Born in 1977,
Yoshinori Nakagawa obtained his degree in Engineering from
the graduate school of civil engineering at the University
of Tokyo. He subsequently held positions as an assistant
professor at the same university and as an associate
professor at Kochi University of Technology. Currently, he
serves as a professor at the Graduate School of Global
Environmental Studies at Sophia University. Additionally, he
is affiliated with and leads a three-year project at the
Research Institute for Humanity and Nature.
Nakagawa specializes in qualitative research, particularly
life story studies. Leveraging this expertise, he is
actively involved in academic exploration of Future Design
and its practical application in real-world contexts. Future
Design involves the development of social systems that
ensure the well-being of future generations.
Dr. Harpalani serves as a Professor in the School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Materials Engineering and Associate Dean of the College of Engineering, Computing, Technology and Mathematics at Southern Illinois University. Starting with his PhD dissertation work at University of California Berkeley, he has devoted his entire academic career to studying flow in porous media, with emphasis on production of natural gas, geologic storage of carbon dioxide and bioconversion of coal to natural gas. He has conducted research in the amount of over $20M, with funding from US Department of Energy, National Science Foundation, Environmental Protection Agency and large private operators, like British Petroleum, ConocoPhillips, Advanced Resources International, VICO Indonesia and IKAV Energy. Recently, he has expanded his research in the area of production of hydrogen in situ, its storage and production. Finally, Dr. Harpalani has authored in excess of a hundred publication, mostly in the area of flow in deep rocks and graduated a large number of graduate students.
Abbas Taheri
is a Tenured Associate Professor
at the Robert M. Buchan
Department of Mining at Queen’s
University in Kingston, Canada,
where he holds the Chair in Mine
Design.
Abbas has over 20 years of
industry, research, and teaching
experience in geotechnical
engineering, rock mechanics, and
mining engineering. In 1999 he
earned a BASc in Mining
Engineering and in 2002 an MASc
in Rock Mechanics from Amir
Kabir University of Technology,
Iran. He worked for over four
years in the industry in civil
and mining engineering projects
before moving to Japan in 2005
to a PhD in geotechnical
engineering at Yokohama National
University. His PhD thesis has
been internationally
acknowledged as outstanding
research work and has been
awarded a runner-up certificate
(Proxime Accessit) of "ISRM
Rocha Medal 2010" from the
International Society for Rock
Mechanics and Rock Engineering
(ISRM). In 2008 he was awarded a
postdoctoral fellowship from
Japan Society for the Promotion
of Science (JSPS) and joined
Tokyo University of Science. In
2011 he was appointed as a
lecturer and then a senior
lecturer at the University of
Adelaide, Australia, until 2021,
when he moved to Queen’s
University, Canada, as an
Associate Professor.
Abbas is the president of the
Commission on Deep Mining of the
ISRM. Dr Taheri is/was a member
of the Editorial Board of
several scientific journals,
including “Soils and
Foundations”, “Bulletin of
Engineering Geology and
Environment”, “International
Journal of Mining Science and
Technology,” “Minerals” etc.
Abbas is/was the chair,
organizer, and member of the
organization committee of many
international symposiums and
workshops. He has produced more
than 160 refereed publications.
Dr Taheri has developed and
toughed several courses in
geotechnical engineering and
mining operation.
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