Professor FURUMAI, Hiroaki

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Furumai Hiroaki

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Qualifications

  • D.Engg (Environmental Engineering), University of Tokyo, Japan; 1984.
  • M.Engg. (Environmental Engineering), University of Tokyo, Japan; 1981.
  • B.Engg. (Environmental Engineering), University of Tokyo, Japan; 1979.

Professional Experience

  • 1984-86 : Research Associate, Department of Civil Engineering, Tohoko University, Sendai,
    Japan.
  • 1986-88 : Research Associate, Department of Civil Engineering Hydraulics, Kyushu University,
    Kyushu, Japan.
  • 1988-91 : Associate Professor, Department of Civil Engineering Hydraulics, Kyushu University,
    Kyushu, Japan.
  • 1991-97 : Associate Professor, Department of Civil and Urban Engineering, Ibaraki University,
    Ibaraki, Japan
  • 1997-98 : Associate Professor, Department Urban Engineering, University of Tokyo. Japan
  • 1998-to present : Professor, Department Urban Engineering, University of Tokyo. Japan
  • 1990-91 : Visiting Scholar, Stanford University and University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign,
    USA.
  • 2000-01 : Visiting Scholar, Oregon State University, USA and EAWAG, Switzerland.

Present Research Involvement

  • Urban Strom Drainage and Watershed Management.
  • Characterization of Natural Organic Matters in Reservoirs and Lakes
  • Microbial Population Dynamics and Modeling of Nutrient Removal in Sequencing Batch Reactor
    Nitrate Removal from Groundwater by Sulfur Denitrification

Research Interests

  • Field Survey on Wet Weather Pollution and Model Analysis of Urban Pollution Runoff with GIS
  • Build-up and Wash-off of Micropollutants (PAHs, and Heavy Metals) in Urban Area
  • Distribution of PAHs in Estuary Sediments and Its Accmulation in Benthos
  • Characterization of DOM/NOM in Lakes and Reservoirs for Drinkingwater
  • Source Fate and Behavior of DOM in Flocculation and Advanced Oxidation
  • Processes Microbial Population Analysis in Reservoirs using Molecular
  • Technique Optimization of Biological Nutrient Removal in Wastewater
  • Treatment using Mathematical Model Quinone Profile and DGGE Analysis of Activated Sludge in Aerobic/Anaerobic SBR Characterization of Domestic
  • Sewage from the veiwpoint of nutrient removal

Credentials

Awards :
Best Paper Award by Japan Society of Water Pollution Research and Control, 1990.
Best Paper Award by Japan society of Civil Engineers, 1995.

Member :
International Water Association (IWA).
Water Environment Federation (WEF).
Japan Society of Civil Engineers (JSCE).
Japan Society on Water Environment (JSWE).
Japan Water Works Association (JWWA).
Japan Sewage Works Association (JSWA).
Society of Environmental Science, Japan.

Selected Recent Publications

2011

T. Tobino, F. Kurisu, I. Kasuga and H. Furumai(2011) Specificity of Randomly Generated Genomic DNA Fragment Probes on a DNA Array. FEMS Microbiology Letters(Accepted)

Hiroki Masumoto, Futoshi Kurisu, Ikuro Kasuga, Dieter M. Tourlousse and Hiroaki Furumai (2011) Complete Mineralization of Benzene by a Methanogenic Enrichment Culture and Effect of Putative Metabolites on the Degradation. Chemosphere (in press)

Keisuke Kojima, Michio Murakami, Chikage Yoshimizu, Ichiro Tayasu, Toshi Nagata, Hiroaki Furumai, Evaluation of surface runoff and road dust as sources of nitrogen using nitrate, Chemosphere 84 (2011), pp.1716-1722

Tobino T, Kurisu F, Kasuga I, Furumai H (2011)Shotgun Isotope Array for Rapid, Substrate-Specific Detection of Microorganisms in a Microbial Community.Appl Environ Microbiol, 77(20), P.7430-7432

2010

Jinyoung Kim, Hiroaki Furumai and Toshiya Aramaki (2010) Practical identification method for vegetation in urban region using two spectral edge in high resolution satellite imagery, Doboku Gakkai Ronbunsyu G, Vol. 66, No. 1, pp46-55.

