Michael Conrad Koch
Affiliation
Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University
Kitashirakawa-Oiwakecho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8502, JAPAN
E-mail: koch.michaelconrad.5w@kyoto-u.ac.jp
- 2020 Dr. Agr., Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Japan (Inverse analysis in geomechanical problems using Hamiltonian Monte Carlo)
- 2015 M. Tech., Geotechncial Engineering, IIT Guwahati, India
- 2013 B. Tech., Civil Engineering, NIT Silchar, India
- 2022 - present : Program Specific Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University
- 2020 - 2021 : Post-doctoral researcher, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University
- 2015 - 2016 : Research Assistant - II, Department of Civil Engineering, The University of Hong Kong
- Koch, M. C.*, Osugi, M., Fujisawa, K., Murakami, A.: Hamiltonian Monte Carlo for Simultaneous Interface and Spatial Field Detection (HMCSISFD) and its application to a piping zone interface detection problem. International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics, 45(17), 2602-2626.
Online link: https://doi.org/10.1002/nag.3279 - Koch, M. C.*, Fujisawa, K., Murakami, A. (2020): Novel parameter update for a gradient based MCMC method for solid-void interface detection through elastodynamic inversion. Probabilistic Engineering Mechanics, 62, 103097.
Online link: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.probengmech.2020.103097 - Koch, M. C.*, Fujisawa, K., Murakami, A. (2020): Adjoint Hamiltonian Monte Carlo algorithm for the estimation of elastic modulus through the inversion of elastic wave propagation data. International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering, 121(6), 1037-1067.
Online link: https://doi.org/10.1002/nme.6256 - Fujisawa, K.*, Koch, M. C., Murakami, A. (2020): Bayesian inference of preferential seepage path by gradient-based Markov Chain Monte Carlo, Japanese Geotechnical Society Special Publication, 8(3), 59-63.
Online link: https://doi.org/10.3208/jgssp.v08.j44 - Dey, A.*, Koch, M. C. (2017): Numerical Study of the effect of pile driving on the position of a neutral plane, Geotechnical Frontiers 2017: Foundations (ASCE Geotechnical Special Publications), 279, 101-111.
Online link: https://ascelibrary.org/doi/10.1061/9780784480465.011
- Koch, M. C.*, Fujisawa, K., Murakami, A. (2022):Numerical Gradient Computation for Simultaneous Detection of Geometry and Spatial Random Fields in a Statistical Framework, In: I. Kyrchei (ed.) Inverse Problems - Recent Advances and Applications [Working Title], IntechOpen, London.
Online link: https://www.intechopen.com/online-first/numerical-gradient-computation-for-simultaneous-detection-of-geometry-and-spatial-random-fields-in-a - Koch M.C.*, Murakami A., Fujisawa K. (2019): Elastic Modulus estimation using a scaled state parameter in the Extended Kalman Filter, In: Geotechnics for Natural Disaster Mitigation and Management. Developments in Geotechnical Engineering. Springer, Singapore, 43-51.
Online link: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-8828-6_4
- Koch, M. C.*, Fujisawa, K., Murakami, A. (2022): Assessment of HMC Parameter Updates for Piping Zone Boundary Detection, Proceedings of the 8th International Symposium on Geotechnical Safety and Risk (ISGSR), Newcastle, December 2022.
- Koch, M. C.*, Osugi, M., Fujisawa, K., Murakami, A. (2022): Investigation of reference parameter invariance and application of HMCSISFD for identification of an eroded seepage zone, 13th International Conference on Structural Safety & Reliability (ICOSSAR) 2022, Shanghai, September 2022.
- Koch, M. C.*, Osugi, M., Fujisawa, K., Murakami, A. (2021): Application of an HMC based approximate method for combined identification of hydraulic conductivity and piping region interface, Challenges and Innovations in Geomechanics - Proceedings of the 16th International Conference of International Association for Computer Methods and Advances in Geomechanics (IACMAG) 2020, Torino, May 2021.
Online link: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-64514-4 - Koch, M.C.*, Fujisawa, K., Murakami, A. (2020): Hamiltonian Monte Carlo identification of an arbitrary crack extending from the surface into an embankment through elastodynamic inversion, Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Computational Engineering and Science for Safety and Environmental Problems (COMPSAFE) 2020, Kobe, Japan, Dec 2020.
Online link: https://compsafe2020.org/program/compsafe_prog20201208.pdf - Koch, M. C.*, Fujisawa, K., Murakami, A. (2019): HMC based inverse analysis to determine position and size of square cavities. Proceedings of the 7th International Symposium on Geotechnical Safety and Risk (ISGSR) 2019, Taipei, Taiwan, Dec 2019, 637- 642.
Online link: http://rpsonline.com.sg/proceedings/isgsr2019/pdf/IS7-1.pdf - Sathiyamoorthy, R.* and Koch, M. C. (2013): Performance Assessment of Geosynthetic Encased Stone Columns in Soft Clay - A Numerical Study. Proceedings of the 4th International Seminar on Forensic Geotechnical Engineering, Bengaluru, India, Jan 2013, 617-627.
- Koch, M. C.*, Osugi, M., Fujisawa, K., Murakami, A. (2021): Bayesian inversion for the coupled detection of spatial properties and geometry in a seepage flow field. IX International Conference on Coupled Problems in Science and Engineering (COUPLED 2021), Chia Laguna, Italy, June 2021.
- Koch, M. C.*, Fujisawa, K., Murakami, A. (2021): An improved method for simultaneous identification of geometry and hydraulic conductivity of seepage flow field with a piping zone. Proceedings of the 56th Conference of the Japanese Geotechnical Society, Online event, July 2021, 122301.
- Koch, M. C.*, Fujisawa, K., Murakami, A. (2020): Simultaneous identification of geometry and hydraulic conductivity of seepage flow field with a piping zone. Proceedings of the 55th Conference of the Japanese Geotechnical Society, Kyoto, Japan, July 2020, 226308.*, Fujisawa, K., Murakami, A. (2020): Simultaneous identification of geometry and hydraulic conductivity of seepage flow field with a piping zone. Proceedings of the 55th Conference of the Japanese Geotechnical Society, Kyoto, Japan, July 2020, 226308.
- Koch, M. C.*, Fujisawa, K., Murakami, A. (2019): Elastic Wave Inversion Using HMC to Identify Subsurface Cavities. Proceedings of the 54th Conference of the Japanese Geotechnical Society, Tokyo, Japan, July 2019, 217-218.
