Award Winners June 2021-May 2022
NOTES:
      -The list of Dean's Awards winners is on page 19.
      -The titles and M/D year are as of the time awarded. (M: master's course, D:doctoral course)
      -Recipients who belong to other departments/entities are excluded.
    
| AWARDED BY/AT: | AWARD | AWARD WINNERS | 
|---|---|---|
| Department of Advanced Materials Science | ||
| Nishina Memorial Foundation | Nishina Memorial Prize | ARIMA Takahisa (Prof.), KIMURA Tsuyoshi(Prof.) | 
| IOP Science | IOP 2021 Outstanding Reviewer Awards | KITA Koji (Prof.) | 
| Clarivate Analytics | Highly Cited Researcher, 2021 | ARIGA Katsuhiko (Prof.) | 
| The Society of Synthetic Organic Chemistry, Japan | FUJIFILM Machine-Made Material Chemistry Award | OKAMOTO Toshihiro (Assoc. Prof.) | 
| Tanikawa Fund Promotion Of Thermal Technology | Komo Industrial Achievement Award of Thermal Technology Achievement Fund | MITARAI Yoko (Prof.) | 
| ISPlasma2022/IC-PLANT2022 | Short Presentation Award Short Presentation Award | INOUE Kenichi (D3) | 
| ISPlasma2022/IC-PLANT2022 | Best Presentation Award | KOIKE Takeru (M2) | 
| Nanospec FY2021mini | Student Short Presentation Golden Award | OZAKI Fumihiko (M2) | 
| The Japan Society of Applied Physics | The 43rd JSAP Young Scientist Award The 51st Young Scientist Award for the Presentation of an Excellent Paper | KASUYA Naoyaka (D3) | 
| The Japan Society of Applied Physics | The 15th Plasma Electronics Incubation Hall Poster Award | IDE Shota (M2) | 
| The Japan Society of Applied Physics | The 51st Young Scientist Award for the Presentation of an Excellent Paper | KOIKE Takeru (M2) | 
| The Society of Cyclodextrins, Japan | The 37th Cyclodextrin Symposium Poster Award | SHIKANO Yumi (M1) | 
| The Society of Cyclodextrins, Japan | The 37th Cyclodextrin Symposium Outstanding Presentation Award | KAZUMI Haruki (M2) | 
| The Society of Rubber Science and Technology, Japan | The 27th CERI Best Paper Award | SAITO Masayuki (D2) | 
| CSJ Chemistry Festa | The Best Poster Award | TAKETOMI Hirotaka (M2) | 
| Condensed Conjugation | The 1st Condensed Conjugation for Rising Generation Poster Award | ITO Masato (D2) | 
| Condensed Conjugation | The 1st Condensed Conjugation for Rising Generation Outstanding Poster Award | KASUYA Naotaka (D3) | 
| The Society of Polymer Science, Japan | The 30th Polymer Science Forum Poster Award | ANDO Shota (Project Asst. Prof.) | 
| The Society of Polymer Science, Japan | The 70th Symposium on Macromolecules Excellent Poster Award | SHIKANO Yumi (M1) | 
| The Society of Polymer Science, Japan | The 70th SPSJ Annual Meeting Excellent Poster Award | KAZUMI Haruki (M2) | 
| The Society of Polymer Science, Japan, Kanto Branch | 4th G'Lowing Polymer Symposium in KANTO Best Presentation Award | SAITO Masayuki (D2) | 
| Young Coordination Chemists' Association of Japan | 2021 Summer School of Young Coordination Chemist’s Association of Japan Oral Presentation Award | MIZUTANI Nagi (D1) | 
| The Materials Research Society of Japan(MRS-J) | MRM2021 Poster Award | KASUYA Naotaka (D3) | 
| The Materials Research Society of Japan(MRS-J) | MRM2021 Poster Award | SAWADA Taiki (D1) | 
| The Chemical Society of Japan | The Chemical Society of Japan Award for Creative Work for 2021 | OKAMOTO Toshihiro (Assoc. Prof.) | 
| The Chemical Society of Japan | The Chemical Society of Japan Award | ARIGA Katsuhiko (Prof.) | 
| The Japanese Society of Microscopy | The 67th Seto Award | SUGIMOTO Yoshiaki (Assoc. Prof.) | 
| The Japan Society of Vacuum and Surface Science | 2021 Annual Meeting Presentation Incentive Award | KOBAYASHI Yuzu (D2) | 
| The Physical Society of Japan | Young Scientist Award of the Physical Society of Japan 2022, Division 8 | KURUMAJI Takashi (Asst. Prof.) | 
