Keynote Speakers
Keynote Speakers
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Prof. Yoshiyuki TagawaTokyo University of Agriculture and Technology |
Dr. Yoshiyuki Tagawa is a Full Professor specializing in fluid engineering, with a particular focus on multiphase flow, at Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology. He earned his Doctorate in Engineering from the University of Tokyo in 2009, followed by a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Twente in the Netherlands. Since joining the faculty in 2013, Dr. Tagawa has pioneered significant advances in high-viscosity and supersonic microjets as well as medical engineering technologies. Dr. Tagawa's research in multiphase process engineering has extended the understanding of bubble and droplet dynamics and microjet technologies, advancing the field's approach to fluid behaviors in micro- and nano-scale systems. His innovative techniques have bridged gaps between fundamental hydrodynamics and practical applications, contributing significantly to both academic knowledge and industry solutions. Supported by prestigious grants from the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science among others, Dr. Tagawa's contributions have earned him several awards, including the 2021 Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology Award and the Andrea Prosperetti Award. He actively serves the scientific community as an editor for Experiments in Fluids, an Advisory Board Member of the International Journal of Multiphase Flow, an associate member of the Science Council of Japan, and a board member of the Japan Society of Multiphase Flow.
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Prof. Kerstin EckertTU Dresden |
Dr. Kerstin Eckert has studied physics at TU Dresden and received her PhD in experimental physics at OvGuericke University Magdeburg. Since 2016 she is professor for Transport Processes at Interfaces at TU Dresden and department head at the Helmholtz-Center Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR) where she has initiatiated the Center of Interfaces Studies established in 2024. The research in her group is devoted to the multi-phase flows in resource technologies, such as flotation, magnetic separation, and in hydrogen production. A special focus is on scale-bridging research from small-scales, e.g. film rupture between coalescing bubbles, towards the hydrodynamics on larger reactors, including development of measurement techniques. Kerstin Eckert is the coordinator of European projects in mineral processing, such as FineFuture and the European Industry Doctorate programme FlotSim (955805), and of national and international project on hydrogen research.
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Dr. Thi Thai LeZuse Institute Berlin |
Dr. Thi-Thai Le is the Head of the Research Group on Predictive Methods at the Applied Algorithmic Intelligence Methods (A²IM) Department, Zuse Institute Berlin in Germany. Her research interests focus on investigating hydrodynamic instabilities and fluid dynamics multiphase flows. Her primary research uses coupled methods, including theoretical investigations, numerical simulations, time series analysis, optimization, and machine learning techniques.
An outstanding application of her research lies in supporting the right decision to optimize the performance of renewable energy systems, including hydrogen and wind power. Dr. Le has made significant contributions to the field, featuring her work in reputable journals such as Physics of Fluids and the International Journal of Multiphase Flows. Additionally, she serves as a regular reviewer for these reputable journals. She was honored with awards from the Asian Pacific Consortium of Mathematics for Industry and a certificate of merit from the Minister of the Vietnam Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, recognizing her exceptional research in tidal simulation in Da Nang Bay, Vietnam.
In 2019, Dr. Le earned her Doctorate in Functional Mathematics at Kyushu University in Japan, financially supported by the MEXT Scholarship provided by the Japan Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology. Afterward, she actively engaged in research systems in Germany, collaborating with renowned research institutions in Germany and globally.