Research Divisions
Water Treatment Membrane Division
We develop separation membrane for water treatment, which is being industrialized in many ways, such as: hollow membrane for wastewater treatment, reverse osmosis membrane for seawater desalination and separation membrane for industrial drainage percolation.
In water management performed by applying separation membrane, the phenomenon occurred when organic and inorganic particles, as well as microorganisms present in water are accumulated in the membrane’s surface, known as “Membrane Fouling”, becomes our main problem.
With this background, we perform research in the following subjects:
Members
- Hiroshi Onishi (Professor) (Division Head)
- Hideto Matsuyama (Professor)
- Ikko Ihara (Professor)
- Gen Yoshida (Assistant Professor)
- Zhaohuan Mai (Assistant Professor)
- Mengyang Hu (Assistant Professor)
- Kecheng Guan (Assistant Professor)
Research Topics
Development of novel water treatment process based on forward osmosis
In recent years, a forward osmosis (FO) process has attracted attention as a novel water separation technic for a desalination process or a process for concentrating foods, beverages, food additives, and bioproducts. Our group developed the FO membranes with high ammonia rejection and the DS with thermo-responsible materials.
Energy Conversion and Recycling of Animal and Food Biomass Using Separation Technologies
Molecule-Scale Characterization Methods at Liquid-Solid Interfaces
We are proud of our international-compatible studies of liquid-solid interfaces with advanced scanning probes, atomic force microscopy and electrochemical microscopy. Collaboration with foreign researchers and students are welcome in broad research area including applied chemistry, physics, geoscience, materials and mechanical engineering.
