Masaaki OkuboDr. Okubo received the B. Eng., M. Eng., and Ph. D. degrees from the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan, in 1985, 1987, and 1990, respectively. His current research interests are nonthermal plasma applictions for air pollution control, material surface modification, and numerical simulations of plasmas, aerosols and multiphase fluid flows in environmental engineering. Dr. Okubo is the author of more than 130 peer-reviewed papers in scientific journals and seven books. Now, he is a chairman of Electrostatics Process committee of the IEEE Industry Applications Society, and the fellow of Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers. Read More Read Less