Daisuke Minakata, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Civil, Environmental, and Geospatial Engineering
Michigan Technological University
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Affiliated Associate Professor
Department of Chemistry
Department of Physics
Michigan Technological University
Recent Awards
Environmental Science & Technology “Excellence in Review” Award, 2023
Environmental Science & Technology “Excellence in Review” Award, 2022
2023 Professional Excellence-Individual Award, American Water Works Association (MI)
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ACS ES&T Water inaugural Excellence in Review Award
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ES&T Letters Excellence in Review Award 2022
At Michigan Technological University
​Research Interest
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Sustainable water and wastewater treatment and management
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Development of assessing and predicting tools for water treatment technologies
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Innovative water and wastewater treatment technologies for energy saving and harvesting
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Systematic and integrated understanding of water and wastewater reuse
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Application of computational chemistry and molecular modeling
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Teaching Interest
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Physical-chemical treatment processes
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Environmental process and design
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Computational Environmental engineering and chemistry
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Graduate Courses
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ENVE 5503 Physical-Chemical Treatment Processes
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ENVE 5501 Environmental Process Engineering
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Undergraduate Courses
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ENVE 4503 Water Treatment Principles and Design
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Past Appointments
August 2021 – May 2022
Visiting Scholar
Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology (Eawag)
Dubendorf, Switzerland
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2013 August – 2019 August
Assistant Professor
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI
Education & Appointments
Ph.D. Environmental Engineering (2010)
Georgia Institute of Technology
Dissertation Title: Development of Aqueous Phase Hydroxyl Radical Reaction Rate Constants Predictors for Advanced Oxidation Processes. Thesis Supervisor: Professor. John, C. Crittenden
M.S. Environmental Engineering (2005)
Kyoto University, Japan
Thesis Title: Mechanisms of Ozone and Hydroxyl Radical Reaction with Dissolved Organic Matter in Water and Wastewater.
Thesis Supervisor: Professor. Hiroshi Tsuno
B.S. Environmental Engineering (2002)
Kyoto University, Japan
Thesis Title: Effective Formation of Hydroxyl Radical by Electrochemical Oxidation.
Thesis Supervisor: Professor Isao Somiya