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- 2022/09/06
[Event] JSWE Symposium is held today and tomorrow
The 25th JSWE Symposium@UTokyo has started. From RECWET, Dr. Takashi Hashimoto has contributed to the planning and operation as a member of the executive committee. Prof. Satoshi Takizawa will chair his session (Sep 6 PM) where there will be a presentation from Prof. Kazuaki Syutsubo's research team. Prof. Hiroyuki Katayama is in charge of explaining the session purpose and leading the general discussion in his session (Sep 7 AM)
- 2022/08/23
[Publication] Results of the sewage epidemiological surveys (Prof.Katayama)
A research group including Prof. Hiroyuki Katayama (Water Quality Control Technologies and Materials Development Division) elucidated the relationship between the amount of new coronavirus in the sewage of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic/Paralympic Village and the number of positive people. The paper was published in JAMA Network Open (medical journal).- 2022/08/12
[Publication] Wastewater treatment containing monoethanolamine (Prof. Syutsubo)
Prof. Kazuaki Syutsubo (International Water Environment Division) has issued a paper jointly with Niigata University of Pharmacy and Applied Life Science, and a few Colleges of National Institute of Technology. This paper concerns the methane fermentation treatment of monoethanolamine, a toxic organic chemical widely used in the electronics industry and found in high concentrations in wastewater.- 2022/08/01
[Media] Featured on industry magazine's cover (Prof. Kurisu)
Prof. Futoshi Kurisu (Water System Management division) was featured on the cover of the August issue of Suidou Koron, and an interview article was published. The article titled "Ask the person on the cover: Achieving water system management for the entire basin." introduces the activities of his division. This industry magazine has been published as a comprehensive water magazine since 1970. In recent years, Prof. Hiroyuki Katayama (Water Quality Control Technologies and Materials Development division) was also featured in the October 2020 issue.- 2022/07/25
[SEAWE-13] Call for Abstract till Aug 15. Facebook page launched!
RECWET and AIT supported by NIES are holding SEAWE-13, International Symposium on Southeast Asian Water Environment, in Bangkok in December. The deadline for submitting the abstract of the oral presentation has been extended to August 15. We are waiting for your application!
We have also launched the Facebook page of SEAWE-13. Please like!- 2022/07/04
[Event] RECWET Special Seminar Series #44 (Dr. Iwai)
RECWET held a special seminar on July 4 by Dr. Shoko Iwai, Director of Biotechnology and Healthcare Sciences, AI Dynamics Inc., U.S. Based on the experience of research and development on microbial ecology, especially the relationship with intestinal bacteria and related diseases, she gave a lecture on the path to development utilizing machine learning and AI technology.
- 2022/06/30
[Award] JDA's Distinguished Service Award (Prof. Takizawa)
Prof. Satoshi Takizawa (International Water Environment Division) was awarded a Distinguished Service Award by the chairman of the Japan Desalination Association for his great contribution to promoting the spread of Japanese seawater desalination technology overseas.
- 2022/06/27
[Media] Interview article on Nikkei Business (Prof. Takizawa)
An interview article with Prof. Satoshi Takizawa, Director of RECWET, was published in Nikkei Business No. 2146 (June 27, 2022), titled "Awakening? Japan, a water-advanced country - the next strategy with the wisdom and technology of water". Please take a look at Nikkei Business Electronic Edition.- 2022/06/09
[Publication] The invited paper selected as Inside Front Cover (Prof. Kato)
An invited review paper by Prof. Takashi Kato (Water Quality Control Technologies and Materials Development Division) has been published in Advanced Materials Volume 34, Issue 23 and it has been selected as Inside Front Cover of the issue. - 2022/06/01
[Publication] Review articles about micobacteria and odor in water (Prof. Kurisu)
Related to Prof. Kurisu (Water System Management Division), 2 review articles have been issued: One is about nontuberculous mycobacteria in the water supply system by Gan (D2) et al. The other is about fishy odor in raw water for taps by Shinfuku (post-doc researcher) et al.- 2022/05/27
[Event] RECWET Special Seminar Series #43 (Prof. Chaminda)
ESC and RECWET held a hybrid special seminar in the morning, by Prof. Chaminda of the University of Rufna, Sri Lanka.
