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Masami Nakagawa Associate Professor
Department of Mining Engineering
Colorado School of Mines, 1500 Illinois St., Golden, Colorado 80401
USA
Phone: 303-384-2132
Office: Brown Building 211
Email: [email protected]
Professional Preparation
Ph.D. in Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, Cornell University, NY
Thesis Title: Kinetic Theory for Plane Flows of Rough, Inelastic, Circular Disks
Thesis Advisor: Prof. James T. Jenkins
M.S. in Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics, University of Minnesota, MN
Thesis Title: On Shock-Like Discontinuities in Compressible Viscous Fluids
Thesis Advisor: Prof. Roger Fosdick
B.S. in Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics, University of Minnesota, MN
Appointments
2014(July) – Present: Fulbright Energy Specialist
2011 (July) – Present: Invited Professor, Bolivian Catholic University, La Paz, Bolivia
2010 (January 25) – 2011 (January 24): The National Renewable Energy Laboratory and the
Colorado School of Mines Joint Appointee for Geothermal Research.
2009 (May) - Present
Director/Founder of Geothermal Academy
2006 (August) – Present: Associate Professor (tenured), Department of Mining Engineering,
Colorado School of Mines
2001(July) - 2004(July): NASA IPA Fellow
2000 (January) – 2006 (May): Associate Professor (tenure track), Department of Mining
Engineering, Colorado School of Mines
1996 (July) – 1999 (December): Research Associate Professor, Division of Engineering
Colorado School of Mines
1995 (May) - 1996 (July): Staff Member, Sandia National Laboratory, New Mexico, USA
1991(October) – 1995 (April): Research Scientist, The Lovelace Institute, New Mexico, USA
1992 (September) – 1996 (May): Visiting Associate Professor, Department of Civil
Engineering, University of New Mexico
1987(March) – 1991(September): Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering,
Tohoku University, Japan
Research Interests:
- Geothermal Energy: Exploration and Reservoir Modeling; Direct Use Applications
- Natural Resource Development and Community
- Modeling of Social Behavior
- Space Exploration: Mechanics of Moon and Mars Dust, Resource Beneficiation
- Mechanics of Granular Materials
Recent publications
1. Z. Khademian and M. Nakagawa, “Modeling Injection-Induced Seismicity by
Energy Calculation”, Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering
(Submitted).
2. M. Nakagawa, L. Dunnington, Q. Niu, N. Tsuchiya, and J. F. Furtado,
“Conceptual Model of Rico Geothermal Resource”, Proceedings, 43rd Workshop
on Geothermal Reservoir Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, California,
February 12-14, 2018 (Accepted for presentation)
3. L. Dunnington and M. Nakagawa, “Geothermal in a Bioreactor System”,
Proceedings, 43rd Workshop on Geothermal Reservoir Engineering, Stanford
University, Stanford, California, February 12-14, 2018 (Accepted for
presentation)
4. M. Khademian,M. Nakagawa and Ugur Ozbay “Contribution of Rock
Temperature Decrease to Induced Seismicity in Geothermal Reservoir”,
Proceedings, 43rd Workshop on Geothermal Reservoir Engineering, Stanford
University, Stanford, California, February 12-14, 2018 (Accepted for
presentation)
5. L. Dunnington and M. Nakagawa, “Using Mine Heat to Bolster Efficiency and
Lifetime of Sulfate-Reducing Bioreactors”, Environmental Science and
Technology, (Submitted)
6. M. Khademian and M. Nakagawa, “ Modeling Rupture Propagation by Seismic
Energy Calculation”, Journal of Geophysical Research-Solid Earth (Submitted)
7. M. Arshad, M. Nakagawa and K. Jahan Bakhsh, “Geotechnical Impacts of EGS
based on Rate of Thermal Draw-Down”, Computers and Geotechnics (Submitted)
8. M Nakagawa and Nicole Smith, “New Role of Geothermal Exploration”,
Geothermal Resources Council Transactions, Vol. 41, Salt Lake City, Utah,
October 1-4, 2017.
9. Kyle Bahr and Masami Nakagawa, “Information Diffusion as a Mechanism for
Natural Evolution of Social Networks”, Proceedings for Social Simulation
Conference 2017 in Dublin on 25-29 September 2017.
10. M. Nakagawa, “Human Aspects of Project Management: Theory and Practice of
Agent Based Modeling of Decision Making Process, Proceedings for the 21st
International Congress on Project Management and Engineering, Cadiz, Spain,
July 14, 2017
11. L. Dunnington and M. Nakagawa, “Fast and Safe Gas Detection from
Underground Coal Fire by Drone Fly Over”, Environmental Pollution, 229 (2017)
139-145.
12. K. J. Bakhsh, M. Nakagawa, M. Arshad and L. Dunnington, “On heat and mass
transfer within thermally-shocked region of Enhanced Geothermal System
(EGS)”, Geofluids, Vol. 2017, Article ID 2759267, 14 pages, 2017.
doi:10.1155/2017/2759267
13. M. Nakagawa, L. Dunnington, M. Barron, M. Franke, Q. Niu, N. Tsuchiya, H.
Kubota, J. F. Furtado and S. Woods, “Community Supported Geothermal
Projects”, Proceedings, 42st Workshop on Geothermal Reservoir Engineering,
Stanford University, Stanford, California, February 13-15, 2017. SGP-TR-212
14. M. Khademian, M. Nakagawa, R. Garvey and U. Ozbay, “Role of Fluid Injection
Pressure in Inducing Seismicity”, Proceedings, 42st Workshop on Geothermal
Reservoir Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, California, February 13-15,
2017.
15. M. Nakagawa, K. J. Bakhsh, M. Arshad “Beyond Hydrocarbon Extraction:
Enhanced Geothermal Systems” in New Frontiers in Oil and Gas Exploration,
Elsevier, October, 2016.
www.geoth-energ-sci.net/4/1/2016/ doi:10.5194/gtes-4-1-2016
16. M. Nakagawa and Y. Koizumi, “Geothermal heat pump system assisted by
geothermal hot spring”, Geothermal Energy Science, 4, 1-10, 2016.
www.geoth-energ-sci.net/4/1/2016/ doi:10.5194/gtes-4-1-201
17. K. Bahr and M. Nakagawa, “The Effect of Bidirectional Opinion Diffusion on
Social License to Operate’, Environment, Development and Sustainability, DOI
10.1007/s10668-016-9792-9, April 6, 2016
18. K. J. Bakhsh, M Nakagawa, M. Arshad, and L. Dunnington, “Modeling Thermal
Breakthrough in Sedimentary Geothermal System Using COMSOL
Multiphysics”, Proceedings, 41st Workshop on Geothermal Reservoir
Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, Californina, February 22-14, 2016.
