Takizawa Satoshi

Professor, Department of Urban Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo

[Education] 1983 B. Eng., Department of Urban Engineering, the University of Tokyo
1985 Master of Eng., Department of Urban Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, the University of Tokyo
1988 Doctor of Eng., Department of Urban Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, the University of Tokyo

[Positions Held] 1988-1990: Research Associate, Department of Civil Engineering, Nagaoka University of Engineering.
1990-1992: Senior Research Fellow, Pollution Control Department, Public Works Research Institute, Ministry of Construction.
1992-2006: Associate Professor, Department of Urban Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, the University of Tokyo
2006-present: Professor, Department of Urban Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, the University of Tokyo

[Fellowship and Secondment] 1997-1999: Associate Professor, Environmental Engineering Program, Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok Thailand.
2002-2003: Visiting professor, Rhur Universitaet Bochum, Germany; University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; University of California at Davis.
2012-present Visiting Professor, the Institute of Statistical Mathematics. Tokyo.
2016-2017: Visiting professor, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand.

[Research Fields] ・Urban Water Systems and Urban Water Management
・Groundwater Resource Management in Urban Areas
・Water Treatment Technologies using Membrane Filtration
・Water Management in Asian Cities

[Major books] 『Advances in Water and Wastewater Treatment Technology』Elsevier,Amsterdam,(2001)
『Groundwater Management in Asian Cities』 Takizawa S., ed., Springer, March 2008.

[Major papers] Guragai B., Hashimoto T., Oguma K., Takizawa S., High-accuracy measurement of household water consumption and micro-component analysis under an intermittent water supply system, Journal of Cleaner Production, 197. 1159-1168, 2018.

Zhang S., Yang Y, Takizawa S, Hou L., Removal of dissolved organic matter and control of membrane fouling by a hybrid ferrihydrite-ultrafiltration membrane system, Science of the Total Environment, No. 631-632,pp. 560-569, 2018.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.03.045

Amano M., Lohwacharin J., Dubechot A., Takizawa S., Performance of integrated ferrate – polyaluminum chloride coagulation as a treatment technology for removing freshwater humic substances, Journal of Environmental Management, 212, pp. 323-331, 2018. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2018.02.022

Zhang Chunpeng, Lohwacharin Jenyuk, Satoshi Takizawa, Properties of residual titanium dioxide nanoparticles after extended periods of mixing and settling in synthetic and natural waters, Scientific Reports, August 31, 2017.
DOI 10.1038/s41598-017-09699-9

Sakai H., Callaud P., Kosaka K., Takizawa S., Degradation of nume nitrosamines in water by ultraviolet irradiation, Desalination and Water Treatment, 58(2017) 422-488. Doi:10.5004/dwt.2017.11427

Kuroda K., Hayashi T., Funabiki A., Do An Thuan, Canh Vu Duc, Nga Tran Thi Viet, Takizawa S., Holocene estuarine sediments as a source of arsenic in Pleistocene groundwater in subuerbs of Hanoi, Vietnam, Hydrogeological Journal, Vol. 25, Issue 4, 1137-1152, 2017. DOI: 10.1007/s10040-016-1527-3

Athit Phetrak, Jenyuk Lohwacharin, Satoshi Takizawa, Analysis of trihalomethane precursor removal from sub-tropical reservoir waters by a magnetic ion exchange resin using a combined method of chloride concentration variation and surrogate organic molecules, Science of the Total Environment (STOTEN), 539, 165-174, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.08.111

Yu Yang, Janyuk Lohwacharin, Satoshi Takizawa, Hybrid ferrihydrite-MF/UF membrane filtration for the simultaneous removal of dissolved organic matter and phosphate, Water Research, Vol. 15, No. 65, pp. 177-185. 2014. DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2014.07.030

Keisuke Kuroda, Michio Murakami, Kumiko Oguma, Yuki Muramatsu, Hideshige Takada, Satoshi Takizawa, Assessment of groundwater pollution in Tokyo using PPCPs as sewage markers, Environmental Science and Technology, Vol. 46, No. 3, pp. 1455-1464, 2012. (DOI: 10.1021/es202059g)

Ito Kenichiro

In 2017, completed a doctoral course in System Design Management, Keio University. Doctor of System Engineering Science. In 2014, appointed Assistant Professor at Keio University, and in 2018, as a researcher in the Institute of Gerontology, the University of Tokyo (present position).

Suzuki Takayuki

Ph.D (History and Philosophy of Science), The University of Tokyo, 2005. He specializes in philosophy of mind, its related areas such as philosophy of artificial intelligence and philosophy of psychiatry, and metaphilosophy. He also studies the relationship between technologies and society.

Arai Ayumi

She obtained her Ph.D. in environment from the University of Tokyo, M.A. in international development studies from National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies, and MEng in architectural engineering from Waseda University, Japan. Prior to joining the University of Tokyo she worked with Japan International Cooperation Agency Research Institute. Her main interest is in human dynamics research for development policy-making. She analyzes large-scale human mobility data combining with various field survey data.

Yabu Kenichiro

In 2010, completed a doctoral course in the Graduate School of System Design of Tokyo Metropolitan University. Doctor of Engineering. In the same year, appointed as a Project Researcher in the Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology, the University of Tokyo. Since 2014, Project Researcher in the Institute of Gerontology, the University of Tokyo (present appointment). Studies devices to assist elderly and disabled persons.

Ifukube Toru

In 1971, completed a Master’s course specializing in electrical engineering in the School of Engineering of Hokkaido University (Doctor of Engineering). After working as Professor at Hokkaido University and then the University of Tokyo, he was appointed to his present position in April 2011. He is now Professor emeritus of the University of Tokyo and Hokkaido University. He specializes in electronic information engineering, bioengineering, rehabilitation engineering, acoustic engineering, and virtual reality.

Okata Junichiro

After completing studies in urban engineering and completing a doctoral course in the School of Engineering, the University of Tokyo, he was a Research Associate in the School of Engineering beginning in 1982. After working as a research associate, lecturer, and associate professor in the School of Architecture of Yokohama National University, he became an Associate Professor of the Urban Engineering Department of the University of Tokyo in 1996 and a full professor in that department, beginning in 1999. He specializes in urban planning and land use planning. He has enacted basic urban plans for a number of local government bodies and performed urban planning and community planning of individual local government bodies applying “community design bylaws.” Since April 2013, he has also served as the Director of the Institute of Gerontology.