Talk

02/12 I was awarded by the Embassy of France in Japan for my exploratory project, which has been selected under the framework of the programme “Exploration France 2020”. Award

02/05 Our paper "Spatio-temporal assessment of climate change impact on wave energy resources using various time dependent criteria" was accepted for publication in "Energies". Journal paper

01/15 I had a presentation about “Climate Change and Ocean Wave Energy” at "International mobility program: Cultural Identities Shaping Environmental Regulation in Japan" at Kyoto University. Invited Talk

01/13 Our research paper on "Investigations on ocean wave energy assessment in Sri Lanka" has been awarded the second best paper in National Sustainable Energy Symposium 2019 in Sri Lanka. Award

01/13 Associate researcher Wen Yi from Sichuan University visited our lab and she will stay for one week. Contribution

01/07 Call for abstracts has been started for JpGU-AGU Joint Meeting 2020. We will organize the session A-OS16: "Ocean renewable energy: resource, impacts and technologies" LINK Contribution

2019

12/06 Attended 4th Okinawa Marine Science Workshop, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST) Conference

12/05 Invited speaker "Sustainability of wave energy resources in Northeast Asia" as invited speaker at Prof. Shintake's unit, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST) LINK Invited Talk

12/04 Invited lecturer "Risk associated with sea-level rise and its impact on coast and shore protection", Graduate School of Advanced Integrated Studies in Human Survivability (GSAIS), Kyoto University Invited Talk

12/02 Sessions were announced officially by JpGU-AGU Joint Meeting 2020 LINK

11/28 Report on my public presentation at DWIH conference was published on Kyoto University website. JP EN Contribution

10/25 The proposed session was accepted for JpGU-AGU Joint Meeting 2020. Contribution

10/24 Invited Speaker: Towards the SDGs with ocean renewable energies; Application of AI in reducing the uncertainties for a sustainable development

Invited panelist for the panel discussion: "AI game-changers for the Earth- challenges, risks & future opportunities" Twitter

Conference: AI for SDGs – How Can AI Help Solve Environmental Challenges? Japanese-German-French Conference

Organizer: German Centre for Research and Innovation Tokyo (DWIH Tokyo), German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), Regional Office Tokyo Invited Talk

LINK to Program Twitter Live Streaming

10/23 Paper was published:

Title: A distributed wind downscaling technique for wave climate modeling under future scenarios
Journal: Ocean Modelling LINK Journal paper

10/10 Attended seminar sessions of Hakubi 10th batch introducing their research subjects Conference

10/08 Had a meeting and discussion with Prof. Hiroshi Nagano, the former professor of the National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS) and the author of the book titled “Sekaiga Kisou Jisedai-rida no Yousei (Cultivation of the Next Generation-Leaders, Competing in the World)” at the Hakubi Center for Advanced Research, Kyoto University

10/01 Attended the orientation for Hakubi 10th batch Contribution

09/19 Attended "KAKENHI September Seminar" organized by KURA, Kyoto University Conference

09/09-11 Attended the Short Course/conference on Applied Coastal Research (SCACR 2019), and presented "Change of nearshore extreme wind and wave climate in southeast Africa" Bari, Italy LINK Conference

09/08 Abstract was accepted for National Energy Symposium 2019, Sri Lanka

Title: Investigations on ocean wave energy assessment for Sri Lanka. Conference

09/01-05 Attended the 13th European Wave and Tidal Energy Conference, and presented "Future change of wave energy projections in Western Indian Ocean; A regional assessment in southeast Africa", Naples, Italy LINK Conference

09/03 Holding the first IIWER meeting, Naples, Italy Contribution

08/26 Press release about paper "Robustness and uncertainties in global multivariate wind-wave climate projections" was accepted for publication in "Nature Climate Change". LINK

07/02 Paper "Robustness and uncertainties in global multivariate wind-wave climate projections" was accepted for publication in "Nature Climate Change". LINK Journal paper

