Research/Focus Areas
- Nuclear Reactor Engineering, Design and Dafety
- Liquid Metal Thermohydraulics
- Experiments in Thermohydraulics
- Convective Heat Transfer
- Applications of Polymer and Silica Gel Materials
- Modeling of Fuel Cycle
- Applied Biometrics and Policy
My Courses
- NE404/504 Radiation detection and measurement
- NE404/504 Nuclear Heat Transport
- NE404/504 Intermediate Nuclear Engineering
- ENVS404/504 Energy, Sustainability and Modeling
- NE404/504 FORTRAN for Engineers
Been there, done that; Talk is cheap
Akira Tokuhiro, Ph.D.
College of Engineering
Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering
Professor
Campus Locations
Idaho Falls
With UI Since
2007
- B.S., Engineering Science (Physics), 1981, Purdue University
- M.S., Mechanical Engineering, 1984, University of Rochester
- Ph.D., Nuclear Engineering, 1991, Purdue University
I was born in a log cabin without electricity, plumbing and running water.
Selected Publications
- A. Ridluan*, M. Manic and A. Tokuhiro, EBaLM-THP - A Neural Network Thermohydraulic Prediction Model of Advanced Nuclear System Components, Nuclear Engineering and Design, 239, 2, 308, 2009
- A. Ridluan* and A. Tokuhiro Benchmark Simulation of Turbulent Flow through a Staggered Tube Bundle to Support CFD as a Reactor Design Tool; Part I SRANS CFD Simulation, Journal of Nuclear Science and Technology, 45, 12, 2008
- A. Ridluan* and A.Tokuhiro, Benchmark Simulation of Turbulent Flow through a Staggered Tube Bundle to Support CFD as a Reactor Design Tool; Part II URANS CFD Simulation, Journal of Nuclear Science and Technology, 45, 12, 2008
- Plus 20 other journal and 30 conference publications from 2004-2009;
Research Projects
- DOE, 09-321, Data Collection Methods for Validation of Advanced Multi-Resolution Fast Reactor Simulations, with U. Tenn. – Ruggles, ANL – Pointer, NEUP, $912,317, March 16, 2009.
- DOE, 09-346; CFD Model Development and Validation for High Temperature Gas Cooled Reactor Cavity Cooling System (RCCS) Applications, with Texas A& M – Hassan (lead), U. Wisconsin- Corradini, UI-Tokuhiro, NEUP, $568,956, March 16, 2009
- DOE, 09-202; Experimental Studies of NGNP Reactor Cavity Cooling System with Water, with U. Wisconsin- Corradini (lead), Texas A&M – Hassan, NEUP, $543,717, March 16, 2009
- DOE, 09-171; Experimental study and computational simulations of key pebble bed thermo-mechanics issues for design and safety, with UI- Rink, Potirniche, Tokuhiro, INL-Ougouag, Cogliati, NEUP, $557,279, March 16, 2009
- “Developing and Piloting Design and Delivery of a Prototype Boiling Water Test Loop for the ATR National Scientific User Facility “, $7,844 + $31,300, INL ATR-NSUF, May –Aug 2009, Dec 2009, submitted, Jan 2010.
- “Analytical Multi-Scale Evaluation of 19-, 37- and 217-pin Sodium-Cooled Fast Reactor Fuel Assembly”, Argonne National Laboratory, $72,680 + $28,447+ $16,277, Aug 2009 to – Mar 2010.
- Measurement of very high temperatures - Application to core melt accident experiments, with C. Journeau, CEA-Cadarache (France), submitted to CEA, ~Euro67,182 (~$94,304), for UI (NE) Ph.D. student, Clemente Parga, 2009 - 2012
- Request for graphite and related material characterization instrumentation in support of NGNP and advanced reactor systems, with R. Smith, F. Gunnerson and NE Faculty, $177,000, DOE NEUP Infrastructure Support, April 15, 2009
- “UIIF Online Course Content Delivery Program - Developing, demonstrating and integrating dimensionality to asynchrounous delivery of technical courses”, SBOE, ITIG, $53,000, March 2009
- “Experimental development and demonstration of ultrasonic and remote diagnostics for sodium fast reactor thermohydraulics”, Department of Energy, Nuclear Energy Research Initiative, $549,730; 2007 – 2010
- "Compact heat-exchanger performance testing for Generation IV Reactors", Department of Energy, Nuclear Energy Research Initiative (Advanced Nuclear Research for Universities); $299, 965; April 2005 – May 2010