Curriculum Vitae
Name,	Family name:	Kotani
	Forename:	Hisashi
Sex:		Male
Date of birth:		January 8, 1968
Nationality:		Japan
Present address:		2-1 Yamadaoka, Suita Osaka 565-0871, Japan
		Department of Architectural Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University
Phone:		+81-6-6879-7645
Facsim ile:		+81-6-6879-7646
E-mail address:		kotani@arch.eng.osaka-u.ac.jp
Title:		Research associate, Dr. Eng.
Ph.D thesis		Natural Ventilation Design of Light Well in High-rise Apartment Building (Osaka University)
Research and professional experience:	1992-present	Research associate at Department of Architectural Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, with Professor Masaya Narasaki and Associate Professor Toshio Yamanaka.
	2003	Visiting Scientist at Centre for Built Environment, KTH research school, Univ ersity of Gavle, Sweden with Professor Mats Sandberg.
	2003	Visiting Scientist at Hybrid Ventilation Centre, Department of Building Technology and Structural Enigineering, Faculty of Engineering and Science, Aalborg University, Denmark with Professor Per Heiselberg and Professor Peter Neilsen.

Publication lists (only in English):
2004	Hisashi Kotani, Toshio Yamanaka: Inflow Direction at Large Opening of Cross Ventilated Apartment Building, 9th International Conference on Air Distribution in Rooms (ROOMVENT 2004), 2004.9
	Yoshihisa Momoi, Kazunobu Sagara, Toshio Yamanaka, and Hisashi Kotani: Modeling of Ceiling Fan Based on Velocity Measurement for CFD Simulation of Airflow in Large Room, 9th International Conference on Air Distribution in Rooms (ROOMVENT 2004), 2004.9
2003	Hisashi Kotani, Ryuji Satoh, and Toshio Yamanaka: Natural ventilation of light well i n high-rise apartment building, Energy and Buildings, Vol.35, No.4, pp.427-434
	Hisashi Kotani, Masaya Narasaki, Ryuji Satoh, and Toshio Yamanaka,: Environmental assessment of light well in high-rise apartment building, Building and Environment, Vol.38, No.2, pp.283-289, 2003.1
2002	Hisashi Kotani, Toshio Yamanaka, and Yoshihisa Momoi: CFD simulation of airflow in room with multi-cone ceiling diffuser using measured velocity and turbulent parameters in large space, Proceedings of 8th International Conference on Air Distribution in Rooms (ROOMVENT 2002), pp.117-120, 2002.9
	Toshio Yamanaka, Ryuji Satoh, and Hisashi Kotani: Vertical dis tribution of contaminant concentration in rooms with floor-supply displacement ventilation, Proceedings of 8th International Conference on Air Distribution in Rooms (ROOMVENT 2002), pp.213-216, 2002.9
	Zoltan Adam, Toshio Yamanaka, and Hisashi Kotani: Mathematical model and experimental study of airflow in solar chimneys, Proceedings of 8th International Conference on Air Distribution in Rooms (ROOMVENT 2002), pp.621-624, 2002.9
2001	Ming Xu, Toshio Yamanaka, and Hisashi Kotani: Vertical Profi les of Temperature and Contaminant Concentration in Rooms Ventilated by Displacement with Heat Loss through Room Envelopes, Indoor Air, Vol.11, No.2, pp.111-119, 2001.6
2000	Hisashi Kotani, Ryuji Satoh, and Toshio Yamanaka: Wind-induced Ventilation of Light We ll in High-rise Apartment Building ­Influence of Bottom Opening Condition on Airflow, Proceedings of 7th International Conference on Air Distribution in Rooms (ROOMVENT 2000), Vol.2, pp.1111-1122, 2000.7
	Toshinari Momose, Ryuji Satoh, Toshio Yamanaka, and Hisashi Kotani: Influence of Air Current and Movement of a Person on Capture Efficiency of Kitchen, Proceedings of Healthy Buildings 2000,Vol.2, pp.713-718, 2000.8
	Toshio Yamanaka, Ryuji Satoh, Hisashi Kotani, Toshinari Momose, and Ryosuke Tanaka: Capture Efficiency of Exhaust Hood above Cooking Stoves and Fryers, Proceedings of Healthy Buildings 2000, Vol.2, pp.719-726, 2000.8
1998	Hisashi Kotani, Masaya Narasaki, and Ryuji Satoh: Environmental Assessment of Light Well in High-rise Apartment Building, Proceedings of 2nd International Conference on Human Environment System (ICHES'98), pp.564-567, 1998.11
	His ashi Kotani, Ryuji Satoh, and Toshio Yamanaka: Zonal Model for Natural Ventilation of Light Well in High-rise Apartment Building, Proceedings of 6th International Conference on Air Distribution in Rooms (ROOMVENT'98), pp.423-428, 1998.6
	Toshio Yamanaka, Ryuji Satoh, Hisashi Kotani, and Keisuke Miyamoto: The Comparison between Air Change Efficiency and Contaminant Removal Effectiveness under Some Typical Air Flow Conditions in the Room Ventilated Mechanically, Proceedings of 6th International Conference on Air Distribution in Rooms (ROOMVENT'98), pp.251-258, 1998.6
1997	Hisashi Kotani, R yuji Satoh, and Toshio Yamanaka: Stack Effect in Light Well of High Rise Apartment Building, Proceedings of the International Symposium on Air Conditioning in High Rise Buildings '97 (ACHRB'97), pp. 628-633, 1997.9
	Toshio Yamanaka, Ryuji Satoh, and Hisashi Kotani: Prediction Method of Natural Ventilation Rate of Light Well in High Rise Apartment Building, Proceedings of the International Symposium on Air Conditioning in High Rise Buildings '97 (ACHRB'97), pp. 622-627, 1997.9
	Ryuji Satoh, Toshio Yamanaka, and Hisashi Kotani: Subjective Evaluation of Envir onment in Light Well of High Rise Apartment Building, Proceedings of the International Symposium on Air Conditioning in High Rise Buildings '97 (ACHRB'97), pp. 634-639, 1997.9
1996	Hisashi Kotani, Masaya Narasaki, Ryuji Sato and Toshio Yamanaka: Natural Ventilation Caused by Stack Effect in Large Courtyard of High-rise Building, Proceedings of 5th International Conference on Air Distribution in Rooms (ROOMVENT'96), Vol.2, pp.299-306, 1996.7
	Makoto Nakamura, Ryuji Sato, Toshio Yamanaka, Hisashi Kotani, Noriyuki Takahashi and Masaaki Higuchi: Predicting Method of Wind-Forced Ventilation in a Void of High-Rise Building, Proceedings of 5th International Conference on Air Distrib ution in Rooms (ROOMVENT'96), Vol.2, pp.343-350, 1996.7