S. Iwai, F. Kurisu, H. Urakawa, O. Yagi and H. Furumai (2010) Characterization of monooxygenase gene diversity in benzene-amended soils, Letters in Applied Microbiology, Vol. 50, pp. 138-145.

2009

Kumar M, Furumai H, Kurisu F and Kasuga I(2009), Understanding the partitioning processes of mobile lead in soakaway sediments using sequential extraction and isotope analysis, Wat. Sci. Tech., 60, 8, 2085-2091.

Hosomi A, Kasuga I, Furumai H, Yoshimura C, Nakajima F, Kagaya T, Kurisu F: Effects of Treated Wastewater Discharge on Dynamics of Particulate Organic Matter and Community Structure of Benthic Macroinvertebrates in an Urban River. J Jap Soc Wat Environ, 32, 7, 375-382, 2009.

Kurisu F, Kawashima S, Kasuga I and Furumai H: Analysis of urban water problems in Medan City, Indonesia. (In) Takizawa S, Kurisu F and Satoh H(Ed), Southeast Asian Water Environment 3. IWA Publishing, 45-50, 2009.

Mohammed Abed Hossain, Hiroaki Furumai and Fumiyuki Nakajima (2009), Competitive adsorption of heavy metals in soil underlying an infiltration facility installed in an urban area, Water Science & Technology,Vol.59, No.2,pp.308-310.

M. Murakami, M. Fujita, H. Furumai, I. Kasuga, F. Kurisu (2009), Sorption behavior of heavy metal species by soakaway sediment receiving urban road runoff from residential and heavily trafficked areas,Journal of Hazardous Materials,Vol.164, No.2-3,707-712.

Yoshiko Sakata, Futoshi Kurisu, Osami Yagi, Hiroaki Furumai(2009), Effects of sewerage effluent recharge on the microbial community in a soil column model,Japanese Journal of WaterTreatment Biology,Vol.45, No.2,pp.63-74.

K. Tsuji, M. Fujita and H. Furumai(2009), Acetate uptake efficiency of polyphosphate-accumulating organisms under exposure to surfactants, Water Science & Technology, Vol. 60, No. 11, pp.

W. J. Kim, S. Managaki, H. Furumai and F. Nakajima, Diurnal fluctuation of indicator microorganisms and intestinal viruses in combined sewer system, Water Science & Technology, Vol. 60, No. 11, pp.

Hosomi A, Kasuga I, Furumai H, Yoshimura C, Nakajima F, Kagaya T, Kurisu F: Effects of Treated Wastewater Discharge on Dynamics of Particulate Organic Matter and Community Structure of Benthic Macroinvertebrates in an Urban River. J Jap Soc Wat Environ, 32, 7, 375-382, 2009.

Kurisu F, Kawashima S, Kasuga I and Furumai H: Analysis of urban water problems in Medan City, Indonesia. (In) Takizawa S, Kurisu F and Satoh H (Ed), Southeast Asian Water Environment 3. IWA Publishing, 45-50, 2009.

2008

Michio Murakami, Fumiyuki Nakajima, Hiroaki Furumai (2008) The sorption of heavy metal species by sediments in soakaways receiving urban road runoff, Chemosphere, 70(11), pp.2099-2109.

Nyein Nyein Aung, Fumiyuki Nakajima, Hiroaki Furumai (2008) Trace metal speciation during dry and wet weather flows in the Tama River, Japan, by using diffusive gradients in this films (DGT), Journal of Environmental Monitoring, Vol.10, pp.219-230.

Michio Murakami, Nobuyuki Sato, Aya Anegawa, Norihide Nakada, Arata Harada, Toshiya Komatsu, Hideshige Takada, Hiroaki Tanaka, Yoshiro Ono, Hiroaki Furumai (2008), Multiple evaluations of the removal of pollutants in road runoff by soil infiltration,Water Research,Vol.42,issue 10-11,pp.2745-2755.

