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Member of Executive Meeting

HIMENO Takehiro

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・Special Advisor to the Dean, School of Engineering
・Professor, Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics

Research Summary

We are conducting research on internal thermal flow phenomena in aerospace propulsion systems (such as jet engines and rocket engines) and thermal power generation systems (such as gas turbines). We focus particularly on systems operating in extreme environments—such as ultra-high pressure, cryogenic temperatures, high vacuum, and microgravity—and place great importance on a multidisciplinary perspective spanning both the aerospace and space sectors, as well as on a combination of experimental and numerical analysis approaches.

Laboratory Website

https://webpark1362.sakura.ne.jp/?lang=en

Biography

1996: Graduated from the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Faculty of Engineering, The University of Tokyo
2000: Research Fellow (DC2), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
2001: Ph.D. in Aeronautics and Astronautics, Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo
2001: Post Doctoral Research Fellow, National Space Development Agency
2004: Lecturer, Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo
2007: Associate Professor, Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo
2022: Professor, Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo

Major Awards

  • 2024 : Certificate of Appreciation for the Successful Launch of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) H-3 Rocket Development.
  • 2020 : GTSJ (Gas Turbine Society of Japan) Award for Outstanding Paper.
  • 2018 : GTSJ (Gas Turbine Society of Japan) Award for Outstanding Paper.
  • 2013 : JSME (Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers) Medal for Outstanding Paper.
  • 2012 : AIAA (American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics) Liquid Propulsion Best Paper Award.
  • 2008 : AIAA (American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics) Liquid Propulsion Best Paper Award.
  • 2004 : The JACM (Japan Association for Computational Mechanics) Award for Young Investigators in Computational Mechanics.

Selected Publications

  1. Simonini, A., Dreyer, M., Urbano, A. Alessia, S. Francesco, T. Himeno, B. Philipp, A. Marc, P. Jorge, P.Laura & G. Jean-Baptiste.,”Cryogenic propellant management in space: open challenges and perspectives”., npj Microgravity 10, 34 (2024). 
  2. K. Tani, T. Himeno, Y. Sakuma, T. Watanabe, H. Kobayashi, T. Toge, S. Unno, S. Kamiya, O. Muragishi, K. Kanbe, “Pressure recovery during pressure reduction experiment with large-scale liquid hydrogen tank”, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy,(2021)
  3. A.Tateishi, T. Watanabe, T. Himeno, M. Aotsuka, and T. Murooka, "Verification and Application of Fluid-Structure Interaction and a Modal Identification Technique to Cascade Flutter Simulations". International Journal of Gas Turbine, Propulsion and Power Systems, Volume 8, Number 3 (2016) pp.20-28.
  4. T. Himeno, H. Negishi, S. Nonaka, C. Inoue, T. Watanabe and S. Uzawa, Numerical Analysis of Free-surface Flows under Various Conditions in Acceleration (Improvement of CIP-LSM : CIP-based Level Set & MARS). Trans. JSME Ser. B. (2010) vol.76, no.765, p.778-788.