Faculty

Professor Kiyoshi Saito

Professor Kiyoshi Saito

Director, Waseda Research Institute for Sustainable Environmental and Energy Society

Career / Biography

Born May 26, 1968
March 1987Graduated from Shizuoka Prefectural Hamamatsu Kita High School
March 1992B.Eng., Department of Mechanical Engineering, School of Science and Engineering, Waseda University
March 1994M.Eng., Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Waseda University
March 1998Dr.Eng., Waseda University
January 1999Researcher, Agency of Industrial Science and Technology (as a Special Postdoctoral Researcher in Science and Technology)
April 2005Visiting Researcher, University of Illinois, USA
April 2008Professor, Waseda University
February 2011Honorary Professor, University of the Philippines
January 2014Visiting Professor, University of Indonesia
October 2014Academic Affairs Chief, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Waseda University
April 2017Director, Institute of Thermal Energy Conversion Engineering and Mathematics, Organization for the Strategic Coordination of Research and Intellectual Property
September 2018Director, Institute for Mathematical Science of Energy Conversion Engineering, Open Innovation Strategy Institute
April 2022Director, Waseda Research Institute for Sustainable Environmental and Energy Society, Waseda University

Awards & Honors

2022FY2022 Commendation for Science and Technology by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT), Science and Technology Award
2022FY2021 Waseda Research Award (Promotion of Large-Scale Research Projects)
2021FY2020 Waseda Research Award (Promotion of Large-Scale Research Projects)
2020FY2019 Waseda Research Award (Promotion of Large-Scale Research Projects)
2012JSME Award (Technology)
2011Philippines ERDT Best Presentation Award
2010Korea SAREK Best Paper Award
2010JSRAE Best Paper Award
2002JSME Young Engineers Award
Professional Society MembershipsThe Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers (JSME), Society of Heating, Air-Conditioning and Sanitary Engineers of Japan (SHASE), Japanese Society of Refrigerating and Air Conditioning Engineers (JSRAE), IIR, ASHRAE
External ActivitiesAdvisory Committee for Natural Resources and Energy, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) (Chair, Energy Conservation and New Energy Subcommittee; Chair, Energy Conservation Subcommittee; Member, Basic Policy Subcommittee; Chair, Working Group on Judgment Criteria for Residential Hot Water Supply Equipment), Specially Appointed Member, Central Environment Council, Ministry of the Environment (MOE), Technical Committee Member, New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO), Temporary Member, Advisory Committee for Natural Resources and Energy, METI, Chair, Study Committee on Measurement Methods for Water Heating Equipment, Member, Special Committee on JIS Standards for Room Air Conditioners, Former Director, Japanese Society of Refrigerating and Air Conditioning Engineers (JSRAE), Former Chair, Environmental Engineering Division, The Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers (JSME)

Lab Members

Professor EmeritusSunao Kawai
Associate ProfessorNiccolo Giannetti
LecturerTakeshige Kin/Kim Cheolhwan/IBRAHIM Nasiru Ishaq/Chitose Tanaka
Research AssociateDamiano Dondini
Doctoral StudentsHaruka Ajiki/Kento Maeda
Master's Students (2nd Year)Yang Yuelin/Daichi Maruno/Tsubasa Saito/Kanta Shinohara/Zhang Haoshuo/Lin Chienchieh
Master's Students (1st Year)Heng Zhangyan/Jourdan Gabriel Alexander/Reon Kobayashi/Kiri Shiromizu/Yuki Nagai/Koharu Yokoo/Zhao Jiannan/Firdaus Nazuwan Hafiz
Undergraduate Students (4th Year)Kokoro Marutani/Nariaki Kae/Taiyo Kariya/Eiho Koremura/Chika Saito/Haruto Shibuya/Hayato Takigawa
Undergraduate Students (3rd Year)(assignment expected September)
Research FellowsNoboru Kagawa/Eiji Niwa/Yoichi Miyaoka/Naohiko Ishibashi/Jongsu Jeong/Richard Jayson Varela/John Carlo Solomon Garcia/Kenji Matsuda/Kuniyuki Nishimura/Shigeharu Taira/Yohei Kayukawa/Kenji Tojo/Yonezo Ikumi/Nobuyuki Inoue/Koji Mori/Yukinobu Takahashi/Hiroo Nakamura/Hiroshi Takada/Myeongwoo Lee

Updated April 2026