Aisa Sumino (Aisa Kawano)

Qualification

Patent Attorney (Japan)
Ph.D. (Engineering)

Practice Areas

Patent
Electrical Engineering, Electronics, Software/ Chemical, Materials Science

Education

Doctor of Engineering, The University of Tokyo
Master of Engineering, The University of Tokyo
Bachelor of Engineering, The University of Tokyo

Work Experience

She engaged in research on solid base catalysts.

Research Content
(1) In the undergraduate course of the Department of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, she belonged to a laboratory mainly dealing with energy storage materials and ferroelectric materials and engaged in research on electrochemical capacitors using layered oxide nanosheets. She synthesized re-stacked ruthenium oxide nanosheets and evaluated electrochemical capacitors using these nanosheets as electrodes. She received a Bachelor of Engineering for this research.
(2) In the master’s course in the Department of Applied Chemistry and the doctoral course in the Department of Chemical System Engineering, School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, She belonged to a laboratory mainly dealing with the synthesis and application of porous materials and engaged in research on solid base catalysts using porous materials. She investigated the influence of the surrounding environment on the properties (activity, selectivity, and durability) of active nitrogen species by synthesizing and characterizing solid base catalysts using nitrided zeolite (A. Kawano et al., “Effect of Delamination on Active Base Site Formation over Nitrided MWW-type Zeolite for Knoevenagel Condensation,” Microporous and Mesoporous Materials, 299, 110104 (2020)), porous carbon nitride (A. Kawano et al., “Differences in catalytic activity and durability of nitrogen sites on nitrided SBA-15 and porous carbon nitride”, Journal of the Japan Petroleum Institute, 65, 116-124 (2022)), and amine-modified mesoporous silica (A. Kawano et al., “Comprehensive understanding of base catalysis derived from nitrogen species incorporated into the frameworks of silica and carbon porous materials,” Microporous Mesoporous Materials, 370, 15, 113070(2024)). For this research, she received a Master of Engineering and a Ph.D. in Engineering.