AKIRA MIYOSHI

Last Updated :2024/12/02

Affiliations, Positions
Graduate School of Advanced Science and Engineering, Professor
Web Site
E-mail
akiramyshiroshima-u.ac.jp
Self-introduction
I have been majoring in combustion chemistry. Current interest is in the contribution to the innovation by understanding the combustion.

Basic Information

Major Professional Backgrounds

  • 2017/04/01, 2020/03/31, Hiroshima University, School of Engineering, professor
  • 1990/04/01, 1992/05/15, National Institute for Environmental Studies, Division of Atmospheric Environment, researcher
  • 1992/05/16, 1995/09/30, The University of Tokyo, Research Associate
  • 1995/10/01, 2000/02/15, The University of Tokyo, Lecturer
  • 2000/02/16, 2007/03/31, The University of Tokyo, Associate Professor
  • 2007/04/01, 2017/03/31, The University of Tokyo, Associate Professor

Educational Backgrounds

  • The University of Tokyo, School of Engineering, Ph.D Course, Japan, 1987/04, 1990/03
  • The University of Tokyo, School of Engineering, Master's Course, Japan, 1985/04, 1987/03
  • The University of Tokyo, Faculty of Engineering, BD Course, Japan, 1980/04, 1985/03

Academic Degrees

  • The University of Tokyo

Research Fields

  • Engineering;Mechanical engineering;Thermal engineering
  • Chemistry;Basic chemistry;Physical chemistry

Research Keywords

  • Combustion Chemistry
  • Chemical Kinetics

Affiliated Academic Societies

Educational Activity

Course in Charge

  1. 2024, Liberal Arts Education Program1, 2Term, Fundamental Chemistry B
  2. 2024, Liberal Arts Education Program1, 2Term, Fuel, Combustion, and Contemporary Society
  3. 2024, Liberal Arts Education Program1, 1Term, Introductory Seminar for First-Year Students
  4. 2024, Undergraduate Education, 2Term, Basic Chemical Kinetics
  5. 2024, Undergraduate Education, 3Term, Statistical and Thermal Physics
  6. 2024, Undergraduate Education, 1Term, Combustion Engineering Fundamentals
  7. 2024, Undergraduate Education, Year, Graduation Thesis
  8. 2024, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , 1Term, Special Exercises on Mechanical Engineering A
  9. 2024, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , 2Term, Special Exercises on Mechanical Engineering A
  10. 2024, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , 3Term, Special Exercises on Mechanical Engineering B
  11. 2024, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , 4Term, Special Exercises on Mechanical Engineering B
  12. 2024, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , Academic Year, Special Study on Mechanical Engineering
  13. 2024, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , 2Term, Advanced Combustion Engineering
  14. 2024, Graduate Education (Doctoral Program) , Academic Year, Special Study on Mechanical Engineering