Shoko Iwai, Futoshi Kurisu, Hidetoshi Urakawa, Osami Yagi, Ikuro Kasuga, Hiroaki Furumai (2008), Development of an oligonucleotide microarray to detect di- and monooxygenase genes for benzene degradation in soil,FEMS Microbiology Letters,Vol.285,No.1,pp_111-121

Zang Kaisai, Futoshi Kurisu, Ikuro Kasuga, Hiroaki Furumai, Osami Yagi (2008), Analysis of the phylogenetic diversity of estrone-degrading bacteria in activated sewage sludge using microautoradiography-fluorescence in situ hybridization,Systematic Applied Microbiology,Vol.31, No.3-4,pp.206-214

Hiroaki Furumai (2008), Rainwater and reclaimed wastewater for sustainable urban water use,Physics and Chemistry of the Earth,Vol.33,pp.340-346.

N. Hayashi, H. Yokota, H. Furumai, and M. Fujiwara (2008), Evaluation of source water quality for selection of drinking water purification systems,Water Science & Technology: Water Supply,Vol.8, No.3,pp.271-278.

G.G.T. Chaminda, Fumiyuki Nakajima, and Hiroaki Furumai (2008), Heavy metal (Zn and Cu) complexation and molecular size distribution in wastewater treatment plant effluent,Water Science & Technology,Vol.58, No.6,pp.1207-1213.

Fujita M, Murakami M, Furumai H, Kasuga I, Kurisu F: Sorption of Heavy Metals by Sediments in Soakaways. J Jap Soc Wat Environ, 31, 11, 685-689, 2008.

2007

Aryal R. K., Furumai H, Nakajima F and Jinadasa H. K. P. K. (2007) The role of inter-event time definition and recovery of initial/depression loss for the accuracy in quantitative simulations of highway runoff, Urban Water Journal, Vol.4(1), pp.53-58.

Aryal R. K., Furumai H, Nakajima F and Hossain M. (2007) Vertical distribution and speciation of heavy metals in stormwater infiltration facilities: possible heavy metals release to groundwater, Water Practice & Technology, Vol.2, Issue 2 (on-line journal;http://www.iwaponline.com/wpt/002/wpt0020052.htm)

Norihide NAKADA, Naoyuki YAMASHITA, Kiyoshi MIYAJIMA, Yutaka SUZUKI, Hiroaki TANAKA, Hiroyuki SHINOHARA, Hideshige TAKADA, Nobuyuki SATO, Mikio SUZUKI, Mitsuaki ITO, Fumiyuki NAKAJIMA and Hiroaki FURUMAI: Multiple Evaluation of Soil Aquifer Treatment for Water Reclamation using Instrumental Analysis and Bioassay, In: Southeast Water Environment 2 (Eds: H. Furumai et al.), pp.303-310, IWA Publishing, 2007.

Michio Murakami, Fumiyuki Nakajima, Hiroaki Furumai, Bunbunoshin Tomiyasu, Masanori Owari (2007) Identification of particles containing chromium and lead in road dust and soakaway sediment by electron probe microanalyser, Chemosphere, Vol.67, No.10, pp.2000-2010.

Akihiro Nagaiwa, Katsushi Settsu, Fumiyuki Nakajima and Hiroaki Furumai (2007) Identification of sewer pipes to be cleaned for reduction of CSO pollutant load, Water Science & Technology, Vol.55, No.4, pp.75-83.

Limpiyakorn T., Sakamoto Y., Kurisu F. and Yagi O. (2007) Effects of ammonia and nitrite on communities and populations of ammonia-oxidizing bacteria in laboratory-scale continuous-flow reactors, FEMS Microbiology Ecology, (doi:10.1111/j.1574-6941.2007.00307.x)

Shoko Iwai, Futoshi Kurisu, Hidetoshi Urakawa, Osami Yagi, and Hiroaki Furumai (2007) Development of a 60-mer oligonucleotide microarray on the basis of benzene monooxygenase gene diversity, Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, Vol.75, No.4, pp.929-939.