06/21-22 Participated in K-CONNEX retreat camp and gave a talk. LINK Conference

Venue: KAZENOMORI MINOO SANSOU

06/14 Paper "Future wind and wave climate projections in the Indian Ocean based on a super-high-resolution MRI-AGCM3.2S model projection" was accepted for publication in Climate Dynamics. LINK Journal paper

05/26-30 Had a talk on "Future change of tropical cyclone-induced waves in the Indian Ocean; An analysis based on super-high-resolution MRI-AGCM3.2 climate model" at JpGU 2019, Chiba, Japan Conference LINK

05/11 Participated in round-table discussion with the President of Kyoto University FACEBOOK KYOTO U WEBSITE KURA WEBSITE FINAL REPORT Invited Talk

04/16 Moved to Graduate School of Advanced Integrated Studies in Human Survivability (GSAIS), Kyoto University

03/19 Lecture "Future change of wave energy resources due to climate change and sustainability assessment". Delft University of Technology LINK Invited Talk

03/15 Annual Report Meeting, "Sustainability of wave energy resources and climate change impacts". The Hakubi Center for Advanced Research, Kyoto University LINK Invited Talk

02/19 Seminar "On the use of marine renewable energies for mitigating global warming and providing coastal protection ". The Hakubi Center for Advanced Research, Kyoto University LINK Conference

01/25 Paper entitled "A Weibull distribution based technique for downscaling of climatic wind field" was published in Asia-Pacific Journal of atmospheric science. LINK Journal paper

2018

11/17-19 I visited Sichuan University and gave a lecture on

Presentation title: "Projection of wave climate and wave energy due to global warming".

Venue: Sichuan University, Chengdu, China

11/14-15 I participated in organizing Hakubi Autumn camp

Venue: Kansai seminar house, Kyoto, Japan

11/26-29 I participated in a workshop on Marine Renewable Energy with representatives of the University of Moratuwa (Srilanka,), University of Peradenya (Srilanka), Swansea University (UK) and Queen's university Belfast (UK) and coastal conservation and management company to discuss the future development of marine renewable energies in Srilanka.

Presentation title: Future projection of wave resources in the Indian Ocean and new criteria on locating wave farms for sustainable development

SriLanka marine renewable energy Association

Venue: Department of Civil Engineering, University of Moratuwa, SriLanka Twitter

11/14-16 65th Japan Coastal Engineering Conference was held in Tottori. My presentation title: Regional Wave Climate Projection Based on Super-High-Resolution MRI-AGCM3.2S, Indian Ocean Twitter

11/12 Dr. Marissa Yates (Laboratoire d'Hydraulique Saint-Venant, France) and Dr. Masayuki Banno (PARI, Japan) visited Coastal Eng Lab and presented their research. Twitter

10/11 The proposals seminar and the welcome party was held at the Hakubi Center for Advanced Research

10/09 Climate session of the Kyoto-Hamburg symposium was held in Kyoto University Twitter

10/05 Seminar was held by Dr. Sangyoung Son and Dr. Jung-A Yang (Korea University) at Coastal Eng Lab

Title: Practical technologies for coastal erosion control and countermeasures Twitter

10/01 I officially started a highly competitive new position as a faculty member of Kyoto University (Assistant Professor) at the Hakubi Center for Advanced Research based in Coastal Engineering Lab, DPRI, Kyoto University LINK

09/18 Seminar was held by Prof. Harshinie Karunarathna (Swansea University) at Coastal Eng Lab

Title: Coastal vegetation as a means of sea defense Twitter

09/14 attending Swansea_Kansai ANN Workshop entitled: Artificial Neural Network applications for coastal morphodynamics and hazard forecasting

Venue: Kandai Me RISE, Osaka Twitter

09/14 Paper entitled "Persian Gulf zone classification based on the wind and wave climate variability" was accepted for publication in Ocean Engineering

09/5 Seminar was held by Dr. Mark Hemer (CSIRO, Australia) at Coastal Eng Lab

Title: Addressing integrative challenges for coastal projections – sea-level, waves and coastal extremes Twitter

08/28-30 Coasts survey in Hokkaido. We visited 23 beaches in Hokkaido from Kushiro to Sapporo Twitter

08/07 I will start my new career as a full-time faculty member (Assistant Professor) at Kyoto University at the Hakubi Center for Advanced Research.