| The Physical Society of Japan | Student Presentation Award of the Physical Society of Japan | OZAKI Fumihiko (M2) | 
| The Japan Society for Analytical Chemistry | Young Scientist Poster Award | MIZUTANI Nagi (D2) | 
| Surface/Interface Spectroscopy | Surface/Interface Spectroscopy 2021 Poster Award | KOBAYASHI Yuzu (D2) | 
| Japan Society for Molecular Science | The 15th Annual Meeting of Japan Society for Molecular Science 2021 Best Poster Award | ONOZUKA Kota (D2) | 
| Japan Society for Molecular Science | The 15th Annual Meeting of Japan Society for Molecular Science 2021 Best Poster Award | KOBAYASHI Yuzu (D1) | 
| Department of Advanced Energy | ||
| The 30th international Symposiu on industrial Electronics (ISIE2021) | Recognition Award for Commitment to Organizing Attractive Track | FUJIMOTO Hiroshi (Prof.) | 
| General Incorporated Association Division of Plasma Physics Association of Asia-Pacific Physical Societies | Young Researcher Award | TANABE Hiroshi (Assoc. Prof.) | 
| The Institute of Electrical Engineers of Japan | IEEJ Industry Applications Society Outstanding Contribution Award | OHSAKI Hiroyuki (Prof.) | 
| The Institute of Electrical Engineers of Japan | Best Paper Presentation Award | FUJIMOTO Kota (M1) | 
| The Japan Society of Plasma Science and Nuclear Fusion Research | JSPF Annual Meeting Presentation Prize | KIM Jeonghyun (M2) | 
| Society of Automotive Engineers of Japan, Inc. | Spring Congress 2021 Outstanding Presentation Award | SHIMIZU Osamu (Project Lecturer) | 
| The 34th Japan Road Conference | Best Presentation Award | SHIMIZU Osamu (Project Lecturer) | 
| Future Energy Research Association | The 21st Summer School of Future Energy Research Association Best Poster Award | NAKAMURA Kaori (D3) | 
| Future Energy Research Association | Best Poster Award | NAKAZAWA Takuya (M2) | 
| Department of Complexity Science and Engineering | ||
| Future Energy Research Association | Best Discussion Award | NAKAZAWA Takuya (M2) | 
| Eurohaptics | Best Demo Award 3rd Place, Eurohaptics 2022 | SHINODA Hiroyuki (Prof.), MAKINO Yasutoshi (Assoc. Prof.), FUJIWARA Masahiro (Project Asst. Prof.), Somei Zen (D1), MORISAKI Tao (D3), TOIDE Yutaro (D3) | 
| g.tec, IEEE | 3rd Place, Virtual BR41NJO Brain-Computer Interface Designers' Hackathon at Spring School 2022 | TANIMOTO Sai (D2) | 
| IEEE Robotics&Automation Society | Best Paper Award, 2022 IEEE Transactions on Haptics | SHINODA Hiroyuki (Prof.), MAKINO Yasutoshi (Assoc. Prof.), NAKAJIMA Mitsuru (D3) | 
| IEEE World Haptics Conference | Best Paper Award, IEEE World Haptics Conference 2021 | SHINODA Hiroyuki (Prof.), MAKINO Yasutoshi (Assoc. Prof.), FUJIWARA Masahiro (Project Asst. Prof.) | 
| Progress of Theoretical and Experimental Physics | PTEP Editor's Choice Award,2021 | SATO Naoki (Asst. Prof.) | 
| SIGGRAPH ASIA | Best Student Demonstration Award, SIGGRAPH ASIA 2021 Emerging Technologies | SHINODA Hiroyuki (Prof.), MAKINO Yasutoshi (Assoc. Prof.), FUJIWARA Masahiro (Project Asst. Prof.), MORISAKI Yuta (D2) | 
| The Society of Instrument and Control Engineers | SI2021 Excellent Presentation Award | SOMEI Zen (M2) | 
| The Society of Instrument and Control Engineers | Sensing Forum Research Encouragement Award | MIZUTANI Saya (D2) | 
| The Japan Society of Plasma Science | The 38th JSPF Annual Meeting Young Researcher Presentation Award | LI Hanzheng (D1) | 
| MEXT | The 2022 Commendation for Science and Technology from MEXT Research Category | SUGIYAMA Masashi (Prof.) | 
| Department of Integrated Biosciences | ||
| Japan Bioindustry Association | The 5th Bioindustry Encouragement Award | OHTANI Misato (Assoc. Prof.) | 
| The Dainippon Silk Foundation | The 2021 Empress Teimei Memorial Sericultural Science Award | SUZUKI Masataka (Assoc. Prof.) | 
