Mitsuru SASAKI (佐々木 満) As of March 16, 2011
Position | Associate Professor, Dr. Eng. Graduate School of Science and Technology, Kumamoto University Member of Global COE Program “Global Initiative Center for Pulsed Power Engineering” (Postal address) 2-39-1 Kurokami, Kumamoto 860-8555, Japan (Tel) +81-96-342-3666 (Fax) +81-96-342-3679 (E-mail) Please click here. |
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Sex | Male |
Date of Birth | May 31, 1972 |
Nationality | JAPAN |
Marital Status | Married |
Education | Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan Dr. Eng. in Chemical Engineering, March 2000 M. S. in Chemical Engineering, March 1997 Bachelor degree in Chemical Engineering, March 1995 |
Experiences | April 2000 – March 2003 Researcher, Genesis Research Institute, Inc., Nagoya, Japan. April 2003 – February 2005 Research Associate, Department of Applied Chemistry and Biochemistry, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan March 2005 – present Associate Professor, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan During the work at Kumamoto University, I worked as a temporally researcher or professor in the following.
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Professional Interests | Chemical Engineering Biomass upgrading for chemicals and energy use Chemical reactions in sub- and supercritical water Industrial wastewater treatments Chemical recycling of polymeric materials |
Professional Societies | Society of Chemical Engineers, Japan The Cellulose Society of Japan Japan Society of Material Cycles and Waste Management The Japan Society of High Pressure Science and Technology American Chemical Society Research Association for Feedstock Recycling of Plastics, Japan |
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Publications | See attachment file |
Period | Position | Affiliation |
April 1991 - March 1995 | Undergraduate student | Department of Biochemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Tohoku University (Japan) |
April 1995 - March 1997 | Master's course | Master's course, Graduate School of Chemical Engineering, Tohoku University (Japan) |
April 1997 - March 2000 | Doctoral course | Doctoral course, Graduate School of Chemical Engineering, Tohoku University (Japan) |
April 2000 - March 2003 | Researcher | Research Group I, Genesis Research Institute, Inc. (Japan) |
April 2003 - February 2005 | Research Assistant (Assistant Professor) |
Department of Applied Chemistry and Biochemistry, Faculty of Engineering, Kumamoto University (Japan) |
March 2005 - March 2006 | Associate Professor | Department of Applied Chemistry and Biochemistry, Faculty of Engineering, Kumamoto University (Japan) |
April 2006 - present | Associate Professor | Graduate School of Applied Chemistry and Biochemistry, Kumamoto University (Japan) |
June 2006 - September 2006 | Visiting Senior Researcher | Department of Chemical Engineering, The University of Birmingham (UK) Host Professor: Bushra Al-Duri, Dr. |
December 2008 | Visiting Researcher | High-Pressure Tech. Group, Technische Universitat fur Humburg-Harburg (Germany) |
June 2008-present | Program staff of G-COE | Kumamoto University Global COE (Centers of Excellence) Program "Global Initiative Center for Pulsed Power Engineering" |
Period | Theme | Main topic(s) on this research | Co-worker(s) |
1994.4-1995.3 | Fundamental Study on Partial Oxidation of Methane to Methanol in Supercritical Water | Relative selective partial oxidation of methane to methanol | Mr. J. Goto Prof. T. Adschiri Prof. K. Arai |
1995.4-1997.3 | Kinetic Study on Cellulose Hydrolysis in Sub- and Supercritical Water | Super-rapid enzymatic hydrolysis of supercritical water-solubilized cellulose | Dr. B. M. Kabyemela Prof. R. M. Malaluan Prof. T. Adschiri Prof. K. Arai |
1997.4-2003.3 | Kinetics and Mechanisms of Cellulose Solubilization and Hydrolysis in Sub- and Supercritical Water | 1) Cellulose can dissolve into water at the near-critical and supercritical conditions. 2) Reaction mechanism for cellulose in sub- and supercritical water could be proposed. 3) Cellulose can be converted to glucose by using the SCW solubilization and subsequent enzymatic hydrolysis. |
Meiji Seika Kaisha Co., Ltd. Genesis Research Institute, Inc. Prof. T. Adschiri Prof. K. Arai |
1998.4-2003.3 | Reaction Pathway Analysis of Saccharides in Sub- and Supercritical Water | 1) Some fundamental reaction paths could be determined. 2) Effects of temperature and pressure on the reactions of saccharides in near- and supercritical water for reaction control. |
Genesis Research Institute, Inc. |
2000.4-2003.3 | Study on teh Conversion of Hydrolxyl Groups in Saccharides and Alcohols using Supercritical Water | 1) Amidation and amination of alcohols can occur in supercritical water. 2) Partial oxidation of glycolaldehyde to glycolic acid can be selectively occurred at high pressures in supercritical water. |
Genesis Research Institute, Inc. Noguchi Institute |
2003.4-present | Researches of Microdevices | For Reaction & Distillation | |
2003.4-present | Hydrothermal Electrolysis | This research has been carried out with a company | |
2003.4-present | Reaction Kinetics and Mechanism of sachcarides in Sub- and Supercritical Water | (Starting materials) Bio-related saccharides | This research has been carried out with a Company |
2003.4-present | Supercritical CO2 Extraction | (Targets) Antioxidants, essential oils, etc. | w/ various companies under supervision of Prof. M. Goto |
2003.4-present | Chemical Recycling of Plastics using Sub- and Supercritical Water (or Methanol) | PET, Nylon, FRP | Dr. M. Genta Ms T. Iwaya Prof. M. Goto |
2004.4-present | Subcritical Water Extraction/Solubilization | (Targets) Glucan, oligosaccharides, heavy metals, etc. | This research has been carried out with companies and an university |
2004.5-2008.3 | Production of Plasma in Supercritical Fluids and Its Application to Organic Reaction | Kumamoto University 21st COE program "Pulsed Power Science" (Prof. Akiyama's group) | |
2008.6-present | Pulsed discharge plasma in Sub-critical and Supercritical Water | New synthetic method of functional polymers | Staff of Kumamoto University Global COE program |
Experimental skills | Reactors (Flow, semi-batch, batch), Extraction, etc. |
Analyses (solid) | DSC, TG-DTA, FT-IR, XRD, SEM, TEM, TOF-MS, etc. |
Analyses (liquid) | HPLC-UV/RI, GPC, SEC, TOC, FAB-MS, GC-MS, GC-FID, NMR, etc. |
Analyses (gas) | GC-MS, GC-FID, GC-TCD, etc. |