Mar. 1985: Master's Degree Course (Civil Engineering), Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology
Apr. 1985: Assistant Professor, Kyoto University
Apr. 1989: Assistant Professor, Ehime University
Apr. 1991: Assistant Professor, Gunma University
Apr. 1994 - Mar. 1995: Visiting Researcher, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, ETH Zurich
Apr. 1995: Associate Professor, Gunma University
Jul. 2009: Professor, Gunma University
Apr. 2025: Professor Emeritus, Gunma University
Apr. 2025: Research and Training Advisor, ICHARM, Public Works Research Institute
Apr. 2025: Professor (joint-appointment), National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS)

• Selected publications

Kengo OSADA, Yoshihiko SHIMIZU, Kenji KAWAIKE, Mirei SHIGE-EDA, Shogo KAKEHASH, Numerical simulation of woody debris behavior able to apply integrally to rivers and floodplains, Advances in River Engineering,Vol.29,121-126,2023

Kengo Osada, Robert Ettema, Yoshihiko Shimizu, Akihiko Wakai, Influence of Channel Morphology on Ice Conveyance and Bridging: Experiments with a Numerical Model, Journal of Cold Regions Engineering, ASCE, Volume 34, Issue 1,2019

Kengo Osada, Yoshihiko Shimizu, Reo Matsumoto, Robert Ettema, Development of a 3D numerical model of woody debris for designing a debris retention facility in rivers, Journal of JSCE,B1,Vol.77,No.2,I_1679- I_1684,2021

Kengo Osada, Robert Ettema, Yoshihiko Shimizu, Akihiko Wakai, Influence of Channel Morphology on Ice Conveyance and Bridging: Experiments with a Numerical Model, Journal of Cold Regions Engineering, ASCE, Volume 34, Issue 1,2019

Yoshihiko Shimizu, Kengo Osada, Shuji Iwami, Numerical study on designing retention facilities of woody debris in river bends, Journal of JSCE, B1, Vol.75, No.2,I_1429- I_1434,2019

Yoshihiko Shimizu, Kengo Osada, Shuji Iwami, Tomoya Kusabe, Evaluation on a retention facility of driftwood in river by a simulation model of driftwood behavior, Journal of JSCE,B1,Vol.74,No.5,I_1069- I_1074,2018

Susumu Yasuda, Yoshihiko Shimizu, Keisuke Deguch, Investigation of the mechanism of the 2015 failure of a dike on Kinu River, SOILS AND FOUNDATIONS,56-4,581-592,2016

Yoshihiko Shimizu, Shuji Iwami, Osamu Oyama: Study on bar and low-water channel management by using flood disturbance resulting from bar excavation,vol.21,295-300,2015

Tetsuro Tsujimoto, Yoshihiko Shimizu, Tadanori Kitamura, Toshiharu Okada, Turbulent Open-Channel Flow over Bed Covered by Rigid Vegetation, Journal of Hydroscience and Hydraulic Engineering,vol.10,No.13,13-25,1992

• Social contributions

Jun. 2019-May. 2021: Head of Committee on Hydroscience and Hydraulic Engineering, Japan Society of Civil Engineers.
Oct. 2020: Associate Members, Science Council of Japan
Jul. 2024: Vice-President of Ecology and Civil Engineering Society
Mar. 2025: Member of the Council for Infrastructure of Japan