Divisions

Application Field

Division of Biochemical Engineering [BE]

Purpose/Activities

  • Development of the biotechnology from the standpoint of chemical engineering.
  • Development of the biotechnology which contribute to the human welfare,the improvement of health and the society.
  • Promotion of the further improvement in position of biochemical engineers.

Research Themes

  • Bioprocess Engineering
  • Bioseparation Engineering
  • Medical Bioengineering
  • Bioinformatics
  • Environmental Biotechnology
  • Food Engineering

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Division of Supercritical Fluids [SF]

Purpose/Activities

  • Development of engineering fundamentals to realize advanced utilization of supercritical fluids
  • Acceleration of international exchange for science and technology of supercritical fluids
  • Collection and exchange of information by symposium, seminar and others

Research Themes

  • Fundamental properties
  • Extraction
  • Reaction and material conversion
  • Material production and processing
  • Unit operation

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Division of Energy Engineering [EE]

Purpose/Activities

  • We are under environmental and energy limitations/restrictions in global scales, possible fates of which could be irreparable climate change and depletion of energy resources, respectively. Innovation in energy technologies is thus vital for our society to shift to a sustainable one.Division of Energy Engineering is contributed by engineers/scientistswho are working in fields of energy conversion, storage, transportation, management and economy. This division has primary mission to provide the division members with opportunities to promote their R&D, publication, educational works and other activities through collaboration among division members and people from other divisions and academic/engineering societies as well. Division of Energy Engineering also has a mission to represent The Society of Chemical Engineers, Japan for activities related to energy technologies, and therefore involves the following sections as groups of experts.

Research Themes

  • Division of Energy Engineering welcomes you who strive fordevelopment and propagation of innovative/improved energytechnologies.
  • Utilization of Carbonaceous Resources
  • Thermal Energy Technology
  • New energy and energy systems
  • Fuel cells and batteries
  • Biomass Utilization

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Safety Division [SA]

Purpose/Activities

  • To contribute maintainance and improvement safety in process industry
  • To organize lecture meeting for enlightment and mutual understanding of safety philosophy
  • To develop educational curriculum based on vision of safety education and organize the safety education seminar designed to disseminate knowledge and technique on process safety

Research Themes

  • Risk communication method
  • Risk-based plant maintenance model
  • Utilization method of incident case and near-miss information
  • Framework for safety of waste processing facility
  • Reference model for process safety management
  • Use of incident case example for safety management

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Electronics Division [EL]

Purpose/Activities

  • Application of Methods in Chemical Engineering and Promotion in Collaboration Activities between Industries and Academics.
  • Promotion of Projects between Industries and Academics and Running Symposiums. The Topics are Related to All Aspects in Semiconductor Materials.

Research Themes

  • Electrodeposition Method Related to Fine Conductors and Connecters
  • Finer Coating Method of Conductors and Non-conducting Polymers
  • Reliability and Migration of Fine Conductors
  • Manufacturing Technology of all Fields in Semiconductors
  • Heat Problem and Heat Releasing Materials of Semiconductors
  • Nano Particle Engineering, Reology, Simulation and Ecology of Semiconductor Processing
  • Chemical Vapor Deposition (CVD)

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Division of Materials and Interfaces [MI]

Purpose/Activities

  • The role of the Division of Materials and Interfaces (DMI) is to promote creative research on products and processes of novel functional materials, as well as to contribute to the research advancement of materials and interfaces in chemical engineering.

Research Themes

  • Crystalization Technology
  • Coating Technology
  • Functional Particles
  • Self-organization
  • Polymer/gel Technology

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Division of Environment [EN]

Purpose/Activities

  • Research on elemental technologies, systems, and evaluation methods in order to solve environmental problems and establish a sustainable society
  • Organizing the division so as to contribute to national R&D projects
  • Providing the researchers and engineers related to the environmental problems with various opportunities for information exchange and discussion.

Research Themes

  • Water environment
  • Wastewater treatment technology and risk management of chemical substances
  • Design for a sustainable society
  • Recycling technology
  • Global environment
  • Control of CO2 emission
  • Systems approach for the carbon cycle, energy, and resources on the earth

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Division of Chemical Plant Material Engineering [MT]

Purpose/Activities

  • Planning and operation of academic conferences, symposia, seminars, workshops, domestic and foreign information gathering and information exchange between members to promote the increase and diffusion of science and technology on materials (construction materials, corrosion-resistant materials, functional materials, etc.) applied to the devices and equipments of the chemical industry and related sectors
  • Publication of data collections, technical guidelines and reference books
  • Contribution of special topics or related articles on chemical plant materials in SCEJ magazine or other SCEJ activities.

