Takaki AKIBA, Ph.D.

Biography

Apr. 2024 - Current	Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Tokyo
Mar. 2024	Ph.D. (Engineering), Graduate School of Engineering, Tohoku University, Japan
Dec. 2022 - Sep. 2023	Visiting Student Research Collaborator at MAE, Princeton University, US
Apr. 2021 - Sep. 2023	JSPS Research Fellowships for Young Scientists (DC2)
Mar. 2020	M. Eng., Graduate School of Engineering, Tohoku University, Japan
Mar. 2018	B. Eng., School of Engineering, Tohoku University, Japan

Research Interests

• Combustion limit and flame dynamics near fuel lean limit
• Development of quantum computing framework for scientific analysis

Publications

Original papers

• Takaki Akiba, Youhi Morii, Minhyeok Lee, Kaoru Maruta, Yuji Suzuki, Efficient evaluation of Arrhenius rates for quantum computing applications in reactive flow problems using Carleman linearization, Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, 41, 2025, 105918, doi:10.1016/j.proci.2025.105918.
• Andy Thawko, Takaki Akiba, Ziyu Wang, Bowen Mei, Wenbin Xu, Kaoru Maruta, Yiguang Ju, Low-temperature reactivity, extinction, and heat release rate of non-premixed cool flame at elevated pressures, Combustion and Flame, 270, 2024, 113727, doi:10.1016/j.combustflame.2024.113727.
• Takaki Akiba, Akira Tsunoda, Takuya Tezuka, Youhi Morii, Hisashi Nakamura, Kaoru Maruta, DMD analysis on sporadic flame behaviors in low-Lewis-number counterflow under microgravity, Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, 40, 2024, 105233, doi:10.1016/j.proci.2024.105233.
• Takaki Akiba, Youhi Morii, Kaoru Maruta, Carleman linearization approach for chemical kinetics integration toward quantum computation, Scientific Reports, 13, 1, 2023, 3935, doi:10.1038/s41598-023-31009-9.
• Akira Tsunoda, Takaki Akiba, Hisashi Nakamura, Youhi Morii, Takuya Tezuka, Kaoru Maruta, Computational study on lean and rich combustion of flame ball, counterflow flame and planar flame: Their limits and stoichiometries, Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, 39, 2, 2022, pp.1937-1944, doi:10.1016/j.proci.2022.07.158.
• Takaki Akiba, Tomoya Okuno, Hisashi Nakamura, Youhi Morii, Takuya Tezuka, Roman Fursenko, Sergey Minaev, Masao Kikuchi, Kaoru Maruta, Dynamics of ball-like flames in extremely low-speed counterflow field in near-lean limit low-Lewis number mixture, Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, 38, 2, 2020, pp.1965-1972, doi:10.1016/j.proci.2020.06.084.
• Tomoya Okuno, Takaki Akiba, Hisashi Nakamura, Roman Fursenko, Sergey Minaev, Takuya Tezuka, Susumu Hasegawa, Masao Kikuchi, Kaoru Maruta, Broken C-shaped extinction curve and near-limit flame behaviors of low Lewis number counterflow flames under microgravity, Combustion and Flame, 194, 2018, pp.343-351, doi:10.1016/j.combustflame.2018.05.014.

