Professor
Kenji Furui
Research Areas:
- Rock Mechanics
- Drilling and Completions
- Well Stimulation
- Unconventional Resources
- Computational Geomechanics
Educational Qualifications:
- Ph.D., Petroleum Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, 2004
- M.S., Petroleum Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, 2001
- B.S., Resources and Environmental Engineering, Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan, 1999
Courses Taught:
- Rock Mechanics
- Numerical Rock Mechanics
- Advanced Petroleum Production Engineering
- Advanced Numerical Rock Mechanics
Research:
-
Dr. Furui's current research interests include time-dependent borehole stability, sand control and volumetric sand rate prediction, injection-induced earthquakes, high-rate matrix acidizing in carbonate reservoirs, hydraulic fracturing and fluids diversion technology, well completion performance evalution, and coupled reservoir and geomechanics simulation. He has published more than 40 journal articles and conference proceedings.
Awards & Honors:
- WASEDA University Teaching Award, 2025
- SPE Cedric K. Ferguson Medal, 2013
- SPE Young Engineer of the Year Award (Gulf Coast Section), 2012
- Technology Achievement Award (ConocoPhillips), 2011
- Outstanding Young Scientist Award (ConocoPhillips), 2009
- SPE Young Professional Paper Certificate Recipient, 2nd Annual YP Paper Contest, best paper written primarily by a YP in the Well Completions category, 2009
- Yoshizawa Graduate Scholarship (Waseda University), 1999
Contact Information:
-
Email: furui@waseda.jp
Phone: 03-5273-5078
Office Location: 51-12-08
Assistant Professor
Vo Thanh Hung
Research Areas
CCS (Carbon Capture and Storage)
Visiting Research Fellow
Contract Researcher
Satoshi Ito
Research Areas
CCS (Carbon Capture and Storage)
Induced Seismicity
Research Intern
Research Student
Doctor
M2
Tomoki Amano
Research Areas
Enhanced Geothermal System
Tokio Doshita
Research Areas
Acid Stimulation
Wormhole
Aisha Al Hashimi
Research Areas
Hydrogen Storage
Hunaida Al Hinai
Research Areas
Hydrogen Storage
Haruki Ogawa
Research Areas
Hydraulic Fracturing
FFD (Far-Field Diverter)
Keito Ozawa
Research Areas
CCS (Carbon Capture and Storage)
Induced Seismicity
Corporate Finance
Taichi Sakaguchi
Research Areas
CCS (Carbon Capture and Storage)
Yusuke Tsuge
Research Areas
CCS (Carbon Capture and Storage)
Wellbore Stability Analysis
M1
Satomi Kamada
Research Areas
----------
Aya Katsuta
Research Areas
-----------
Aoi Morikawa
Research Areas
CCS (Carbon Capture and Storage)
Shunta Sekiguchi
Research Areas
Wellbore Stability Analysis
Kazuhiro Yamamura
Research Areas
Analysis of Wormhole
Koyo Shimura
Research Areas
Hydraulic Fracturing
FFD (Far-Field Diverter)
James Thuso Khoete
Research Areas
CCS (Carbon Capture and Storage)
B4
Mahiro Suzuki
Research Areas
CCS (Carbon Capture and Storage)
Takumi Koganezawa
Research Areas
Wellbore Stability Analysis
Kanau Emura
Research Areas
CCS (Carbon Capture and Storage)
Tomoki Kobuna
Research Areas
CCS (Carbon Capture and Storage)
Induced Seismicity
Kotaro Miyahara
Research Areas
CCS (Carbon Capture and Storage)
Fuki Hirose
Research Areas
Analysis of Wormhole
Masaki Toyoda
Research Areas
CCS (Carbon Capture and Storage)
Shinji Nakagawa
Research Areas
Analysis of Wormhole
Alumni
| 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Masataka Aoki | Youichiro Iijima | Shu Seisyo | Tatsuro Abe | Hirofumi Ayakawa | Yujin Arita | Mizuho Ido | Etsunari Ishida |
| Shun Kanazawa | Yuki Ihara | Masato Aoki | Ken Sato | Chin hsiang Chan | Shu Kataoka | Koki Katayama | Satoshi Ito |
| Kento Kaneko | Yasutaka Ono | Takahiro Gondo | Yu Shigeta | Keito Ikebata | Yu Majima | Naoya Nagata | Tatsuki Komatsubara |
| Shohei Sakaida | Kentaro Kimura | Youta Takahashi | Jinyu Setsu | Mana Kobayashi | Kazuki Mori | Tetsu Sata | Koki Nakano |
| Kazuyuki Terada | Tohoko Tajima | Masahiro Nagao | Kensuke Maeda | Ryoma Kusakabe | Vaya Candia Putra | Hirokazu Seta | Ryo Noguchi |
| Asuka Miyao | Hideaki Matsuoka | Yasuyuki Hamanaka | Genta Miki | Ruoxuan Liu | Keiju Takahashi | ||
| Kenta Yamada | Ryotaro Matsunaga | Ai Matsuo | Aya Murai | Yudai Maeda | Kensuke Warashina | ||
| Shiho Matsuno | Seishiro Watase | Goshi Sakaida | Koki Nakamura | ||||
| Kenji Shinohara | Tomoki Onishi | ||||||
| Stina Marie Soraas Haga | Takahiro Watanabe | ||||||
| Xue Runhua |
Place of Employment (alphabetical)
| Industry | Place |
|---|---|
| Energy | CNPC(China National Petroleum Corporation) |
| Cosmo Energy Exploration & Production Co., Ltd. | |
| Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd. | |
| INPEX | |
| ITOCHU Oil Exploration CO., Ltd. | |
| JAPEX | |
| J-power | |
| ENEOS Xplora | |
| K&O Energy | |
| Schlumberger Norge | |
| Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings, Inc. | |
| Tokyo Gas Co., Ltd. | |
| Other | ABeam Consulting Ltd. |
| East Japan Railway Company | |
| ITOCHU Techno-Solutions Corporation | |
| JFE | |
| Kao Corporation | |
| KEYENCE CORPORATION | |
| Mitsui Ocean Development and Engineering Co. | |
| Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Company, Limited | |
| NEC Corporation | |
| NHK(Japan Broadcasting Corporation) | |
| Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisya | |
| Nomura Research Institute, Ltd. | |
| NTT Communications Corporation | |
| ORBIC Co., Ltd. | |
| Open House Group Co., Ltd | |
| Primemetals Technologies | |
| Rakuten Group, Inc. | |
| Shiseido Company, Limited | |
| Tanaka Sokuryo Sekkei | |
| TELNITE CO., LTD. | |
| THE BANK OF FUKUOKA., LTD. | |
| Go on to | Texas A&M University |
| The University Of Tokyo | |
| Waseda University |