Expert’s Eyes

　Most of industrial facilities and plants such as power and chemical plants are designed based on thermo-fluid dynamics, and therefore, understanding heat and fluid flow is of great importance for their safety. I have been conducting research related to heat and fluid flow such as boiling heat transfer, two-phase flow, turbulence, transport phenomena and measurement methods for heat and fluid flow. These phenomena are elementary process of the safety issues in industrial facilities. The multi-physics phenomena and the relation with the safety in industrial systems are also my research topics.

Remarkable File

・Young Researcher Award of the Japanese Society for Multiphase Flow (1999) ・Outstanding Paper Award of the Atomic Energy Society of Japan (2004) ・Outstanding Paper Award of the Japanese Society for Multiphase Flow (2005) ・Research Award of the Kansai Branch, Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers (2012) ・Technology Award of the Japanese Society for Multiphase Flow (2013) ・JSME Medal for Outstanding Paper, Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers (2013) ・Frontier Award of Fluids Engineering Division, Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers (2016)

Brief Personal History

Mar. 1988:
Graduated from the Department od Mechnical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Kobe University (Bachelor of Engineering) Mar. 1990:
Completed the Mastor's Course in Mechnical Engineering, Graduate School of Engneering, Kobe University (Mastor of Engineering) Mar. 1993:
Completed the Doctoral Course in Mechnical Engineering, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Kobe University (Doctor of Engineering) Apr. 1993:
Research Associate of the Department of Mechnical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Kobe University (until Mar. 1998) Apr. 1998:
Associate Professor of the Department of Mechnical Engineering, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Kobe University (until Sep. 2019) Sep. 2019:
Professor of the Faculty of Societal Safety Science, Kansai University (present)