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NEWSLETTER
No. 60, March 2024
The Japanese Society for Multiphase Flow

The 33rd International Symposium on Transport Phenomena (ISTP-33)
September 24-27, Kumamoto, Japanby Norihiko WATANABE
We are honored to take this opportunity to reporton the conference.
The 33rd International Conference on Transport
Phenomena ISTP-33 was held for three days from
September 24, 2023, in Kumamoto City, Japan. The
ISTP is organized mainly by the Pacific Center ofThermal-Fluids Engineering (PCTFE), and the ISTP isa historic international conference that was first heldin Hawaii, USA in 1985, and is now in its 33rd year. It
has become a venue for active discussion of basic andapplied research on transport phenomena related tothermofluid engineering.
We would like to briefly touch on the venue.
Speaking about Japan, many people may have heardof major cities such as Kyoto, Tokyo, and Osaka. Ja-pan is made up of four large islands, and the westernmost island is called “Kyushu”. Kumamoto is a medium-sized city located in the center of Kyushu with apopulation of approximately 740 thousand. It has famous tourist spots in Japan such as Aso and Amakusa.
With the spread of COVID-19 having temporarily subsided, this year's event was held in Kumamoto in acompletely face-to-face format. The venue was Kumamoto-Jo Hall, a new conference center in Kumamoto,and we were able to hold the conference in a spacious
and comfortable environment (Photo.1).
Now, the ISTP covers a wide range of topics, and thisconference covered 20 topics. There was a total of 189
presentations and approximately 260 participants,
with many researchers participating and lively discussions taking place.

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Members (Editor):
Prof. Tomio Okawa (Chairperson)

Prof. Yoshihiko Oishi

Mr. Yugo Asai

The University of Electro-Communications
E-mail:okawa.tomio@uec.ac.jp

Muroran Institute of Technology
E-mail:oishi@muroran-it.ac.jp

Panasonic Industry
E-mail:asai.yugo@jp.panasonic.com

Prof. Yukihiro Yonemoto
Kumamoto University
E-mail:yonemoto@mech.kumamoto-u.ac.jp

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Perhaps due to the effects of COVID-19 still being
felt, around 70% of the participants were from Japan,
but there were also participants from Europe, America,and Asia, and the event was of great significance as aforum for international discussion (Photo.2).
The conference also featured plenary lectures byfour prominent professors:
Professor Taku Ohara, Japan.
Professor Xing Zhang, China.
Professor Chengwang Lei, Australia.
Professor Alex Taylor, England.

future.
The next conference, the ISTP-34 will be chairedby Professor Chien-Yuh Yang of Taiwan National
Central University and will be held in Taipei. We
would like to ask for your continued participation.

We’d like to once again thank the professors who
kindly gave me valuable lectures. The plenary lectures
were held at the beginning of each day in the large hallof the venue and were attended with great enthusiasm
by many participants (Photo.3).
The general session was held over three days infive parallel sessions. As mentioned above, 189
presentations were given, and the sessions proceededvery smoothly, with each session attracting an enthusiastic audience and question-and-answer sessions,making it a useful forum for the exchange of information for the participants. We would also like to express my gratitude to those who accepted the session
chairs here. (Photo.4)
In the evening of the second day of the conference,a banquet was held at a large hotel near the venue. Kumamoto's mascot character “Kumamon” also appeared at the banquet, making the venue lively. Kumamoto is a famous castle town in Japan, and Kumamoto
Castle is especially famous. The “OmotenashiBushotai” came to explain the history of Kumamoto
Castle along with dance, adding color to the venue. All
participants had fun and were able to deepen theirfriendships (Photo.5).
Concludingly, the ISTP-33 was a success withmany excellent presentations. In addition, the presentation papers submitted to the conference were rigorously peer-reviewed, and all the presentations wereexcellent. Among them, particularly excellent papers
and presentations were recommended for submission
to the Applied Thermal Engineering Journal (ATP).
The resulting paper will be published in a special issueof ATP. The organizing committee, led by the chairperson, has already recommended 20 papers, so pleaselook forward to the upcoming ATP special issue in thePhoto.1 Venue of the ISTP-33

Photo.2 Snapshots during the conference period2ISSN 2188-2142[Conference Summary]The 33rd International Symposium on Transport Phenomena (ISTP-33)
September 24-27, Kumamoto, Japan*ChairHironori Saitoh, Sojo University.
*Co-chair
Atsuki Komiya, IFS, Tohoku University.
Akimaro Kawahara, Kumamoto University.

