Toru MATSUMOTO
| Title | Professor |  |
| Degree | Doctor of Engineering | |
| Department | Department of Life and Environment Engineering | |
| matsumoto-t[ at ]kitakyu-u.ac.jp ＊Please change "[at]" to "@". |
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| Education | 1985-90 Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Kyushu University, Japan 1990-92 Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Engineering Sciences, Kyushu University, Japan 1999 Awarded the degree of Doctor of Engineering in environmental systems analysis |
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| Employment History | 1992-95: Consultant, Environment & Energy Research Department, Nomura Research Institute, Ltd. (NRI) 1995-1999: Research Associate of Faculty of Engineering, Kyushu University 2000-2001: Associate Professor of Graduate School of Engineering, Kyushu University 2001-2008: Associate Professor of Faculty of Environmental Engineering, the University of Kitakyushu 2008-present: Professor of Faculty of Environmental Engineering, the University of Kitakyushu |
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| Teaching Activities | - Environmental Planning - Introduction to Envinronmental Management - Mathematical Methods for Environmental Planning I - Urban Environmental Management - Urban Environmental Assessment & Planning |
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| Research Interest | - Environmental Systems Analysis for Sustainable Society - Life Cycle Assessment (LCA), Material Flow Analysis (MFA), Ecological Footprint (EF) - Theory of Eco-industrial Parks (EIP) - Urban Environmental Management of Developing Countries |
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| Publications | 1) Toru Matsumoto and Yutaka Kawamura: Development of a Home Appliance Recycling System in Japan and Its Impact on the Reduction of Carbon Dioxide Emissions, invited paper, EARTH 2009 2) Juan LIU, Toru MATSUMOTO: SWOT Analysis for Discussion of Success Factors and Obstacles on Eco-industrial Park Projects in Several Asian Countries, Journal of Global Environment Engineering, Vol.14, pp.27-36, 2009 3) Yonghai XUE, Toru MATSUMOTO, Jian ZUO: Life Cycle Assessment and Scenario Analysis of Municipal Solid Waste Disposal Systems: The Case of Beijing, Journal of Global Environment Engineering, Vol.13, pp.1-20, 2008 |
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| Other activities | International Society of Industrial Ecology (ISIE) Board of directors: Society of Environmental Science, Japan (SES) and Japan Association for Human and Environmental Symbiosis (JAHES) |
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| URL | http://chempro.env.kitakyu-u.ac.jp/~tmatsumoto/ http://office.env.kitakyu-u.ac.jp/suw/member/index_e.html |
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