At this seminar, he talked about the micropollutants and antibiotic-resistant microorganisms in Sri Lanka. He also introduced his current and future research collaboration with Japanese researchers. The slides (2MB)- 2022/05/26
[Publication] FY2021 research achievements posted
FY 2021 publication has been posted on the website.
There were 35 papers, 2 reviews, 23 invited lectures, 22 presentations at international conferences, 12 awards for faculty members or instructed students, and 18 other articles.- 2022/05/12
[Publication] Paper on membrane fouling mitigation (Prof. Takizawa)
A research paper on membrane fouling mitigation by Prof. Satoshi Takizawa (International Water Environment Division) and researchers at Beijing Normal University has been published by the Journal of Hazardous Materials.
- 2022/05/10
[Publication] Review on microbial ecology research (Prof. Kurisu)
A review on microbial ecology research by Prof. Futoshi Kurisu (Water System Management Division) and others has been published by Journal of Japan Society on Water Environment.
- 2022/04/29
[Publication] Paper on water production correlated with GDP in GCC (Prof. Takizawa)
A paper by Prof. Satoshi Takizawa (International Water Environment Division) and Ms. Al Bannay (D3) from Takizawa Lab has been published by Sustainability. This study reveals that with the recent economic development of the GCC countries, water production and power generation have become less correlated with GDP and population.
- 2022/04/07
[Publication] Invited review as Advanced Materials Hall of Fame (Prof. Kato)
Prof. Takashi Kato has been invited as Advanced Materials Hall of Fame and has published a review paper on functional liquid crystals in Advanced Materials. PDF is also available.
- 2022/04/01
[Personnel] Prof. Kurisu and Assoc. Prof. Hashimoto
Prof. Hiroaki Furumai retired on 31st March and Prof. Futoshi Kurisu has become the leader of the Water System Management Division. In addition, Assoc. Prof. Takashi Hashimoto has been transferred from the Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology to join REWCET.
- 2022/03/21
[Lecture] Invited lecture at joint research center in Wenzhou, China (Prof. Katayama)
Prof. Hiroyuki Katayama (Water Quality Control Technologies and Materials Development Division) gave an invited lecture at International Water Ecological Environment Research Center, which had been jointly-founded by College of Life and Environmental Science (Wenzhou University, China) and RECWET. He has been invited for many lectures on Novel Coronavirus and its sewage epidemiology research.
- 2022/03/03
[Event] FY2021 RECWET Steering Committee
The RECWET Steering Committee was held on March 3rd. In addition to the budget execution and the activities of each division in FY 2021, the draft of new steering committee from FY 2022 was reported and approved. Each steering committee commented they expect RECWET to be even more active, and expressed their gratitude for Prof. Hiroaki Furumai (Water System Management Division). Finally, he proposed future directions and provided ideas for raising international recognition of RECWET.- 2022/02/16
[Joint Research] Visit terminal treatment plant (Profs. Takizawa and Syutsubo)
For joint research, Prof. Satoshi Takizawa and Prof. Kazuaki Syutsubo (International Water Environment Division), Tippawan Singhopon (RECWET Researcher) and two others visited the terminal treatment plant in Susaki City, Kochi Prefecture.
This facility was adopted by the B-DASH Project under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism. Currently, independent research is ongoing to confirm stable processing performance.- 2022/02/03
[Publication] COVID-19 wastewater surveillance in Tokyo 2020 games village (Prof. Katayama)
[Press Release from School of Engineering] COVID-19 wastewater surveillance implemented in the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Village
A paper on COVID-19 wastewater-based epidemiology research in which Prof. Hiroyuki Katayama (Water Quality Control Technologies and Materials Development Division) participated was published in the Journal of Travel Medicine, and its contents were press-released (PDF).- 2022/01/01
[Event] Image files from the international forum IFAWET-4
The event report of the international forum IFAWET-4, which was held online on 10-11 Dec 2021, has been released.- 2021/12/28
[Publication] Paper on inequalities in water consumption in Philippines (Prof. Takizawa)
A research paper by a Master's graduate Alfonso, Prof. Satoshi Takizawa (International Water Environment Division) et al. was published in Current Research in Environmental Sustainability.- 2021/12/21
[Lecture] 3 invited lectures including PACIFICHEM (Prof. Kato)
Prof. Takashi kato (Water Quality Control Technologies and Materials Development Division) gave invited speeches at following conferences.