SGP-TR-209
19. M. Arshad, M. Nakagawa, K.J. Bakhsh, and L. Dunnington, “ An Insight in
Explaining the Stress Distribution in and around EGS”, Proceedings, 41st
Workshop on Geothermal Reservoir Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford,
California, February 22-14, 2016. SGP-TR-209
20. P. Dixon and M. Nakagawa, “Geothermal Energy for Mining in Chile: Current
Situation and Opportunities”, Proceedings, 41st Workshop on Geothermal
Reservoir Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, California, February 22-14,
2016. SGP-TR-209
21. L. B. Dunnington, M. Nakagawa, M. Arshad, and K. J. Bakhsh, “ Using Mine
Heat to Bolster Efficiency and Lifetime of SRB Bioreactors”, Proceedings, 41st
Workshop on Geothermal Reservoir Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford,
California, February 22-14, 2016. SGP-TR-209
Recent funded project activities
1. Renewable Energy Feasibility Study at Fort Berthold Indian Reservation:
Planned Activities and Deliverable Projects: July 2017
Participating Organization: Colorado School of Mines
Activities: Nakagawa’s part is to conduct a feasibility study for recovering low
enthalpy geothermal energy from abandoned gas wells
2. Geothermal Academy Field Camp in Rico-Colorado: August 2016
Participating Organizations: Colorado School of Mines, Tohoku University,
Stanford University and The National Institute of Advanced Industrial
Science and Technology
Activities: Resistivity studies, Thermoluminescence studies, Geochemistry studies
and Social acceptance studies
3. Geothermal Energy Study on the Navajo Nation: Tohatchi and the
Burnham Chapter Communities: July 2016
Participating Organizations: Colorado School of Mines and the Navajo
Transitional Energy Company
Activities: Resistivity studies, Geochemistry studies, Geothermal assisted
greenhouse design, and Capacity building of communities
Recent Activities
1. Selected as an International Advisory Committee member in Geothermal
Energy. Grand Renewable Energy 2018: International Conference and
Exhibition, Grand RE 2018. June 17-22, Yokohama, Japan.
Research Funding:
Agency: Department of Interior
Funding amount: $372,774
Funding period: 07/07/2017 – 07/06/2018
Project Title: Renewable Energy Feasibility Study at Fort Berthold Indian Reservation:
Planned Activities and Deliverable Projects
Investigators: Lead PI:Paulo Tabares-Velasco. PI: Masami Nakagawa. PI: Ian Lange
Agency: Rico Center
Funding amount: $20,000
Funding period: 1/01/2017 – 12/31/2017
Project Title: Self Potential Measurements for Geothermal Resources in Rico
Investigators: PI: Masami Nakagawa
Agency: Rico Center
Funding amount: $17,890
Funding period: 5/01/2016 – 11/30/2016
Project Title: Self Potential Measurements for Geothermal Resources in Rico
Investigators: PI: Masami Nakagawa
Agency: Rico Center
Funding amount: $20,000
Funding period: 1/01/2015 – 12/31/2015
Project Title: Self Potential Measurements for Geothermal Resources in Rico
Investigators: PI: Masami Nakagawa
Agency: Navajo Transitional Energy Company
Funding amount: $84,605
Funding period: 05/16/2016 – 12/31/2016
Project Title: Geothermal Energy Study on the Navajo Nation
Investigators: PI: Masami Nakagawa
Agency: US Department of State
Funding amount: $50,000
Project period: 09/30/2014 – 05/31/2017
Project Title: Sustainable Energy Development Exchange in Indigenous Communities
Investigator: PI: Masami Nakagawa
Agency: Department of Energy/National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Funding amount: $155,028
Funding period: 12/23/2014 – 06/01/2016
Project Title: Technology Transfer Collaboration – Edgar Mine
Investigators: PI: Masami Nakagawa
Agency: Department of Energy/Sandia National Laboratories
Funding amount $132,257
Project period: 05/27/2015 – 03/31/2016
Project Title: Edgar Mines Stress/Fracture Testing
Investigators: PI: Masami Nakagawa
Agency: Alpha Foundation for Mine Safety and Health
Funding amount: $514,248
Funding period: 11/08/2013 – 2/07/2016
Project Title: Development of a New Rock Dust Sampling Instrument
Investigators: PI: Jurgen Brune , Colorado School of Mines
Co-PI: Masami Nakagawa
Agency: DOE
Funding amount: $4,600,000 ($25,000/yr for three years for Nakagawa)
Funding period: 8/29/2012 – 8/28/2015
Project Title: Colorado State Capitol Geothermal Program
Investigators: PI: Lance Shepherd (State of Colorado),
Co-Investigator: Masami Nakagawa
Agency: Minera San Cristobal, LLC
Funding amount: $150,000
Funding period: 6/1/2012 – 5/31/2013
Project Title: Feasibility Study for a solar-wind hybrid power plant for Minera San
Cristobal mining campus.
Investigators: PI: Masami Nakagawa; Co-I: Marcelo Simmoes
Agency: DOE-NREL
Funding amount: $47,034
Funding period: 7/6/2010 – 7/5/2011
Project Title: Low Temperature Geothermal Evaluation/Prospecting
Investigators: PI: Masami Nakagawa
Agency: DOE-NREL
Funding amount: $121,584
Funding period: January 25 2010 – January 25, 2011
Project Title: Appointment to Electricity, Resources & Building Systems Integration
Center (CSM-NREL Joint Appointment)
Investigators: PI: Masami Nakagawa
Agency: DOE
Funding amount: $245,796
Funding period: January 2010 – October 2011
Project Title: Geothermal Academy: Focus Center for Data Collection, Analysis and
Dissemination for Geothermal Heat Pumps
Investigators: PI: Masami Nakagawa
Agency: DOE
Funding amount: $860,597
Funding period: January 2010 – December 2012
Project Title: Development and Validation of an Advanced Stimulation Prediction
Model for Enhanced Geothermal Systems
Investigators: PI: Marte Gutierrez, Co-PI: Masami Nakagawa
Agency: NASA
Funding amount: $500,000 ($25,000 for Nakagawa)
Funding period: January 2008 – December 2008
Project Title: Pneumatic Excavation Mechanism for Lunar Resource Utilization
Investigators: PI: Kris Zacny (Honeybee Robotics), Co-I: Masami Nakagawa
Funding amount: $300,000 ($13,000 for Nakagawa)
Funding period: September 2008-May 2009
Project Title: Colorado Clean Energy and Environment Project
Investigators: PI: Dag Nummedal. Co-PI: Kevin Moore
Agency: National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Funding amount: $15,000
Funding period: June 2008- September 2008
Project Title: Renewable Communities: Agent Based Modeling for Fort Collins
Investigators: PI: Masami Nakagawa (Colorado School of Mines)
Agency: NASA Glenn Research Center
Funding amount: $8,000
Funding period: May 2007- August 2007
Project Title: Agglomeration of electrostatically charged particles
Investigators: PI: Masami Nakagawa (Colorado School of Mines)
Agency: Lockheed Martin
Funding amount: $20,000
Funding period: June 2007- September 2007
Project Title: Simulation of regolith handling
Investigators: PI: Masami Nakagawa (Colorado School of Mines)
Agency: NASA SBIR Phase I
Funding amount: $100,000
Funding period: Feb. 2007- Feb. 2008
Project Title: Advanced granular systems modeling
Investigators: PI: Rolf Baumgartner (Technology Applications, Inc.)
