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Mitsuru SASAKI (佐々木 満) As of March 13, 2017

Position Associate Professor, Dr. Eng.
Institute of Pulsed Power Science (IPPS),
Graduate School of Science and Technology, Kumamoto University
(Postal address)
2-39-1 Kurokami, Chuo-ku, Kumamoto 860-8555, Japan
(Tel) +81-96-342-3666 (Fax) +81-96-342-3679 (E-mail) Please click here.
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 – March 2013  Associate Professor, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
April 2013 – present  Associate Professor, Institute of Pulsed Power Science, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
During the work at Kumamoto University, I worked as a temporally researcher or professor in the following.
  • Visiting professor of Chulalongkorn University (Bangkok, Thailand): October 2003, December 2003 – January 2004.
  • Visiting researcher of The University of Birmingham (Birmingham, UK): June – September 2006.
  • Visiting researcher of University of The Basque Country (San Sebastian, Spain): July 2007.
  • Visiting professor of Technical University of Hamburg – Harburg (Hamburg, Germany): December 2008
  • Visiting professor of Ho Chi Minh University of Technology (Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam): October 2009, and August 2010.
Honors
  • November 2006  Progress Award, The Japan Society of High Pressure Science and Technology
  • July 2006   Progress Award, The Cellulose Society of Japan.
  • October 2003  Young Scientist Awards, IUCST-ICAM 2003.
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
Professional Activities
  • November 2006  Secretariat of The 8th International Symposium on Supercritical Fluids, Kyoto, Japan
  • June 2008 – present  Councilor, Research Association for Feedstock Recycling of Plastics, Japan
  • October 2009  Organizing committee members, The MTMS 2009, Kanazawa, Japan.
  • April 2010 – March 2011  Chairman, Kyushu Chemical Engineers' Network (Q-NET), Kyushu Branch of Society of Chemical Engineers, Japan
  • September 10-11, 2011 International Program Committee Member at International Conference on Environmental Aspects of Bangladesh (ICEAB 2011), Kitakyushu, Japan.
  • October 5-7, 2011 Committee of The 6th International Symposium on Feedstock Recycling of Polymeric Materials (ISFR2011), Toledo, Spain.
  • June, 2008 - March 2013 Member of Kumamoto University Global COE Program "Initiative Center for Pulsed Power Engineering"
Publications See attachment files
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Educational background and employment record

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 - March 2013 Associate Professor Graduate School of Science and Technology, Kumamoto University (Japan)
April 2013 - present Associate Professor Institute of Pulsed Power Science (IPPS), Kumamoto University
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-March 2013 Program staff of G-COE Kumamoto University Global COE (Centers of Excellence) Program "Global Initiative Center for Pulsed Power Engineering"
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Research fields

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
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Skills

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.
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