- - International Chemical Congress of Pacific Basin Societies, PACIFICHEM 2021, Pacifichem Symposium #196, Dec 16-21, Virtual.
- - 5th Joint Lecture of Research Group on Precisely Designed Network Polymer, The Society of Polymer Science Japan, Nov 19, Online.
- - Spotlights in Small Science, Wiley-VCH, Nov 8, Virtual Symposium.
- 2021/12/11
[Award] Best Poster Presentation Award at IFAWET-4 (Prof. Katayama and Assoc. Prof. Kurisu)
Of the 32 posters presented at IFAWET-4, Midori Yasui (D2/Prof. Hiroyuki Katayama) and Xinyue Liu (D2/Dr. Futoshi Kurisu et al.) received the Best Poster Presentation Award.- 2021/12/10
[Publication] Paper on the dynamics of PPCPs in India (Prof. Furumai)
A paper showing the dynamics of monsoon and PPCPs in urban waters in Brahmaputra River, India has been issued online. It is an outcome of Bilateral Collaborations (Joint Research Projects) between Japan and India led by Prof. Furumai (Water Management Systems Division).- 2021/12/10
[Publication] Paper on Evaluation of stormwater runoff reduction by GI (Prof. Furumai)
The research by Prof. Furumai, Dr. Shibuo et al. on Green Infrastructure was presented at the 66th Conference on Hydraulic Engineering (8-10 December, online) and published in JSCE B1 (Hydraulic Engineering).- 2021/11/26
- A paper by a Master's graduate Imbulana, Oguma and Takizawa was published in the special issue "Water Pollution and Sanitation" of Water by Prof. Satoshi Takizawa (International Water Environment Division) and others.
- 2021/11/05
- An original article by Dr. Lianhui Wu (former researcher of UTokyo), Prof. Yoshimitsu Tajima and Prof. Hiroaki Furumai (Water System Management Division) and Dr. Yoshihiro Shibuo (Related program) was published from Journal of Flood Risk Management.
- 2021/10/21
- A paper by Prof. Satoshi Takizawa (International Water Environment Division) and Lecturer Takashi Hashimoto (RECWET collaborative member) has been published online in Membranes.
- 2021/10/21
- The latest information on the "The 4th International Forum on Asian Water Environment Technology: IFAWET-4" has been posted. The event is jointly held by RECWET and City University of Hong Kong from December 10 to 11, 2021.
- 2021/10/17
- A paper by Nwe Nwe Zin (M2) et al. and Shayma (D3) et al. has been published in Water. This is a part of special issue "Water Pollution and Sanitation" edited by Prof. Takizawa (International Water Environment Division), Takashi Hashimoto and Shinobu Kazama (RECWET collaborative members).
- 2021/10/15
- Prof. Furumai and Project Assoc. Prof. Shibuo (from a related program) will give oral presentations at International Conference on Urban Drainage (ICUD2021, October 25 to 28). Dr. Shibuo's presentation is the result of joint research by Prof. Furumai, Prof. Yoshimitsu Tajima, Assoc. Prof. Dai Yamazaki, and others (Water System Management Division).
- 2021/10/13
- The Embassy of Japan in Sri Lanka held an online seminar "Japan's Experiences on Water Supply Development" on October 12th. Prof. Takizawa (Director), an expert in the field of water supply, was invited as a lecturer, and more than 250 officials across Sri Lanka participated. More details can be found in Sri Lanka Daily News.
- 2021/10/05
- At the RECWET Steering Committee held on Oct 10th, the budget plan was approved. We reported on new Center members, continued cooperation with Asian Institute of Technology, a joint research institute with the College of Life and Environmental Science, Wenzhou University and activities of Center and each Division. In order to maintain and strengthen the connection, an observer from the Agricultural Science joined us. We received comments that our operation status was good.
