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| Okayama UNIV. |  |
| WASTE MANAGEMENT RESEARCH CENTER |
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| Members |
| Ken Yoshikawa | |
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Deam of Graduate School of Environmental and Life Science, Director of Waste Management Research Center, Ph.D. , Professor 【Research field】 Physiological Plant Ecology, Forest Ecology, Arid Ecology 【Related association】 The Japanese Forest Society, The Japanese Society of Re-vegetation Technology, British Ecological Society, Ecological Society of J 【Research subjects】 ・Analysis of Semi-arid Ecosystems ・Physiological and Ecological Analysis on Drought Tolerance of Trees ・Vegetation Restoration Technology to Prevent DSS (Dust and Sand Storm) in North-east Asia ・Restoration Technology of Reforestation in Arid and Semi-arid Area in Kenya (Africa) ・Ecological Analysis and Technological Development of Management of Mangrove Forest in the Red Sea Coastal Area in Egypt and Saudi Arabia (Africa and Middle East) |
| Takeshi Fujiwara | |
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Deputy Director of Waste Management Research Center, Ph.D. , Professor 【Research field】 Solid Waste Management, Solid Waste Engineering, Environmental Systems Engineering 【Related association】 Japan Society of Civil Engineers, Japan Society of Material Cycles and Waste Management, The Society of Environmental Instrumentation Control and Automation, Association of Environmental & Sanitary Engineering Research 【Research subjects】 ・Future Projection of Solid Waste Generation and Planning & Evaluation of Waste Treatment/Disposal Systems Using Socio-Economic Models ・Studies on Solid Waste Management Systems Regarding the Regional Attributes in Asia/Pacifi c Countries |
| Yasuhiro Matsui | |
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Waste Management Center, Ph.D. , Associate professor 【Research field】 Solid Waste Engineering 【Related association】 Japan Society of Material Cycles and Waste Management, Japan Waste Management Association, Society for Environmental Economicsand Policy Studies, The Institute of Life Cycle Assessment, Japan, The Behaviormetric Society of Japan, 【Research subjects】 ・Life Cycle Assessment on Waste Management ・GPS/GIS Application on Waste Collection/Transport ・Social Psychological Study on 3Rs Behaviors |
| Mitsuru Komatsu | |
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Waste Management Center, Ph.D. , Associate Professor 【Research field】 Geotechnical Engineering, Groundwater Engineering 【Related association】 Japan Society of Civil Engineers, The Japan Geotechnical Society, Japanese Association of Groundwater Hydrology 【Research subjects】 ・Seepage Properties of Saturated and Unsaturated Ground ・Monitoring Technique for Water Content and Contamination by a Dielectric Method |
| Takehito Ujihara | |
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Waste Management Research Center, Ph.D. , Assistant Professor 【Research field】 Urban / Regional Planning, Environmental Planning 【Related association】 Japan Society of Civil Engineers, City Planning Institute of Japan, Japan Section of the Regional Science Association, Japan Association of Planning Administration 【Research subjects】 ・Sustainable Regional Planning Using Environmental Indicators ・Potential Challenges of Urban Planning with the Decreasing Population ・Transportation Planning and Rehabilitation of Central Business Districts Towards Low Carbon Society |
| Hirofumi Abe | |
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Executive Director, Vice President, Ph.D. , Professor 【Research field】 Environmental Planning, Urban and Regional Planning, Traffic Planning 【Related association】 Japan Society of Civil Engineers, City Planning Institute of Japan, Japan Section of the Regional Science Association International, Japan Association of Planning Administration 【Research subjects】 ・Structural Analysis of Environmental Burden in Japan Using Regional Input‒output Models ・Planning of Environmentally-friendly Cities and Regions ・Research on Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) |
| Osami Kawara | |