Co-I: Masami Nakagawa (Colorado School of Mines)
Agency: NASA: Planetary Instrument Definition And Development,
NNH05ZDA001N-PIDDP
Funding amount: $745,265
Funding period: 2005-2008
Project Title: Automated Rock Thin Section Device for Space Exploration
Investigators: PI: Christopher B. Dreyer (Colorado School of Mines)
Co-I: Masami Nakagawa (Colorado School of Mines)
Agency: Ball Aerospace & Technology Corp.
Funding amount: $30,000
Funding period: February, 2005-July, 2005
Project Title: Non-contact manipulation of In-Situ Resources
Investigators: PI: Masami Nakagawa
Agency: NASA
Funding amount: $14,695,505
Funding period: 2005-2009
Project Title: Mitigation of Dust and Electrostatic Accumulation for Human and
Robotic Systems for Lunar and Martian Missions.
Investigators: PI: Masami Nakagawa
Agency: NASA
Funding amount: $429,473
Funding period: 2004-2007.
Project Title: Coalescence, Transport, and Separation of Gas Bubbles in Liquids
Using Ultrasonic Processing Techniques
Investigators: PI: Don Feke (Case Western Reserve University)
Co-Is: Masami Nakagawa ($35,000/yr) & John Graf (NASA Johnson
Space Center)
Agency: NASA
Funding amount: $80,542
Funding period: July 2003-July 2004.
Project Title: IPA
Investigators: PI: Masami Nakagawa
Agency: NIOSH/CDC
Funding amount: $37,000
Funding period: September 2003-August 2004.
Project Title: Noise control in mine
Investigators: Co-I: Masami Nakagawa [PI: Tibor G. Rozgonyi]
Agency: NASA
Funding amount: $78,000
Funding period: July 2002-July 2003.
Project Title: IPA
Investigators: PI: Masami Nakagawa
Agency: NIOSH/CDC
Funding amount: $55,000
Funding period: September 2002-August 2003.
Project Title: Noise control in mine
Investigators: Co-I: Masami Nakagawa [PI: Tibor G. Rozgonyi]
Agency: NIOSH/CDC
Funding amount: $31,487
Funding period: September 2001-August 2002.
Project Title: Noise control in mine
Investigators: Co-I: Masami Nakagawa [PI: Tibor G. Rozgonyi]
Agency: NASA
Funding amount: $78,000
Funding period: July 2001-July 2002.
Project Title: IPA
Investigators: PI: Masami Nakagawa
Agency: Johnson Matthew Electronics. Inc.:
Funding amount: $180,000
Funding period: 1996-1999
Project Title: Advanced particulate mechanics modeling study: improvement of flip-chip
technologies in Johnson Matthey’s underfill products.
Investigators: PI: Masami Nakagawa
Agency: NAVY-Sandia National Laboratories:
Funding amount: $30,000
Funding period: 1995
Project Title: Numerical modeling of hopper flows.
Investigators: PI: Masami Nakagawa
Agency: Sandia National Laboratories
Funding amount: $840,000
Funding period: 1995-1996
Project Title: Constitutive Models of Stress-Strain Behavior of Granular Materials
Investigators: PIs: Masami Nakagawa and Abrahim Askari
Agency: Department of Energy
Funding amount: $600,000
Funding period: 1991-1995
Project Title: GFARO (Granular Flow Advanced Research Objectives): Magnetic
Resonance Imaging of Granular Flows
Investigators: PI: Eiichi Fukushima; Co-I: Masami Nakagawa
Agency: NSF
Funding amount: $180,000
Funding period: 1994-1997
Project Title: Fabric of granular materials studied by DEM and MRI
Investigators: Co-PIs: Percy Ng and Masami Nakagawa
Agency: AFOSR
Funding amount: $61,327
Funding period: 1995-1997
Project Title: Granular materials studied by MRI
Investigators: PI: Masami Nakagawa
Teaching
Nakagawa has been developing new courses to link “mining engineering” and “earth systems
engineering” with a special emphasis on sustainable development of energy and natural
resources, and many of these courses have initially been taught as “special topic” courses.
Undergraduate courses taught
1.Freshman Success Seminar: CSM101
2.Statics: DCGN241
3.Dynamics: EGGN315
4.Statics/Dynamics: MNGN317
5.Mechanics of Materials: EGGN320
6.Geothermal Energy: ENGY350
7.Energy and Society: ENGY490
8.Mine Plant Design: MNGN414
Undergraduate “special topics” courses taught
1.Introduction to Sustainability: MNGN498
2.Gravity Flow: MNGN 499
3.Impulse propagation in granular media: MNGN499
4.Introduction to Particulate Media: MNGN498
Graduate courses taught
1.Advanced Geothermal Engineering Systems: MNGN598
2.Mining Technology for Sustainable Development: MNGN503
3.Mechanics of Particulate Media: MNGN559
Graduate “special topics” courses taught
1.Introduction to Sustainability: MNGN598
2.Geothermal Energy: MNGN598
3.Sustainable Fossil Fuels: MNGN598
4.Advanced Topics in Geothermal Heat Exchange: MNGN598
5.Drilling in Extreme Environment: MNGN599
6.Advanced principles of gravity flow: MNGN499/MNGN599
7.DEM investigation of mechanical fragmentation of rocks: MNGN599
Students Advised
Undergraduate Research Students:
Nakagawa has developed many opportunities with NASA and the Department of Energy for
CSM undergraduate students so that they could have research experiences at different NASA
centers.
1. Juan Carlos Madeni (Metallurgical and Materials Engineering): research subject:
segregation of granular materials (now a research associate in the metallurgical and
materials engineering department)
2. Heather Angel (Div. of Engineering): summer research at NSA Glenn Research
Center in 2004: granular materials (now with Lockheed Martin)
3. Phi Than (Div. of Engineering): summer research at NASA Glenn Research Center in
2004: granular materials (now a PhD student at UC-Davis)
4. Jennifer Staub (Div. of Engineering): NASA Glenn Research Center in 2006: the
weakly interacting meso-scopic particulate systems (now with Excel Energy)
5. Hans Dawson (Mining Engineering): NASA Glenn Research Center in 2006: the
weakly interacting meso-scopic particulate systems (now works for his family owned mine
in Wisconsin)
6. Jason Fish (Div. of Engineering): summer research in 2005; Surface Physics Lab at
NASA Kennedy Space Center
7. Scott Waggy (Div. of Engineering): summer research in 2005; Surface Physics Lab at
NASA Kennedy Space Center (now a PhD student at CU-Boulder)
8. Andrea Dixon (Mining Engineering): exchange student from Chile in 2015. Published a
proceedings paper and presented at Stanford Geothermal Workshop in February, 2015.
