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Introduction of winners of awards and commendations for research and educational activities in FY2020
- September 08, 2021
- Awards
Since fiscal year 2015, the University has provided a place to congratulate faculty members who have received awards and recognition at academic conferences and other events as part of the "Celebration of Awards and Recognition for Research and Educational Activities" program.
This year, as in the previous year, the celebration is currently suspended from the perspective of preventing the spread of novel coronavirus infection, but here we would like to introduce the faculty members who received awards and recognitions in FY2020 and their research activities.
Please take a look at the research achievements of our faculty members with diverse research fields.
Introduction of winners of awards and commendations for research and educational activities in FY2020
| Affiliation | Name | Awarding Institution | Name of Award | Details | |
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| Department of History, Faculty of Letters | Masashi Oguchi | Professor | Aomori Prefecture | Aomori Prefecture Cultural Award 2020 | Click here for details of the award |
| Department of Psychology, Faculty of Letters | WATANABE Yayoi | Professor | Resilience Japan Promotion Council | STOP Infection Award, Excellence Prize | For details of the award, click here. |
| Department of Sociology, Faculty of Social Sciences | TAKEDA Shunsuke | Professor | Goto-Anda Memorial Tokyo Metropolitan Institute | The 46th Fujita Award | For details of the award, click here. |
| Department of Media and Communication Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences | Ayako Hashizume | Full-time lecturer | Japan Society of Kansei Engineering | 2020 Japan Society of Kansei Engineering Publication Award | For details of the award, click here. |
| Department of Business Administration, Faculty of Business Administration | Noriko Taji | Professor | The Research Institute of Commerce and Industry | 2020Small and Medium Enterprise Research Encouragement Award Runner-up Prize | For details of the award, click here. |
| Telecommunications Advancement Foundation | The 36th Telecommunications Advancement Foundation Award (Telecom Social Science Award) Encouragement Award |
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| Faculty of Business Administration, Department of Business Administration | NAGAOKA Takeru | Professor | The Society for Computer Application and Education | Best Paper Award at 2020PC Conference | For details of the awards, click here. |
| Department of Intercultural Communication, Faculty of Intercultural Communication | Ruyhiko Shigesada | Professor | Information Processing Society of Japan | The 9th IPSJ International Artificial Intelligence Programming Contest: SamurAI Coding 2020-21 Second Place | For details of the award, click here. |
| Department of Sustainability Studies, Faculty of Sustainability Studies | TAKEHARA Masaatsu * HASEGAWA Naoya (*First Author) |
Specially Appointed and Tenured Associate Professor Professor |
Society for Human Environment Studies | The 5th Best Paper Award | For details of the award |
| Major in Social Well-being Studies, Faculty of Social Policy and Administration, Department of Psychology Graduate School of Social Policy and Community Development, Clinical Psychology |
NIWA Ikuo Shingo Kobayashi |
Professor Graduated from |
Japanese Association of Community Psychology | 2019 Best Paper Award | For more information about the award |
| Department of Lifelong Learning and Career Studies, Faculty of Lifelong Learning and Career Studies | KUMAGAI Tomohiro | Professor | The Japanese Psychological Association | Special Best Presentation Award at the 84th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Community Psychology | Click here for details of the award |
| Faculty of Engineering and Design, Department of Architecture | Yoshiko Akamatsu | Professor | Architectural Institute of Japan | The Architectural Institute of Japan 2020 Award for Selected Works | Click here for details |
| The Building Equipment Association of Japan | The 18th Environment and Equipment Design Award Category III Urban and Landscape Design Category |
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New Office Promotion Association |
The 33rd Nikkei New Office Award Tohoku New Office Promotion Award |
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| Japan Institute of Design Promotion | Good Design Award 2020 | ||||
| Japan Institute of Architects | Excellent Architecture Selection 2020 100 | ||||
| Faculty of Engineering and Design, Department of Architecture | AMINO Yoshiaki MIYATA Yujiro |
Professor Associate Professor |
Japan Institute of Design Promotion | Good Design Award 2020 | For details of the awards, click here. |
| Faculty of Engineering and Design, Department of Architecture | Shun Kawakubo | Professor | Green Purchasing Network | The 21st Green Purchasing Grand Award, Minister of the Environment Award | Click here for details of the award |
| Faculty of Engineering and Design, Department of Architecture | Tetsuo Kobori | Professor | Japan Facility Management Association | The 15th Japan Facility Management Association Award (JFMA Award) Special Prize | Click here for details of the award |
| Japan Federation of Construction Contractors Associations | The 61st BCS (Japan Construction Contractors Society) Award | ||||
