Abstract
This special issue is an outcome of the 2nd Asian Conference on Mixing (ACOM) held in Yonezawa, Japan on October 7–9, 2008. The main objectives of this conference were to provide a forum for the exchange of information and promote and facilitate academic discussions, collaboration and interactions between participants from Asia and other countries in advancing polymer engineering and mixing technology. This conference consisted of 5 plenary lectures by authorized researchers and 35 scientific papers (18 oral and 17 poster presentations) by scientists and engineers from 7 countries. During the conference, the scientific committee was held to decide that next conference will be held at Korea in October 2010.
The Fluid & Particle Processing Division, the Society of Chemical Engineers, Japan decided to publish this special issue in the Journal of Chemical Engineering of Japan (JCEJ). All the manuscripts were refereed following the standard procedure for papers submitted to the regular issues of the JCEJ. Eleven papers including one review paper were approved for publication by the referees.
More than 32 professionals worked as referees for peer reviewing the submitted manuscripts. We, the editors for this special issue, are highly grateful to those referees for their collaboration in the reviewing process. We also express our appreciation to Prof. Yoshiyuki Yamashita at Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, the Editor-in-Chief of the JCEJ, for his solid support and to Ms. Yamashita in the editorial office for her persistent devotion to the preparation of this special issue.