| Japanese Association of University Women | The 23rd Morita Award for Scientific Research | ISHIKAWA Asano (Assoc. Prof.) | 
| Kyoto University | ERATO International Symposium:Chemistry and Plant Biology Poster Award | OHTANI Misato (Assoc. Prof.) | 
| Japanese Society for Extremophiles | Best Presentation Award | MIZUTANI Kosuke (D1) | 
| The 3rd meeting of young researchers in Plant-Structure-Opt | Excellent Poster Award | TAKAYANAGI Natsu (M2) | 
| The 15th meeting of plant cell wall network | Excellent Presentation Award | IKUTA Fuma (M2) | 
| The Japanese Society of Sericultural Science | The Japanese Society of Sericultural Science Award | SUZUKI Masataka (Assoc. Prof.) | 
| The Japanese Society of Plant Physiologists | 2022 JSPP Young Investigator Award | OHTANI Misato (Assoc. Prof.) | 
| The Anthropological Society of Nippon | ASN Young Scientist Oral Presentation Award, The 75th Annual Meeting of Anthropological Society of Nippon | SHEN Yafan (D1) | 
| The Society for Reproduction and Development | SRD Outstanding Research Award 2021 | AOKI Fugaku (Prof.) | 
| Department of Computational Biology and Medical Sciences | ||
| Japanese Society for Bioinformatics | 2021 Japanese Society for Bioinformatics Prize | ASAI Kiyoshi (Prof.) | 
| International Society for Computational Biology | ISMB/ECCB 2021 Best Talk Award (First Prize) | YAMAGUCHI Hideki (D2) | 
| The Protein Science Society of Japan | The 21st Annual Meeting of the Protein Science Society of Japan Poster Award | YAMAGUCHI Hideki (D2) | 
| The 50th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society for Immunology | Best Presentation Award | GAO Pen (D4) | 
| The Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo | Most Outstanding Student Publication Award FY2021 | HIRANO Michitada (D3) | 
| The Japanese Society for Mucosal Immunology | The 58th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society for Mucosal Immunology Incentive Award | TAKAHASHI Keishu (D1) | 
| Department of Natural Environmental Studies | ||
| The Ecological Society of Japan | The 15th Oshima Award of the Ecological Society of Japan | SUZUKI Maki (Assoc. Prof.) | 
| The Japanese Forest Society | Student Poster Award | FUJIOKA Yukine (D1) | 
| Association of Wildlife and Human Society | Excellent Poster Award | WATANABE Hideyuki (M1) | 
| Center for Advanced Marine Core Research, Kochi University | Young Scientist Excellent Presentation Award | NAKANISHI Ryo (D3) | 
| The Japanese Forest Society | Student Poster Award | ISHIKAWA Akira (D2) | 
| Department of Ocean Technology, Policy, and Environment | ||
| 8th KAIST-SJTU-Utokyo Symposium | 8th KAIST-SJTU-Utokyo Symposium Outstanding Student Presentation Award | IMANAKA Daiki (M2) | 
| American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) | ABS Award | UCHIYAMA Ryosuke (M2) | 
| IEEE/MTS OCEANS22 Chennai | IEEE/MTS OCEANS22 Chennai Student Poster Competition First Place, Norman Miller Award | WENG Yang (D3) | 
| JSMST | Young Scientist Excellent Presentation Award | KOCHII Shuma (M2) | 
| Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo | Utokyo-IIS Research Collaboration Award 2021 First Place | KOCHII Shuma (M2) | 
| JSOP | The 13th Best Student Essay Award | KOCHII Shuma (M2) | 
| The Japan Society of Naval Architects and Ocean Engineers | Student Award | KOCHII Shuma (M2) | 
| The Japan Society of Naval Architects and Ocean Engineers | Young Researcher Best Poster Award | UCHIYAMA Ryosuke (M2) | 
| Japan Geoscience Union | Highlight Paper | YAMAGUCHI Alan Junji (D3) | 
| Japan Wind Energy Association | Poster Award | IMANAKA Daiki (M2) | 
| Department of Environment Systems | ||
| 9th International Symposium on Molecular Thermodynamics and Molecular Simulation | Student Presentation Award | LEGASPI Anna (D1) | 