8. Michelle Franke (Geology): CSM undergraduate research fellowship recipient in 2015
Graduate Students:
Ph.D. Students
1.Hafiz Syed Mahmood Arshad (PhD in Mining; Completed in December, 2016):
“Numerical Analyses of the Long Term Behavior of Enhanced Geothermal
Systems (EGS)”
2.Luci Dunnington (PhD in Mining; expected to graduate in May, 2018)
3.Zoheir Khademian (PhD in Mining; expected to graduate in February, 2018)
4.Kamran Jahan Bakhsh (PhD in Mining; Completed in May, 2017):
“Effects of Thermally-Induced Fractures on EGS Performace”
5.Kyle Bahr (PhD in Mining; Completed in May,2014):
“An Agent-Based Approach to Social License Durability”
6.Hendro Fujiono (PhD in Mining, Completed on September 27, 2011)
“The Diffusion of Innovation in the Mining Industry: Agent-Based Modeling
and Simulation”
7.Tryana Garza-Cruz (PhD in Engineering, Completed on August 24, 2011):
“On the mechanical properties and fracture mechanics of hollow glass spheres
under uniaxial compression: an experimental and numerical modeling study”
8.Tae-Hyun Moon (PhD in Mining, Completed in 2006):
“A Computational Methodology for Modeling Rock Cutting with a Discrete
Element Method: Prediction of TBM Rock Cutting Performance”
9.Brandon Tinianov (PhD in Engineering, Completed in 2004):
“In-situ prediction of the thermal conductivity of highly porous fiber matrices
using acoustic propagation constant: experimental and theory”
10. Jamie Turner (PhD in Engineering, Completed in 2001):
“Grain boundary motion in particulate materials: interfacial free energy in a
system of repulsive disks”
MS Students
1. Swee Yit Chung (MS in Mining & Earth Systems Engineering; Completed in December,
2012)
2. Hide Shiratani (MS in Mining; Completed in May, 2013)
3. Andrew L. Shaffer (MS in Mining: expected to graduate in 2010)
4. Tonya Freeborn (MS in Div. of Engineering, Completed in 2010)
5. Han Shen (MS, non-thesis option, in Mining, Completed in 2009)
6. Chalee Prachakwong (MS in Mining, Completed in 2006)
7. Chotipong Somrit (MS in Mining, Completed in 2006):
“Mechanical behavior of simulated lunar soils: compressibility and trafficability”
8. Brennan Laird (MS in Mining, Completed in 2005):
“Innovative Performance Evaluation of a Dust Agglomerator”
9. Joshua David Leasure (MS in Mining, Completed in 2003)
Postdoctoral Fellows:
1. Susan McCaffery (May of 1997 to December of 1997: University of Leeds, UK)
2. Gerald Ristow (January 1998 to December 1998: Fachbereich Physik, Philipps-
Universität, Renthof 6, 35032 Marburg, Germany)
3. Cunkui Huang (March 1999 to December 2000: Chinese Academy of Sciences, P.R.
China)
Visiting Scholars:
1. Masafumi Miyata: Port and Harbor Research Institute, Ministry of Transport, Japan
(September 1999 – August 2000)
2. Dr. Sugano Takahiro: Port and Harbor Research Institute, Ministry of Transport, Japan
(September 10 – September 14, 1999)
3. Dr. Aniko Tosh: Assistant Professor, University of Miskolc, Miskolc-Egyetemvaros, Miskolc,
Hungary (September 15, 2011 - February 14, 2012): Geothermal Research
4. Dr. Hiromi Kubota: Visiting Scholar, Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry,
Japan (April 1, 2016 – March 31, 2017)
Publications
Peer reviewed journal papers:
1. L. Dunnington and M. Nakagawa, “Fast and Safe Gas Detection from Underground Coal Fire by
Drone Fly Over”, Environmental Pollution, 229 (2017) 139-145.
2. Kamran Jahan Bakhsh, Masami Nakagawa, Mahmood Arshad, and Lucila Dunnington, “On Heat
and Mass Transfer within Thermally Shocked Region of Enhanced Geothermal
System,” Geofluids, vol. 2017, Article ID 2759267, 14 pages, 2017. doi:10.1155/2017/2759267
3. M. Nakagawa, K. J. Bakhsh and M. Arshad, “Beyond Hydrocarbon Extraction: Enhanced
Geothermal Systems” in New Frontiers in Oil and Gas Exploration, Elsiver, Octoer ,
2016
www.geoth-energ-sci.net/4/1/2016/ doi:10.5194/gtes-4-1-2016
4. M. Nakagawa and Y. Koizumi, “Geothermal heat pump system assisted by geothermal
hot spring”, Geothermal Energy Science, 4, 1-10, 2016
www.geoth-energ-sci.net/4/1/2016/ doi:10.5194/gtes-4-1-2016
5. K. Bahr and M. Nakagawa, “The Effect of Bidirectional Opinion Diffusion on Social
License to Operate”, Environment, Development and Sustainability
DOI 10.1007/s10668-016-9792-9, April 6, 2016
6. Seung-Youl Yoo, Yoshihiro Kuroda, Yoshitada Mito, Toshifumi Matsuoka, Masami
Nakagawa, Akiko Ozawa, Kazutoshi Sugiyama and Akira Ueda, “A geochemical
clogging model with carbonate precipitation rates under hydrothermal conditions”,
Applied Geochemistry, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apgeochem.2012.07.018, August 2012
7. Masami Nakagawa, Kyle Bahr and Derek Levy, “Scientific Understanding of
Stakeholders’ Behavior in Mining Industry”, Environment, Development and
Sustainability, DOI 10.1007/s10668-012-9389-x, 19 September 2012
8. Tryana V. Garza-Cruz and Masami Nakagawa, “Characterization of the mechanical
properties of hollow glass microspheres, and numerical modeling of their stress
distribution under loading”, Granular Matter, DOI 10.1007/s10035-012-0315-6, 29
January 2012
9. Dana Sledz, Toshihiro Sakaki, and Masami Nakagawa, “Efficiency of Vertical U-Tube
under Varied Soil Moisture Content Conditions: Laboratory Experiments”, pp 953-956,
Geothermal Resources Council Transactions, Volume 34.October, 2010. [Best Paper
Award]
10. Tryana V. Garza-Cruz and Masami Nakagawa, “Modeling the Deformation-Failure
Mechanisms of Thin Hollow Glass Microspheres”, pp 871-874, Powders and Grains
2009: American Institute of Physics Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on
Micromechanics of Granular Media, Golden, Colorado 13-17, July 2009.
11. Gibson, P., Schreuder- Gibson, H., Stote, R., Roylance, M., Nakagawa, M., Capone, C.,
"Effect of Nano-fibers on Spore Penetration and Lunar Dust Filtration," Journal of
Engineered Fibers and Fabrics 3 (Special Filtration Issue), pp. 19-28, 2008.
