Membrane Science and Technology: A Themed Issue Dedicated to Prof. Takeshi Matsuura on the Occasion of his 85th Birthday

Dear Colleagues,

Professor Matsuura was born in Shizuoka, Japan, in 1936. He received his B.Sc. (1961) and M.Sc. (1963) degrees from the Department of Applied Chemistry at the Faculty of Engineering, University of Tokyo, Japan. He went to Germany to pursue his doctoral studies at the Institute of Chemical Technology, Technical University of Berlin, Germany and received Doktor-Ingenieur in 1965.

After working at the Department of Synthetic Chemistry, University of Tokyo, Japan as a staff assistant and at the Department of Chemical Engineering, University of California, United State of America as a postdoctorate research associate, he joined the National Research Council of Canada in 1969. He came to the University of Ottawa, Canada in 1992 as a professor and the chairholder of British (Consumers) Gas/NSERC Industrial Research Chair. He is professor of the Department of Chemical Engineering and became the director of the Industrial Membrane Research Institute (IMRI) until 2002.

While Dr. Matsuura was heading IMRI, IMRI received financial supports from a number of industries and government agencies, namely Air Products, AQUASEP Purification, Inc., British Gas, Esso Petroleum Canada, Environmental Science and Technology Alliance of Canada, Fielding Chemicals, Petrosep, Ion Exchange India, Materials and Manufacturing Ontario, National Research Council of Canada, Natural Resources Canada, Ontario Ministry of Education and Training (URIF Grant), Mitacs etc.

In recent years, he was appointed as the Visiting Professor in numbers of distinguished universities such as McMaster University, Canada (2001), Nihon University, Japan, (2002), National University of Singapore, Singapore (2003), Laval University, Canada (1999−2002), National Universiy of Singapore, Singapore (2006),  Myongji University, Korea, (2008) and Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Malaysia (2007, 2009-2016). Currently, he is Professor Emeritus, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Ottawa, Canada.

His lifetime achievements were rewarded by many honors. He has obtained the Research Award, International Desalination and Environmental Association (1983), Fellow of Chemical Institute of Canada (1989), a session dedicated to S. Sourirajan and T. Matsuura's lifelong contribution to Membrane Science and Technology at the 8th Annual Meeting of the North American Membrane Society (May 18-22, 1996), G.S. Glinski Award for Excellence in Research, Faculty of Engineering, University of Ottawa (1998), a Special Issue in honour of  Prof. Matsuura on his 75th Birthday published by Desalination (2012), 11th International Conference on Membrane Science and Technology (MST 2013), Kuala Lumpur, held in honour of Dr. Matsuura and Prof. Pikul Wanichapichart (Aug. 27-29, 2013), and Honorary Degree of Doctor of Engineering of Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (2017).

Membranes is pleased to announce a call for a Special Issue honouring Professor Emeritus Takashi Matsuura on the occasion of his 85^th birthday and his outstanding achievements in membrane science and technology. This Special Issue is dedicated to all aspects of membrane science and technology and all contributions related to Professor Matsuura’s particular research interests such as polymer surface modification, membrane surface modification, development of composite membranes, development of hollow fibers and hollow fiber modules, development of inorganic membranes, development of heat and pH resistant membranes, membrane characterization by plasma ablation, scanning electron microscopy (SEM), atomic force microscopy (AFM), electron spin resonance (ESR) and Raman spectroscopy, membrane transport, reverse osmosis, nanofiltration, ultrafiltration, microfiltration, membrane gas and vapour separation, pervaporation, membrane battery separation and fuel cells, are most welcome.

It is our pleasure to invite you to submit a manuscript to this Special Issue. Regular articles, communications, and reviews are all welcome.

Dr. Mohd Hafiz Dzarfan Othman
Dr. Juhana Jaafar
Dr. Mukhlis A. Rahman
Guest Editors

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