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History<\/h3>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t
date<\/th>Events<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
August, 1972<\/td>Waste Management Committee was established.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
March, 1977<\/td>Organic liquid waste incineration plant was built.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
July, 1977<\/td>Organic liquid waste incineration plant was put into operation.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
April, 1980<\/td>Inorganic liquid waste treatment facility was constructed for shared use within the university.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Liquid Waste Management Steering Committee was established.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Inorganic liquid waste treatment facility was put into operation.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
April, 1982<\/td>Etsu Yamada was appointed as a teaching staff.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
July, 1982<\/td>Periodic analysis of wastewater from two locations on the Matsugasaki campus, east and west, was started under the direction of the Waste Management Committee.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
May, 1983<\/td>The sewage system on campus was Improved.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Wastewater monitoring rooms were set up at two locations on the Matsugasaki campus, east and west, to automatically record temperature and pH.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
May, 1987<\/td>A storage tank with a capacity of 30 cubic meters was built next to the wastewater monitoring room on the west side of the Matsugasaki campus to prevent mercury leakage.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Organic liquid waste incineration plant underwent large-scale renovation.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
April, 1992<\/td>Center for Environmental Science was reorganized and expanded. The Director of the Center is appointed from among the professors.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
July, 1993<\/td>Etsu Yamada was promoted to Lecturer and became Deputy Director of the Center.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Management Committee of Center for Environmental Science was established with the Education and Research Subcommittee, Liquid Waste Treatment Subcommittee, Waste Subcommittee, and Public Relations Subcommittee as subordinate organizations.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
October, 1994<\/td>Construction of the waste accumulation site, including the incinerator, was completed.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>A lecture on \"Environmental Science\" began by a faculty member of Center for Environmental Science.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
November, 1994<\/td>Waste Management System in University updated.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
April, 1995<\/td>Lian-Chun Hu was appointed as a teaching staff.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
June, 1995<\/td>First Public Lecture \"Living with the Green Earth\" was held.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
March, 1998<\/td>Etsu Yamada was promoted to Associate Professor.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
April, 1998<\/td>Yasuro Fuse was appointed as a teaching staff.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
July, 1998<\/td>On-campus incineration at the waste accumulation site stopped due to stricter dioxin regulations.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
March, 1999<\/td>The organic liquid waste incineration plant was upgraded to one with dioxin emission prevention measures.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
April, 1999<\/td>The name of the lecture \"Environmental Science\" was changed to \"Global Environmentalism\".<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
March, 2000<\/td>Automatic water quality measurement system, wastewater monitor, at Matsugasaki Campus was updated.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
November, 2000<\/td>The 18th general meeting and workshop of the Council for University Waste Management Facilities ,now the Council for University Environmental Safety, held at our university.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
January, 2001<\/td>Wastewater monitors were installed at Saga Campus, and periodic wastewater analysis was also started.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
September, 2001<\/td>Official ISO 14001 certification was obtained for 28 sites, including the Center for Environmental Science and the Department of Materials Science and Engineering.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
September, 2002<\/td>Inorganic liquid waste treatment equipment was upgraded to one using the iron powder method.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
September, 2003<\/td>ISO 14001 certification was obtained for the entire university.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
September, 2004<\/td>ISO 14001 certification was renewed for the first time.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
September, 2005<\/td>Conformity was assessed in accordance with the transition from the 1996 edition of ISO 14001 to the 2004 edition.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
January, 2006<\/td>Etsu Yamada was promoted to Professor.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
July, 2006<\/td>The Kyoto Institute of Technology Environmental Report was published for the first time as a combined issue in 2005 and 2006.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
June, 2007<\/td>Hitoshi Iwasaki, associate professor, was transferred from the Department of Materials Science and Engineering to the Center as a full-time faculty member.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
September, 2007<\/td>ISO 14001 certification was renewed for the 2nd time.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
November, 2008<\/td>Center for Environmental Science was temporarily relocated due to earthquake-resistant construction of Building No. 12.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
May, 2009<\/td>After the construction was finished, Center for Environmental Science returned to its original location.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Workrooms and laboratories for Center for Environmental Science was set up in Building No. 12.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
September, 2009<\/td>Faculty from Center for Environmental Science offered an intensive lecture on \"Environmental Management\u201d.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
September, 2010<\/td>ISO 14001 certification was renewed for the 3rd time.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
May, 2012<\/td>A day was set aside once a year to educate students about environmental and safety management.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
September, 2013<\/td>ISO 14001 certification was renewed for the 4th time.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
April, 2016<\/td>The Environmental and Safety Management System ,ESMS, was put into operation.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
August, 2016<\/td>Conformity was assessed in accordance with the transition from the 2004 edition of ISO 14001 to the 2015 edition.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
September, 2016<\/td>ISO 14001 certification was renewed for the 5th time.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
July, 2017<\/td>The operation of the organic liquid waste incineration plant was terminated, and outsourcing liquid waste treatment to an outside contractor began.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>A web-based Waste Liquid Application System was established and is now in operation.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
April, 2019<\/td>The University declared a new \"Environmental and Safety Policy\".<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
September, 2019<\/td>ISO 14001 certification was renewed for the 6th time.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
February, 2020<\/td>Yasuro Fuse was promoted to Associate Professor.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
November, 2021<\/td>The organic liquid waste incineration plant was dismantled and disposed of.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
September, 2022<\/td>ISO 14001 certification was renewed for the 7th time.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
January, 2023<\/td>The former organic liquid waste incineration plant converted into organic liquid waste treatment room and a specially controlled industrial waste accumulation area.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
April, 2023<\/td>Xue Chu was appointed as an assistant professor.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
June, 2023<\/td>The operation of the Inorganic liquid waste treatment equipment was terminated, and outsourcing liquid waste treatment to an outside contractor began.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n

Successive Directors<\/h3>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t
Successive Directors<\/th>Date of Assume Office<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Sato, Masanori<\/td>April 1, 1992 (Heisei 4)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Oku, Akira<\/td>April 1, 1994 (Heisei 6)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tanaka, Nobuo<\/td>April 1, 1998 (Heisei 10)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Teramoto, Masaaki<\/td>April 1, 2000 (Heisei 12)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tanaka, Nobuo<\/td>April 1, 2002 (Heisei 14)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Miki, Sadao<\/td>April 1, 2004 (Heisei 16)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Murakami, Akira<\/td>April 1, 2008 (Heisei 20)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Kawase, Tokuzo<\/td>April 1, 2010 (Heisei 22)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Karatani, Hajime<\/td>April 1, 2012 (Heisei 24)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tsutsumi, Naoto<\/td>April 1, 2019 (Heisei 31)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Maeda, Koji<\/td>April 1, 2021 (Reiwa 3)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Kobori, Akio<\/td>April 1, 2023 (Reiwa 5)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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