12. S.Sen, T.R. K. Mohan, D.P. Visco, S Swaminathan, A.Sokolow, E. Avalos and M.
Nakagawa, “Using Mechanical Energy as a Probe for the Detection and Imaging of
Shallow Buried Inclusions in Dry Granular Beds”, International Journal of Modern
Physics B, Vol. 19, No.18 (2005) 2951-2973.
13. Sokolow Adam, Pfannes Jan M.M, Doney Robert L., Nakagawa Masami, Agui Juan H,
and Sen Surajit, “Absorption of short duration pulses by small, scalable, tapered granular
chains”, Applied Physics Letters; 87(25): 254104-254104-3
14. A.Sokolow, J.M.M. Pfannes, R. Doney, M. Nakagawa, J.H. Agui and S. Sen, “Impulse
Absorption in Small Tapered Chains”, Applied Physics Letters, vol. 87, 254104 (3
pages), 2005.
15. Tae-Hyun Moon, Masami Nakagawa, and John Berger, “Measurement of fracture
toughness using Distinct Element Method,” International Journal of Rock Mechanics and
Mining Sciences, Vol. 44, No.3, pp.449-456, 2005.
16. Brandon D. Tinianov, Masami Nakagawa and David R. Munoz, Apparatus for in-situ
prediction of the thermal conductivity of glass fiber batts using acoustic propagation
constant,” Review of Scientific Instruments; 77 (2): 024902-024902-5, 2005.
17. Lawrence A. Taylor, Harrison H. Schmitt, W. David Carrier, III and Masami Nakagawa,
“The Lunar Dust Problem: From Liability to Asset”, Proceedings of the 1st Space
Exploration Conference : Continuing the Voyage of Discovery, Jan. 30-Feb. 1, 2005,
Orlando, Florida. (an invited featured article)
18. Masafumi Miyata, Takahiro Sugano, Takashi Nagao, Masami Nakagawa, Graham G.W.
Mustoe, Tsuyoshi Tanaka, and Nobuo Kikuchi, ”Experimental study on load support
systems of rubble rock foundations,” Journal of Geotechnical Engineering, JSCE, No
750/65, 1-14, 2003.
19. Masami Nakagawa, Juan H. Agui, David T. Wu, David Vivanco Extramiana, “ Impulse
dispersion in a tapered granular chain,” Granular Matter 4, 167-174, 2002.
20. M. Miyata, M. Nakagawa, G.G.W. Mustoe and T. Sugano, “Superquadric Particle DEM
Analysis on the Mechanical Behavior of Rubble Rock Foundations,” International
Journal of Computers and Structures. 2001.
21. M. Miyata, T.Sugano, G.G.W. Mustoe, and M. Nakagawa, “Effects of the Ratio of
Pressure Gauge Size to Grain Size on the Reliability of Earth Pressure Measurement,”
Japanese Soc. Of Civil Engineers. 2001.
22. M. Miyata, T.Sugano, G.G.W. Mustoe and M. Nakagawa, “Study of Contact Force
Distribution on the Bottom Plate of a Caisson resting on Rubble Rock Foundation,” Proc.
Of the 4th International Conference on Discontinuous Deformation Analysis, University
of Glasgow, June 6-8, 2001.
23. M. Nakagawa, M. Miyata, “Effects of Particle Shape on Angle of Repose,” in Y. Kishino
Ed., Powders and Grains 2001: Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on
Micromechanics of Granular Media, Sendai, Japan, 21-25 May, A.A. Balkema, Lisse
2001 pp. 467-470.
24. M. Miyata, G.G.W. Mustoe, Nakagawa and T.Sugano, “Study on the Force Systems of
Rubble Rock Foundations using Discrete Element Method,” in Y. Kishino Ed., Powders
and Grains 2001: Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on
Micromechanics of Granular Media, Sendai, Japan, 21-25 May, A.A. Balkema, Lisse
2001 pp. 267-270.
25. T. Sugano, T. Tanaka, M. Miyata, D. Kozawa, M. Nakagawa and G.G.W. Mustoe,
“Experimental Study of Contact Force Distribution on the Bottom Slab of a Caisson
Resting on a Rubble Rock Foundation,” in Y. Kishino Ed., Powders and Grains 2001:
Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Micromechanics of Granular
Media, Sendai, Japan, 21-25 May, A.A. Balkema, Lisse 2001 pp. 263-266.
26. M. Miyata, M. Nakagawa and G.G.W. Mustoe, “Design Considerations of Rubble Rock
Foundations based on a Superquadric Particle Simulation Method,” Proc. Of the 2nd
International Conference on Engineering Computational Technology, Topping, B.H.V.
ed., Leuven, Belgium, pp. 213-218, 2000.
27. G.G.W. Mustoe, M. Miyata and M. Nakagawa, “Discrete Element Methods for
Mechanical Analysis of Systems of General Shaped Bodies,” Proc. Of the 2nd
International Conference on Engineering Computational Technology, Leuven, Belgium,
pp. 219-224, 2000.
28. J. L. Turner and M. Nakagawa, “Particle mixing in a nearly-filled horizontal cylinder
through phase inversion,” Powder Technology 113 (2000) 119-123.
29. G.H. Ristow and M. Nakagawa, “Shape dynamics of interfacial front in rotating
cylinders,” Physical Review E, Volume 59, Number 2, pp.2044-2048, February 1999.
30. M. Nakagawa, A.R. Waggoner and E. Fukushima, “ Non-invasive measurements of
fabric of particle packing by MRI,” Introduction to Mechanics of Granular Materials (ed.
M. Oda),pp. 240-248, A.A. Balkema. 1999.
31. N.E. Iwamoto, M. Li, S.J. McCaffery, M. Nakagawa and G. Mustoe, “Molecular
Dynamics and Discrete Element Modeling Studies of Underfill,” International Journal of
Microcircuits & Electronic Packaging, Vol.21, Number 4, Fourth Quarter, pp. 322-328,
1998.
32. M. Nakagawa, “Segregation of granular particles in a nearly packed rotating cylinder: A
new insight for axial segregation”, H. J. Herrmann et al.(eds.), Physics of Dry Granular
Media, 703-710, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Netherlands, 1998.
33. K. Yamane, M. Nakagawa, S.A. Altobelli, T. Tanaka, and Y. Tsuji, “Steady particulate
flows in a horizontal rotating cylinder,” Physics of Fluids, Vol.10, Number 6, pp. 1419-
1427, June 1998.
34. C.M. Dury, G.H. Ristow, J.L. Moss and M. Nakagawa, “Boundary effects on the angle of
repose in rotating cylinder,” Physical Review E, Vol.57, Number 4, pp. 4491-4497, April
1998.
35. R.A. Waggoner, M. Nakagawa, S.J. Glass, and E. Fukushima, “Particle compaction as
observed by MRI,” Spatially Resolved Magnetic Resonance edited by P. Blumer,
B.Blumich, R.Botto, E. Fukushima (Wiley-VCH, Weinheim), 1998.