Photo.3 A Plenary lecture*Secretary General
Norihiko Watanabe, Sojo University.
*Executive Advisor
Masaru Ishizuka, President, PCTFE.
Sadanari Mochizuki, Ex. President, PCTFE*Organizing Committee
Shuichi Torii, Kumamoto University.
Yasushi Koito, Kumamoto University.
Mizue Munekata, Kumamoto University.
Koji Uchida, Sojo University.

Photo.4 General sessions*Cooperating Societies
The Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers
The Heat Transfer Society of JapanThe Visualization Society of JapanThe Japan Society of Fluid Mechanics*Plenaly Lectures
Professor Taku Ohara, Institute of Fluid Science,
Tohoku University, Japan.
Professor Xing Zhang, Key Laboratory for Thermal
Science and Power Engineering of Ministry ofEducation, Department of Engineering Mechanics,
Tsinghua University, China.
Professor Chengwang Lei, Centre for Wind, Waves
and Water, School of Civil Engineering,
The University of Sydney, Australia.
Professor Alex Taylor, Department of MechanicalEngineering, Imperial College London., England.

Photo.5 The banquet
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*Sponsors
HEXAGON AB, IDT Japan, Inc.
NIIGATA Co., Ltd.
KATOKOKEN Co., Ltd.
Flowtech Research Inc.

Author’s information
Norihiko Watanabe
Secretary General of ISTP-33,
Professor, Fuculty of Mechanical Engineering, Sojo
university
nwatanabe@mec.sojo-u.ac.jp

14th International Symposium on Ultrasonic Dopper Methods for
Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Engineering (ISUD 2023)
October 23-25, 2023, Kobe, Japanby Hideki MURAKAWA
Switzerland (2021). Currently, the conference ismanaged by 13 scientific committee members in many
countries worldwide.
In ISUD 2023, we had 2 keynote lectures, 1 speciallecture, and 27 technical presentations. The firstkeynote lecture was given by Prof. H. Kawai (MuroranInstitute of Technology) on the first day morning. The
second keynote lecture was given by Prof. em. E.
Windhab (ETH Zurich) on the second day morning.
The special lecture was given by Prof. T. Sakagami(Kobe University) as a title of Nondestructive testingand condition monitoring techniques based on multiwavelength infrared measurements. The technicalpresentations involve “Rheology & Non-Newtoninan
Fluid Flows”, “Advanced Measurement &Fundamental Flows”, “Multiphase Flows” and“Environmental Flows”. All the presentations werebeneficial, important, and interesting research. Thisconference has traditionally been held in a singlesession. Therefore, all participants could listen to all
the presentations, making it an excellent opportunity
to exchange information on recent topics regarding
fluid measurement using ultrasound techniques.

14th International Symposium on Ultrasonic
Doppler Methods for Fluid Mechanics and Fluid
Engineering (ISUD 2023) was held at Kobe University,Kobe, Japan from October 23-25, 2023. The chair ofthe symposium was Prof. Hideki Murakawa (KobeUniversity). The symposium was organized by theVisualization Society of Japan. In total, 42 persons
attended the technical session, and 8 persons wereaccompanying. This conference was supported by
Met-Flow, UBERTONE, KBK, FlowBiz, Japan Probe,and NIIGATA.
The ISUD conference was first launched in 1996
at Paul Scherrer Institute in Switzerland by Professor
Yasushi Takeda, who was already using anddeveloping an ultrasonic Doppler method andapparatus for physics applications since the eighties.
Seeing the extraordinary potential of all relatedmethods and the growing interest of researchers
worldwide in various scientific fields, he decided toestablish a regular meeting where anyone of concern
could exchange experiences, results and methodology
issues. Purpose of the Symposium is to convene both
specialists and newcomers to share the present
knowledge about the ultrasonic Doppler methods,
presenting the various studies conducted using suchmethods, the related methodology development itself
and the implied future prospects. Since the first ISUD
was held in Switzerland (1996), ISUD has been held
successfully in Switzerland (1999), Switzerland(2002), Sapporo (2004), Switzerland (2006), Czech
Republic (2008), Sweden (2010), Germany (2012),France (2014), Tokyo (2016), Germany (2018),
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In the technical session, there were 7 student
presentations. Among them, the UBERTONE Student
Award was selected based on the discussion by thescientific committee members as follows: Mr. Kohei
Ohie (Hokkaido University) for Grand prize, Ms. Sana
Maeda (Kobe University) for Encouragement prize.

