Yoshihide Tominaga

　
　


Short bio

  • Date of Birth: Dec 15th, 1967
  • Place of Birth: Japan
  • Citizenship: Japan
  • Education:
    • 3/31/1995: Ph.D., Graduate school of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, Japan
    • 3/31/1992: Master of Engineering, Graduate school of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, Japan
    • 3/31/1990: Bachelor of Engineering, Department of Architecture, Faculty of Engineering, Niigata University, Japan
  • Academic Experience:
    • 3/1/2018: Director, Wind and Fluid Engineering Research Center, Niigata Institute of Technology (-present)
    • 4/1/2017: Chair of the Department of Architecture and Urban Environment, Niigata Institute of Technology (-3/31/2021)
    • 4/1/2013: Councilor, Niigata Institute of Technology (-3/31/2019)
    • 4/1/2012: Part-time Lecturer, Nagaoka Institute of Design (-9/30/2016)
    • 8/3/2011: Visiting researcher, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada (-8/31/2011)
    • 4/1/2009: Chair of the Department of Architecture and Building Environment, Niigata Institute of Technology (-3/31/2018)
    • 9/1/2006: Visiting researcher, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada (-2/28/2007)
    • 4/1/2003: Professor, Faculty of Engineering, Niigata Institute of Technology, Japan (-present)
    • 4/1/1999: Associate Professor, Faculty of Engineering, Niigata Institute of Technology, Japan (-3/31/2003)
    • 4/1/1995: Research Associate, Faculty of Engineering, Niigata Institute of Technology, Japan (-3/31/1999)

Awards and Honors

  • 2017 The Prize of AIJ (Architectural Institute of Japan)： 'Development and Validation of Numerical Prediction Method for Non-uniform Snow Distributions in the Built Environment'.
  • 2014 Japan Association for Wind Engineering Award (Best paper)： 'Recommendation of Gust Factor for Assessment of Pedestrian Wind Environment Based on Probability of Exceedance of Daily Maximum Gust Wind Speed', Japan Association for Wind Engineering , vol.39, no.2, 29-39, 2014.
  • 2014  Certificate of Reviewing Excellence (Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics)
  • 2012　Japan Association for Wind Engineering Award (Best paper)： 'Development of a system for predicting snow distribution in built-up environments: Combining a mesoscale meteorogical model and a CFD model', Journal of Wind Engineering & Industrial Aerodynamics, vol. 99, no. 4, 460-468. 2011. 
  • 2010　Best Paper Award from journal Building and Environment (with T. Stathopoulos): 'Numerical simulation of dispersion around an isolated cubic building: Model evaluation of RANS and LES', Building and Environment, vol. 45, 2231-2239. 2010.
  • 2009　Japan Society of Snow Engineering's Academic Award: 'Research on numerical prediction of snowdrift around buildings using CFD'
  • 2003  Best Paper Award from Journal of Asian Architecture and Building Engineering (with A. Mochida, H. Yoshino, K. Sasaki and M. Ohba): Numerical Study on Thermal Effects of Cold and High-albedo Surfaces Coverd with Snow in Outdoor Environments, Journal of Asian Architecture and Building Enginerring, 1(1), 175-182. 2002.
  • 1995  Japan Association for Wind Engineering Award (Exceptional Research Potential)

Contribution to Professional Societies

　　Academic Societies
  • Board of Directors, Japan Association for Wind Engineering (2014- )
  • Steering Committee on Air Quality and Wind Environment, Architectural Institute of Japan (2013- )
  • Board of Directors, Japan Society of Snow Engineering (2010- )

　　Scientific Journals
  • Associate Editor, Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics (2021- )
  • Editorial Board members, Japan Architectural Review  (2017-)
  • Editorial member, Journal of Asian Architecture and Building Engineering (2014-2016 )
  • Editorial Board, Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics (2011- )

　　International Conferences
  • Scientific Committee, ICWE2023 (The 16th International Conference on Wind Engineering), Florence, Italy (2023)
  • Scientific Committee, IAQVEC2023 (The 11th international conference on indoor air quality, ventilation & energy conservation in buildings), Tokyo, Japan (2023)
  • Scientific Committee, CWE2018 (International Symposium on Computational Wind Engineering), Seoul, Korea (2018).
  • Executive Committee, WRDM(International Workshop on Wind-Related Disasters & Mitiqation), Sendai, Japan (2018)
  • Scientific Committee, ISHVAC2017 (The 10th International Symposium on Heating, Ventilating and Air Conditioning), Jinan, China (2017)
  • Scientific Committee, Winercost2016 (1st International TU1304 Winercost Conference), Ankara, Turkey (2016)
  • Scientific Committee, Snow Engineering 7 (The 7th International Conference on Snow Engineering), Fukui, Japan (2012)
  • Scientific Committee, ICWE13 (The 13th International Conference on Wind Engineering), Amsterdam, The Netherlands (2011)
  • Local Organizing Committee, AVS11 (The 11th Asian Symposium on Visualization), Niigata, Japan (2011)
  • Scientific Committee, CWE2010 (The Fifth International Symposium on Computational Wind Engineering), Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA (2010)
  • Organizing Committee, CWE2006 (The Fourth International Symposium on Computational Wind Engineering), Yokohama, Japan (2006)