- 2021/10/01
- Dr. Tippawan SINGHOPON has been appointed as a RECWET Project Researcher as of October 1, 2021. She will engage in research on methods for measuring microorganisms in water.
- 2021/09/28
- An article by Prof. Syutsubo (International Water Environment Division) and researchers from Tohoku University and AIST was published online in Applied and Environmental Microbiology. It's on development of new quantification technology for microbial rRNA.
- 2021/08/18
- Prof. Takashi Kato (Water Quality Control Technologies and Materials Development Division) gave an invited talk at three international conferences.
- August: Symposium Advanced (Bio) Materials Derived from Mesophases The IUPAC / Canadian Chemistry Conference and Exhibition, "Liquid-Crystalline Materials for Energy, Water, and Healthcare"
- July: The 2021 International Conference on Modern Challenges in Polymer Science and Technology, "Molecular Assemblies Forming Liquid-Crystalline Nanostructures for Energy, Environment, and Healthcare Functions"
- June: The 7th Federation of Asian Polymer Societies International Polymer Congress, "Self-Organized Polymers and Molecular Assembly for Water and Energy" - 2021/08/10
- The original article by Dr. Chomphunut and Prof. Furumai was published in JWET. It's related to one of the research topics of Water System Management Division: Combined Sewer Overflows in rainfall events.
- 2021/07/29
- [Press Release from School of Engineering] Molecular insights on confined water in the nanochannels of self-assembled ionic liquid crystal
The article by Prof. Kato and researchers from other universities was published in Science Advances (AAAS) and an image of ionic nanochannels was selected as Online Cover. - 2021/07/22
- An interview with Prof. Takizawa (International Water Environment Division) was published in Global Water Intelligence (GWI), one of the top stories "Japanese water looks to make more of a splash overseas".
- 2021/06/26
- An article from a collaborative research project by Chulalongkorn, Mahidol and Chiang Mai University from Thailand, U-Tokyo and University of Nevada has been published in Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health. The first author is SAWANGJANG Benyapa, who received the doctorate in March 2020 under the guidance of Prof. Takizawa.
- 2021/06/21
- The results of joint research between Prof. Syutsubo*(International Water Environment Division / NIES), Kasetsart University (Thailand) and another have been published online in the Journal of Water & Health. *corresponding author
- 2021/06/16
- Another paper belonging to the special issue "Water Pollution and Sanitation" has been published in Water. The authors are Indrastuti(M2), Kazama and Takizawa, and Prof. Takizawa (International Water Environment Division) is one of the guest editors.
- 2021/05/28
- Research Center for Water Environment Technology is recruiting a Project Researcher. Click the details and application (JREC-IN Portal) or a PDF file.
- 2021/05/21
- An interview with Prof. Takizawa (International Water Environment Division) was published in Global Water Intelligence (GWI), one of the top stories "Concession breakthrough in Japan prompts PPP rethink". Headquartered in the UK, GWI operates a database of water projects around the world, in addition to distributing water-related news.
- 2021/05/18
- At a international conference of IUPAC-MACRO2020+, Prof. Takashi Kato (Water Quality Control Technologies and Materials Development Division) gave a plenary lecture entitled "Self-organized Functional Polymers for Water, Energy, Healthcare, and Environment: Use of Liquid-Crystalline Nanostructures".
- 2021/05/13
- A paper by Arati(M2), Kazama and Takizawa has been published in Water. This is a part of a special issue "Water Pollution and Sanitation" edited by Prof. Takizawa (International Water Environment Division), Takashi Hashimoto and Shinobu Kazama (RECWET collaborative members).
In addition, Lohwacharin and Takizawa et al., Cacciatori, Hashimoto and Takizawa had been published from the special issue. - 2021/05/11
- Professor Takashi Kato, Deputy Director of RECWET, received the Medal with Purple Ribbon in the announcement of the Medals in the spring of 2021. We would like to extend our heartfelt congratulations for Prof. Kato.
- 2021/05/10
- College of Life and Environmental Science (Wenzhou University, China) and RECWET are jointly launching "International Water Ecological Environment Research Center". A ceremony to commemorate its founding was held on May 10th, 2021.
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