International conferencees

• Takaki Akiba, Youhi Morii, Minhyeok Lee, Kaoru Maruta, Yuji Suzuki, Linearization method via Carleman-Taylor coupling toward quantum computing of reacting flow, APS Division of Fluid Dynamics Annual Meeting 2025, Nov. 23–25, 2025, Houston, Texas (Oral).
• Takaki Akiba, Youhi Morii, Minhyeok Lee, Kaoru Maruta, Yuji Suzuki, Carleman Linearization of Reacting Flow Problems toward Quantum Computing, 22nd International Conference on Flow Dynamics, OS2-9, Nov. 10–14, 2025, Sendai, Japan (Oral).
• Xingchang Xu, Minhyeok Lee, Takaki Akiba, Yuji Suzuki, Quantitative Measurements of H-atom and OH in Ammonia Counterflow Diffusion Flames, 4th Symposium on Ammonia Energy, Sep. 28–Oct. 02, 2025, Minneapolis, Ninnesota (Oral).
• Takaki Akiba, Youhi Morii, Minhyeok Lee, Kaoru Maruta, Yuji Suzuki, Carleman Linearization Application for Chemical Reaction and Reacting Flow toward Quantum Computing, IEEE Quantum Week 2025, 13-1205, Aug. 31–Sep. 05, 2025, Albuquerque, New Mexico (Poster).
• Takaki Akiba, Youhi Morii, Minhyeok Lee, Kaoru Maruta, Yuji Suzuki, Efficient evaluation of Arrhenius rates for quantum computing applications in reactive flow problems using Carleman linearization, 15th Asia-Pacific Conference on Conbustion, 372, May. 19–22, 2025, Singapore (Oral).
• Xingchang Xu, Minhyeok Lee, Takaki Akiba, Yuji Suzuki, Quantitative measurements of hydrogen atom concentrations in ammonia diffusion flames using two-photon absorption laser-induced fluorescence, 15th Asia-Pacific Conference on Conbustion, 460, May. 19–22, 2025, Singapore (Oral).
• Hyunkyu Park, Takaki Akiba, Minhyeok Lee, Yuji Suzuki, OH Tunable Diode Laser Absorption Spectroscopy for Temperature Measurements in Hydrogen Flames, 62nd NHTS/HTSJ International Heat Transfer Symposium, IOS7-2-05, May. 07–10, 2025, Okinawa (Oral).
• Takaki Akiba, Youhi Morii, Minhyeok Lee, Kaoru Maruta, Yuji Suzuki, Toward quantum computing of nonlinear reacting flows with Carleman linearization, The 3rd Pacific Rim Thermal Engineering Conference, PRTEC-241215, Dec. 15–19, 2024, Hawaii, USA (Oral).
• Xingchang Xu, Takaki Akiba, Minhyeok Lee, Yuji Suzuki, Investigation of ammonia counterflow diffusion flames through direct measurements of species distribution, 40th International Symposium on Combustion, WiPP-2P095, Jul. 21–27, 2024, Milan, Italy (Poster).
• Takaki Akiba, Akira Tsunoda, Takuya Tezuka, Youhi Morii, Hisashi Nakamura, Kaoru Maruta, DMD analysis on sporadic flame behaviors in low-Lewis-number counterflow under microgravity, 40th International Symposium on Combustion, 2C04, Jul. 21–26, 2024, Milan, Italy (Oral).
• Takaki Akiba, Akira Tsunoda, Youhi Morii, Hisashi Nakamura, Kaoru Maruta, DMD analysis on quasi-steady behaviors of sporadic flames in counterflow under low-speed low-Lewis-number conditions, 19th International Conference on Numerical Combustion, ICNC2024-1097, May. 07–10, 2024, Kyoto, Japan (Oral).
• Andy Thawko, Ziyu Wang, Takaki Akiba, Bowen Mei, Yiguang Ju, Study on the low-temperature chemistry and Heat Release Rate of High-pressure Diethyl Ether diffusion Cool Flame, AIAA SCITECH 2024 Forum, Jan. 08–12, 2024, Orlando, Florida (Oral).
• Akira Tsunoda, Takaki Akiba, Hisashi Nakamura, Takuya Tezuka, Masao Kikuchi, Kaoru Maruta, L3-FLAME: Low-speed Low-Lewis-number Counterflow Flame Experiment for Unified Combustion Limit Theory - Preliminary Airplane-based Microgravity Experiments and Computational Study-, 34th International Symposium on Space Technology and Science & 12th Nano-Satellite Symposium(ISTS2023), 2023-h-06, Jun. 03–09, 2023, Kurume, Japan (Oral).
• Akira Tsunoda, Takaki Akiba, Hisashi Nakamura, Youhi Morii, Takuya Tezuka, Kaoru Maruta, Near Lean/Rich Limits Behaviors and Local Stoichiometries of Flame Balls, Counterflow Flames, and Planar Flames in a CH4/O2/Xe Mixture, 19th International Conference on Flow Dynamics, OS2-21, Nov. 11–11, 2022, Sendai, Japan (Oral).
• Kazutaka Sagawa, Takaki Akiba, Akira Tsunoda, Youhi Morii, Hisashi Nakamura, Kaoru Maruta, Numerical Analysis of Flame Behavior Initiated from Flame Ball and Hot Spherical Zone in Counterflow Field, 19th International Conference on Flow Dynamics, OS2-20, Nov. 09–11, 2022, Sendai, Japan (Oral).
• Takaki Akiba, Youhi Morii, Kaoru Maruta, Numerical Integration Approach with Carleman Linearization for Chemical Reactions and Combustion toward Quantum Computation, 19th International Conference on Flow Dynamics, OS2-3, Nov. 09–11, 2022, Sendai, Japan (Oral).
