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Education:
Doctor of Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Osaka University, 1975
Master of Engineering, Aeronautical Engineering, University of Osaka Prefecture, 1968
Bachelor of Engineering, Aeronautical Engineering, University of Osaka Prefecture, 1966

Work histroy career
2019 to present
Principal, Japan-China Language Academy
2007 to 2012
Managing Director of Hosokawa Powder Technology Foundation
1989 to 2007
Full Professor, Osaka University teaching undergraduate and graduate courses in fluid mechanics, multi-phase flow
1977 to 1989
Associate Professor, Osaka University
1976 to 1977
(on sabbatical) Alexander-von Humboldt Fellow, German Aerospace Research Establishment, Goettingen, Germany
1970 to 1977
Research Associate, Osaka University

Memberships
The Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers(JSME)
The Society of Powder Technology, Japan
The Japanese Society of Multiphase Flow
The Association of Powder Process Industry and Engineering, Japan
International Freight Pipeline Society
Particle Technology Forum (PTF)

Activities and hobbies
President of Osaka Table Tennis Association (2015 to 2019)
Vice President of JSME, 2004
Chair of Publication Center of JSME, 2006,2007
President of Japan Society of Multiphase Flow, 2006
Chair of International Liaison Committee of The Association of Powder Process Industry and Engineering, Japan, 2006 to 2016
Chair of JTTA Sports Science Committee, 2006 to 2016
Deputy Chair of ITTF Sports Science Committee, 2007 to 2013

Hobby
Mountaineering, Cycling, Table Tennis

Know-how and experience:
Numerical Simulation of Fluid-Particle Two-Phase Flow
Measurement of Fluid-Particle Two-Phase Flow

Fields of Consulting work:
1. Pneumatic Conveying
2. Gas-Solid Two-Phase Flow

Publications:
Multiphase Flows with Droplets and Particles, CRC Press, 1st edition 1997, 2nd edition 2012.
Pneumatic Conveying, Nikkan Kogyo, 1984 (in Japanese)
Fluid Mechanics, Asakura, 1981 (in Japanese)