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Masato Nakamura 

Doctoral Candidate, Department of Earth and Environmental  Engineering,
Junior Research Associate, Earth Engineering Center,
Columbia University
500 West 120th Street
1046 S.W. Mudd Bldg.
New York, N.Y. 10027

Email: mn2028@columbia.edu
Tel: 1-212-854-2142

About Masato Nakamura

• Masato Nakamura is a doctoral student of Department of Earth and Environmental Engineering at Columbia University and  the web master of the Waste-To-Energy Research and Technology (WTERT) Council webpage and the Earth Engineering Center webpage, since 2002.

Research Projects

• Modeling of transport and combustion phenomena in waste-to-energy (WTE) chambers, numerical analysis of mixing process of municipal solid waste (MSW) on the moving grate of combustion chambers, solid waste management, Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD), Stochastic simulation.
• The goals of this project include:
  1. Developing a mathematical bed model to characterize and quantify flow and mixing of the highly non-homogeneous MSW on a reverse acting grate,
  2. Simulate the behavior of solid waste particles with transport and combustion phenomena,
  3. Validate the mathematical models using Themogravimetric Analysis (TGA) and field observations.

Education

• Eng. Sc. D. in Earth and Environmental Engineering (expected), Columbia University, New York, USA
• M. Eng. in Materials Science and Engineering 1998, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
• B. Eng. in Metallurgical Engineering 1996, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
• Associate of Eng. in Electrical Engineering 1992, Asahikawa National College of Technology, Asahikawa, Japan

Work Experience

• Junior Research Associate, Earth Engineering Center, Columbia University, 2002-present
• Systems Engineer of Oracle Database, CAC CO. at RECRUIT CO.,LTD , 2001
• Systems Engineer of Unix & Vax servers, Mitsubishi Space Software CO., LTD at Japan Marine Science and Technology Center (JAMSTEC), 1999-2000

Teaching Experience

• Teaching Assistant (TA) in E4260 Urban Ecology Studio (Fall 2005)

Academic Awards /Fellowship

• Winner of ASME Solid Waste Processing Division Scholarship Program Award (2003-4), Solid Waste Division, American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
• Research Assistant's Program (2003), Earth Institute, Columbia University
• DEEE Fellowship (2002- present), Department of Earth and Environmental Engineering, Columbia University

Publications

• M. Nakamura, M.J. Castaldi, and N.J. Themelis, "Numerical Analysis of size reduction of municipal solid waste particles on the traveling grate in a waste-to-energy combustion chamber," Proc. 14th annual North American Waste To Energy Conference (NAWTEC14), pp. 125-130, Tampa, FL (2006)

• M. Nakamura, M.J. Castaldi, and N.J. Themelis, "Measurement of Particle Size and Shape of New York City Municipal Solid Waste and Combustion Residues Using Image Analysis," Proc. 16th Japan Society of Waste Management Experts (JSMWE) Fall Conference, pp. 1-3, Sendai, Japan (2005)

• M. Nakamura, M.J. Castaldi, and N.J. Themelis, "Markov Chain Simulation of Solid Waste Fuel Flow and Mixing on the Reverse Acting Grate," Proc. 15th Japan Society of Waste Management Experts (JSMWE) Fall Conference, pp. 43-45, Takamatsu, Japan (2004)

• M. Nakamura, "Report on the 2003 Fall Meeting of Waste-to-Energy Research and Technology (WTERT) Council in New York City," (Written in Japanese) Waste Management Research Vol. 15, No. 4 pp. 213-215, JSMWE (2004)

• M. Nakamura, and N. J. Themelis, "Modeling of Solid Waste Flow and Mixing on the Traveling Grate of Waste-to-energy Combustion Chambers," Proc. 12th annual North American Waste To Energy Conference (NAWTEC12) pp. 273-282, Savannah, GA (2004)

• M. Nakamura, H. Zhang, K. Millrath, and N. J. Themelis, "Modeling of Waste-to-Energy Combustion with Continuous Variation of the Solid Waste Fuel," 2003 ASME ICMEE, Washington, D.C. (2003)

• M. Nakamura, N. Sakaguchi, S. Watanabe, and H. Takahashi, "Excess Defect Diffusion during Annealing in Ion-Implanted Semiconductor," International Symposium for Advanced Research of Energy Technology, Sapporo, Japan (1998)