Photo 1 Technical session
At ISUD, it is also a tradition to take a boat on theexcursion. In this symposium, we took a cruise around
Kobe Port. It was a comfortable boat cruise with fineweather. We could enjoy the cityscape of Kobe and theAkashi Kaikyo Bridge from the boat. After the cruise,
we held the banquet at a restaurant attached to the sakebrewery. After a mini lecture regarding the sakebrewery, the banquet started. There was a saxophone
performance by a participant, and we could have
deeper interaction among the participants.

Photo 4 Student award winner
At this symposium, we valued sharing a familylike atmosphere. The organizing committee appreciate
all the participants and sponsors. The next ISUD will
be held in Grenoble, France in 2025.
Author’s information
Hideki Murakawa
Associate Professor, Kobe University
murakawa@mech.kobe-u.ac.jp
Chair of ISUD 2023

Photo 2 Group photo and the Kobe port cruise

Photo 3 Banquet
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12th International Symposium on Measurement Techniques for Multiphase Flows
November 27-30, 2023, Tokyo, Japan
by Hiroshige Kikura
The 12th International Symposium on Measurement Techniques for Multiphase Flows was held from 27 to 30 November
2023, at Tokyo Institute of Technology, organized by The Japanese Society for Multiphase Flow (JSMF), The Chinese Society
for Measurement Techniques on Multiphase Flow, and Laboratory for Zero-Carbon Energy (ZC), Tokyo Institute of Technology.
The symposium chair was Prof. Hiroshige Kikura (reporter), withthe help of two co-chairs, Prof. Xiaoshu Cai (Shanghai Univ. Sci.
Tech.) and Prof. Shigeo Hosokawa (Kansai University).
Since the first ISMTMF was held in Nanjing (1995), theISMTMF has been successfully held in Beijing (1998), Fukui(2001), Hangzhou (2004), Macao (2006), Okinawa (2008), Tianjin (2011), Guangzhou (2013), Sapporo (2015), Hong Kong(2017), and Zhenjiang (2019). After being held in Zhenjiang in
2019, the 12th ISMTMF had to be extended due to COVID-19 andwas finally held this year.
The focus of this symposium is to report the latest progress indeveloping measurement techniques for multiphase flows and exchanging new information among scientists and engineers working in universities and industries.
The present symposium contains 77 technical presentations
including three plenary talks given by Dr. Satoshi Someya, Prof.
Yongrong Yang, and Prof. Yoshiyuki Tagawa. The organizing
committees selected four keynote lectures, given by Prof. Hiromichi Obara, Prof. Chao Tan, Prof. Chuanlong Xu, and Prof.
Yohsuke Tanaka. 47 presentations were presented by students andall student presentations were evaluated by faculty participants.
As a result, 8 papers were selected for the student best presentation award in ISMTMF 2023. All extended abstracts were provided to the participants on the website.