| Asian Development Bank-Japan Scholarship Program | First of Cluster Award for Infrastructure, Thesis of the Year Award 2022 | Masudur RAHMAN (D3) | 
| The Asian Conference on Safety and Education in Laboratory | POSTER AWARD Silver | ZHANG Wanying (M2) | 
| Fuel Cell Development Information Center | Outstanding Poster Award | YAMATE Shun (D3) | 
| The Society of Chemical Engineers, Japan | Outstanding Poster Award | YAMATE Shun (D2) | 
| Japanese Association of Groundwater Hydrology | Young Researcher Outstanding Presentation Award | Destiny Coko JOHNSON (M2) | 
| Society of Automotive Engineers of Japan, Inc. | AY 2021 Graduate School Research Award | TANAKA Shunya (M2) | 
| Heat Island Institute International | The 16th Heat Island Institute International Annual Symposium in Japan Incentive Award | IHARA Tomohiko (Assoc. Prof.) | 
| Japanese Association of Groundwater Hydrology | Young Researcher Outstanding Presentation Award | TAJIMA Satoshi (M2) | 
| Japanese Society of Radiation Safety Management, Japan Health Physics Society | Outstanding Presentation Award | KOIKE Hiromi (D1) | 
| Japanese Society of Radiation Safety Management, Japan Health Physics Society | Young Researcher Outstanding Poster Award | FUKUDA Kazuto (M2) | 
| Department of Human and Engineered Environmental Studies | ||
| IEEE World Haptics Conference 2021 | Honorable Mention: Best Demonstration | ITO Kenichi (D1) | 
| International Conference on Design and Concurrent Engineering 2021&Manufacturing Systems Conference 2021 | Best Paper Award | HIEKATA Kazuo (Prof.) | 
| The Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers | JSME Young Engineers Award | AN Qi (Assoc. Prof.) | 
| Society for Innovation Education | Outstanding Presentation Award | PENG Sixiong (D2) | 
| Japan Society For Simulation Technology | Best Paper Award | OKUDA Hiroshi (Prof.) | 
| Japan Machine Tool Builder's Association | Commendation from Chairman of JMTBA | WARISAWA Shin'ichi (Prof.) | 
| NTT DATA Mathematical Systems Inc. | BayoLinkS Student Research Incentive Award | TAKAHASHI Sho (M2) | 
| PremoPartners, Inc, | MedTech Angels Demo Day Life Science Award | IGARASHI Toshiharu (D2) | 
| The Society of Instrument and Control Engineers | SI2021 Best Presentation Award | ISONO Yosuke (M2) | 
| The Society of Instrument and Control Engineers | SI2021 Best Presentation Award | HAYASAKA Ryoya (M2) | 
| The Society of Instrument and Control Engineers | SI2021 Best Presentation Award | HATTORI Tomoya (M2) | 
| Mazak Foundation | Mazak Higher Productivity System Excellent Paper Award | YOSHIDA Kento (D3) | 
| Mazak Foundation | Mazak Higher Productivity System Excellent Paper Award | ISHIGURO Mizuki (D2) | 
| Society of Automotive Engineers of Japan, Inc. | Graduate School Research Award | FUKUOKA Yuji (M2) | 
| The Japan Society for Precision Engineering | Best Presentation Award | YAMADA Kyohei (M1) | 
| Conference for R&D Initiative on Nuclear Decommissioning Technology by the Next Generation : NDEC-7 | Research Incentive Award | GOTO Masaki (M1) | 
| USE2021 Symposium on Ultrasonic Electronics Organizing Committee | USE2021 Young Scientist Award | Abdullah MUSTAFA (M1) | 
| USE2022 Symposium on Ultrasonic Electronics Organizing Committee | USE2021 Young Scientist Award | SASAMURA Tatsuki (M2) | 
| Research Meeting on Ultrasonics | Student Incentive Award | YAMADA Kyohei (M1) | 
| The Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers | The 34th Annual Meeting of the Computational Mechanics Best Presentation Award | MATSUNAGA Takuya (Lecturer) | 
| The Japan Society for Computation Engineering and Science | Fellow Member Certificate | OKUDA Hiroshi (Prof.) | 
| Atomic Energy Society of Japan | Computational Science and Engineering Division, Atomic Energy Society of Japan Distinguished Achievement Award | OKUDA Hiroshi (Prof.) | 