Research Activities

Academic Papers

  1. Development of Internal Combustion Engine and Fuel Composition to Achieve Early Low Carbonization of Automobiles, Transactions of Society of Automotive Engineers of Japan, 54(5), 964-969, 20230925
  2. Possible Gas-Phase Synthesis of Neutral Malononitrile (C3H2N2) and Isocyanoacetonitrile (NCCH2NC) under the Upper Atmospheric Conditions of Titan, ACS EARTH AND SPACE CHEMISTRY, 7(9), 1694-1712, 20230908
  3. Suppression of the HFO-1123 disproportionation reaction by adding R290, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF REFRIGERATION, 149, 299-307, 20230401
  4. Gas-phase molecular formation mechanisms of cyanamide (NH2CN) and its tautomer carbodiimide (HNCNH) under Sgr B2(N) astrophysical conditions, Astronomy & Astrophysics, 672, A49, 20230329
  5. A novel laminar flame speed equation for quasi-dimensional combustion model refinement in advanced, ultra-lean gasoline spark-ignited engines, FUEL, 333, 20230201
  6. Chemical Kinetics Study About the Effect of NO2 on Low Temperature Oxidation and Ignition Delay, (Third Report), Transactions of Society of Automotive Engineers of Japan, 53(3), 624-629, 20220525
  7. Development of Detailed Surface Reaction Mechanism of C2H4/C(3)H(6)Oxidation on Pt/Al(2)O(3)Monolith Catalyst Based on Gas Phase and Surface Species Analyses, COMBUSTION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, 194(7), 1458-1480, 20220519
  8. Development of Surface Reaction Mechanisms of CO/O-2 on Pt and Rh for Three-Way Catalyst based on Gas Phase and Surface Species Analyses, COMBUSTION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, 193(12), 2137-2157, 20210910
  9. Chemical Kinetics Study About the Effect of NO2 on Low Temperature Oxidation and Ignition Delay, (Second Report), Transactions of Society of Automotive Engineers of Japan, 52(2), 269-274, 20210219
  10. Measurements and simulations of ignition delay times and laminar flame speeds of nonane isomers, COMBUSTION AND FLAME, 227, 283-295, 20210121
  11. Chemical Kinetics Study About the Effect of NO2 on Low Temperature Oxidation and Ignition Delay, Transactions of Society of Automotive Engineers of Japan, 52(1), 7-12, 20210101
  12. Investigation on the Potential Prevention of Autoignition by the Control of HO2 Radical Formation, Transactions of Society of Automotive Engineers of Japan, 51(5), 849-855, 20200930
  13. Improving the synthetic efficiency of single-wall carbon nanotube forests using a gas-analysis-designed mixed carbon feedstock, CARBON, 170, 59-65, 20200823
  14. Deflagration-to-detonation transition in laser-ignited explosive gas contained in a smooth-wall tube, COMBUSTION AND FLAME, 219, 275-282, 20200620
  15. Kinetic Analysis on the Effects of an Octane Improver on Combustion Characteristics, Transactions of Society of Automotive Engineers of Japan, 50(5), 1284-1287, 20190925
  16. Correlation between Chemical Structures and Laminar Flame Velocity of Saturated Hydrocarbons, Transactions of Society of Automotive Engineers of Japan, 50(1), 25-30, 20190125
  17. SI Combustion Characteristics of Cyclopentane - Detailed Kinetic Mechanism, SAE paper, 2019-01-2305, 20190101
  18. Measurement and Numerical Simulation on the Ignition Delay Times of Nonane (C9H20) Isomers, J. Combust. Soc. Jpn., 62(199), 64-73, 20190101
  19. Investigation on the Octane Sensitivity of Gasoline Fuel, Transactions of Society of Automotive Engineers of Japan, 49(6), 1128-1142, 20181126
  20. Experimental study on self-acceleration in expanding spherical hydrogen-air flames, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HYDROGEN ENERGY, 43(27), 12556-12564, 20180705
  21. Reaction Mechanism of Combustion and Elementary Processes - (2) Reaction Rate Constants, Journal of the Combustion Society of Japan, 60(192), 112-121, 20180515
  22. ★, Kinetics of autoignition: a simple intuitive interpretation and its relation to the Livengood-Wu integral, PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS, 20(16), 10762-10769, 20180428
  23. Reaction Mechanism of Combustion and Elementary Processes - (1) Overview, Journal of the Combustion Society of Japan, 60(191), 41-48, 20180215
  24. Construction of a Detailed Kinetic Model for Gasoline Surrogate Mixtures, Transactions of Society of Automotive Engineers of Japan, 48(5), 20170925
  25. ★, Chemical Kinetic Analysis on the Effect of the Occurrence of Cool Flame on SI Knock, International Journal of Automotive Engineering, 8(3), 20170905
  26. Chemistry of the Formation of PAHs and Soot Particles from Combustion (2), Journal of the Combustion Society of Japan, 59(188), 102-108, 20170515

Invited Lecture, Oral Presentation, Poster Presentation

  1. Kinetic of Autoignition, Akira Miyoshi, International Conference on Combustion Physics and Chemistry, 2018/07/24, With Invitation, English

External Funds

Acceptance Results of Competitive Funds

  1. Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research, Systematic Contraction of Chain Reaction Systems and Control of Combustion, 2018, 2022
  2. SIP (Strategic Innovation Promotion Program), Innovative Combustion Technology - Gasoline Combustion Team, 2014/10/01, 2019/03/31