Associate Dean & Professor

Education

Areas of Interest

Heat and mass transport in chemically reacting systems. Energy conversion. Bioremediation.

Other Related Service

Instructor for Courses

Activities and Memberships

Registered Professional Mechanical Engineer, State of Hawaii.

American Society of Mechanical Engineers

ASAE

Institute of Biological Engineering

Asia-Pacific Society of Marine Biotechnology

Graduate Faculty, Bioengineering, University of Hawaii at Manoa.

Graduate Faculty, Molecular Biosciences and Bioengineering, University of Hawaii at Manoa.

Graduate Faculty, Mechanical Engineering, University of Hawaii at Manoa.

Representative Publications

Kinoshita, C.M., and S.Q. Turn, “Production of Hydrogen from Bio-oil Using CaO as a CO2 Sorbent,” International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, Vol. 28, pp. 1065-1071, 2003.

Tsang, S.K., R. Romano, K. Chang, T. Sylva, and C.M. Kinoshita, “Bioremediation of Petroleum Impacted Soils,” Proceedings of the Institute of Biological Engineering, Vol. 3, pp. 11-17, 2002.

Turn. S.Q., C.M. Kinoshita, D.M. Ishimura, T.T. Hiraki, J. Zhou, and S.M. Masutani, “An Experimental Investigation of Alkali Removal from Biomass Producer Gas Using a Fixed Bed of Solid Sorbent,” Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research, Vol. 40, No. 8, pp. 1960-1967, 2001.

Kinoshita, C.M., “Agriculture-Based Remediation Program — Technology Development and Training in Bioremediation,” Proceedings of the Bioremediation Commercialization Workshop, C.Kinoshita (editor) 1999.

Ishimura, D.M., C.M. Kinoshita, S.M. Masutani, and S.Q. Turn, “Cycle Analyses of 5 and 20 MWe Biomass Gasifier-Based Electric Power Stations in Hawaii,” Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power, Vol. 121, pp. 25-30, 1999.

Turn. S.Q., C.M. Kinoshita, W.E. Kaar, and D.M. Ishimura, “Measurements of Gas Phase Carbon in Steam Explosion of Biomass,” Bioresource Technology, Vol. 64, pp. 71-75, 1998.

Teng, H., C.M. Kinoshita, S.M. Masutani, and J. Zhou, “Entropy Generation in Multicomponent Reacting Flows,” ASME Journal of Energy Resources Technology, Vol. 120, No. 3, pp. 226-232, 1998.

PhD Thesis

Kinoshita, C.M., “Development of Laminar Diffusion Flames in the Pyrolysis and Extended Flame Regions,” Ph.D. Thesis, University of California, Berkeley, 1980.