36. T. Sugano, S.A. Altobelli, M. Nakagawa, E. Fukushima and M. Miyata, “Nondestructive
and Non-interactive NMR Imaging Measurements of Flow through Packed Beads (in
Japanese),” Coastal Engineering, JSCE, 44:1281-1285, 1997.
37. M. Nakagawa, S.A. Altobelli, A.Caprihan and E. Fukushima, “NMRI Study: Axial
migration of radially segregated core of granular mixture in a horizontal rotating
cylinder,” Chemical Engineering Science, Vol.52, No.23, pp. 4423-4428, 1997.
38. M. Nakagawa, J.L. Moss, K.Nishimura and T.Ozeki, “StableConfiguration of binary
mixtures in a horizontal rotating cylinder: Axial Migration of granular particles”,
Powders and Grains 97, Behringer and Jenkins (eds), Balkema, Rotterdam, pp. 495-497,
1997.
39. M. Nakagawa, E. Fukushima, S.A. Altobelli and A. Caprihan, “NMR measurement and
approximate derivation of the velocity depth-profile of granular flow in a rotating,
partially filled, horizontal cylinder”, Powder and Grains 97, Behringer and Jenkins (eds),
pp. 447-450, 1997.
40. M. Nakagawa,"Functional Disorder of Fractal Lifeline Networks" in the special issue of
FORMA ( An international journal by the Society for Science on Form, Japan; R. Takaki,
Editor-in-Chief),"Fractal Analysis in Geophysics and Civil Engineering", M. Nakagawa
(Editor), Forma Vol.9, No.2, 1994.
41. M. Nakagawa, "Axial segregation of granular flows in a rotating cylinder", Chemical
Engineering Science Vol.49, No. 15, 2540-2544, 1994
42. M. Nakagawa, S.A. Altobelli, A. Caprihan, E. Fukushima, and E.K. Jeong, "Non-
invasive Measurements of Granular Flows by Magnetic Resonance Imaging",
Experiments in Fluids, 15, 54-60, 1993.
43. Nakagawa, Altobelli, Caprihan & Fukushima, "Non-invasive measurements of granular
flows by magnetic resonance imaging", Proceedings of the second international
conference on micromechanics of granular media; "Powders and Grains 93. Birmingham
UK, July 12-16, pp. 383-387, 1993.
44. K. Nishimura, K. Kosugi and M. Nakagawa, "Experiments on ice-sphere flows along an
inclined chute", Mechanics of Materials, 16, 205-209, 1993.
45. M. Nakagawa and T. Imaizumi,"Simulations of Rapid Granular Flows", Advances in
Micromechanics of Granular Materials, H.H. Shen et al.(Editors),Elsevier Science
Publishers B.V., pp.131-140, 1992
46. M. Nakagawa, "Simulation of rapid bimodal granular flows: dynamic friction
coefficient", Proceedings of US-Japan Workshop on Snow Avalanche, Landslide, Debris
flow Prediction and Control, 1992.
47. M. Nakagawa and M. Satake, "Fractal nature of lifeline network systems: application to
damage evaluation", Journal of Natural Disaster Science, Volume 3, Number 1, pp.13-18,
1991.
48. M. Nakagawa, M. Satake and A. Inomata, "Earthquake damage evaluation of lifeline
systems by fractal dimension, JSCE, No.428/I-15,pp177-182,1991(in Japanese).
49. M. Nakagawa and M. Satake, "Use of fractal dimension in damage evaluation of lifeline
systems, Forma,5, pp.9-17, 1990.
50. M. Nakagawa, "General balance laws of granular flows: continuum and statistical
descriptions", Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, vol.38 pp.131-143, 1988.
51. M. Nakagawa, "Anisotropic theory of rapidly deforming granular assembly", Theoretical
and Applied Mechanics, vol.37, pp.183-194, 1988.
52. M. Nakagawa, "Kinetic theoretical analysis of a rapidly deforming disk assembly",
Mechanics of Granular Materials, edited by M. Satake and J.T. Jenkins, Elsevier Science
Publishers B.V., pp331-338, 1987
Books:
“Beyond Hydrocarbon Extraction: Enhanced Geothermal Systems”, M. Nakagawa, K. J. Bakhsh, M.
Arshad in New Frontiers in Oil and Gas Exploration, Elsevier, October 2016
“Powders and Grains 2009” Editors Masami Nakagawa and Stefan Luding, American
Institute of Physics, ISBN 978-0-7354-0682-7
Fractal Analysis in Geophysics and Civil Engineering", M. Nakagawa (Editor), Forma (An
international journal by the Society for Science on Form,
Japan); Vol.9, No.2, 1994.
Reports:
A numerous project reports have been written and submitted.
Reviewed Journals:
Department of Energy
Material Science and Engineering
IJMME
Journal of Royal Society of London
Journal of Fluid Mechanics
Journal of Geophysical Research
Mechanics Research Communication
The Annals of Glaciology
Journal of Fluids Engineering
Chemical Engineering Journal
Physics of Fluids
AIChE Journal
The Materials Research Society
International Journal of Multiphase Flow
Noise Control Engineering Journal
Reviewed Proposals for:
National Science Foundation
NASA
Department of Energy
The New York Academy of Science
The National Academy of Science
Reviewed Textbooks for:
McGraw-Hill
John Wiley Sons
Prentice Hall
Presentations and Invited Lectures
Presentation for the Mines Energy Club. November 9, 2017.
