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Biographical Statement of Prof - Kunio Yoshikawa

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Biographical Statement of Prof.

Kunio Yoshikawa

Name: Kunio Yoshikawa


Address: School of Environmental and Society, Tokyo Institute of Technology G5-8, 4259 Nagatsuta,
Midori-ku, Yokohama 226-8502, Japan
Tel: +81-45-924-5507, Fax: +81-45-924-5518, E-mail: yoshikawa.k.aa@m.titech.ac.jp
Educational background:
1977 Bachelor’s degree in applied physics, Tokyo Institute of Technology
1979 Master of engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology

1986 Doctor of engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology


“Study on High Temperature Heat Exchanger for Closed Cycle MHD Power Generation”
Working background:
1979-1980 Researcher, Hiroshima Technical Institute of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
1980-1990 Research Associate, Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Tokyo
Institute of Technology

1990-1998 Associate Professor, Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Tokyo
Institute of Technology

1998-2007 Professor, Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Tokyo Institute of
Technology

2007-2012 Professor, Frontier Research Center, Tokyo Institute of Technology


2012-2016 Professor, Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Tokyo Institute of
Technology, Visiting professor of Dalian University of Technology, China
2016- Professor, School of Environment and Society, Tokyo Institute of Technology
1997-2003 Research leader of JST CREST “High Efficiency Power Generation from Waste and Coal
Utilizing High Temperature Air Combustion Technology” (Total budget was US$13 million)
2011-2014 Research leader of Strategic China-Japan Cooperative Programme on Science and
Technology (S&T) for Environmental Conservation and Construction of a Society with Less
Environmental Burden (JST/NSFC) “Efficient Energy Production from Biomass Wastes with
High Moisture and Nitrogen Contents” (Total budget was US$150 thousand)
2015-2017 Research leader of Innovative Science and Technology Initiative for Security (Ministry of
Defence) “Development of Portable Ultra-small Biomass Gasification and Power Generation
System” (Total budget will be US$1 million)
Major research area:
Waste treatment, Energy conversion, Combustion, Atmospheric environmental engineering
Membership:
Member, Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers, Member, Japan Institute of Energy
Member, Japan Society of Material Cycles and Waste Management
Associate Editor, Applied Energy
Awards:
1999 AIAA (American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics) Best paper award
2001 ASME International (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers)
James Harry Potter Gold Medal
2006 JSME (The Japanese Society of Mechanical Engineers) Best technical achievement award
2008 Fellow of JSME
2014 Best Teacher Award of Tokyo Institute of Technology
Signature: Date: May 2017

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