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HIGUCHI Takashi

Department / Course College of Science and Engineering Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Title / Position Professor

Other Affiliations
1.	Graduate School of Science and Engineering
2.	Research Organization of Science and Technology Ecological Technology & Management Research Center for the Energy and Environment Field

Academic background
1.	1995/03 Degree Acquisition	│ Kyoto University Doctor of Engineering
2.		Department of Environmental and Sanitary Engineering │ Faculty of Engineering │ Kyoto University
3.	～1995	Doctorial Course │ Environmental and Sanitary Engineering │ Graduate School, Division of Engineering │ Kyoto University

Research activities
1.		Japan Association on Odor Environment
2.		Japan Society for Atmospheric Environment

Subject of research
1.	Study on Natural Degradations of Air Pollutants and Applications of their functions to
2.	Development of Method to Evaluate Offensive Odor and Air Quality by Olfactory Measurement Method

Research summary
Biological Treatment of Air Pollutants Assessment of Malodor and Air Quality Based on Olfactory Measurement The development of the basic mechanism and the high-performance equipment of bio-filters, which work as the biological treatment system for air pollutants. Observation of movements of air pollutants involving organisms. Improvements to measuring techniques and analytical accuracy of the olfactory measurement method, an index for assessing malodor using human nose. The establishment of measurement technique by proposing a new air quality index based on the olfactory measurement method.

Present specialized field
Civil Environmental System (Keyword：Environmental System Engineering)

Papers
1.	2019/11	Influence of phosphorus and trace metals in biofilters treating gaseous VOCs using a novel irrigation system │ Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association │ 69 (11),pp.1348–1360 (Co-authored)
2.	2019	Estimating the Formation and Thickness of a Liquid Layer on the Surface of a Packing Material in Biofiltration and their Effects on Gaseous Toluene Removal │ Current Biochemical Engineering │ 5 (1),pp.34-41 (Co-authored)
3.	2017	Relationship between Moisture Behavior and Gaseous Volatile Organic Compounds Removal in a Biofiltration System │ Journal of Environmental Science and Engineering B │ 6,pp.553-557 (Co-authored)
4.	2012/09	On-site inspections for malodor problem in the stricken area of the Great East Japan Earthquake │ 43 (5),pp.335-353 (Co-authored)
5.	2012/07	Transformation of Microflora during Degradation of Gaseous Toluene in a Biofilter detected using PCR-DGGE │ Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association │ 62 (7),pp.748-757 (Co-authored)
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Academic conference presentation
1.	2013/09/18	Application of a flux chamber method to the on-site odor emission measurements
2.	2013/09/18	Manufacturing a flux chamber for the sorption velocity measurement of gaseous nitrogen oxides at highway road wall surface
3.	2013/08/21	Carbon balance in the process of gaseous toluene removal and gaseous toluene removal characteristics by toluene-degrading bacterium Pseudomonas putida
4.	2013/08/21	Influence of nutrient solution supply on VOC gaseous treatment in biofiltration
5.	2013/03/07	A Quantitative Observation on Nutrient Supply by Means of Immersion for Switch-Feed Multi column Biofiltration System (5th IWA Specialized Conference on Odors and Air Emissions Jointly Held With 10th Conference on Biofiltration for Air Pollution Control)
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