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:
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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:
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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
Research Intern
Research Student
Doctor
M2
Satomi Kamada
Research Areas
CCS (Carbon Capture and Storage)
Aya Katsuta
Research Areas
CCS (Carbon Capture and Storage)
Aoi Morikawa
Research Areas
CCS (Carbon Capture and Storage)
Shunta Sekiguchi
Research Areas
Wellbore Stability Analysis
Koyo Shimura
Research Areas
Hydraulic Fracturing
FFD (Far-Field Diverter)
James Thuso Khoete
Research Areas
CCS (Carbon Capture and Storage)
M1
Mahiro Suzuki
Research Areas
CCS (Carbon Capture and Storage)
Wellbore Stability Analysis
Takumi Koganezawa
Research Areas
Wellbore Stability Analysis
Kanau Emura
Research Areas
Induced Seismicity in CCS Using a Spring-Slider Model
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)
B4
Mayu Kaneko
Research Areas
Land Subsidence Analysis
Alumni
| 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Masataka Aoki | Youichiro Iijima | Shu Seisyo | Tatsuro Abe | Hirofumi Ayakawa |
| Shun Kanazawa | Yuki Ihara | Masato Aoki | Ken Sato | Chin hsiang Chan |
| Kento Kaneko | Yasutaka Ono | Takahiro Gondo | Yu Shigeta | Keito Ikebata |
| Shohei Sakaida | Kentaro Kimura | Youta Takahashi | Jinyu Setsu | Mana Kobayashi |
| Kazuyuki Terada | Tohoko Tajima | Masahiro Nagao | Kensuke Maeda | Ryoma Kusakabe |
| Asuka Miyao | Hideaki Matsuoka | Yasuyuki Hamanaka | Genta Miki | Ruoxuan Liu |
| Kenta Yamada | Ryotaro Matsunaga | Ai Matsuo | Aya Murai | Yudai Maeda |
| Shiho Matsuno | Seishiro Watase | Goshi Sakaida | Koki Nakamura | |
| Kenji Shinohara | Tomoki Onishi | |||
| Stina Marie Soraas Haga | Takahiro Watanabe | |||
| Xue Runhua |
| 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yujin Arita | Mizuho Ido | Etsunari Ishida | Haruki Ogawa |
| Shu Kataoka | Koki Katayama | Satoshi Ito | Tomoki Amano |
| Yu Majima | Naoya Nagata | Tatsuki Komatsubara | Tokio Doshita |
| Kazuki Mori | Tetsu Sata | Koki Nakano | Keito Ozawa |
| Vaya Candia Putra | Hirokazu Seta | Ryo Noguchi | Taichi Sakaguchi |
| Keiju Takahashi | Yusuke Tsuge | Shinji Nakagawa | |
| Kensuke Warashina | Kazuhiro Yamamura | ||
| Aisha Al Hashimi | |||
| Hunaida Al Hinai |
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 |
| Stanford University | |
| Texas Tech University | |
| The University of Tokyo | |
| Waseda University |