Daisuke Minakata, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Civil, Environmental, and Geospatial Engineering
Michigan Technological University
Affiliated Associate Professor
Department of Chemistry
Department of Physics
Michigan Technological University
Recent Awards
2023 Professional Excellence-Individual Award, American Water Works Association (MI)
ACS ES&T Water inaugural Excellence in Review Award
ES&T Letters Excellence in Review Award 2022
At Michigan Technological University
Research Interest
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Sustainable water and wastewater treatment and management
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Development of assessing and predicting tools for water treatment technologies
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Innovative water and wastewater treatment technologies for energy saving and harvesting
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Systematic and integrated understanding of water and wastewater reuse
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Application of computational chemistry and molecular modeling
Teaching Interest
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Physical-chemical treatment processes
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Environmental process and design
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Computational Environmental engineering and chemistry
Graduate Courses
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ENVE 5503 Physical-Chemical Treatment Processes
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ENVE 5501 Environmental Process Engineering
Undergraduate Courses
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ENVE 4503 Water Treatment Principles and Design
Past Appointments
August 2021 – May 2022
Visiting Scholar
Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology (Eawag)
Dubendorf, Switzerland
2013 August – 2019 August
Assistant Professor
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI
Education & Appointments
Ph.D. Environmental Engineering (2010)
Georgia Institute of Technology
Dissertation Title: Development of Aqueous Phase Hydroxyl Radical Reaction Rate Constants Predictors for Advanced Oxidation Processes. Thesis Supervisor: Professor. John, C. Crittenden
M.S. Environmental Engineering (2005)
Kyoto University, Japan
Thesis Title: Mechanisms of Ozone and Hydroxyl Radical Reaction with Dissolved Organic Matter in Water and Wastewater.
Thesis Supervisor: Professor. Hiroshi Tsuno
B.S. Environmental Engineering (2002)
Kyoto University, Japan
Thesis Title: Effective Formation of Hydroxyl Radical by Electrochemical Oxidation.
Thesis Supervisor: Professor Isao Somiya