Kyushu University Program for Leading Graduate Schools Advanced Graduate Program in Global Strategy for Green Asia Research Profiles Bidyut Baran Saha 4. I.I. El-Sharkawy, K. Uddin, T. Miyazaki, B.B. Saha, S. Koyama, J. Miyawaki and S.H. Yoon Adsorption Professor, Green Asia Education Center of ethanol onto parent and surface treated activated Specialization: carbon powders, International Journal of Heat and Thermal Engineering, Heat Transfer Mass Transfer, Vol. 73, pp. 445–455, 2014. Engneering, Engineering of Refrigerating and Air-conditioning 5. S. Jribi, B.B. Saha, S. Koyama and H. Bentaher, Research: Modeling and simulation of an activated carbon–CO2 Thermally powered adsorption four bed based adsorption cooling system, Energy cooling and desalination systems; Energy effi ciency assessment Conversion and Management, Vol. 78, pp. 985-991, E-mail: 2014. [email protected]. 6. K. Habib, B. Choudhury, P.K. Chatterjee and B.B. ac.jp Saha, Study on a solar heat driven dual-mode adsorption chiller, Energy, Vol. 63, pp. 133-141, 2013. Prof. Bidyut Baran Saha obtained his B.Sc. (Hons.) and 7. K. Uddin, T. Miyazaki, S. Koyama and B.B. Saha, M.Sc. degrees from Dhaka University of Bangladesh in 1987 Performance investigation of adsorption–compression and 1990, respectively. He received his Ph.D. in 1997 from hybrid refrigeration systems, International Journal of the Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Japan. Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration, Vol. 21, No. 4, After graduation he worked as an Associate Professor at the 1350024-1 to 1350024-12, 2013. Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Engineering Sciences 8. A.A. Askalany, B.B. Saha, K. Uddin, T. Miyazaki, S. of Kyushu University until 2008. He worked as a Senior Koyama, K. Srinivasan, and I. M. Ismail, Adsorption Research Fellow at the Mechanical Engineering Department isotherms and heat of adsorption of difluoromethane of the National University of Singapore (NUS) prior to on activated carbons, J. Chem. Eng. Data, Vol. 58, No. joining the Mechanical Engineering Department of Kyushu 10, pp. 2828–2834, 2013. University in 2010 as a Professor. He joined the Kyushu 9. K. Thu, H. Yanagi, B.B. Saha and K.C. Ng, University Program for Leading Graduate Schools, Green Performance analysis of a low-temperature waste heat Asia Education Center in March 2013 as a professor. He driven adsorption desalination prototype, International has been working as a professor at the International Institute Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol. 65, pp. 662– 2 for Carbon-Neutral Energy Research (WPI-I CNER) in the 669, 2013. Division of Thermal Science and Engineering. His main 10. I.I. El-Sharkawy, H. AbdelMeguid and B.B. Saha, research interests are thermally powered sorption systems, Towards an optimal performance of adsorption heat and mass transfer analysis, and energy efficiency chillers: Reallocation of adsorption/desorption cycle assessment. He has published more than 250 articles in peer- times, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, reviewed journals and international conference proceedings. Vol. 63, pp. 171–182, 2013. He has edited three books and holds nine patents. Recently, he served as managing Guest Editor for the journal of Applied Thermal Engineering and Heat Transfer Engineering. He teaches the course ‘Fundamentals of Heat Transfer’ for postgraduate students. His main peer reviewed journal publications during the period of August 2013 to July 2014 include: 1. I.I. El-Sharkawy, H. AbdelMeguid and B.B. Saha, Potential application of solar powered adsorption cooling systems in the Middle East, Applied Energy, Vol. 126, pp. 235–245, 2014. 2. K. Uddin, I.I. El-Sharkawy, T. Miyazaki, B.B. Saha and S. Koyama, Thermodynamic analysis of adsorption cooling cycle using ethanol-surface treated Maxsorb III pairs, EVERGREEN Joint Journal of Novel Carbon Resource Sciences & Green Asia Strategy, Vol. 1, No. 1, pp. 25-31, 2014. 3. M. Sultan, T. Miyazaki, S. Koyama and B.B. Saha, Utilization of desiccant air-conditioning system for improvement in greenhouse productivity: A neglected area of research in Pakistan, International Journal of Environment, Vol. 4, No. 1, pp. 1-10, 2014. 