05/19-22 Participating and presenting at Grand renewable energy 2018

Presentation title: Future projection of wave energy in Indian Ocean based on high resolution MRI-AGCM3.2S projection
Venue: Pacifico Yokohama, Yokohama, Japan LINK

05/21-23 Participating and presenting at COWCLIP meeting

Presentation title: Wave climate projection in Indian Ocean based on super-high-resolution MRI-AGCM3.2S wind field
Venue: UNESCO headquarters, Paris, France LINK

04/02 Paper was accepted for oral presentation at Grand renewable energy 2018, which will be held 17-22 June in Yokohama, Japan

Presentation title: Future projection of wave energy in Indian Ocean based on high resolution MRI-AGCM3.2S projection

02/20 Presentation at DPRI annual meeting PROGRAM
Presentation title: Wave Climate Assessment in the Indian Ocean
Venue: DPRI, Uji Campus, Kyoto University

2017

12/12 Meeting with Prof. Harshinie Karunarathna Swansea University

Venue: Coastal Engineering Lab, DPRI, Uji Campus, Kyoto University

12/01 Awarded the talented young scientist travel grant to participate Young Scholar Forum at Sichuan University

10/26 Presentation at Annual Coastal Engineering Conference
Presentation title: Performances of Long-Term Wave Hindcasts in the Northern Indian Ocean
Venue: Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan

10/23 Participation in Kyoto University Dinner party for foreign researchers
Venue: Yoshida Campus, Kyoto University

10/23 Presentation at Akashi-Kita Senior High School

Supporter: Science Dialogue Program, JSPS
Presentation title: Coastal engineering and impact of climate change on ocean wave energy
Collaborator: Takuya Miyashita
Venue: Akashi, Hyogo, Japan

09/20 Participation in “Japan-Taiwan-Korea Joint Workshop of the Climate Change Adaptation and the Coastal Engineering”
Venue: Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea

09/16 Attending COWCLIP meeting
Venue: The National Oceanography Centre (NOC), Liverpool, UK

09/11 Participation in the "1st International Workshop on Waves, Storm Surges and Coastal Hazards"

Paper title: Spatio-temporal wave climate using nested numerical wave modeling in the northern Indian Ocean
Venue: Hilton Hotel, Liverpool, UK

06/07 Giving a lecture at Kansai University

Presentation title: Coast protection and shore protection

Venue: Coastal Engineering Laboratory, Kansai University

05/31 Giving a lecture at Kyoto University for undergraduate students

Presentation title: Coast and shore protection

Venue: Yoshida campus, Kyoto University

05/29 Giving a lecture at Kyoto University for postgraduate students

Presentation title: Coast protection and shore protection

Venue: Katsura campus, Kyoto University

05/01-02 Climbed Mt. Misen in Nara prefecture (H:1895 m) with Coastal Engineering Lab members

04/29 Attended department welcome celebration

Venue: Cafe Restaurant Kihada, Uji campus

04/19 Presentation at Ocean University of China

Invited by: Prof. Sheng Dong

Presentation title: Wave climate and wave energy assessment in Iranian seas

Venue: Department of Ocean Engineering, College of Engineering, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, China

04/17-20 Attended 10th Westpac International Scientific Conference

Venue: Qingdao, China

03/23 Attended meeting with the ocean observation researchers in KIOST (Korea Institute of Ocean Science & Technology)

Venue: Coastal Engineering Lab, DPRI, Kyoto University

03/03 Attended the last lecture by Prof. Hajime Mase

Venue: Yoshida campus, Kyoto University

02/27-2017/03/01 Attended JSPS orientation for postdoctoral fellows

Venue: Hotel Monterey Hanzomon, Tokyo

2016

12/17 Attended annual seminar meeting

Venue: Kansai University, Osaka

12/01 Presentation about my past research activities

Venue: Coastal Engineering Lab, DPRI, Kyoto University

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