Photo 1 Group photo at Tokyo Institute ofTechnology

Photo 2 Cruising banquet in Tokyo Bay
Total number of the participants was 116 from China and Japan. The welcome reception was held in the recently renovatedcafeteria at the Tokyo Institute of Technology on November 28.
After the technical session on November 29, participants transferred from the Tokyo Institute of Technology to the Tokyo Bay
area, and the symposium banquet was held on board a ship. Thenight view from the ship was so amazing and we enjoyed it withfood and drinks.
The next ISMTMF will be held in 2025 in Dalian, China.
Author’s information
Hiroshige Kikura
Symposium chair of ISMTMF 2023
Tokyo Institute of Technology
kikura.h.aa@m.titech.ac.jp

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Future Meetings
The following list includes the conference name, place, data, and contact information

9th International Conference on Multiphase Flow and Heatof Guelph), X. Feng(University of Waterloo)

Transfer (ICMFHT2024)

https://ffhmt.com/London, United Kingdom, April 11-13, 2024
Chair: L. Cheng (Sheffield Hallam University),

The 3rd Asian Conference on Thermal Sciences

T. G. Karayiannis(Brunel University)

Shanghai, China, June 23-27, 2024

https://icmfht.com/

Chair: Z. Chang-Ying (Shanghai Jiao Tong University)
https://acts3.sjtu.edu.cn/

9th International Conference on Experimental and Numerical
Flow and Heat Transfer (ENFHT2024)

13th International Symposium on Turbulence and Shear Flow

London, United kingdom, April 11-13, 2024

Phenomena (TSFP13)

Chair: L. Cheng (Sheffield Hallam University),

Montréal, Canada, June 25-28, 2024

T. G. Karayiannis(Brunel University), S. Murshed(University od

Chair:S. Tavoularis(University of Ottawa)

Lisbon), S. Murshed(University of Lisbon)

https://www.tsfp13.org/

https://enfht.com/
21th International Symposium on Applications of Laser and Im9th World Congress on Momentum, Heat and Mass Transfer

aging Techniques to Fluid Mechanics(MHMT2024)

LISBON, Portugal, July 8-11, 2024

London, United Kingdom, April 11-13, 2024

Chair: E. Longmire(University of Minnesota),Y. Murai (Hokkaido

Chair: L. Cheng (Sheffield Hallam University),University), M. Panão(Faculty of Sciences and Technology of theT. G. Karayiannis(Brunel University)

University of Coimbra), C. J. Kähler(University of the Bundeswehr

https://mhmtcongress.com/Munich), A. Moita(Institudo Superior Técnico, University of Lisbon)

9TH Thermal and Fluids Engineering Conference (Hybrid)

https://lisbon-lasersymposium.org/LXLASER2024/about

Corvallis, USA, April 21-24, 2024
Chair: J. Y. Murthy (Oregon State University)

Summer Heat Transfer Conference (SHTC2024)

https://www.astfe.org/tfec2024/

Anaheim, USA, July15-17, 2024
Chair: B. Webb (Brigham Young University), Z. Zhang (Georgia In-15th International Conference on Thermal Engineering: Theory

stitute of Technology)

and Applications (ICTEA)

https://event.asme.org/SHTCTashkent, Uzbekistan, May 29- June 1, 2024
31th International Conference on Nuclear Engineering(ICONE31)
Prague, Czech Republic, August 4-8, 2024
Chair: A. Arastu (Unisont Inc.), H. Mimaki(MHI) , J. LIU(CNS)
https://event.asme.org/ICONE

Chair: Z. Saghir(Canada), D. Ilesaliev(Uzbekistan)
https://www.ictea.ca/The 12th Cavitation Symposium(CAV2024)
Chania, Greece, June 2-5, 2024
Chair:M. Gavaises(University of London), P. Pelz

7th ASME International Conference of Micro/Nanoscale Heat

(University of Darmstadt)

and Mass Transfer (MNHMT2024)

https://cav2024.net

Nottingham, United Kingdom, August 5-7, 2024
Chair: P. M. Norris (George Washington University)
https://event.asme.org/MNHMT

9th European Thermal Sciences Conference (EUROTHERM)
Bled, Slovenia, June 10-13, 2024
Chair: B. Šarler (University of Ljubljana), L. Vanoli(Parthenope
University of Naples)
https://www.eurotherm2024.si/

11th International Conference on Heat Transfer and Fluid Flow
(HTFF2024)
Barcelona, Spain, August22-24, 2024

11th International Conference of Fluid Flow, Heat and Mass

Chair: H. Qui(The Hong Kong University of Science & Technogy)

