Yuki MATSUKAWA @ Meiji University


CV

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Education

Apr. 2023–Mar. 2026Doctoral course, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Tokyo University of Science
Apr. 2021–Mar. 2023Master's course, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Tokyo University of Science
Apr. 2016–Mar. 2020Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Science and Technology, Tokyo University of Science

Research and Work Experience

Apr. 2026–Present Assistant Professor,
Department of Mechanical Engineering, School of Science and Technology, Meiji University
May 2025–July 2025Visiting Researcher, Technische Universität Darmstadt (TU Darmstadt)
Apr. 2024–Mar. 2026Research Fellow (DC2), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS)
Apr. 2023–Mar. 2024Support for Pioneering Research Initiated by the Next Generation, Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST)

Awards

Feb. 2026Graduate Research Encouragement Award (Distinguished Ph.D. Student), The Society of Automotive Engineers of Japan [Award winners list]
Jan. 2025Best Presentation Award, The 36th Inter-institutional Joint Seminar on Turbulent Flow Control [Award page]
Sep. 2023Early Career Researcher's Outstanding Presentation Award, The Japan Society of Fluid Mechanics Annual Meeting 2023 [Award page]
Mar. 2023Miura Award (Distinguished Master Student), The Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers [Award winners list]
Sep. 2021Best Paper Award, The 8th Asian Symposium on Computational Heat Transfer and Fluid Flow (ASCHT2021) [Award page]
Jun. 2021Outstanding Presentation Award, The 22nd Eight-inter-institutional Seminar on Turbulent Flow Control [Award page]

Committee Activities

Jun. 2023–Mar. 2024Tokyo University of Science Noda Campus Doctoral Course Student Association
Aug. 2022 Committee of Summer School for Early Career Researchers in Fluid Mechanics 2022

Teaching and Supervision

Courses Taught

FY2026–PresentFluid Science Seminar (Spring Semester)
2nd-year undergraduate students, Department of Mechanical Engineering, School of Science and Technology, Meiji University
FY2026–PresentBasic Mechanical Drawing (Spring Semester)
2nd-year undergraduate students, Department of Mechanical Engineering, School of Science and Technology, Meiji University
FY2026–PresentEngineering Mechanics Seminar (Fall Semester)
1st-year undergraduate students, Department of Mechanical Engineering, School of Science and Technology, Meiji University
FY2026–PresentMechanical Engineering Experiments A (Fall Semester)
2nd-year undergraduate students, Department of Mechanical Engineering, School of Science and Technology, Meiji University

Student Supervision

FY2026–Present2 undergraduate students
Department of Mechanical Engineering, School of Science and Technology, Meiji University

Teaching Assistantships

FY2021–FY2024Experiments on Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering 2 (2nd Semester)
3rd-year undergraduate students, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Faculty of Science and Technology, Tokyo University of Science
FY2021–FY2022Exercise on Fluid Mechanics (2nd Semester)
3rd-year undergraduate students, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Science and Technology, Tokyo University of Science
FY2021 Computer Programming 2 (1st Semester)
2nd-year undergraduate students, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Science and Technology, Tokyo University of Science

Research Grants and Projects

  1. "Mechanistic Elucidation and Theoretical and Numerical Analyses of Supercritical and Subcritical Turbulent Transitions in Combined Shear Flows"
    Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS), Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research (KAKENHI), Grants-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up,
    July 2026–March 2028
    Principal Investigator: Yuki Matsukawa
  2. "Multiphysics Origami Engineering Connecting Geometry and Mechanics"
    Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS), Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research (KAKENHI), Grant-in-Aid for Transformative Research Areas (B),
    April 2026–March 2027
    Principal Investigator: Sachiko Ishida; Co-Investigators: Yoshitsugu Naka and Yuki Matsukawa
  3. "Elucidation of Supercritical and Subcritical Turbulent Transition Phenomena in Combined Shear Flows toward Engineering Applications"
    Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS), Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research (KAKENHI), Grant-in-Aid for JSPS Fellows (DC2),
    April 2024–March 2026
    Principal Investigator: Yuki Matsukawa
  4. Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), Support for Pioneering Research Initiated by the Next Generation (SPRING)
    April 2023–March 2024