Research Themes

  • Corrosion Engineering
  • Plant Maintenance Engineering
  • Surface Modification Engineering
  • Engineering for Organic Material Application
  • Remaining Life Assessment of Metals under Creep Damage

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Basic Field

Division of Physical Properties [PR]

Purpose/Activities

  • Sharing of knowledge and provision of opportunities for discussion about the chemical engineering physical properties
  • Making a database of the chemical engineering physical properties to meet the needs from members of SCEJ

Research Themes

  • Thermophysical properties, phase equilibria and transport properties for fluids
  • Physical properties for operation of solid materials
  • Physical properties for environment (toxicity, flashing point)
  • Engineering data based on physical properties

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Fluid & Particle Processing Division [FP]

Purpose/Activities

  • Enhancement in the activities of particle-fluid processing and thermal-mass transfer from the view point of Chemical Engineering, and supplement of their useful information with promotion, as a related research group in SCEJ

Research Themes

  • Thermal-mass transfer engineering – combined with phenomena of fluid mixing, heat transfer, mass transfer and chemical reaction
  • Mixing and agitation devices and related phenomena
  • Fundamental to application in fluidization, its phenomena and subject
  • Gas-liquid and three-phase dispersion systems in bubble columns and related phenomena
  • Powder processing and its related phenomena

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Division of Thermal Engineering [HT]

Purpose/Activities

  • Establishment of common intelligence network on the methodology of thermal engineering and its transfer to future
  • Advancement of thermal engineering in new fields and collaboration with other divisions

Research Themes

  • Thermal-mass transfer engineering – combined with phenomena of fluid mixing, heat transfer, mass transfer and chemical reaction
  • Unit operation on heat transfer and its applications
  • Combustion, plasma processing, heat transfer and mass transfer
  • Heat exchangers
  • Energy systems
  • Development of nanotechnology and biotechnology by introducing heat transfer and transport phenomena

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Division of Separation Processes [SP]

Purpose/Activities

  • To contribute to the development of domestic and international academia, technology and industry concerned with the next-generation separation engineering for the separation process positioned as a core of basic technologies in chemical engineering.
  • To provide opportunities for researchers and engineers sharing the studying method of separation to collaborate on research or to develop their knowledge.

Research Themes

  • Membrane Engineering
  • Solid-Liquid Separation
  • Distillation
  • Adsorption and Ion Exchange
  • Extraction
  • Crystallization
  • Drying

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Division of Chemical Reaction Engineering [CR]

Purpose/Activities

  • We contribute to the design of rational and/or advanced reaction systems on the basis of the consecutive theory ranging from nano- to macro-scales in various fields of technology utilizing conversion of materials.

Research Themes

  • Catalytic reaction engineering(Catalytic Processes for Sustainable Society, Structured Catalysts)
  • Sonoprocess (Ultrasound, Cavitation)
  • Chemistry and Reaction Engineering for Activated Chemical Species (activated chemical species, irradiation, radical)
  • Integrated Reaction & Separation Processes(Enhancement of Reaction, New Chemical Process, Membrane Reactor)
  • Advanced Chemical Reactor and Process(Fluidized-Bed Catalytic Reaction Engineering, Non-SteadyState Reaction Operation)
  • CVD Reactions (Thin Films, Fine Particles, Dry Processes)
  • New Reaction Processes with Regard to Application of Special Reaction Field(plasma reaction,micro/nano bubble)
  • Micro chemical process engineering(micro chemical engineering, micro chemical process)

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Division of Systems, Information and Simulation Technologies [SI]

Purpose/Activities

  • The SIS division provides relevant programs for SCEJ memberswho share interests in systems, information, and simulationtechnologies, especially in the analysis, design, and control ofprocess and management systems. The methodology for clearlydescribing thought process in engineering and business, thetechnology of extracting useful information for decision makingfrom a large amount of operation data, and the mechanismthat supports reasonable decision making are investigated.Further, SIS division encourages educators to focus more on thesesubjects and supports excellence in teaching practices.
  • Student competition: development of software tool and its use in process design.

Research Themes

  • Advanced Decision Method for Plant Operation
  • Sustainable and Environmentally Conscious Process Engineering
  • Further Application in Actual Problems of Process Dynamics
  • Education and Training for Information Technology
  • Cost Engineering

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