Kasuga I., Shimazaki D. and Kunikane S. (2007) Influence of backwashing on microbial community in biofilm developed on biological activated carbon in an advanced drinking water purification plant, Water Science & Technology, Vol.55(8-9), pp.173-180.

Kasuga I., Nakajima F. and Furumai H. (2007) Diversity of Catechol 2,3-Dioxygenase Genes of Bacteria Responding to Dissolved Organic Matter Derived from Different Sources in a Eutrophic Lake, FEMS Microbiology Ecology, Vol.61, No.3, pp.449-458.

Hossain M.A., Furumai H., Nakajima F., Aryal R.K (2007) Heavy metals speciation in sediment accumulated within an infiltration facility and evaluation of metal retention properties of underlying soil, Water Science & Technology, Vol.56, No.11, pp.81-89.

Shinohara H., Tanishima T., Kojima S., Managaki S., Takada H., Nakada N., Tanaka H., Nakajima F. and Furumai H.: Water-soluble organic micro-pollutants in municipal wastewater and their removal during advanced treatment, Southeast Water Environment 2, 311-318, IWA Publishing, 2007.

Before 2006

Aryal R. K., Furumai H, Nakajima F and Boller M. (2006) Characteristics of particle-associated PAHs in a first flush of a highway runoff, Water Science & Technology, Vol.53(2), pp.245-251.

Limpiyakorn T., Kurisu F. and Yagi O. (2006) Quantification of ammonia-oxidizing bacteria populations in full-scale sewage activated sludge systems and assessment of system variables affecting their performance, Water Science & Technology, Vol.54(1), pp.91-99.

Christensen A. M., Nakajima F. and Baun A. (2006) Toxicity of water and sediment in a small urban river (Store Vejleå, Denmark), Environmental Pollution, Vol.144(2), pp.621-625.

Feng X. Kurisu F. and Yagi O. (2006) Effect of water content and loading on the treatment of waste metal working fluids by thermophilic contact oxidization process, In: Southeast Water Environment 2. (Furumai H. et al., eds), pp.335-342, IWA Publishing, UK.

Hata T, Kurisu F., Yagi O., Mori H., Kuwano R. and Kohashi H. (2006) Development of an in situ biodegradation technology by using anaerobic micro-organisms for sediment contaminated with dioxins, Journal of ASTM International, Vol.3(6), paper ID: JAI13322.

Limpiyakorn T., Kurisu F. and Yagi O. (2006) Development and application of real-time PCR for quantification of specific ammonia-oxidizing bacteria in activated sludge of sewage treatment system, Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, Vol.72(5), pp.1004-1013.

Shinohara H., Tanishima T., Kojima S., Managaki S., Takada H., Nakada N., Tanaka H., Nakajima F. and Furumai H. (2006) Water-soluble organic micro-pollutants in municipal wastewater and their removal during advanced treatment, In: Southeast Water Environment 2 (Furumai H. et al., eds), pp.311-318, IWA Publishing. F.

Nakajima, K. Saito, Y. Isozaki, H. Furumai, A.M. Christensen, A. Baun, A. Ledin and P.S. Mikkelsen : Transfer of Hydrophobic Contaminants in Urban Runoff Particles to Benthic Organisms Estimated by an in vitro Bioaccessibility Test, Water Science & Technology, Vol.54, No.6-7, pp.323–330, 2006

R.K. Aryal, H. Furumai, F. Nakajima, M. Murakami and H.K.P.K. Jinadasa : Prolonged deposition of heavy metals in infiltration facilities and its possible threat to groundwater contamination, Water Science & Technology, Vol.54, No.6-7, pp.205–212, 2006

Yongyod Thaveemaitree, Fumiyuki Nakajima, Hiroaki Furumai, Shoichi Kunikane: Adsorption test of semi-volatile di-(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate in coagulation and flocculation processes with/without bubble in closed jar tester, Water Science & Technology: Water Supply, Vol.6, No.3, pp.9-16, 2006

Haramoto E., Katayama H., Oguma K., Yamashita H., Tajima A., Nakajima H., and Ohgaki S.: Effects of rainfall on the occurrence of human adenoviruses, total coliforms, and Escherichia coli in seawater, Water Science and Technology 54(3), 225-230, 2006.