Keynote Speech at the 21st International Congress on Project Management and
Engineering, Cadiz, Spain. July 13, 2017
Invited lecture at Unidad Academica Campesina-Tiwanaku, March 31, 2017
Invited presentation at the Government of Tarija, Bolivia, March 30, 2017
Invited lecture at Universidad Atonoma Juan Misael Saracho, March 30, 2017
Invited presentation at Cooperative Rural de Electrificacion (CRE), March 28, 2017
Invited lecture at Universidad Technologica Privada de Santa Cruz de la Sierra, March
27, 2017
Invited public lecture at Centro Boliviano Americano, March 27, 2017
Invited presentation at American Chamber of Commerce of Bolivia-Santa Cruz, March
27, 2017
Invited presentation at Universidad Mayor de San Andres, July 18, 2016
Invited presentation at Public University of El Alto (120), July 18, 2016
Invited presentation at Carmen Pampa University (50), July 19, 2016
Invited presentation at Centro Boliviano Americano (70), July 20, 2016
Invited presentation at American Chamber of Commerce-Bolivia (30), July 26, 2016
Invited presentation UTEC (University of Technology and Engineering) lecture for
faculty in Peru (25), August 16, 2016
August 18: UTEC lecture for students (35), August 18, 2016
August 19: INGEMMET (Instituto Geologico, Minero Y Metalurgico) in Peru. Lecture
on Geothermal and Sustainable Resource Development (45), August 19, 2016
Invited presentation at Water Dynamics, Tohoku University, March 9-11, 2015
Invited presentation at World Geothermal Congress, Melbourne, Australia, April 16-26,
2015
Invited presentation at International Student Energy Summit, Bali, Indonesia, June10-13,
2015
Invited presentation at Workshop on the Future EGS in Japan, Tokyo, Japan, June 26,
2015
Invited presentation at Fukushima Renewable Energy Institute, Fukushima, Japan, July
17, 2015
Invited presentation at the 2015 Pagosa Verde Symposium, Pagosa Springs, Colorado,
August 27-28, 2015
Invited lectures on “Geothermal Development and Social Acceptance”, Geothermal
Regional Training Program, Japan International Corporation Agency), San Salvador, El
Salvador, September 17-21, 2015
Invited presentation in Toyama city, Japan, September 4, 2014
Invited presentation at American Rock Mechanics Association, Minneapolis, June1, 2014
Invited presentation at Asian Pacific Energy Cooperations (APEC), Tokyo, Japan, March
24-29, 2014
Invited presentation at Water Dynamics, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan, March 12-14,
2014
Invited presentation at Chevron’s Mentoring Excellence in Technology, CSM, August
17, 2011
Invited lecture at the Bolivian Catholic University, La Paz, Bolivia, July 19, 2011
Invited presentation at the Minera San Cristóbal, La Paz, Bolivia, July 18, 2011
Invited presentation at SEET Technology Workshop, CSM, June 20, 2011
Invited lectures for the Geothermal Week at Boise State University, Boise, April 18, 2011
Invited presentation at California Geothermal Education Workshop, UC Davis,
Sacramento, CA, April 7, 2011
Invited presentation at the State University of New York – Buffalo, February 22, 2011
Invited presentation at Colorado Mayor’s Energy Forum, Ridgeway, Colorado, April 19,
2010
Invited lecture at Aspen Colloquium on Geothermal Energy, Aspen, Colorado, July 15,
2010
Invited presentation a the “ Enhanced Geothermal Systems” workshop, Arizona
Geological Surveys, Phoenix, Arizona, September 7, 2010
Invited lecture at Toyama University, Japan. November 22, 2010.
Invited lecture at Bandung Institute of Technology, Indonesia, May 3, 2010
Invited presentation at ASM Rocky Mountain Chapter, Rolling Hill Country Club,
Golden, CO, January 14, 2010
Invited presentation to GIREO, Mammoth Lakes, CA, November 7, 2009
Invited presentation at the Colorado Geothermal Working Group, Salida, Colorado, April
30, 2009
Inaugural speech for the School for Renewable Energy Sciences, Akureyli, Iceland,
February 7, 2009
Invited AIChE lecture, Golden, September 16, 2008
Invited presentation at the Polar Climate Working Group at NCAR, Boulder, Colorado,
January 16, 2008
Invited lecture at New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark. NJ, April 25, 2007.
Invited lecture at the Department of Earth & Environmental Engineering, Columbia
University. September 12, 2006.
Invited talk at JFE, Japan. May 23-25, 2006.
Invited talk at Space Robotic Lab at Tohoku University, Japan. May 19-20, 2006.
Invited talk at the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, Rice
University, March 23-24, 2006.
Invited presentation at 10th ASCE Aerospace Division International Conference on
Engineering, Construction and Operations in Challenging Environments (Earth & Space
2006), March 5-8, 2006, NASA Johnson Space Center, League City/Houston, Texas
Invited presentation at Space Technology & Applications International Forum (STAIF-
2006): Embarking on the New Age of Exploration Together, February 12-16, 2006,
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Invited presentation at International Lunar Conference: “The Exploration and Utilization
of the Moon”, September 18-23, 2005, Toronto, Canada
Gordon Conference: Engineering Sciences for Space Exploration, August 21-26, 2005,
Les Diablerets, Switzerland
Invited presentation at Advanced Extra Vehicular Activity – Environmental Protection:
Dust Mitigation Technology Focus Group, May 18-19, 2005, sponsored by National
Aeronautics and Space Administration and the Colorado School of Mines, Golden,
Colorado
Invited presentation Biological Effects of Lunar Dust Workshop, March 29-31, sponsored
by NASA Headquarters and NASA Ames Research Center, Sunnyvale, California
Invited presentation at Workshop on Granular Materials in Lunar and Martian
Exploration, February 2-3, 2005, the John F. Kennedy Space Center, Orlando, Florida
Invited presentation at 1st Space Exploration Conference: Continuing the Voyage of
Discovery, January 30 – February 1, 2005, American Institute of Aeronautics and
Astronautics, Orlando, Florida
Invited presentation at Lunar Regolith Simulant Materials Workshop, January 24-26,
2005, Marshall Institute in Huntsville Alabama
43rd AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit, January 10-13, 2005, American
Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Reno, Nevada
NASA Exploration Systems Technology & Systems Integration Technical Interchange
Meeting (SDTSI – TIM), December 13-17, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California
Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California
Workshop organized by the CCACS, September 24-26, 2003
4th International Symposium on Scale Modeling, Cleveland, Ohio. September 17 - 19,
2003.
Mini-workshop on Granular Hydrodynamics and Related Topics, University of New
Mexico, February 21, 2003.
MRS Fall 2002 Meeting in Boston, Dec.2-5, 2002.
University of Florida-Gainesville-Particulate Science and Technology Center, Oct.10-12,
2002.
Workshop organized by the CCACS, September 24-26, 2002.
University of Pittsburgh-Chemical Engineering, September 12-14, 2002
Nagaoka Institute for Snow and Ice Studies, Japan, Dec.27, 2002.
Technology Development Section, Kobe Research and Engineering Office for Port and
Airport Kinki Regional Development Bureau, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and
Transport, Japan, Dec. 28, 2002.
Japan Marine Science and Technology Center (JAMSTEC)/ Research Organization for
Information Science and Technology (RIST), Japan, Dec. 30, 2002.
Invited lecture at Kagoshima University, Japan. 2001.
Invited lecture at the Association of Powder Process Industry and Engineering, Japan.
June 14, 1997.
Invited presentation at Taiho Pharmaceutical Co., LTD, Tokushima, Japan. Nov. 2, 1993.
Invited lecture at the Physics Department of University of New Mexico; “Emergence of
Patterns in Particulate Flows”, April 28, 1993.
Invited Earth Science Talk at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory; Theoretical and
Computational Modeling of Granular Flows, August 24, 1989.
