Realizing?a?sustainable?society?through?the?effective?utilization?of?biomass?resourcesMicrowave?chemistry43Department?of?Chemistry?and?MaterialsOutlookforresearchOutlookforresearchOutlook?for?students?after?graduationOutlook?for?students?after?graduationVariousbiomassresourcessuchaslipid,wood,andmicroalgaehavepotentialassustainablealternativefuels.However,itisessentialtoimprovetheefficiencyofconversiontorealizetheenergyutilizationofbiomassresources.Ourlaboratoryaimstoefficientlyconvertbiomassresourcestohigh‐gradefuelsandchemicalrawmaterialsusinganinexpensiveprocess.Weareworkingontheelucidationofcatalyticreactionmechanismanddesignofnewcatalysttoachievethesegoals.Mygoalistohelpdevelopasocietypoweredbycleanandsustainableenergythatdoesnotrelyonexhaustibleresourcessuchasfossilfuels.Further,Ihopetodevelopmethodsforsynthesizingusefulsubstancesusingbiomasstoreplacethemanychemicalproductsthatarecurrentlysynthesizedfromoilresources.Chemicalengineeringcanbeusefulinvariousfieldsofmanufacturingincludingchemicals,energy,materials,plantengineeringandsoon.Inourlaboratory,wewanttoacquireknowledgeofchemicalreactionengineeringaswellaswearitthroughresearchonhowtoutilizetheknowledge.LecturerIoriSHIMADADr.IoriShimadagraduatedfromTheUniversityofTokyoandobtainedhisdoctorateinenvironmentalstudiesin2013.Hetookhiscurrentpositionin2018afterworkingasaresearchfellowattheJapanSocietyforthePromotionofScienceandanAssistantProfessoratFacultyofTextileScienceandTechnology,ShinshuUniversity.Hisspecialtyischemicalreactionengineering.Energy?and?material?uses?of?biomass?resources.?Optimizing?catalytic?reactions?is?the?key?to?practical?application.Catalytic?activity?test?reactorCatalysts?and?reaction?products?from?microalgae.?The?products?can?be?used?as?gasoline?additive.Department?of?Chemistry?and?MaterialsIamstudyingtocreatenewmaterialsusingmicrowavesandtheirphysicalproperties.The"radiowaves",youthinkthatcommunicationapplicationssuchasradioandtelevision,satellitecommunications,mobilephones,wirelessLAN,etc.arethemainapplications.Now,everyhomehasa"Microwaveoven"alsousessimilar"radiowaves",butthisisnotadeviceforcommunicationtool.Sincecookingcanalsobethoughtofasachemicalprocess,Iamfurthersearchingfor"usageforchemistry,chemicalreactionsandchemicalprocesses"touseadvancedscienceandengineering.Theoriginoftheresearchcanbeanything.Ifyouhavesomethingyouwanttodo,wondering,firstofall,itisimportantto"thinkyourself"forthatsolution.Youshouldbeabletopositivelyproposeprocesses(thingstodo)andsystems(concretesolutionstotheproblem)towardsissuestobesolvedinanyfield.AssistantProfessorTokihiroTakizawaAssistantProfessorTakizawagraduatedfromtheFunctionalPolymerScienceCourseintheFacultyofTextileScienceandTechnologyatShinshuUniversity.HetookhiscurrentpositionafterworkingintheFacultyasaresearchassociateandassistantprofessor.Hisareaofinterestisgeneralmaterialproperties.Irradiatingmicrowavestoinorganicmaterials(forexample,carbonparticle)usingthedomesticmicrowaveoscillatorintheabovephoto,itispossibletocreateacompacthigh‐temperaturefurnaceofabout800°C.orhigher.Thengaseousmethaneintocontactwithcarbon,itbecomesefficientconvertertogeneratehydrogen.
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