Rate My Professor Ichiro Yamamoto

Ichiro Yamamoto is Professor in the Faculty of Human Care at Nagoya University of Arts and Sciences, where he holds the positions of Vice President for Education and Research and Director of the General Education Organization. Born in 1948, he graduated from the University of Tokyo Faculty of Engineering, Department of Nuclear Engineering in 1971 with a Bachelor of Engineering, completed his Master of Engineering there in 1973, and received his Doctor of Engineering from Nagoya University in 1979. Yamamoto's distinguished career at Nagoya University spanned 1973 to 2015, beginning as an Assistant in the Department of Nuclear Engineering, advancing to Associate Professor in 1988 and Professor in 1995. He chaired the Nuclear Engineering Department from 1995 to 1997, directed the Nuclear Fuel Management Facility from 2001 to 2005, and served multiple terms as Vice President with responsibilities in general education, information media, and collaboration headquarters.

His research specializes in atomic energy, nuclear fusion, energy science, reaction and separation engineering, and isotope separation, with key focuses on atomic fuel cycles, nuclear fusion reactor fuel cycles, and energy-environmental issues. Yamamoto has received the ASME Waste Management Symposia 2004 Best Poster Paper Award in 2005 and the Japan Nuclear Society Fellow Award in 2008. Prominent publications include books such as Atomic Power Technology, Volumes 3 and 4: Fuel Cycle (1987), Separation Science Handbook (1993), Nuclear Fusion Research (II) (1995), and Atomic Power Handbook (2007), alongside significant papers like 'Analytical Solution for Real Cascade Equation in Steady State' (1975, Journal of Nuclear Science and Technology) and 'Tritium Recovery System from Waste Water of Fusion Reactor Using CECE and Cryogenic-Wall Thermal Diffusion Column' (1996, Fusion Technology). He has led professional societies, including as President of the Isotope Society Japan (2007-2012), and contributed to government committees on nuclear safety and Fukushima water handling.