HONORS AND AWARDS:
External/International recognitions are marked *
2017 *The Geothermal Resources Council Best Presentation Award
2016 *The Geothermal Resources Council Best Presentation Award
2010 *The Geothermal Resources Council Best Paper Award
2008 *Developed a geothermal class with the financial supported
provided by Colorado Gov’s Energy Office
2008 *Invited panel for the National Academy of Sciences Experts Meeting
on Organization of Decadal Study in Microgravity Research for
NASA in Washington DC
2006 The Outstanding Faculty Award in the Mining Engineering Department
2005 The Outstanding Faculty Award in the Mining Engineering Department
2001 *NASA IPA (2001-2004)
2002 The Outstanding Faculty Award in the Mining Engineering Department
2001 *The Director’s Research Award from the Port and Harbor Research
Institute, Japan
1998 Recipient of the best paper award at the 31st International Symposium
on Microelectronics.
1995 *Invited lecturer at Santa Fe Institute Complexity Summer School.
Colorado School of Mines Committee Services:
Department
Preview CSM
Research Council
Faculty Search Committee
Campus-wide
An executive member for Masters in Energy, Policy, and Society (MEPS) program
proposed by LAIS (2011)
Sustainability committee (2011, 2010, 2009)
Geothermal program development (2010, 2011)
Mines RISE fellow (2010)
Climate Action Days Committee (2008)
External Services:
Board Member of the Geothermal Resources Council (2015-2017)
Colorado Geothermal Working Group
Board Member of the Colorado GeoEnergy Association
Membership in professional societies:
FORMA Japan: The Society for Science on Form: Regional Editor (1990-2000)
AEMMG (the Association pour I’Etude de la Micromencanique des Milieux
Granulaires): Elected Executive Member (2001 – Present)
GRC: Geothermal Research Council, Member
GRSJ: The Geothermal Research Society of Japan, Member
ASCE: American Society for Civil Engineers, Member
SME: Society for Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration, Member
MRS: The Materials Research Society, Member
Professional Activities and Services:
Nakagawa has been elected to organize significant national and international symposiums in the
US and other countries.
2013: Organized a short course for the Consejo de Administracion de Recursos
para la Capacitation en Elecricidad (CARELEC), October 14 – 16 in
Lima, Peru.
2013: Organized a short course entitled “Desarrollo Sostenible y Energias
Renovables, July 22 – 26 for The Bolivian Catholic University-La Paz,
July 17 – 19,La Paz, Bolivia.
2013: Diplomado course entitled “Geotermica” for the Bolvian Catholic
University-La Paz, La Paz, Bolivia.
2013: Organized a short course entitled “Energia Renovables, Desarrollo
Sostenible Y Geotermia” for Universidad Nacional de San Agustin and
Centro de Energias Renovables Y Eficiencia Energetica, May 25 – 29 in
Lima, Peru.
2013: Organized a short course for the Consejo de Administracion de Recursos
para la Capacitation en Elecricidad (CARELEC), May 14 – 17 in Lima,
Peru.
2011: Organized CSM/NREL International Geothermal Research Symposium
2011: Organized the first Geothermal session at SME (Society for Mining,
Metallurgy and Exploration)
2011: An executive member for Masters in Energy, Policy, and Society (MEPS)
program proposed by LAIS
2010: National Geothermal Academy Member
2010: Organized a workshop entitled “Geothermal Energy: Technology,
Economics, Policy and Education” in Aspen, Colorado in collaboration
with Colorado Mountain College
2009: RISE Fellow [elected position]
2009: Board Member for the Colorado Geo Energy Association
2009: Advisory Council Member for Geothermal Institute of Research,
Education and Outreach (GIREO)
2009: Organizer for the International Conference “Powders and Grains
2009”
2009: Director of the Geothermal Academy (the first geothermal research
center at CSM)
2009: Organized the GeoExchange Workshop
2008: Elected member of the Colorado Geothermal Working Group for the
Governor’s Energy Office
2006: Organized “Lunar Geomechatronics Workshop 1”, October 30, 2006.
2006: Scientific Committee Member for the 5th World Congress on Particle
Technology. Orlando, Florida. April 23-27, 2006.
2005 NASA PIDD Proposal Review Panel, November 14-17, 2005.
2005: Co-organized with NASA-Ames a workshop “Advanced Extra Vehicular
Activity Environmental Protection: Dust Mitigation Technology Focus
Group in Golden, May 18-19, 2005.
2005: Session organizer for Particulate Systems and In-Situ Space Resources
for the 35th International Conference on Environmental Systems, July 11-
14, 2005, Rome, Italy.
2004: International Advisory Committee for the 8th International Conference on
Bulk Materials Storage, Handling and Transportation. University of
Wollongong, NSW, Australia. July 5-8, 2004.
2004: Session organizer for Particulate Systems for the 34th International
Conference on Environmental Systems, July 19-22, 2004
2003: Organizer of a Mini-workshop on Acoustic Levitation in collaboration with
Guigne International, Newfoundland, Canada, September 23, 2003.
2003: Lead NASA Panel to identify research areas in the field of “Fine
Particulate Flow and Control”, May 5-7, 2003.
2002: Member of Focus Group to discuss the Beer and Johnston Vector
Mechanics textbook published by McGraw-Hill
2002: Review member for a new textbook by Sheppard and Tong, Wiley.
2001: External Advisor (elected) for the Port and Harbor Research Institute
in Japan since 2001.
2000: Organizer of “Particles and Beyond 2000” workshop at CSM.
2000: NASA Science Panel --- Since 2000
Other Coverage of Nakagawa’s Work:
Nakagawa’s work on Geothermal have been featured in the following places:
o “It’s there for the Taking: Geothermal Technology Heats Up”; A featured article,
Fall 2011, Volume 101, Number 2, pp.18-21, Mines, 2011.
o CSM Energy and Earth, Innovative Research 2010: A featured article “DEEP
HEAT”, pp.16-19, 2010.
Nakagawa’s work on Lunar and Martian Dust have been featured in the following media:
o Air & Space Smithsonian, September 2006.
o The Bent of Tau Beta PI, summer 2006.
o USA Today: NASA to detail plans today for trip to moon, Monday, September
19, 2005.
o New Scientist: The ground above us, 28 May, 2005.
o San Diego Union-Tribune: Powdery soil will test future moon explorers’
ingenuity and grit, April 27, 2005
o News Brief for Mines Magazine, Spring 2005
o Mines Magazine: Tackling Lunar Dust to Reach New Frontiers, Vol 95 Number
3, Summer 2005.
o Science@NASA: En route to Mars, the Moon, March 18, 2005.
Nakagawa’s work on the shock absorbing wall structures in collaboration with Prof.
Surajit Sen of SUNY-Buffalo and Dr. Juan Agui at NASA-Glenn Research Center have
been featured many times in the media:
o “Update” in Spring 2002 issue.
o “Mines” in Vol.92, Number 2, Spring 2002.
o “TechBiz” Vol.1, Issue 28, Feb4-10, 2002.
o “Denver Business Journal” Vol.53, No.24, January 11-17, 2002.
o WB2 news.
o Business Week
o United Press International
o Wired News
o Reader’s Digest
o Discovery Channel, Canada
o Paul Harvey show-ABC radio, Chicago
o Financial Times on London
o NASA’s interview with Wired News