Professor, Physics, Ichinoseki College,
National Institute of Technology (NIT)

Research Fields:
# Science Education, # Space Environment Physics
# Philosophy of Physics, # Philosophy of Science,

Address: 021-8511 Ichinoseki College, NIT

(1) Philosophy of physics
I am very much interested in "statistical" and "informational" approaches
to solving philosophical problems in physics. There still remain a number of
paradoxes in physics; e.g. Schrodinger's cat, Bell's theorem, Maxwell's demon,
Laplace's demon, Gibbs paradox, Hardy paradox.
We have not grasped the answers yet.

"Physics is an attmept concepturally to grasp reality as somthing
that is considered to be independent of its being observed." (A. Einstein)

(2) Science Eduation, Space Environment Physics
I like supporting healthy growth of children. I believe that
education is a powerful tool to create our hopeful future peacefully.
Environment physics is also an important key to make our society better.
The subject of my study in this field is to develop an effective method
by combining experience-based education with environment education.

Books
(1) The Sun-Earth System Science, SGEPSS Education Woring Group (eds.),
Kyoto Univ. Press (2010) (I am a member of the WG.)
(2) Quantum Enigma: An Introduction to Philosophy of Quantum Mechanics,
H. Shirai, K. Higashi, K. Morita, T. Watanabe, Keiso Shobo (2012)
(3) Interpretations of Quantum Mechanics, H. Shirai, Morikita Publishing (2022)

　　
　

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CURRICULUM VITAE
Hisato Shirai 1965

Education
BA: Nagoya University, 1989
PhD: Nagoya University, 1997

Academic Position
COE Researcher, ISAS, JAXA, 1997
Associate Professor, Oyama College, NIT, 1998
Assistant Professor, STE Lab., Nagoya University, 1999-2001
Associate Professor, Ichinoseki College, NIT, 2002-2010
Professor, Ichinoseki College, NIT, 2011-present

Awards
(1) SGEPSS Obayashi Award, 1999
(2) Energy Education Award (Denki Shimbun), 2008
(3) NIT Encouragement Aard (NIT), 2009
(4) Best Teacher Award 2008 of Ichinoseki College, 2009

Professional Service (in past or at present)
PHSC Council member,
PHSC Plannning Committee member,
JAXA, Akebono Project member,
JAXA Geotail Projetct member,
JGU Geophysics Education Sub-committee member,
SGEPSS Education Woring Group member,
JPGU, Session Convener, Co-convener,