| Japan Society for Welfare Engineering | Paper Award | KUWATA Masaki (M1) | 
| The SATOMI Scholarship Foundation | The Satomi Scholarship Satomi Award 2021 | YOSHIMOTO Shunsuke (Lecturer) | 
| Department of Socio-Cultural Environmental Studies | ||
| Japan Society on Water Environment | JSWE-Organo Doctoral Research Award | SOTELO TIFFANY JOAN DEL ROSARIO (D3) | 
| Japan Society on Water Environment | WET Excellent Presentation Award 2021 | SOTELO TIFFANY JOAN DEL ROSARIO (D3) | 
| A-Forum | Best Archi-Neering Design Award | SATO Jun (Assoc. Prof.) | 
| Kajima Institute Publishing Co., Ltd. | SD Review 2021 Prize | RYOKAWA Atsuki (D2) (and the other five members) | 
| Architectural Institute of Japan | Excellent Presentation Award | RYOKAWA Atsuki (D2) | 
| The Japan Institute of Architects, Kanto Koshinetsu Branch | The 31st JIA Tokyo Silver Award | TOMIDOKORO Takahiro (M1) | 
| Kajima Institute Publishing Co., Ltd. | SD Review 2021 Prize | OKABE Akiko (Prof.) (and the other three members) | 
| 17th International Architecture Exhibition La Biennale di Venezia | Golden Lion (as a collaborator) | SATO Jun (Assoc. Prof.) | 
| Japan Federation of Construction Contractors | The 62nd BCS Prize | SATO Jun (Assoc. Prof.) | 
| Architectural Institute of Japan | Outstanding Undergraduate Thesis Award | ZHOU Yingqi (M1) | 
| Department of International Studies | ||
| Japan Society of Civil Engineers | Paper Incentive Award | YAMANE Tatsuro (D2) | 
| 10th International Conference of the Asian Society of Agricultural Economists | Best Paper Award | FUJIMOTO Takefumi (D2) | 
2021 GSFS Dean's Awards
Student Category: 12 master's course students and 12 doctoral course students received the awards.
Master’s Course
| Department of Advanced Material Science | ROPPONGI Masaki | 
| Department of Advanced Energy | SOMEYA Ryo | 
| Department of Complexity Science and Engineering | KOMANOME Yuko | 
| Department of Integrated Biosciences | ARAI Tomohiko | 
| Department of Computational Biology and Medical Sciences | MATSUDA Aoi | 
| Department of Natural Environmental Studies | KATO Kota | 
| Department of Ocean Technology, Policy, and Environment | KOCHII Shuma | 
| Department of Environment Systems | TAJIMA Satoshi | 
| Department of Human and Engineered Environmental Studies | FURUSE Wataru | 
| Department of Socio-Cultural Environmental Studies | SAWANOBORI Yoshiaki | 
| Department of International Studies | KUDO Saizo | 
| Graduate Program in Sustainability Science Global Leadership Initiative | Huynh Thi Mai Lam | 
Doctoral Course
| Department of Advanced Material Science | IWASAKI Yutaka | 
| Department of Advanced Energy | YOKOYAMA Tatsuya | 
| Department of Complexity Science and Engineering | ZENG Xiangsunze | 
| Department of Integrated Biosciences | TOKUMOTO Shoko | 
| Department of Computational Biology and Medical Sciences | HIRANO Michitada | 
| Department of Natural Environmental Studies | HASEGAWA Masumi | 
| Department of Ocean Technology, Policy, and Environment | KOBAYASHI Makito | 
| Department of Environment Systems | WATARI Takuma | 
| Department of Human and Engineered Environmental Studies | ARAI Naruto | 
| Department of Socio-Cultural Environmental Studies | Tiffany Joan Del Rosario SOTELO | 
| Department of International Studies | WANG Muyun | 
| Graduate Program in Sustainability Science Global Leadership Initiative | Ven Paolo Bruno VALENZUELA | 
vol.40
- Cover
- Feature Article: The Forefront of VR - POSSIBILITY OF HAPTICS
- Material Science: The Driver of Electron Device Evolution
- Floating Platform for Sustainable System
- GSFS FRONTRUNNERS
- Voices from International Students
- ON CAMPUS x OFF CAMPUS
- EVENT & TOPICS
- Awards
- INFORMATION
- Relay Essay: School in Switzerland