• Kazutaka Sagawa, Takaki Akiba, Takuya Tezuka, Youhi Morii, Hisashi Nakamura, Kaoru Maruta, Numerical analysis of flame behavior initiated from flame ball in weakly-stretched counterflow field, 39th International Symposium on Combustion, 2P114, Jul. 25–29, 2022, Vancouver, Canada (Poster).
• Takaki Akiba, Youhi Morii, Kaoru Maruta, Numerical method for ODEs of chemical reactions with Carleman linearization toward quantum computings, 39th International Symposium on Combustion, 1P002, Jul. 25–29, 2022, Vancouver, Canada (Poster).
• Akira Tsunoda, Takaki Akiba, Hisashi Nakamura, Youhi Morii, Takuya Tezuka, Kaoru Maruta, Computational study on lean and rich combustion of flame ball, counterflow flame and planar flames: Their limits and stoichometries, 39th International Symposium on Combustion, 1B10, Jul. 25–29, 2022, Vancouver, Canada (Oral).
• Takaki Akiba, Youhi Morii, Kaoru Maruta, Numerical method using Carleman linearization for ODEs of chemical reactions toward quantum computation, 18th International Conference on Numerical Combustion, 3C17, May. 08–11, 2022, San Diego, USA (Oral).
• Akira Tsunoda, Takaki Akiba, Hisashi Nakamura, Takuya Tezuka, Kaoru Maruta, Computational Study on Flame Balls at Fuel Lean and Rich Conditions, 18th International Conference on Flow Dynamics, OS2-17, Oct. 27–29, 2021, Sendai, Japan (Oral).
• Takaki Akiba, Akira Tsunoda, Hisashi Nakamura, Takuya Tezuka, Masao Kikuchi, Kaoru Maruta, Counterflow premixed flame experiments at ISS Kibo for comprehensive combustion limit theory, 18th International Conference on Flow Dynamics, OS2-18, Oct. 27–29, 2021, Sendai, Japan (Oral).
• Kazutaka Sagawa, Takaki Akiba, Youhi Morii, Hisashi Nakamura, Kaoru Maruta, Numerical Analysis of Flame Behavior Initiated from Flame Ball in Counterflow Field, 18th International Conference on Flow Dynamics, OS2-7, Oct. 27–29, 2021, Sendai, Japan (Oral).
• Takaki Akiba, Tomoya Okuno, Hisashi Nakamura, Youhi Morii, Takuya Tezuka, Roman Fursenko, Sergey Minaev, Masao Kikuchi, Kaoru Maruta, Dynamics of ball-like flames in extremely low-speed counterflow field in near-lean limit low-Lewis number mixture, 38th International Symposium on Combustion, 2B14, Jan. 25–29, 2021, Adelaide, Australia (online) (Oral).
• Akira Tsunoda, Takaki Akiba, Hisashi Nakamura, Takuya Tezuka, Kaoru Maruta, Computational flame regime of flame ball, counterflow and planar flames in fuel lean/ rich mixtures at low Lewis numbers, 38th International Symposium on Combustion, LF-01, Jan. 25–29, 2021, Adelaide, Australia (online) (Poster).
• Takaki Akiba, Tomoya Okuno, Hisashi Nakamura, Youhi Morii, Takuya Tezuka, Roman Fursenko, Sergey Minaev, Masao Kikuchi, Kaoru Maruta, Mechanism of low-Lewis-number and near-limit ball-like flame splitting in low-speed counterflow field, 17th International Conference on Flow Dynamics, OS2-13, Oct. 28–30, 2020, Sendai, Japan (online) (Oral).
• Takaki Akiba, Tomoya Okuno, Hisashi Nakamura, Youhi Morii, Takuya Tezuka, Roman Fursenko, Sergey Minaev, Masao Kikuchi, Kaoru Maruta, Dynamic behaviors of flame ball in flow, 16th International Conference on Flow Dynamics, OS2-20, Nov. 06–08, 2019, Sendai, Japan (Oral).
• Takaki Akiba, Tomoya Okuno, Hisashi Nakamura, Takuya Tezuka, Susumu Hasegawa, Roman Fursenko, Sergey Minaev, Masao Kikuchi, Kaoru Maruta, Effect of diffusive thermal instability on intrinsic limits of counterflow flames, unstrained planar flames and flame ball, 12th Asia-Pacific Conference on Combustion, 1224, Jul. 01–05, 2019, Fukuoka, Japan (Oral).
• Takaki Akiba, Tomoya Okuno, Hisashi Nakamura, Takuya Tezuka, Susumu Hasegawa, Roman Fursenko, Sergey Minaev, Masao Kikuchi, Kaoru Maruta, 3D computations of combustion limit phenomena of low Lewis number mixture under gravity-free condition,, 17th International Conference on Numerical Combustion, May. 06–08, 2019, Aachen, Germany (Oral).
• Takaki Akiba, Tomoya Okuno, Susumu Hasegawa, Hisashi Nakamura, Roman Fursenko, Sergey Minaev, Masao Kikuchi, Kaoru Maruta, Destabilization of weakly stretched counterflow flames at low Lewis number under microgravity, 15th International Conference on Flow Dynamics, OS2-77, Nov. 07–09, 2018, Sendai, Japan (Oral).
• Takaki Akiba, Tomoya Okuno, Hisashi Nakamura, Takuya Tezuka, Susumu Hasegawa, Masao Kikuchi, Kaoru Maruta, Near-limit behaviors of low-Lewis-number premixed counterflow flames under microgravity, 37th International Symposium on Combustion, 2P097, Jul. 29–Aug. 03, 2018, Dublin, Ireland (Poster).

Hobbies

• Music (playing acoustic guitar, concert&live, etc...)
• Creation & production (Electric circuit, woodworking, prastic modeling, etc...)

Last update: Dec. 18th, 2025