Dr. Akira Nishimura

Dr. Akira Nishimura is an Associate Professor of the Division of Mechanical Engineering at Mie University, Japan. He received hisB.S. Eng., the M.S. Eng., and Dr. Eng. degrees in Chemical Engineering from Nagoya University, Japan, in 1995, 1997, and 2000, respectively. He worked at the Center for Integrated Research in Science and Engineering, Nagoya University, as a research associate from 2000 to 2002. He moved to Mie University in 2002 as an assistant professor and was promoted to associate professor in 2014. His research topics mainly include smart city utilizing renewable energy, electrochemical energy processes, heat and mass transfer processes, renewable energy based electrolytic hydrogen production, fuel cell technologies, and smart city orientation for wind and solar energy applications.