Ryota Tai, a second-year master’s student in the Applied Ocean Physics Laboratory, Department of Ocean Technology, Policy and Environment, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo, received the Masaaki Aota Award (Engineering Division) at the 40th International Symposium on the Okhotsk Sea & Polar Oceans, held from February 16 to 18, 2026, at the Mombetsu City Cultural Hall.

Awardee
Ryota Tai
(Supervisors: Prof. Takuji Waseda, Dr. Tsubasa Kodaira)

Presentation Title
Interannual variability of wave systems inducing fast ice break-up in Lützow-Holm Bay

Venue
Monbetsu City Cultural Hall

Comment from the Awardee
I am deeply honored to receive the Masaaki Aota Award (Engineering Division). In this study, I reported on the interannual variability of ocean wave systems propagating into Lützow-Holm Bay, Antarctica, as an external forcing factor contributing to the break-up of landfast ice. I would like to express my sincere gratitude to my supervisors, Prof. Takuji Waseda and Dr. Tsubasa Kodaira, as well as to all members of our laboratory and everyone who attended my presentation. Encouraged by this award, I will continue to devote myself to further advancing my research.