ICOM2023 Makuhari Messe, Chiba, Japan
Prof. Shoji Kimura memorial Session
2023.07.12

In Memory of Professor Shoji Kimura
Shin-ichi Nakao
Professor Emeritus, The University of Tokyo
Professor Emeritus, Kogakuin University

Professor Shoji Kimura

Passed away: May 21, 2020, Age 85

Biography
Birthday: 11 June, 1934
Birth place: Dalian, China
Before WWII: Back to Kanazawa(his fater’s home town)
1957, May: BE from the Univ. of Tokyo
Faculty of Eng., Dept. of Appl. Chem.,
Chem. Eng. course1962, Mar. : DE from the University of Tokyo
Apr. : Research Asistant1964, Jul. : Lecture
1965, Nov. : Post Doc. Fellow
National Research Council, Ottawa
Dr. S. Sourirajian Lab.
1967, Dec. : Retuned to the University of Tokyo
1968, May : Associate Professor
1978, Apr. : Professor at Inst. of Ind. Sci. UT
1986, Apr. : Professor at School of Eng,, UT
1995, Mar. : Retirement of UT
May : Professor EmeritusAt retirement party, March 5, 1995

1995, Apr, : Professor of Osaka University
1998, Mar..: Retirement
1998, Apr. : Professor of Kogakuin University
2002, Mar. : Retirement
2020, 21, May : Passed away at the age of 85
He worked on membranes from 1965 to 2002
for 37 years. He trained many membrane
researchers and engineers.

Society Activities
1978, Jan. : Establishment of The Membrane
Society of Japan
1984, Jun. : Europe-Japan Congress on
Membranes and membraneprocesses, Stresa, Italy

Society Activities
1978, Jan. : Establishment of The Membrane
Society of Japan
1984, Jun. : Europe-Japan Congress on
Membranes and membraneprocesses, Stresa, Italy
1987, Jun. : ICOM, Tokyo
Chair of the executive committee
1996, Aug. : ICOM, Yokohama
Chair of the organizing committee

Society Activities
1987, Jun.-1992, Jun.
President of The Society of Sea water
Science, Japan
1989, Jun.-1993, May
President of The Membrane Society ofJapan
1994, Apr.-1995, Mar.
Vice President of The Society of ChemicalEngineers, Japan

Awards
1979, Jun. : Academic award of The Society of
Sea Water Science, Japan
1993, May : Minister of International Trade andIndustry Award
1993, Nov. : International Desalination Association(IDA) President Award
1994, Apr. : The Society of Chemical Engineers,
Japan Award
2019, Nov. : The Order of the Sacred Treasure,Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon

Scientific Achievements

・Transport equations
・Concentration Polarization equation

Pure water flux
Solute permeation flux

Concentration polarization equation

where：mole fractionℓPure water flux
Solute permeation flux

Concentration polarization equation

where：mole fractionℓNaClNaNO3

Current transport equations andconcentration polarization equation
Pure water flux
Solute permeation flux
Concentration polarization equation：mole concentration

Scientific Achievements
・ Analysis of fouling phenomena

𝐽𝐶𝑘 ln𝐶

S. Kimura and S. Nakao,
Desalination, 12(1975)267
S. Nakao, T. Nomura and S.
Kimura, AIChE J., 25(1979)615

Scientific Achievements
・ Transport equations and Concentration
polarization equation for UF

S. Nakao and S. Kimura, J. Chem. Eng. Japan, 14(1981)32

Scientific Achievements
・ Transport equations and Concentration
polarization equation for UF

S. Nakao and S. Kimura, J. Chem. Eng. Japan, 14(1981)32

Scientific Achievements
・ Pore flow model for UF(Determination of pore structure)

S. Nakao and S. Kimura, J. Chem.
Eng. Japan, 15(1982)200

Scientific Achievements
・ Pore flow model for UF(Determination of pore structure)

S. Nakao and S. Kimura, J. Chem.
Eng. Japan, 15(1982)200

Scientific Achievements
・ Development of negatively and positively charged
membranes and transport equations
SO42-Cl-T. Tsuru, S. Nakao, S. Kimura, J.
Chem. Eng. Japan, 24(1991)511

S. Nakao, H. Osada, H. Kurata,
T. Tsuru, S. Kimura, Desalination.
70(1988)191

Scientific Achievements
・ Development of plasma graft filling polymerized
membranes

Porous substrate

Filling-polymerized membrane
Yamaguchi T, Nakao S, Kimura S :Macromolecules, 24, 5522 (1991)

Yamaguchi T, Miyazaki Y,
Nakao S, Tsuru T, Kimura S :I & EC Research, 37, 177 (1998)

Professor Kimura’s Family
Universities
Shin-ichi Nakao (U. Tokyo, retired)Toshinori Tsuru (Hiroshima U.)
Xiao-Lin Wang (Tsinghua U.)
Takeo Yamaguchi (Tokyo Inst. Tech.)
Mikihiro Nomura (Shibaura Inst. Tech.)
Shigetoshi Ichimura (Kanagawa Inst. Tech.)Izumi Kumakiri (Yamaguchi U.)
Research InstituteTeruhiko Kai (RITE)Professor Kimura’s Family
Companies
Hideo Iwahashi (MHI, retired)
Motohiro Okazaki (Toray, retired)
Takahiro Kawakatsu (Kurita)
Masahide Taniguchi (Toray)
Toshitaka Tanaka (Toyobo)

Professor Kimura was the father ofMembrane Research in Japan, and in
the world.
We appreciate his great contribution
for the Membrane Research.
We pray from the bottom of ourheart that Professor Kimura rests inpeace.