宇宙環境応用工学研究室

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Membership of Academic Societies

• CSJ, Combustion Society of Japan
• JSME, The Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers
• JAFSE, Japan Association for Fire Science and Engineering
• JSAE, The Society of Automotive Engineers of Japan
• GTSJ, Gas Turbine Society of Japan
• JASMA, Japan Society of Microgravity Application
• JSASS, The Japan Society for Aeronautical and Space Society

Education & Professional Experiences

EDUCATION

• B. Eng., Hokkaido University, 1982.3
• M. Eng., Hokkaido University, 1984.3
• D. Eng., Hokkaido University, 1987.3
  Thesis title: Purification of Exhaust Gas Emission from an Alcohol Combustion Engine
  Advisor: Professor Kenichi Ito

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES

• 1987.4-1990.3 Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Hokkaido University
• 1990.4-1995.3 Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Hokkaido University
• 1994.4-1995.3 Visiting Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of California at Berkeley (USA)
• 1996.4-2003.3 Associate Professor, Division of Mechanical Science, Hokkaido University
• 2003.4-present Professor, Division of Mechanical and Space Engineering, Hokkaido University

Research Interests

• Fire Safety in Space (ignition and flame spread)
• Flame Instability of Propagating Flame Front
• Reduction of Pollutant Emission (NOx, Soot)
• Catalytic Combustion
• High-Temperature Combustion
• Alternative Fuel (Bio Fuel, DME)
• Oxy-fuel Combustion 
• Combustion Control by Electric and Magnetic Field 

Awards

• CSJ Research Encouragement Award, Combustion Society of Japan, 1999. 11
• Best Flame Picture Award, Combustion Society of Japan, 2001. 12
• Best Paper Award, JASMA, 2006.
• Best Paper Award, JSME, 2007.
• JSME Thermal Engineering Division Award for Research Achibement, 2013.10  
• Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers (JSME) Fellow, 2013
• CSJ 2014 Bet Flame Picture Award, Combustion Society of Japan, 2014.12 
• The Japan Society for Aeronautical and Space Science Fellow, 2015.3
• Hokkaido University President Encouragement Award for Educational Contribution, 2015.3

Out campus Activities

• Executive Board member of The Combustion Institute (2014-present)
• Science Council of Japan Associate member (2014.10-present)
• Vice-President of CSJ(2013-present)
• Executive board member of CSJ (2005-present)
• Chair of JSASS north Japan branch (Hokkaido and Tohoku) (2015-present) 
• Executive board member of JSME (2008-2010)
• Executive board member of JASMA (2003-2007)(2011-2015)
• Chair of space utilization division of JSASS (2007-2009)
• Editor in Chief, Journal of CSJ (2007-2010)
• Editor in Chief, Journal of JSME (2008-2010)
• Colloquium co-chair, 32^nd International Symposium on Combustion
• Colloquium co-chair, 33^rd International Symposium on Combustion

Classes (On going, Experienced)

• Combustion
• Thermodynamics
• Machine Design
• Space Engineering
• Instrumentation
• Space Utilization (Graduate course)

Special Skills

• Board game “GO” (Third Prize of Students Championship in Japan) .

LANGUAGES

• Japanese (native)
• English; fluent in reading, writing, speaking

Others

International collaborations; SNU(Korea), ENSMA(France), NASA(USA), NIST(USA).

Last Update: April 8, 2015