| The German Design Council | German Design Award 2021 winners | ||||
| Mercy Media Inc. | SKY DESIGN AWARDS 2020 Shortlist | ||||
| Faculty of Engineering and Design, Department of Architecture | Takehito Shimofukikoshi | Professor | Japan Institute of Design Promotion | Good Design Award 2020 | For more information about the awards, click here. |
| Architectural Institute of Japan | The Architectural Institute of Japan 2020 Award for Selected Works | For details of the award, click here. | |||
| Tokyo Association of Architectural Firms | 46th Tokyo Architecture Award, Grand Prize, Detached House Category | ||||
| Faculty of Engineering and Design, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering | Ryuichi Imai | Professor | Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology | The Commendation for Science and Technology by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, 2020 "Science and Technology Award (Science and Technology Promotion Category) | For details of the award, click here. |
| Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism | i-Construction Grand Prize (Excellence Award), 2020 | Click here for details of the award | |||
| Faculty of Engineering and Design, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering | Keishi Yamamoto | Associate Professor | The Japan Concrete Institute | The Japan Concrete Institute Award for Outstanding Paper | For details, click here. |
| Faculty of Science and Engineering / Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering | ITO Kazuyuki | Professor | Artificial life and Robotics | Excellent Reviewer Award | For details, please click here. |
| Faculty of Science and Engineering, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Major in Electrical and Electronic Engineering (2nd year at the time of award) Toyota Motor Corporation (Completed in March 2020) |
ITO Kazuyuki Yusei Sakuhara Hiroaki Shimizu |
Professor Student Graduate |
IEEE International Conference on Intelligent systems | Best Paper Award | For details of the award |
| Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Faculty of Science and Engineering Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Faculty of Science and Engineering (4th year at the time of award) |
NAKAMURA Sousuke Katsunori Baba |
Associate Professor Student |
The Society of Instrument and Control Engineers | The Society of Instrument and Control Engineers (SICE) Best Presentation Award at the 21st SICE SI Division Conference | For details of the award, click here. |
| Faculty of Science and Engineering / Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering | Seiya Nishimura | Associate Professor | The Physical Society of Japan | The 15th JPSJ Young Scientist Award (Area 2: Plasma) | For details of the award, click here. |
| Faculty of Science and Engineering / Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering | Noriki Mochizuki Sousuke Nakamura |
Teaching Assistant Associate Professor |
The Society of Instrument and Control Engineers (SICE) System Integration Division Lecture Meeting (SI2020) | The Society of Instrument and Control Engineers (SICE) Best Presentation Award at the 21st SICE SI Division Conference | Details of the award are here. |
| Department of Applied Informatics, Faculty of Science and Engineering | Koichi Ogawa | Professor | Asia-Oceania Federation of Organizations for Medical Physics |
AFOMP Outstanding Medical Physicist Award |
For details of the award, click here. |
| Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Faculty of Science and Engineering | KIMURA Mitsuhiro | Professor | The 9th Asia-Pacific International Symposium on Advanced Reliability and Maintenance Modeling (APARM 2020) |
Best paper award | For details of the award, click here. |
| Department of Chemical Science and Technology, Faculty of Bioscience and Applied Chemistry | KITAMURA Kenta | Teaching Assistant | Japan Powder Industrial Technology Association | Japan Powder Industrial Technology Association Encouragement Award, Research Encouragement Award | For details, click here. |
| Faculty of Bioscience and Applied Chemistry Department of Clinical Plant Science | Kenro Oshima | Professor | The Phytopathological Society of Japan | 2021 The Phytopathological Society of Japan Award | For details of the award, click here. |
| Department of Global and Interdisciplinary Studies | GREGORY KHEZRNEJAT |
Associate Professor | Kyoto Literature Award Executive Committee (Kyoto City, Kyoto Shimbun, Kyoto Publication Culture Association, etc.) | The 2nd Kyoto Literature Award ・General Section Grand Prize ・Overseas Section Grand Prize |
For details of the awards, click here. |
| Graduate School of Policy Design | Tsunehiro Ishiyama | Professor | Japan Association for Advanced Studies in Management (JAAS Award) |
The 18th (2020) Excellent Research Award | For details, click here. |
| Information Media Education and Research Center | UEDA Hiroshi | Professor | Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology | The Commendation for Science and Technology by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Prizes for Science and Technology, Promotion of Understanding Category, 2020 | For details of the award, click here. |
| Information Processing Society of Japan | Excellent Educational Material Award 2019 | ||||
| Japan Statistical Institute | SUGA Mikio | Professor | Japan Statistical Information Research and Development Center | 2020 Incentive Award for Supporting Official Statistical Activities (Ishibashi Prize) | For details of the award, click here. |