Arial R.K., Furumai H., Nakajima F. and Boller M.: Characteristics of particle-associated PAHs in a first flush of a highway runoff, Water Science & Technology, 53(2), 245-251, 2006.

Absar Kazmi, Hiroaki Furumai: Sustainable urban wastewater management and reuse in Asia, International Review for Environmental Strategies, 5(2), 425-448, 2005.

Petch Pengchai, Fumiyuki Nakajima and Hiroaki Furumai: Estimation of origins of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in size-fractionated road dust in Tokyo with multivariate analysis, Water Science & Technology, 51(3-4), 169-175, 2005.

Yongyod Thaveemaitree, Fumiyuki Nakajima, Hiroaki Furumai and Shoichi Kunikane: Relationship between di-(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate concentration and chemical structure of organic matter on solids in drinking water treatment processes, Water Science & Technology, Water Supply, 4(5-6), 321-333, 2005.

Kazuhiro Komatsu, Fumiyuki Nakajima, Hiroaki Furumai and Osamu Miki: Characterization of dissolved organic matter (DOM) removed by iron coagulation using spectrofluorimetry and pyrolysis GC/MS analysis, AQUA, 54(3), 157-163, 2005.

Michio Murakami, Fumiyuki Nakajima and Hiroaki Furumai: Size- and density^distributions and sources of polycyclic aromatic hudrocarbons in urban road dust, Chemosphere, 61, 783-791, 2005.

H. Furumai, H.K.P.K. Jinadasa, M. Murakami, F. Nakajima and R.K. Aryal: Model description of storage and infiltration functions of infiltration facilities for urban runoff analysis by a distributed model, Water Science & Technology, 52(5), 53-60, 2005.

R.K. Aryal, H.K.P.K Jinadasa, H. Furumai and F. Nakajima: A long-term suspended solids runoff simulation in a highway drainage system, Water Science & Technology, 52(5), 159-167, 2005.

Rupak Kumar Arial, Hiroaki Furumai, Fumiyuki Nakajima, and Markus Boller: Dynamic behaviour of fractional suspended solids and particle-bound polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in highway runoff, Water Research, 39, 5126-5134, 2005.

Fumiyuki Nakajima, Anders Baun, Anna Ledin, Peter Steen Mikkelsen: A novel method for evaluating bioavailability of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in sediments of an urban stream, Water Science & Technology, Vol.51, No.3-4, pp.275-281, 2005.

Michio Murakami, Fumiyuki Nakajima, Hiroaki Furumai : Modelling of Runoff Behaviour of Particle-Bound Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) from Roads and Roofs, Water Research, Vol.38, No.20, pp.4475-4483, 2004

Petch Pengchai, Hiroaki Furumai, Fumiyuki Nakajima : Source apportionment of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in road dust in Tokyo, Polycyclic Aromatic Compounds, Vol. 24, No.4-5, pp.713-789, 2004

H. Katayama, K. Okuma, H. Furumai and S. Ohgaki : Series of surveys for enteric viruses and indicator organisms in Tokyo Bay after an event of combined sewer overflow, Water Science & Technology, Vol.50, No.1, pp.259–262, 2004

NAKAJIMA Fumiyuki, HANABUSA Masahide and FURUMAI Hiroaki:Excitation- emission fluorescence spectra and trihalomethane formation potentials in Tama River, Japan, Water Science & Technology: Water Supply, Vol.2, No.5-6, pp.481-486, 2003

THAPA Phatta Bahadur, NAKAJIMA Fumiyuki and FURUMAI Hiroaki:Characterization of natural organic matter in a shallow and eutrophic lake, Water Science & Technology, Vol. 46, No. 11-12, pp.465-471, 2002

H. Furumai, H. Balmer and M. Boller:Dynamic behavior of suspended pollutants and particle size distribution in highway runoff, Water Science & Technology, Vol. 46, No.11-12 , pp.413-418, 2002

Wagner, W., J. Gawel, H. Furumai, M.P. De Souza, D. Teixeira, L. Rios, S. Ohgaki, A.J.B. Zehnder, and H. Hemond, Sustainable watershed management, An international multi-watershed case study, Ambio, 31, 1, Feb. 2002.

