KIKUO OKUYAMA

PRESENT POSITION
Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering
Graduate School of Engineering, Hiroshima University
Kagamiyama 1-4-1, Higashi-Hiroshima 739-8527 Japan.
E-mail: okuyama(a)hiroshima-u.ac.jp

PERSONAL
Date of Birth: June 1, 1948. Birthplace: Takefu City, Fukui Prefecture, Japan

EDUCATION
B.S., M.S. in Chemical Engineering, Kanazawa University (1971, 1973)
Dr.Eng. in Chemical Engineering, University of Osaka Prefecture (1978)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Hiroshima University

Professor of Chemical Engineering (10/1/90-present)

Kyushu University

Visiting Professor of Institute of Advanced Material Study

(10/1/98-3/31/99)

University of Osaka Prefecture

Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering (9/1/86-9/30/90)

Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering (4/1/84-8/31/86)

Research Associate of Chemical Engineering (4/1/73-3/31/84)

University of Houston

Research Associate of Chemical Engineering (8/20/79-9/19/80)

California Institute of Technology

Visiting Associate of Chemical Engineering

(7/30/85-9/14/85, 7/5/86-8/16/86, 7/23/87-9/19/87,

7/18/88-9/11/88, 7/20/89-9/8/89, 7/28/90-8/31/90,7/24/91-8/25/91)

JOURNAL EDITORSHIP

Aerosol Science and Technology

1991-2003: Editorial Board, 2003-now: Editor. Journal

Journal of Nanoparticle Research

2000-now: Editor. Journal

Journal of The Society of Powder Technology, Japan

1999-2003: Editorial Board. 2003-now: Editor-in-Chief.

Journal of The Japan Society of Multiphase Flow

1996-now : Editorial Board

Advanced Powder Technology

2002-now : Editorial Board.

Chemical Engineering Science

2000-now : International Advisory Panel.

Kagaku Kogaku Ronbunshu (Japanese Journal of Chemical Engineering)

1996-1997: Editorial Board, 1997-1998: Associate Editor-in-Chief.

Journal of Aerosol Research, Japan

1992-1998 : Editorial Board, 1996-1998: Editor-in-Chief

Journal of Aerosol Science

1991-2003: Editorial Board

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETY MEMBERSHIPS
American Association for Aerosol Research
Ceramic Society of Japan
The Electrochemical Society
European Association for Aerosol Research
Heat Transfer Society of Japan (Member, Board of Directors)
Japan Air Cleaning Association
Japan Association of Aerosol Science and Technology (Vice-President, 2002-2003), (President, 2004-2005)
The Japan Society for Analytical Chemistry
The Japan Society of Multiphase Flow
Society of Chemical Engineers of Japan (Secretary General of Chugoku-Shikoku Branch)
Society of Powder Technology of Japan (Member, Board of Directors)
Society of Materials Engineering for Resources of Japan
The Institute of Electrostatics Japan (Member, Board of Directors)
The Institute for Liquid Atomization and Sprays Systems, Japan.

AWARDS
Excellent Paper Award by Society of Chemical Engineers, Japan (4/2/81)
Particulate Information Center Award (IP Award) (8/29/89)
Yamazaki Award by the Society of Materials Engineering for Resources of Japan (7/12/91)
President Award by the Japan Air Cleaning Association (4/20/93)
Excellent Paper Award by Japan Association of Aerosol Sci. and Technology (8/22/96)
Research Award by Society of Chemical Engineers, Japan (3/28/97)
President Award by the Japan Air Cleaning Association (4/10/98)
Fuchs Memorial Award (the International Aerosol Research Assembly) (9/11/02) (more about the award.)
2nd L. M. Fingerson/TSI Inc. Distinguished Lecturer (Univ. Minnessota)(09/05)

OTHER ACTIVITIES
- Project Director, NEDO's Nanotechnology Particle Project (a national project funded by Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry), 2001-2006.
- Project Director, A Project on the Next-Generation Plasma Process (funded by Japan Science and Technology Corporation), 2001-2004.
- Leader of Research Subject "Properties of Atmospheric Aerosols and Secondary Particle Formation" (a part of "Atmospheric Environmental Impacts of Aerosols in East-Asia" funded by Grand-in-Aid for Scientific Research on Priority Areas from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology), 2001-2005.
- Project Director, "Particle Measurement and Clean Technology in CVD Process" (funded by STARC/Semiconductor Technology Academic Research Center), 1998-2001.
- Core Member, Research on Control of Abnormal Structure Formation in Materials Processing (funded by JSPS),1996-2001.
- Guest-Organizer, 10th Nisshin Engineering Particle Technology International Symposium, 2001.
- Chair of Organizing Committee, 17th Symposium on Aerosol Science and Technology, 2000.
- Chair of Program Committee, 1st Joint Japan-US Workshop on Nanoparticle Synthesis and Applications, 1996.

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