塩谷 智基

Tomoki Shiotani is Professor at the Office of Institutional Advancement and Communications (IAC), Kyoto University, and Deputy Leader of the Consortium of Innovative Technology for Infrastructure (CITI). He received his B.E. and M.E. degrees from The University of Tokushima and his Ph.D. from Kumamoto University. After working as a research engineer in a major Japanese general contractor and serving as a Senior Research Fellow at Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands, he joined Kyoto University as an Associate Professor in 2007. He was also appointed Associate Professor at the Graduate School of Management (Business School) in 2010. In 2014, he became Professor of the Laboratory of Innovative Technology for Infrastructure, Department of Civil and Earth Resources Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering. Since 2024, he has served as Professor at the Office of Institutional Advancement and Communications (IAC), where he promotes interdisciplinary research and industry–academia collaboration. 

His research focuses on advanced non-destructive testing (NDT) and structural health monitoring of civil infrastructure, including bridges, tunnels, dams, and emerging infrastructure systems. His expertise includes acoustic emission (AE), elastic wave propagation, ultrasonic tomography, fiber-optic sensing, and AI-assisted damage assessment. He is internationally recognized for his pioneering contributions to AE technology, including the development of the Improved b-value (Ib-value), quantitative damage assessment methodologies, and AE tomography. More recently, his research has expanded to quality assurance and digital transformation of 3D concrete printing, infrastructure digital twins, and life-cycle management based on multi-scale sensing technologies.

Professor Shiotani has played leading roles in numerous international academic and standardization activities. He is one of the founders of the International Institute of Innovative Acoustic Emission (IIIAE) and served as its President until 2024. Convenor of ISO/TC 135 Ad Hoc Group 1 (AHG1) on personnel qualification and certification for non-destructive testing of civil engineering structures, and Chair of RILEM Technical Committee 328 QPA (Quality Assurance of 3D Concrete Printing by Non-Invasive Testing). He also served as Co-Program Chair of APCNDT 2026 and has organized numerous international conferences and special sessions in the fields of NDT, acoustic emission, and infrastructure monitoring.

He has authored more than 400 scientific publications, including peer-reviewed journal articles and conference papers, and holds more than 45 patents. He successfully led the development and publication of three Japanese-proposed ISO standards on acoustic emission testing in 2019. His contributions to non-destructive testing have been recognized through numerous international awards, including five Structural Faults & Repair Conference Awards (Scotland, UK) in 2008, 2013, 2016, 2018 and 2026, the AEWG Fellow Award (2013), the Joseph Kaiser Achievement Award (2017), the AEWG Gold Medal (2019), and the prestigious RILEM Fellow Award (2025), awarded in recognition of his outstanding international contributions to construction materials and structures research.

Professor Shiotani continues to promote international collaboration in non-destructive evaluation, standardization, and digital transformation of infrastructure. His current research aims to integrate advanced sensing technologies, AI, and digital engineering to enhance the safety, resilience, and sustainability of civil infrastructure. His current international activities focus particularly on the standardization of non-destructive testing and quality assurance technologies for next-generation infrastructure, including additive manufacturing and digital construction.