Go Igarashi

Profile

In the context of research on building materials, the objective is to elucidate the mechanisms that give rise to material properties. Conducting the research endeavor involves the development and control of building materials that leverage these properties.

Career History

• 2005.03 Shizuoka Prefectural Numazu Higashi High School
• 2005.04-2009.03 Nagoya University, Faculty of Engineering, Department of Social and Environmental Engineering
• 2009.04-2011.03 Nagoya University, Graduate School of Environmental Studies, Urban Environmental Studies Program, Master’s Program
• 2011.04-2014.03 Graduate School of Environmental Studies, Nagoya University, Department of Urban Environmental Studies, Doctoral Program (Secondary)
• 2011.04-2014.03 Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Research Fellow DC1
• 2012.05-2012.11 Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology (EMPA), Visiting Researcher
• 2014.04-2019.03 Assistant Professor, Department of Urban and Architectural Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Tohoku University
• 2014.04-2022.09 Project Lecturer, Department of Social Infrastructure Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo
• 2022.10-present Associate Professor, Department of Urban Environmental Studies, Graduate School of Environmental Studies, Nagoya University

Professional Affiliations

Japan Concrete Institute, Architectural Institute of Japan, Japan Society of Civil Engineers, Atomic Energy Society of Japan

Awards

• 2014 Tokai Award (Paper Award), Architectural Institute of Japan (February 11, 2014) “Relationship between Binding Water Content and Water Vapor BET Specific Surface Area in Cement Hardened Bodies Using Various Portland Cements and Blast Furnace Slag Fine Powder”
• 2013 67th Cement Technology Conference Excellent Presentation Award (July 31, 2013) “Proposal of a Simplified Evaluation Method for Drying Shrinkage Strain of Aggregates Using Loss on Ignition”
• 2011 33rd Annual Concrete Engineering Conference Annual Paper Encouragement Award (July 13, 2011) “Relationship between Young’s Modulus and Phase Composition of Cement Hardened Bodies under Different Equilibrium Relative Humidity Conditions”
• 2010 32nd Annual Concrete Engineering Conference Annual Paper Encouragement Award (July 9, 2010) “Time-Dependent Variation of Poisson’s Ratio in Young-Age Cement Hardened Bodies”
• 2009 20th Architectural Institute of Japan Outstanding Graduation Thesis Award (July 29, 2009) “Study on the Effect of Temperature History on Reactions and Physical Properties in Cement Hardened Bodies Using Ordinary Portland Cement”

Recent Published Papers

1. Usman, M., Nakamura, H., Karam, M.S., Miura, T., Igarashi, G. (2025) , "Study on Relationship Between Mechanical Properties and Water Absorption Characteristics of Mortars by Using Digital Image Correlation Method (DICM)" , Materials , 18(5), 1182-1182 .
2. R. Igami, G. Igarashi, A. Aili, D. Minato, R. Kurihara, I. Maruyama (2025) , "Clinker mineral formation and thermal decomposition of calcium carbonates in carbonated tobermorites: Mechanism of CO2 release in low-temperature ranges" , Cement and Concrete Research , 197, 107969-107969 .
3. Sayuri Tomita, Kazuo Yamada, Go Igarashi, Yoshifumi Hosokawa, Ippei Maruyama (2025) , "Interaction of Cs and Sr with C–A–S–H and Carbonated C–A–S–H phases: Experimental study and thermodynamic modeling" , Journal of Nuclear Materials , 617, 156156-156156 .
4. K. Yamada, H. Hokora, I. Maruyama, H. Aihara, S. Tomita, Y. Tojo, K. Shibuya, Y. Hosokawa, G. Igarashi, K. Koma (2024) , "Attempts to Estimate the Amount of Contamination by Cs and Sr in Cracked Concrete Considering Realistic Contamination Conditions" , Waste Management Conference Proceedings , 2024, 24110-24110 .
5. Tatsuki NAKASHIMA, Go IGARASHI, Ryusei IGAMI, Ippei MARUYAMA (2024) , "Influence of aggregate on the changes of mineral composition and phase transformation of hardened cement paste and mortar in heating high-temperature" , Cement Science and Concrete Technology , 78(1), 103-110 .
6. Daiki ICHIKAWA, Ippei MARUYAMA, Ryusei IGAMI, Go IGARASHI (2024) , "Fundamental study on swelling behavior of hardened cement pastes immersed in aqueous chloride solution" , Cement Science and Concrete Technology , 78(1), 152-160 .
7. Ryusei Igami, Go Igarashi, Abudushalamu Aili, Ryo Kurihara, Takahiro Ohkubo, Ippei Maruyama (2024) , "Full-scale observation of drying-induced microstructure change in hardened cement paste by water and 2-propanol 1H NMR relaxometry" , Cement and Concrete Research , 186, 107698-107698 .
8. Miki Segawa, Ryo Kurihara, Abudushalamu Aili, Go Igarashi, Ippei Maruyama (2024) , "Shrinkage reduction mechanism of low Ca/Si ratio C-A-S-H in cement pastes containing fly ash" , Cement and Concrete Research , 186, 107683-107683 .
9. Mayank Gupta, Kolneath Pen, Go Igarashi, Yuya Takahashi, Tetsuya Ishida (2024) , "Effect of reinforcement on the anisotropic expansion of concrete with CSA-based expansive additives" , Journal of Building Engineering , 97, 110740-110740 .
10. Taito Miura, Shintaro Miyamoto, Ippei Maruyama, Abudushalamu Aili, Takumi Sato, Yuji Nagae, Go Igarashi (2024) , "New insight on the thermal impact on cementitious materials due to high-temperature with water ply: Continuous expansive spalling in water" , Case Studies in Construction Materials , 21, e03571-e03571 .