Reseacher

Name IWAO Toru
Official Title Professor
Affiliation Faculty of Science and Engineering Department of Electrical, Electronic and Communication Engineering
E-mail tiwao@tcu.ac.jp
Web
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Profile I was born in Kanagawa, Japan, on February 15, 1974. I received the B.E., M.E., and Ph.D. degrees in electrical and electronic engineering from Chuo University, Tokyo, Japan, in 1997, 1998, and 2000, respectively. From 2001 to 2004, I was a JSPS research fellow, Tokyo, Japan. From 2004 to 2009, I was Lecturer with the Musashi Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan. From 2009 to 2017, I was an Associate Professor with the Tokyo City University, Tokyo, Japan. Since April 2017, I have been a Professor with the Tokyo City University, Tokyo, Japan. Since April 2021, I have been the dean of Faculty of Science and Engineering with the Tokyo City University. My current research interests are the high current and energy, thermal plasma, arc discharge, lightning, arc welding, circuit breaker, fault current limiter, power system, plasma treatment for hazardous wastes.
My research keywords are the power and energy (power system, high current and energy, electrical discharge and plasma), such as high current and energy, thermal plasma, arc discharge, lightning, arc welding, circuit breaker, fault current limiter, power system, plasma treatment for hazardous wastes. My research method are the measurement of current and voltage, Spectrum, image processing, electromagnetic thermal fluid simulation (Fortran and C language), LabVIEW, MATLAB/Simulink, CPU parallel computing, GPU computing, 3D printing, electric power commerce algorithm and AI.
I am a member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers and Institute of Electrical Engineers of Japan, Japan. I am a science editorial supervisor of TV & movie, such as Galileo, Galileo II, Galileo Episode 0, Galileo XX and the Locked Room (Fuji TV), ST and ST movie (Nippon TV) , Unnatural(TBS TV), et al..
Research Field(Keyword & Summary)
  1. (1) High current and arc plasma technology

    As the foundational technology of generation and transportation of electric power, the research about high current and arc plasma are implemented. Diversity research themes are carrying out such as new energy power generation, wireless transportation, railway, space propulsion, metal processing, robot and circuit breaker. Controlling of measurement and communication, power electronic, electromagnetic thermal fluid simulation (Fortran and C language), CPU parallel computing and GPU computing are sued to implement the above research.

  2. (2) Achievement of ultra-smart energy society

    The electric power commerce algorithm, LabVIEW, MATLAB/Simulink, AI, 3D printing and 3D metal processing technology are used to carry out the research for achieving the ultra-smart energy society, which has qualities such as stable electricity supply, high tenacity building, automated processing and nuclear fusion power generation.

Representative Papers
  1. Three-dimensional electromagnetic thermal fluid simulation of re-strike phenomenon in magnetically driven arc between parallel electrodes with edges, IEEJ Transactions on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Vol.15, 2020
  2. Analysis of Flow Velocity Distribution in Arc Affected by Transverse Magnetic Field with Lateral Gas Flow for Elucidation of Arc Deflection, IEEJ Transactions on Fundamentals and Materials, Vol.140, 2020
  3. Arc temperature measurement with microsecond spectroscopic measurement, Electrical Engineering in Japan, Vol.210, 2019
  4. Analysis of electron and heavy particle velocity distribution under consideration of nonthermal equilibrium arc, Electronics and Communications in Japan, Vol. 102, 2019
  5. Review of Thermal Plasma Simulation Technique, IEEJ Transactions on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Vol.14 2019
  6. Arc Temperature Measurement with Microsecond Spectroscopic Measurement, IEEJ Transactions on Power and Energy, Vol/139, 2019
  7. Analysis of Electron and Heavy Particle Velocity Distribution under Consideration of Non-thermal Equilibrium Arc, IEEJ Transactions on Power and Energy, Vol.139, 2019
  8. Energy Balance on Current Density Distribution of Cathode Spot in Vacuum Arc, IEEJ Transactions on Power and Energy, Vol.139, 2019
  9. Contribution of Axial Arc Pressure Gradient Near Cathode on Enthalpy Flow of Arc to Axial Direction with Lateral Gas, IEEJ Transactions on Power and Energy, Vol.139, 2019
  10. Contribution of metal vapor mass at periphery part of pulsed arc to electromagnetic force in weld pool, Electrical Engineering in Japan, Vol.207, 2019
Award Excellent paper presentation award from IEEJ (2000)
Excellent paper presentation award from IEEJ JK symposium (2003)
Excellent paper presentation award from IEEJ (2007)
Excellent paper presentation award from IEEJ technical meeting of static apparatus(2010)
Excellent education award of Tokyo City University (2018)
Best lecture award of Tokyo City University (2020)
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research Support: Japan Society for Promotion of Science (JSPS) https://nrid.nii.ac.jp/ja/nrid/1000080386359/
Research Grants/Projects including subsidies, donations, grants, etc. Research grants from several companies every year.
Recruitment of research assistant(s) No.
Affiliated academic society (Membership type) (1) IEEJ (Senior member)
(2) IEEE (Member)
(3) IEEDJ (Member)
(4) JWS (Member)
(5) CIGRE (Member)
Education Field (Undergraduate level) Basic electrical circuit, Engineering of power generation and transformation, Cyber physical digital transformation
Education Field (Graduate level) Advanced electrical circuit

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