Transfer (FFHMT2024)

https://htffconference.com/

Toronto, Canada, June16-18, 2024
Chair: B. Kruczek(University of Ottawa), W. H. Ahmed(University7ICeM NEWSLETTER No.60 (2024) / The Japanese Society for Multiphase FlowThe 26th International Congress of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (ICTAM2024)
Daegu, Korea, August 25–30, 2024
Chair: H. D. Kim (Andong National University)
http://www.ictam2024.org/
The 14th International Topical Meeting on Nuclear Reactor
Thermal-Hydraulics, Operation, and Safety (NUTHOS-14)
Vancouver, Canada, August 25–28, 2024
Chair: D. Novog (McMaster University)
https://nuthos-14.org/
The 9th Asian Particle Technology Symposium (APT2024)
Erlangen, Germany, September 17–21, 2024
Chair: Y. Shen (University of New South Wales), A. Yip(Universityof Canterbury)
https://www.apt2024.com/---------- 2025 and beyond, not yet determined -------The 12th International Conference on Multiphase Flow
(ICMF2025)
Toulouse, France, May 12–16, 2025
Chair: E. Climent (Toulouse Institute of Fluid Mechanics)
https://www.imft.fr/icmf-2025/
10th World Congress on Particle Technology (WCPT10)
Osaka, Japan, May 11–14, 2026
Chair: T. Matsuyama (Soka University)

Executive Division of The Japanese Society for Multiphase Flow (2023)
President
Vice Presidents

Y. Murai (Hokkaido University)
S. Hosokawa (Kansai University)
Y. Iga (Tohoku University)
M. Fukuta (Toshiba Energy Systems & Solutions)

Chair of Informatics Division
T. Okawa (The University of Electro-Communications)
Chair of Planning Division
T. Sanada (Shizuoka University)
Chair of International Intercourse Division
K. Sugiyama (Osaka University)
Chair of General Affairs Division
S. Harada (Hokkaido University)
Executive Office of JSMF
Academic Publication & Printings Co.
2-14-9 Kasugadenaka, Konohana-ku, Osaka, 554-0022, JAPANTel : +81-6-6466-1588 Fax : +81-6-6463-2522
E-mail : office@jsmf.gr.jp
URL: http://www.jsmf.gr.jp/

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Corresponding Members
AUSTRALIA
Hubert Chanson
Jiyuan Tu
Aibing Yu
AUSTRIAStefan Pirker
Alfredo Soldati
BRAZIL
Gherhardt Ribatski
Oscar M. H. Rodriguez
CANADA
Jovica Riznic
CHINAXu Cheng
Liejin Guo
Jinghai Li
Lixing Zhou
Jun YaoBeijingCZECH REPUBLIC
Jiři Drahoš
EGYPT
M. M. Awad
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Catherine Colin
Michel Lance
Jacques Magnaudet
Olivier Simonin
Anne Tanière
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Michael Schlüter
Martin Sommerfeld
Peter StephanMarkus Uhlmann
GREECE
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Gargi Das
ISRAEL
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Yehuda Taitel
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Academy of Science of the Czech
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Chul-Hwa SongNETHERLAND
J.A.M. (Hans) Kuipers
Robert Mudde
NORWAY
Ole Nydal
RUSSIA
Sergey V. Alekseenko
SPAIN
Carlos Martinez-Bazan
SWEDEN
Henryk Anglart
SWITZERLAND
Horst-Michael Prasser
John R. Thome
TAIWAN
Chih-Chen Chen
TURKEYCan Fuat Delale
UK
Panagiota Angeli
Tassos G. Karayiannis
Omar K. MatarMike Reeks
Jos Derksen
USA
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Jennifer Sinclair Curtis
Vijay K. Dhir

Universita di Udine
POSTECH
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ETH ZürichEPFL
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Angeles
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Takashi Hibiki
California Institute of Technology
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Rochester Institute of Technology
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City College of New york
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University of Maryland
Jungho Kim
University of Minnesota
Ellen K. Longmire
Efstathios E. (Stathis) Michaelides
Texas Christian University
Rensselaer Polytechnic InstituteMichael Podowski
Gretar Tryggvason
Johns Hopkins University

ENEA
University of Pisa

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