Faculty of Science and Engineering
Graduate School of Science and Engineering

Academic Staff and Fellows

HIRANO Shigeki: Lecturer Ph.D. in Engineering; Department/Mechanical Engineering

Magnetic Refrigeration Thermal storage and Heat transfer enhancement Thermal energy utilization on porous media

Magnetic Refrigerator(Left), Porous media(center), Phase change emulsion(right)

Research Area	Thermal Engineering, Heat transfer engineering, Powder technology
Teaching (Undergraduate Course)	Synthetic Seminar, Exercises and Experiments in Thermodynamics, Exercises in Mechanical Drafting, Thermodynamics, English for Science and Technology, Heat Transfer Engineering, Seminar for Bachelor Thesis, Experiments in Physics, Experiments of Mechanical Engineering,
Research Interests	Improvement of Energy Efficiency of Magnetic Refrigeration. Research on heat/cold heat storage system using phase change materials. Research on Heat transfer through Porous Media.
Research and Achievements	06_hirano_shigeki.pdf
Affiliated Academic Societies	Japan Society of Mechanical Engineering, Heat Transfer Society of Japan
Education (Undergraduate Course)	Hokkaido University
Education (Master's/Doctral Course)	Graduate School of Engineering Hokkaido University (Master), Graduate School of Engineering Kobe University (Ph.D.).
Interests and Others	Motorcycle, Bicycle, Fishing, Classical Music

Applied Energy Science Lab.

Office Location	38th BLD. 6th Floor N604
E-mail	hirano（at）mech.kindai.ac.jp Note that this e-mail address has replaced the "@" with "(at)" to prevent spam. When e-mailing, replace the "(at)" with "@".

Academic Staff and Fellows