• S. Watanabe, N. Sakaguchi, K. Kurome, M. Nakamura, and H. Takahashi, "On the Mechanism of Radiation-induced Segregation," Journal of Nuclear Materials, 240. pp. 251-253 (1997)

• S. Watanabe, N. Sakaguchi, N. Hashimoto, M. Nakamura, H. Takahashi, C. Nambe and N. Q. Lam, "Radiation-induced Segregation Accompanied by Grain Boundary Migration in Austenitic Stainless Steel," Journal of Nuclear Materials, 232. pp. 113-118 (1996)

Professional Presentations and Posters

• M. Nakamura, M.J. Castaldi, and N.J. Themelis, "Physical and Stochastic Modeling of Mixing Phenomena of Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) Particles on a Traveling Grate," poster at Waste-To-Energy Research Technology (WTERT) Council Fall Meeting of 2006, New York, NY. (2006)

• M. Nakamura, M.J. Castaldi, and N.J. Themelis, "Numerical Analysis of size reduction of municipal solid waste particles on the traveling grate in a waste-to-energy combustion chamber," presentation at 14th annual North American Waste To Energy Conference (NAWTEC14), Tampa, FL (2006)

• M. Nakamura, M.J. Castaldi, and N.J. Themelis, "Measurement of Particle Size and Shape of New York City Municipal Solid Waste and Combustion Residues Using Image Analysis," poster. 16th Japan Society of Waste Management Experts (JSMWE) Fall Conference, Sendai, Japan (2005)

• M. Nakamura, M.J. Castaldi, and N.J. Themelis, "Transport and Reaction Phenomena of Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) on WTE Grates," poster at Waste-To-Energy Research Technology (WTERT) Council Fall Meeting of 2005, New York, NY. (2005)

• M. Nakamura, M.J. Castaldi, and N.J. Themelis, "Markov Chain Simulation of Solid Waste Fuel Flow and Mixing on the Reverse Acting Grate," poster at 15th Japan Society of Waste Management Experts (JSMWE) Fall Conference, Takamatsu, Japan (2004)

• M. Nakamura, "Stochastic Simulation of MSW Flow and Mixing on WTE Grates," presentation at Waste-To-Energy Research Technology (WTERT) Council Fall Meeting of 2004, New York, NY. (2004)

• M. Nakamura, L. El-Youssef, M. J. Castaldi, and N. J. Themelis, "Size and Shape Analysis of Particles of Municipal Solid Wastes and Waste-To-Energy Combustion Residues," poster at Waste-To-Energy Research Technology (WTERT) Council Fall Meeting of 2004, New York, NY. (2004)

• M. Nakamura, "Modeling of Solid Waste Flow and Mixing on the Traveling Grate of Waste-to-energy Combustion Chambers," presentation at 12th annual North American Waste To Energy Conference (NAWTEC 12), Savannah, GA. (2004)

• M. Nakamura, "Modeling of Waste-to-Energy Combustion with Continuous Variation of the Solid Waste Fuel," presentation at the 2003 ASME ICMEE, Washington, D.C. (2003)

• M. Nakamura, "Simulation of Solid Waste Components and Combustion Processes in a WTE incinerator," presentation at the International Symposium for Advanced Research of Energy Technology, Sapporo, Japan (2003)

• M. Nakamura, "Excess Defect Diffusion during Annealing in Ion-Implanted Semiconductor," presentation at the International Symposium for Advanced Research of Energy Technology, Sapporo, Japan (1998)

• M. Nakamura, "Computer Simulation of Diffusion and Electrical Activation of Impurity and Point Defects in Crystalline Silicon," poster session at the Gordon Research Conference on Materials Processes Far from Equilibrium, NH. (1997)

Skills

• Unix, Linux, Open VMS (VAX), Unicenter, Sendmail, Oracle, SQL, C++, Java, Fortran, awk, Perl, HTML, Matlab & Mathematica, Cisco Routing and Switching. 

Web Management

• EEC/WTERT sites
• Permission
• SOFOS

Links

• Columbia University
  • Department of Earth and Environmental Engineering (Henry Krumb School of Mines)
  • Earth Engineering Center
• Hokkaido University
  • Center for Advanced Research of Energy Technology (CARET)
• Asahikawa National College of Technology
   

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