18 Kyushu University Program for Leading Graduate Schools Advanced Graduate Program in Global Strategy for Green Asia Research Profiles Hiroshi Furuno microwave assisted ring opening metathesis polymerisation (ROMP). Andrew then chose to leave England and accepted Associate Professor, Green Asia Education Center a postdoctoral research position at the University of Specialization: Florida, Gainesville, USA in 2010. While there he helped to Organic Chemistry develop new polymeric materials prepared by acyclic diene Research: metathesis (ADMET) for the dispersal of carbon nanotubes. Fine organic synthesis; Asymmetric catalysis; Rare earth metal complex Andrew then decided to look for a research position in Japan. catalyst, Environmentally-friendly Finally he moved to Kyushu University, Fukuoka, in 2011 synthetic method; Reusable catalyst; Self-organized polymeric complex and joined the Yokoyama research group as a postdoctoral catalyst; Ionic liquid as reaction media; Chirality sensing and probing research assistant, where he focused on the synthesis of new norbornene derived polymeric materials for use in E-mail: [email protected] non-linear optics. In 2013 Andrew joined the Green Asia Education Centre as an assistant professor and continues in My research has mainly focused on developing new that role to this day. Thus far Andrew has published 15 peer functional molecules such as metal complex or organic reviewed academic journals and given oral presentations at 6 catalysts, and new methodologies for fi ne organic syntheses, international conferences. His publications during the period particularly environmentally-friendly ones. I am now of 2013 to July 2014 include; trying to develop recoverable and reusable homogeneous or heterogeneous catalyst systems based on Lewis acid or Lewis 1. An Enhanced Host-Guest Electro-Optical Polymer acid–base catalysis with rare earth metal complexes. System Using Poly(norbornene-dicarboximides) via For education in the Green Asia Program, I have been ROMP, Yu, Feng; Spring, Andrew M.; Li, Lu; Qiu, mentoring one course overseas student, and gave overseas Feng; Yamamoto, Kazuhiro; Maeda, Daisuke; Ozawa, students two classes, Organic Chemistry I and III, (a half Masaaki; Odoi, Keisuke; Yokoyama, Shiyoshi* – contribution for both) in the second semester in 2013. Journal of Polymer Science A 2013, 51, 1278. 2. Complementary Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor Publication: compatible athermal Silicon Nitride/Titanium Dioxide Y. Takehiro, K. Hirotaki, C. Takeshita, H. Furuno, Hybrid Micro Ring Resonators, Qiu, Feng; Spring, T. Hanamoto, Regioselective ring-opening reaction of Andrew M.; Yu, Feng; Yokoyama, Shiyoshi* – 2-trifluoromethyl-N-tosylaziridine with some nucleophiles Applied Physics Letters 2013, 102, 051106. under basic conditions, Tetrahedron, 2013, 69, 7448–7457. 3. Thin TiO2 Core and Electro-optic Polymer Cladding Waveguide Modulators, Qiu, Feng; Spring, Andrew M.; Yu, Feng; Aoki, Isao; Otomo, Akira; Yokoyama, Shiyoshi* – Applied Physics Letters 2013, 102, 233504. 4. Electro-optic Polymer/Titanium Dioxide Hybrid Andrew M. Spring Core Ring Resonator Modulators, Qiu, Feng; Spring, Andrew M.; Yu, Feng; Aoki, Isao; Otomo, Akira; Assistant Professor, Green Asia Education Center Yokoyama, Shiyoshi* – Laser and Photonics Reviews 2013, DOI 10.1002/lpor.201300089. Specialization: Polymer Chemistry and non-Linear 5. A Norbornene Polymer Brush for Electro-optic Optics Applications, Jia, Yue; Spring, Andrew M.; Yu, Feng; Research: Yamamoto, Kazuhiro; Aoki, Isao; Otomo, Akira; Design and preparation of high Tg poly(norbornene) derivatives by Ring Yokoyama, Shiyoshi* – Thin Solid Films, 2014, 554, Opening Metathesis Polymerization (ROMP) for use as electro-optic (EO) 175–179. polymer hosts for high molecular hyperpolarizability chromophores. 6. A Norbornene Polymer Brush for Electro-optic Applications, Jia, Yue; Spring, Andrew M.; Yu, Feng; E-mail: [email protected] Yamamoto, Kazuhiro; Aoki, Isao; Otomo, Akira; Yokoyama, Shiyoshi* – Thin Solid Films, 2014, 554, Dr Andrew M. Spring obtained his Master of Chemistry 175–179. (MChem) qualifi cation in 2006 from the University of Hull 7. Electro-optic properties of a bi-chromophore in his native East Yorkshire, England. After graduation he norbornene polymer brush system, Yue Jia, Andrew aspired to continue his studies to PhD level having decided M. Spring, Feng Qiu, Feng Yu, Kazuhiro Yamamoto, to focus more specifically on polymer chemistry and Isao Aoki, Akira Otomo, and Shiyoshi Yokoyama organic synthesis. He was awarded his PhD in 2010 from *- Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, 2014, 53, the University of Manchester, England, having researched 01AF04. the synthesis of poly(phenylenevinylenes) (PPVs) via 8. Carbon Nanotube Adsorptive Materials Derived from 19 Acid Degradable Poly(acetals), Andrew M. Spring, effi ciently (linear scaling O(N) cost) with keeping chemical Leandro A. Estrada, Svetlana V. Vasilyeva, Andrew G. accuracy. This treatment has a large potential to discover Rinzler and John R. Reynolds* - Macromolecules, 2014, innovative materials and leads to environmentally-friendly 47(8), 2556-2560. material developments. I’ll do my best to contribute to the 9. The preparation of well-controlled poly(N-cyclohexyl- GA education towards the further development of Asia and exo-norbornene-5,6-dicarboximide)