Alam, M.Z.B., M. Ohtaki, H. Furumai and S. Ohgaki, Direct and indirect inactivation of Micocystis aeruginosa by UV-radiation, Water Research, 35, 4, 2008-1014, 2001.

Yasuaki Hijioka, Fumiyuki Nakajima and Hiroaki Furumai : Modified models of wash-off from roofs and roads for non-point pollution analysis during first flush phenomena, In : Urban Drainage Modeling - Proceedings of the Specialty Symposium of the World Water and Environmental Resources Congress (Eds: Robert W. Brashear and Cedo Maksimovic), pp.275-286, American Society of Civil Engineers, 2001

Hiroaki Furumai, Yasuaki Hijioka and Fumiyuki Nakajima : Modeling and field survey on wash-off behavior of suspended particles from roofs and roads, In : Urban Drainage Modeling - Proceedings of the Specialty Symposium of the World Water and Environmental Resources Congress (Eds : Robert W. Brashear and Cedo Maksimovic), pp.225-237, American Society of Civil Engineers, 2001

F. Nakajima, K. Izu and K. Yamamoto : Material recovery from wastewater using photosynthetic bacteria, In : Advances in Water and Wastewater Treatment Technology - Molecular technology, nutrient removal, sludge reduction, and environmental health (Eds: T. Matsuo, K. Hanaki, S. Takizawa and H. Satoh), pp.261-269, Elsevier Science , 2001

H. Furumai, M. Fujita and F. Nakajima : Quinone profile analysis of activated sludge in enhanced biological P removal SBR treating actual sewage, In : Advances in Water and Wastewater Treatment Technology - Molecular technology, nutrient removal, sludge reduction, and environmental health (Eds: T. Matsuo, K. Hanaki, S. Takizawa and H. Satoh), pp.165-174, Elsevier Science , 2001

Izu K., Nakajima F., Yamamoto K. and Kurisu F. : Aeration Conditions Affecting Growth of Purple Nonsulfur Bacteria in an Organic Wastewater Treatment Process, Systematic and Applied Microbiology, July 2001, vol. 24, no. 2, pp. 294-302(9)

Kazmi, A.A. and Furumai H.: A simple settling model for batch activated sludge process, Water Science and Technology, Vol.42, No.3-4, 9-16, (2000).

Kazmi, A.A. and Furumai H: Field investigations on reative settling in an intermittent aerationsequencing batch reactor activated sludge process, Water Science and Technology, Vol.41, No.1, 127-135, (2000)

LUXMY Begum Shaila, Fumiyuki NAKAJIMA and Kazuo YAMAMOTO:Study of the predators grazing effect on the bacterial size distribution and floc size variation in the membrane-separated activated sludge, Water Science & Technology, Vol.42, No.3-4,pp.211-217, 2000.

Begum Shaila LUXMY, Fumiyuki NAKAJIMA and Kazuo YAMAMOTO :Analysis of bacterial community in membrane separation bioreactors by fluorescent in situ hybridyzation (FISH) and denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis(DGGE) techniques, Water Science & Technology, Vol.41, No.10-11, pp.259-268, 2000.

Furumai, H, Y. Hijioka, and A. Ichikawa:Evaluation of storage ability of an additional main pipe in inundation control for suspended solids loads from CSO using a distributed model,Proc. of the 8th International Conference on Urban Storm Drainage,Vol.3,1262-1270, (1999).

