报告承办单位: 能源与动力工程学院

报告内容: Breakdown of Safety Myth in Gigantic Systems: What we learned from the Fukushima Daiichi accident, and what we should have had learned from aerospace and Shinkansen technologies.

报告人姓名: Shigenao Maruyama（圆山重直教授）

报告人所在单位: Tohoku University（日本东北大学）

报告人职称/职务及学术头衔: Professor

报告时间: 5月14日（周三）15:00

报告地点: 新能源大楼2栋502学术报告厅

报告人简介: Prof. Shigenao Maruyama is currently Professor Emeritus of Tohoku University and a specially appointed Visiting Professor (Coordinator of Social Cooperation and International Collaboration) of Tohoku University. He is affiliated member of the Science Council of Japan. He graduated from the Faculty of Engineering at Tohoku University in March 1977 and completed his doctoral study in the Graduate School of Engineering at the same university in March 1983, with his Ph.D degree. Following his PhD, he became an Assistant Professor at the Institute of Fluid Science at Tohoku University in October 1983, was promoted to Associate Professor in May 1989, and was appointed Professor at Tohoku University in June 1997. In August 2008, he was appointed as a Distinguished Professor. Additionally, he served as a member of the Tohoku University Education and Research Council, as well as holding key administrative positions such as Special Assistant to the President and university Vice Director, contributing to the operation and development of Tohoku University.

At the Institute of Fluid Science, Prof. Maruyama specialized in heat transfer control research and dedicated many years to the education and research in thermal engineering. He contributed to the advancement of academia by serving as chair of international conferences and as an editor for international academic journals. He published more than 250 journal papers, 18 books, 53 patents. He was the vice president of Heat Transfer Society of Japan. He was the founding chair of many international conferences/symposiums. He was presented the Purple Ribbon Medal of Japan in April 2012, which honors highest national contribution.