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Soshi Kawai, Ph.D. Professor Department of Aerospace Engineering, Tohoku University |
Personal Information
| Affiliation | Department of Aerospace Engineering, Tohoku University |
| Research |
• High-order accurate numerical methods for compressible turbulence • Wall-modeling in large-eddy simulation for realistic high Reynolds number flows • Numerical methods on hierarchical Cartesian grid suitable for exascale supercomputer • LES of flow around an aircraft across the whole flight envelope • Data-driven analysis for the next generation of large-scale complex flow data • Physical modeling and flow control using machine learning and data-driven science • Turbulent combustion modeling in LES with detailed chemical kinetics Details of the on-going and past research topics are in Research. |
Education
| 2005.03 | Ph.D. in Aeronautics and Astronautics Engineering, The University of Tokyo, Japan |
| 2002.03 | M.S. in Aerospace Engineering, Nagoya University, Japan |
| 2000.03 | B.S. in Aerospace Engineering, Nagoya University, Japan |
Professional Experiences
| 2019.08 - | Professor, Department of Aerospace Engineering, Tohoku University | |
| 2018.04 - | Research Fellow, Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo | |
| 2016.05 - 2022.03 | Co-director, Next Generation (Jisedai) Aircraft Research Center, Tohoku University | |
| 2015.04 - 2019.07 | Associate Professor, Department of Aerospace Engineering, Tohoku University | |
| 2011.02 - 2015.03 | International Top Young Fellow, Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, JAXA | |
| 2007.01 - 2011.01 | Postdoctoral Fellow, Center for Turbulence Research, Stanford University | |
| 2006.04 - 2006.12 | Research Fellow, JAXA's Engineering Disital Innovation Center, JAXA | |
| 2005.04 - 2006.03 | Research Fellow of JSPS (PD), The University of Tokyo | |
| 2004.04 - 2005.03 | Research Fellow of JSPS (DC2), The University of Tokyo | |
| 2002.04 - 2004.03 | Research Assistant, Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, JAXA |
Academic Activities
| 2025.04 - | Member, MEXT HPCI Planning and Promotion Committee |
| 2022.01 - | Associate Editor, Theoretical and Computational Fluid Dynamics - Springer |
| 2021.04 - | Technical Committee Member, MEXT Council for Science and Technology |
| 2021.04 - | Research Area Advisor, Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST) PRESTO [Complex Flow] |
| 2017.10 - | Member, Science Council of Japan |
| 2023.04 - 2025.03 | Board member, Japan Society of Fluid Mechanics |
| 2022.10 - 2024.09 | Conference Chair, Annual Meeting of the Japan Society of Fluid Mechanics |
| 2021.04 - 2023.03 | Representative, Japan Society of Fluid Mechanics |
| 2020.04 - 2023.03 | Member, High Performance Computing Infrastructure Consortium |
| 2017.11 - 2022.03 | Chief, Society for the study of high Reynolds number aerodynamics, The Japan Society for Aeronautical and Space Sciences |
| 2019.09 - 2021.12 | Chair, Fluid Mechanics 2030, Japan Society of Fluid Mechanics |
| 2017.04 - 2019.03 | Editorial board member, The Japan Society for Aeronautical and Space Sciences |
| 2016.04 - 2020.03 | Committee member, Northern Branch, The Japan Society for Aeronautical and Space Sciences |
| 2016.04 - 2018.03 | Committee member, Aerodynamics Division, The Japan Society for Aeronautical and Space Sciences |
Awards
| 2022 | Award for Outstanding Paper in Fluid Mechanics, Japan Society of Fluid Mechanics |
| 2021 | The Best CFD Graphics Award (1st place) at 35st JSFM CFD Symposium, Japan Society of Fluid Mechanics |
| 2020 | Tohoku University Distinguished Researcher, Tohoku University |
| 2019 | JSASS best paper award in the division of computational fluid dynamics at 51th JSASS fluid dynamics conference |
| 2017 | JSASS best paper award in the division of fluid mechanics at 49th JSASS fluid dynamics conference |
| 2016 | The Young Scientistsf Prize, the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Japan |
| 2016 | Award for Distinguished Young Researcher in Fluid Mechanics, Japan Society of Fluid Mechanics |
| 2016 | Award for Excellent Achievements, High Performance Computing Infrastructure (HPCI) |
| 2014 | JSASS best paper award in the division of computational fluid dynamics at 46th JSASS fluid dynamics conference |
| 2011 | JAXA International Top Young Fellowship, ISAS/JAXA |
| 2007 | CTR Postdoctoral Fellowship, Stanford University |
| 2004 | Japan Society for the Promotion of Science research fellowship for young scientists |
Professional Memberships
American Physical Society (APS)American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)
Japan Society of Fluid Mechanics (JSFM)
Japan Society for Aeronautical and Space Sciences (JSASS)