Hijioka, Y, H. Furumai, A. Ichikawa, and J. Aoki:Application of distributed model to the sewer networks in highly urbanized area in Japan,Proc. of the 8th International Conference on Urban Storm Drainage,Vol.3,.1407-1414, (1999)

Furumai, H., Kazmi, A.A., Furuya, Y., Sasaki, K., : Effect of Sludge Retention Time (SRT) on Nutrient Removal in Sequencing Batch Reactor, Journal of Environmental Science and Health, Vol.A34, No.2, 317-328. (1999)

Furumai, H., Kazmi, A.A., Fujita, M., Furuya, Y., Sasaki, K., "Modeling Long Term Nutrient Removal in a Sequencing Batch Reactor", Water Research, Vol.33, No.11, 2708-2714. (1999).

Kazmi, A.A., Furumai, H.,: Nitrate Disappearance during Batch Settling in Sequencing Batch Reactor Activated Sludge Process, Journal of Environmental Engineering Research, Japan Society of Civil Engineers. Vol.35, 387-394. (1998).

Furumai, H et al. : Physical Diversity of River Bed Structure and Standing Benthonic Organisms in a Resectioned River, Water and Waste, Vol. 40, No.3, 211-219, (1998) (in Japanese)

Furumai, H: Modeling of Hydrogen Behaviour and Reduced Product Formation Following Perturbation with Hydrogenic Substrate in a Methanogenic Reactor :Water Science and Technology Vol. 36, No. 6/7: 255-262. (1997)

Jia, X.S. , H. Furumai, and H.H.P. Fang: Extracellular Polymers of Hydrogen-utilizing Methanogenic and Sulfate-reducing Sludges, Water. Research., Vol. 30, No. 6, 1439-1444 (1996).

Furumai, H., Y. Taniguchi, and I. Fukui: Structural Change of Resectioned River Beds and Benthic Populations, Environ. Sys.Res. (JSCE), Vol. 23, 644-649, (1996) (in Japanese)

Furumai, H. , H. Obayashi, and M. Fujita: Removal of Nitrate in Sulfur-Denitrification Filter Process, J. Jap. Soc. on Water Environ., Vol. 19 (9), 715-723, (1996) (in Japanese).

Tagui, H. , H. Obayashi, and H. Furumai: Distribution of Attached Biomass and Activity in a Biological Filter enriched with Sulfur Denitrifying Bacteria, Proc. Env. Eng. Res.(JSCE), Vol. 33, 247-255 (1996) (in Japanese).

Furumai, H; Tagui, H; Fujita, M : Effects of pH and alkalinity on sulfur-denitrification in a biological granular filter.: Water Science and Technology 34(1-2): 355-362. (1996).

Jia, X.S., H.Furumai, and H.H.P. Fang: Surface Charge and Extracellular Polymer of Sludge in Anaerobic Degradation Process, Wat. Sci. Tech., Vol. 34 (5/6), 309-316, (1996)

Jia, X.S., H. Furumai, and H.H.P. Fang: Yields of Biomass and Extracellular Polymers in Four Anaerobic Sludges, Environmental Technology, Vol.17, pp283-291 (1996).

Furuya, Y. , K. Sasaki, S. Hatsumata, and H. Furumai: Simulation Technology for Sequencing Batch Activayed Sludge Process, J. EICA, 1 (1), 98-101, (1996) (in Japanese)

Furumai H. and B.E. Rittmann: Interpretation of Bacterial Activities in Nitrification Filters by a Biofilm Model Considering the Kinetics of Soluble Microbial Products, Water Science and Technology, Vol.30, No.11, pp147-156, (1994)

Imai, T., T. Kusuda, and H. Furumai: Kinetic Study and Mathematical Modeling of Biofilm in an Anaerobic Fluidized Bed, Water Science & Tech. Vol.29, No.10-11, pp369-376, (1994)

Furumai H. and B.E. Rittmann: Evaluation on MutipleSpeciesBiofilm and Floc Processes Using a Simplified Aggreagte Model, Water Science& Tech. Vol.29, No.10-11, pp439-446 (1994).