Koji Fukagata Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering / Chair, Center for Applied and Computational Mechanics Keio University Official profile by Keio Univ. is here. Japanese version is here.

Major Research Fields

• Fluid Mechanics / Flow Control / Turbulence

Degrees

• TeknD, Kungl. Tekniska Högskolan (KTH), Sweden.
• Ph.D. (Engineering), The University of Tokyo, Japan.

Biography

• May 1970: Born in Tokyo
• Mar. 1994: B.Eng., Dept. of Quantum Engineering and Systems Science, The Univ. of Tokyo
• Jun. 1997: TeknL, Dept. of Mechanics / FaxénLaboratoriet, Kungl. Tekniska Högskolan (KTH), Stockholm
• Apr. 2000: TeknD, Dept. of Mechanics / FaxénLaboratoriet, KTH, Stockholm
• Sep. 2000: Ph.D., Dept. of Quantum Engineering and Systems Science, The Univ. of Tokyo
• Oct. 2000: Postdoctoral fellow, Mechanial Engineering Laboratory, AIST
• Apr. 2001: Postdoctoral fellow, Inst. for Energy Utilization, AIST
• Apr. 2003: Research Associate, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, The Univ. of Tokyo
• Apr. 2007: Assistant Professor, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Keio University
• Apr. 2011: Associate Professor, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Keio University
• Apr. 2015: Professor, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Keio University
• Apr. 2019: Chair, Center for Applied and Computational Mechanics, Keio University

Recent Articles (Publications list is here, Google Scholar Profile is here)

1. K. Fukagata,
   Review: "Reduced order modeling of fluid flows using convolutional neural networks,"
   J. Fluid Sci. Technol. (2023 to appear).

2. M. Atzori, F. Mallor, R. Pozuelo, K. Fukagata, R. Vinuesa, and P. Schlatter,
   "A new perspective on skin-friction contributions in adverse-pressure-gradient turbulent boundary layers,"
   Int. J. Heat Fluid Flow 101, 109117 (2023).

3. M. Morimoto, K. Fukami, R. Maulik, R. Vinuesa, and K. Fukagata,
   "Assessments of epistemic uncertainty using Gaussian stochastic weight averaging for fluid-flow regression,"
   Physica D 440, 133454 (2022).

4. Y. Nabae and K. Fukagata,
   "Drag reduction effect of streamwise traveling wave-like wall deformation with spanwise displacement variation in turbulent channel flow,"
   Flow Turbul. Combust. 109, 1175–1194 (2022).

5. T. Nakamura and K. Fukagata,
   "Robust training approach of neural networks for fluid flow state estimations,"
   Int. J. Heat Fluid Flow 96, 108977 (2022).

6. D. Hiruma, R. Onishi, K. Takahashi, and K. Fukagata,
   "Sensitivity study on storm modulation through a strategic use of consumer air conditioners,"
   Atmos. Sci. Lett. 23, e1091 (2022).

7. S. Miura, M. Ohashi, K. Fukagata, and N. Tokugawa,
   "Drag reduction by uniform blowing on the pressure surface of an airfoil,"
   AIAA J. 60, 2241-2250 (2022).

8. T. Nakamura, K. Fukami, and K. Fukagata,
   "Identifying key differences between linear stochastic estimation and neural networks for fluid flow regressions,"
   Sci. Rep. 12, 3726 (2022).
   

9. K. Fukagata,
   News & Views: "Towards quantum computing of turbulence,"
   Nat. Comput. Sci. 2, 68-69 (2022).

10. M. Morimoto, K. Fukami, K. Zhang, and K. Fukagata,
    "Generalization techniques of neural networks for fluid flow estimation,"
    Neural Comput. Appl. 34, 3647-3669 (2022).
    

11. Y. Morita, S. Rezaeiravesh, N. Tabatabaei, R. Vinuesa, K. Fukagata, and P. Schlatter,
    "Applying Bayesian optimization with Gaussian process regression to computational fluid dynamics problems,"
    J. Comput. Phys. 449, 110788 (2022).
    

Honors and Awards

• March 2023: JSME Medal for Outstanding Paper (Co-awardee: Yusuke Nabae)
• February 2023: Fellow, Japan Society for Mechanical Engineers (JSME)
• October 2020: JSME-TED Best Conference Paper Award (PRTEC2019) (Co-awardees: Kai Fukami, Yusuke Nabae, Ken Kawai)
• December 2020: Fellow, Japan Society of Fluid Mechanics (JSFM)
• December 2019: JACM Fellows Award, Japan Association of Computational Mechanics
• December 2019: Best Oral Presentaion Award, COMSOL Conference 2019 Tokyo
• October 2018 and October 2020: Thermal Engineering Contribution Certificate of Merit, Japan Society for Mechanical Engineers
• June 2014: Best Poster Paper Award, Int. Symp. on Electrohydrodynamics 2014 (Co-awardees: Yosuke Anzai, Hiroshi Naito)
• November 2013: Fluids Engineering Frontier Certificate of Merit, Japan Sociery of Mechanical Engineers Fluids Engineering Division
• February 2013: Award for Outstanding Paper in Fluid Mechanics, Japan Society of Fluid Mechanics Co-awardees: Kaoru Iwamoto, Nobuhide Kasagi)
• February 2008: Award for Distinguished Young Researcher in Fluid Mechanics (Ryumon Award), Japan Society of Fluid Mechanics
• October 2006: Fluids Engineering Contribution Certificate of Merit, Japan Society for Mechanical Engineers
• March 2003: The Best Presentation Award, The 4th International Symposium on Smart Control of Turbulence

Academic Society

• Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers (JSME), Member
• Japan Society of Fluid Mechanics (JSFM), Member, Fellow (2021-), Director (2019-2020, 2022-)
• Japanese Society for Multiphase Flow (JSMF), Member
• Japanese Association for Computational Mechanics (JACM), Member
• Japanese Society for Artificial Intelligence (JSAI), Member
• American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), Member
• American Physical Society (APS), Member
• European Research Community for Flow Turbulence and Combustion (ERCOFTAC), Research Group Member

Editorship

• Flow, Turbulence and Combustion (Springer), 2015-
• Mechanical Engineering Reviews (JSME), 2016-2020
• Journal of Computational Science and Technology (JSME), 2009-2011
• Nagare - J. Jpn. Soc. Fluid Mech. (JSFM), 2009-2012

Organization of International Conferences

• Twelfth International Symposium on Turbulence and Shear Flow Phenomena (TSFP12), Secretary General / Program Subcommittee Chair
• 2nd Pacific Rim Thermal Engineering Conference (PRTEC2019),Maui 2019, Secretary General / Executive Committee Chair
• 9th KSME-JSME Thermal and Fluids Engineering Conference (TFEC9), Okinawa 2017, Secretary General
• US-Japan Workshop on Bridging Fluid Mechanics and Data Science 2018, Organizer

Advisory Board/International Scientific Committee Member

• Turbulence and Shear Flow Phenomena (TSFP), 2010-
• Direct and Large-Eddy Simulation (DLES), 2012-
• Asian Symposium on Computational Heat Transfer and Fluid Flow (ASCHT), 2007-
• International Conference on Jets, Wakes and Separated Flows, 2013-
• Pacific Rim Thermal Engineering Conference (PRTEC), 2015-2019
• Engineering Turbulence Modelling and Measurements (ETMM) 2013-2014

Contact Information

• Address: Department of Mechanical Engineering, Keio University, Hiyoshi 3-14-1, Kohoku-ku, Yokohama 223-8522, Japan
• E-mail: fukagata mech.keio.ac.jp