Director
Utilization unit
Kotaro Tanaka
Professor, Graduate School of Science and Engineering (Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering), Ibaraki University.
Born in Osaka
After working at National Traffic Safety and Environment Laboratory, CNRS Nancy University (France), and the Environmental Science Center(the University of Tokyo), he was appointed to his current position at Ibaraki University in 2012.
Specializes in engine combustion using next-generation fuels, exhaust measurement, and advanced exhaust aftertreatment systems.
Specialty｜Thermal Engineering
Unit Leader
Capture unit
Satoshi Sakaida
Lecturer, Graduate School of Science and Engineering (Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering), Ibaraki University
Direct air capture and fuel cells are the subject of research. D. degree from Hokkaido University after resigning from Mitsubishi Electric Corporation. Joined Ibaraki University in 2017.
Specialty｜Thermal Engineering
Synthesis unit
Hiroki Fukumoto
Professor, Graduate School of Science and Engineering(Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering), Ibaraki University
Specialty｜Polymer Chemistry
Utilization unit
Yasuyuki Sakai
Professor, Carbon Recycling Energy Research Center, Ibaraki University
D. degree in Chemical Systems Engineering from the University of Tokyo, and after working in the Graduate School of Engineering at the University of Fukui, he moved to Ibaraki University in 2021.
He specializes in theoretical chemistry-based analysis of biofuels, e-fuel, hydrogen, and ammonia combustion.
Specialty｜Combustion Chemistry, Computational Chemistry
Unit Members
Capture unit
Yanrong Li
Associate Professor, Graduate School of Science and Engineering ( (Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering)), Ibaraki University
Ph. D from the University of Tokyo for research on fluid self-excited vibration in 2013. After working as a JSPS Research Fellow DC2 and PD, she joined Ibaraki University in 2013.
Specialty｜Thermal and Fluid Engineering
URL：https://researchers.ibaraki.ac.jp/search/detail.html?systemId=e14b5a538bb81cbf&lang=en
Capture unit
William Nguyen
Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Science and Engineering (Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering), Ibaraki University
D. from Regina University, Canada. He has completed his doctoral study at the University of Regina in Canada. He was a research associate at the Clean Energy Technologies Research Institute (CETRI), and an assistant professor at Nagoya University. He was also an adjunct professor at the University of Regina before joining Ibaraki University Hitachi Campus -Carbon Recycling Energy Research Center (CRERC).
Previously, his research focused on CO2 capture by amine solutions and solid zeolite sorbents. In addition to experimental work, his research applied computational fluid dynamics (CFDs) to model the CO2 capture processes.
At CRERC, he is working on the topic of CO2 capture - direct air capture (DAC).
Specialty｜CO2 capture by absorption and adsorption
URL：https://researchers.ibaraki.ac.jp/search/?lang=ja&st=researcher
Synthesis unit
Keiichi Koseki
Professor, Carbon Recycling Energy Research Center, Ibaraki University.
Born in Tokyo. After working for Tonen Corporation, Tonen General Sekiyu K.K., and JXTG Energy Corporation, he joined Ibaraki University in 2024. He has been involved in most of the Japanese fuel standards discussions such as gasoline vapor pressure, octane rating, and ETBE/ethanol as a representative researcher and engineer in the industry. Currently, he specializes in the establishment and advancement of truly sustainable energy systems based on resilience and economic evaluation of mobility energy.
Specialty｜Renewable Energy, Biofuels, Fuel Production & Fuel Quality/Standards
URL：https://researchers.ibaraki.ac.jp/search/detail.html?systemId=9ed8c58afc03a4af520e17560c007669&lang=en
Synthesis unit
Haruki Nagakawa
Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Science and Engineering ( (Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering)), Ibaraki University
He received his PhD (Engineering) degree from Tokyo University of Science in 2022. After working as a JSPS Research Fellow PD at the Institute of Industrial Science, the University of Tokyo, he joined Ibaraki University in 2023. He specializes in artificial photosynthesis using photocatalysts.
Specialty｜Inorganic Materials, Photochemistry
Utilization unit
Terumitsu Hirata
Professor, Graduate School of Science and Engineering( (Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering)), Ibaraki University
Specialized in transportation engineering and civil engineering plan
D. dgree of Engineering from the Tokyo Institute of Technology. After working at the Institute For Policy Studies (now Japan Transport and Tourism Research Institute), he joined Ibaraki University in 2013.
Specialty｜Transportation Engineering
Open Science Unit Members
Shunsuke Suzuki
Affiliation｜National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)
Specially Appointed Fellow, Ibaraki University
Takuya Mabuchi
Affiliation｜Frontier Research Institute For Interdisciplinary Sciences, Tohoku University
Specially Appointed Fellow, Ibaraki University
Hisashi Nakamura
Affiliation｜Institute of Fluid Science, Tohoku University
Specially Appointed Fellow, Ibaraki University
Kouki Oka
Affiliation｜Institute of Multidisciplinary Research for Advanced Materials, Tohoku University
Specially Appointed Fellow, Ibaraki University
Yukiko Yoshida
Affiliation｜CTI Engineering Co.,Ltd.
Specially Appointed Fellow, Ibaraki University
Mustapha Fikri
Affiliation｜University of Duisburg-Essen (Germany)
Specially Appointed Fellow, Ibaraki University
Prajakta Rajaram Parab
Affiliation｜Government College of Arts, Science and Commerce, Khandol (India)
Specially Appointed Fellow, Ibaraki University
Luc-Sy TRAN
Affiliation｜French National Centre for Scientific Research (France)
Specially Appointed Fellow, Ibaraki University
Navneet Kumar Gupta
Affiliation｜Indian Institute of Science (India)
Specially Appointed Fellow, Ibaraki University