Kosuke Hayashi, Professor
His research interests are the bubble/drop dynamics, development and application of numerical methods in multiphase flow, two-phase pressure drop in curved pipes, surfactant effects on bubbles in microchannels, LB hemodynamics of cerebral aneurysms etc.
Ryo Kurimoto, Assistant Prof.
His research interests are gas-liquid/liquid-liquid Taylor flow in micro/mini channels, numerical prediction of two-phase flow in curved pipes, interaction between bubbles and membranes, bubble deformation due to electric field etc.
Akio Tomiyama, Professor Emeritus
Akio Tomiyama has retired Kobe University in the end of March, 2024. He is however still joining some research topics with us.
ViR2AL: Virtual International Research Institute of Two-Phase Flow and Heat Transfer
Prof. Hayashi is the vice-chair of ViR2AL and Profs. Tomiyama is one of the founding memebers of the institute. The mission of VIR2AL is to improve and foster international collaboration between world class two-phase flow and heat transfer laboratories around the world.