Prof. Asai received his M. Eng. degree from Kyoto University in 1978 and his Dr. Eng. degree from the University of Tokyo in 1984. He started his academic career in the Department of Aeronautical Engineering at Osaka Prefecture University, and he is currently a professor in the Department of Aerospace Engineering at Tokyo Metropolitan University.

His research interests include hydrodynamic stability, laminar-turbulent transition, wall turbulence, aeroacoustics and flow control.

He is a member of Japan Society for Aeronautical and Space Sciences, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Japan Society of Fluid Mechanics (Director; 1996-97, 1999-2000, 2008-2009, 2013-2014. Editor-in-chief; 1999-2000), and Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers. In addition, he is currently an associate editor of Fluid Dynamics Research (IOPP).

• Ressa Octavianty and Masahito Asai: Effects of short splitter plates on vortex shedding and sound generation in flow past two side‑by‑side square cylinders, Experiments in Fluids, 57(9), 143 (2016).
• Ressa Octavianty, Masahito Asai and Ayumu Inasawa: Experimental study on vortex shedding and sound radiation from a rectangular cylinder at low Mach numbers, Transactions of Japan Society for Aeronautical and Space Sciences, 59(9), 261-268 (2016).
• Ressa Octavianty and Masahito Asai: Synchronized vortex shedding and sound radiation from two side-by-side rectangular cylinders of different cross-sectional aspect ratios, Physics of Fluids 27, 107103 (2015).
• Tomoaki Ikeda, Takashi Atobe, Daisuke Fujimoto, Ayumu Inasawa and Masahito Asai: Self-noise Effects on Aerodynamics of Cambered Airfoils at Low Reynolds Number, AIAA Journal 58 (8)(2015) 2256-2269.
• Mochamad D Ma’mun, Masahito Asai and Ayumu Inasawa:Instability of boundary layer on two-dimensional corrugation with various wavelengths, Trans. Japan Society for Aeronautical and Space Sciences, 58(3) (2015) 156-162.
• Masashi Kobayashi and Masahito Asai: Experimental investigation of influences of roughness receptivity on protuberance noise, Journal of the Physical Society of Japan, 84, 014404 (2015).
• Masashi Kobayashi, Masahito Asai and Ayumu Inasawa: Experimental investigation of sound generation by a protuberance in a laminar boundary layer,Physics of Fluids, 26, 084108 (2014).
• Mochamad D Ma’mun and Masahito Asai: Influences of Oblique Surface Corrugation on Boundary-Layer Instability, Journal of Physical Society of Japan, 83 (8), 084402 (2014).
• Mochamad Dady Ma’mun, Masahito Asai and Ayumu Inasawa: Effects of surface corrugation on the stability of zero-pressure-gradient boundary layer. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 741 (2014) 228-251.
• Jiro Mizushima, Genta Hatsuda, Hiroshi Akamine, Ayumu Inasawa, and Masahito Asai, Rapid annihilation of the K´arm´an vortex street behind a rectangular cylinder, Journal of the Physical Society of Japan, 83 (1), 014402 (2014).
• Ayumu Inasawa, Chiho Ninomiya and Masahito Asai: Suppression of Tonal Trailing-Edge Noise From an Airfoil Using a Plasma Actuator, AIAA Journal 51(7) (2013) 1695-1702.
• Ayumu Inasawa, Masahito Asai and Takuya Nakano: Sound generation in the flow behind a rectangular cylinder of various aspect ratios at low Mach numbers, Computers and Fluids, 82 (2013) 148-157.
• Inasawa, A., Mori, F. and Asai, M.: Deatailed observations of interaction of wing-tip vortices in close formation flight, Journal of Aircraft, 49, 1 (2012) 206-213.
• Floryan, J.M. and Asai, M.: On the transition between distributed and isolated surface roughness and its effect on the stability of channel flow, Physics of Fluids, 23, 104101 (2011).
• Asai, M., Inasawa, A., Konishi, Y., Hoshino, S. and Takagi, S.: Experimental study on the instability of wake of axisymmetric streamlined body, Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 675 (2011) 574-595.
• Konishi, Y. and Asai, M.: Development of Subharmonic Disturbance in Spanwise-Periodic Low-Speed Streaks, Fluid Dynamics Research 42  035504 (2010).
• Makiya, S., Inasawa, A.and Asai, M.: Vortex shedding and noise radiation from a slat trailing edge, AIAA Journal, 48, 2 (2010) 502-509.
• Imai, T. and Asai, M.: Receptivity of the shear layer separating from a rear-edge of flat plate, Fluid Dynamics Research 41 (2009) 035506.
• Asai, M., Konishi, Y., Oizumi, Y. and Nishioka, M.: Growth and breakdown of low-speed streaks leading to wall turbulence, Journal of Fluid Mechanics 586 (2007) 371-396.
• Asai, M. and Floryan, J.M.: Experiments of the linear instability of flow in a wavy channel, European Journal of Mechanics B/Fluids 25 (2006) 971-986.
• Asai, M., Shimada, T. and Imai, T.:Experimental study on the separation control of turbulent boundary layers by vortex excitation, Trans. Japan Society for Aeronautical and Space Sciences 47 (2005) 256-261.
• Asai, M., Konishi, Y., Oizumi, Y. and Nishioka, M.: Development of streamwise streaks in a quasi-laminar boundary layer downstream of localized suction, IUTAM Symp. Laminar-Turbulent Transition, Fluid Mechanics and Its Applications 78, Springer (2006) 305-310.
• Asai, M. and Konishi, Y: Instability of low-speed streaks leading to wall turbulence, IUTAM Symp. Elementary Vortices and Coherent Structures: Significance of Turbulence Dynamics, Fluid Mechanics and Its Applications 79, Springer (2006) 235-240.
• Konishi, Y. and Asai, M.: Experimental investigation of the instability of spanwise-periodic low-speed streaks, Fluid Dynamics Research 34 (2004) 299-314.
• Asai, M., and Floryan, J.M.: Certain aspects of channel entrance flow, Physics of Fluids 16 (2004) 1160-1163.
• Saitoh, N., Asai, M. and Itoh, N.: Development of localized disturbances from an oscillating point source in compressible boundary layers, Trans. Japan Society for Aeronautical and Space Sciences 45 (2003) 211-216.
• Asai, M., Minagawa, M. and Nishioka, M : The Instability and breakdown of a near-wall low-speed streak, Journal of Fluid Mechanics 455 (2002) 289-314.
• Asai, M., Saitoh, N. and Itoh, N: Instability of compressible three-dimensional boundary layers to stationary Disturbances, Trans. Japan Society for Aeronautical and Space Sciences 43 (2001) 190-195.
• Asai, M., Minagawa, M. and Nishioka, M.: Instability and breakdown of the three-dimensional high-shear layer associated with a near-wall low-speed streak, Laminar-Turbulent Transition (eds. H. Fasel and W. Saric), Springer-Verlag (2000) 269-274.
• Sakaue, S., Asai, M. and Nishioka, M.: On the receptivity process of supersonic laminar boundary layer, Laminar-Turbulent Transition (eds. H. Fasel and W. Saric), Springer-Verlag (2000) 481-486.
• Asai, M. and Kaneko, M.: Experimental investigation of receptivity of of a shear layer separating at a convex corner, Fluid Dynamics Research 27 (2000) 117-128.

• 2005 JSME Medal for Outstanding Paper
  Response of Spanwise-Periodic Low-Speed Streaks to Turbulent Fluctuations
  Yasufumi KONISHI, Masahito ASAI, Yuki OIZUMI, Trans. JSME, B 70 (2004) 319-324