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－　　－30Satoru YOSHINOAssociate Professor, Department of Sustainable EngineeringSatoru Yoshino is an associate professor at the Department of Sustainable Engineering, College of Industrial Technology, Nihon University. He received his Bachelor of Engineering and Master of Engineering degrees in chemistry from Toyo University in 2003 and 2005, respectively. He was a technical staff member of the Research Center for Explosion Safety at the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) from 2003 to 2005. Dr. Yoshino graduated from Yokohama National University in 2010 and received a Ph.D. in Engineering. He was a post-doctoral researcher with the Center for Risk Management and Safety Sciences, Yokohama National University in 2010. The theme of his Ph.D. was “The Study on Molecular Design and Evaluation of Gas Generating Agents of Triazole Compounds.” His recent study topics are the molecular design of energetic materials, chemical hazard assessment, and the development of evaluation methods for chemical hazards. He is a member of the Japan Society for Safety Engineering (JSSE), the Japan Explosives Society (JES), the Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers (JSME), and the Japan Society of Calorimetry and Thermal Analysis (JSCTA).Research Achievements1)The effect of temperature and humidity on the thermal characteristics of tetrazole derivatives, International Journal of Energetic Materials and Chemical Propulsion, 20(1),67-75 (2021)2)Mixing hazard evaluation using small-scale Dewar vessels, Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry, 140, 835–842 (2020)3)Thermal properties of 1,2,4-triazole-3-one and copper nitrate mixtures, Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry, 113(3), 1521-1525 (2013) The Highest Occupied Molecular Orbital (left) and the Lowest Unoccupied Molecular Orbital (Right) for 1,2,4-triazole-3-one using density functional theory calculations.