Satoshi SOMEYA / Associate Professor / Division of Environmental Studies Department of Human and Engineered Environmental Studies / / Heat and Mass Transfer, Flow Visualization & Information Visualization http://www.vis.k.u-tokyo.ac.jp/ Career Summary 1993: Graduated, Faculty of Engineering, The University of Tokyo 1998: Engineering doctorate, The University of Tokyo 1998-2000: Chief Researcher, METI-Division of CO2 Sequestration Laboratory, RITE(NEDO) 2000-2005: Researcher, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology 2003: Part-time Lecturer, The University of Tokyo 2005: Associate Professor, The University of Tokyo Educational Activities Graduate school: Design of Carbon Cycle and Energy Systems Undergraduate school: Communication Design, Advanced Project Research Activities Heat and mass transfer, flow visualization and information visualization. Visualization of heat/mass transfer and fluids flow is a strong tool to improve energy systems. 1.Development of Temperature Sensitive Particle(TSP) Temperature sensitive particles (TSPs) can be applied to simultaneously measure the velocity field and temperature in fluids. Before the development of TPS, there was no technique to measure temperature and flow field in a gas flow. TSP measurement has quite a high time-resolution because a high-speed camera and a pulse laser with a very high repetition rate are used. This technique can be applied to develop and improve an advanced heat exchanger and for other practical applications. 2.Laser Induced Fluorescence (LIF) Laser induced fluorescence is useful for measuring pH/temperature distribution in liquids even in a high pressure condition with very high accuracy. For example, it can be applied to measure the solubility of CO2 in a deep-sea condition. Literature 1)Someya, et al.: DeLIF Measurement of pH Distribution around Dissolving CO2 Droplet in High Pressure Vessel, Int.J. Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol. 48, No. 12, pp. 2508-2515, Jun. 2005 2)Someya and Okamoto: Measurement of the Flow and Its Vibration in Japanese Traditional Bamboo Flute Using the Dynamic PIV: J. of Visualization, Vol. 10, No. 4, pp. 397-404, Oct. 2007 Other Activities Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers Heat Transfer Society of Japan Visualization Society of Japan Atomic Energy Society of Japan Japan Society of Microgravity Application Information Processing Society of Japan The Behaviormetric Society of Japan Japanese Society for Science and Technology Studies American Physical Society Future Plan Messages to Students