Dr Asanuma (Japan) is thePrincipal Research Managerat theRenewable Energy Research Centerof Fukushima Renewable Energy Institute (FREA), in the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology(AIST).He was the Associated Professor of Graduate School of Environmental Studies, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan, before his appointment at AIST. Hereceived hisPhD from the Department of Electrical and Communication Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Tohoku University in 1992. Dr. Asanuma’s research interest is in the area of development of supercritical geothermal systems in Japan and microseismic monitoring of enhanced geothermal systems (EGS).