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Graduate School of Environmental and Life Science, Ph.D. , Professor 【Research field】 Water Environment Management, Environmental Water Quality Analysis 【Related association】 Japan Society of Civil Engineers, Japan Society on Water Environment, International Water Association, Japan Society of Material Cycles and Waste Management 【Research subjects】 ・The Growth of Algal Aff ected by the Flow Condition and Its Impacts ・Studies of the Stability of Aqueous Ecology ・Studies of Bio-manipulation ・Simulation of the Inner Flow of Kojima Bay and Conservation of Lagoon |
| Yukitaka Kimura | |
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Graduate School of Environmental and Life Science, Ph.D. , Professor 【Research field】 Environmental Process Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Environmental Science, Food Engineering 【Related association】 The Society of Chemical Engineers, Japan, Japan Society for Food Engineering, Japan Society for Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Agrochemistry 【Research subjects】 ・Study on Chemical Conversion of Materials in Subcritical Water ・Utilization of Subcritical Water for Producing System of Available Materials from Un- or Less Utilized Resources ・Production of Nanocapsules Using Subcritical Water |
| Yuji Takeshita | |
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Graduate School of Environmental and Life Science, Ph.D. , Professor 【Research field】 Geotechnical Engineering, Groundwater Engineering 【Related association】 Japan Society of Civil Engineers, The Japan Geotechnical Society, Japanese Association of Groundwater Hydrology, Society of Exploration Geophysicists of Japan 【Research subjects】 ・Non-destructive Measurements of Unsaturated Seepage Flow ・Field Techniques for Measuring Soil Hydraulic Properties of Unsaturated Soils |
| Md. Azhar Uddin | |
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Graduate School of Environmental and Life Science, Ph.D. , Associate Professor 【Research field】 Chemical Reaction Engineering, Catalytic Engineering 【Related association】 Japan Institute of Energy, Society of Chemical Engineers, Japan 【Research subjects】 ・Utilization of Solid Organic Waste ・Preparation of Catalysts and Adsorbents for Energy and Environmental Applications |
| Morihiro Maeda | |
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Graduate School of Environment and Life Science, Ph.D. , Associate Professor 【Research field】 Soil Science, Agricultural and Environmental Engineering 【Related association】 Japanese Society of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition, The Japanese Society Of Irrigation, Drainage And Rural Engineering, Japan Society on Water Environment, Japanese Association of Groundwater Hydrology 【Research subjects】 ・Soil Management for Reducing Environmental Risk in Agricultural ・LandGreen House Gas (N2O and CO2) Emissions from Agricultural Soil ・ Monitoring and Modeling of Nitrogen Leaching in Upland Fields ・ Improvement of Soil and Water Quality using Recycled Materials (Biochar, etc) |
| Hideaki Nagare | |
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Graduate School of Environmental and Life Science, Ph.D. , Associate Professor 【Research field】 Water and Wastewater Engineering, Water Environment Management 【Related association】 Japan Society of Civil Engineers, Japan Society on Water Environment, The Japanese Society of Limnology, International Water Association 【Research subjects】 ・Phosphorus Recovery from Sewage and Biomass ・Disintegration of Sewage Sludge by Ozonation ・POPs monitoring in Water Environment by means of Bivalves ・Concentration and Separation of Organics with Coagulation ・Treatment of Livestock Wastewater ・Research and Analysis for Water Environment Conservation in Lakes and Wetlands |
| Toru Iwata | |
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Graduate School of Environmental and Life Science, Ph.D. , Associate Professor 【Research field】 Atmospheric Environment, Boundary-Layer Meteorology, Carbon Cycle, Plant Ecosystem 【Related association】 Society of Japan, The Oceanographic Society of Japan, American Geophysical Union, Japan Society of Material Cycles and Waste Management 【Research subjects】 ・Study on Processes of CO2 Exchange across Air-ocean Interface ・Study on Processes of Carbon Cycle between Atmosphere and Plant Ecosystems ・Estimation of CO2 Budget over Crop Fields in Eastern Asia by Using Satellite Data |