The Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology has announced the FY2013 Science and Technology Commendations. Personnel from NagoyaUniversity were selected for six Science and Technology Prizes and seven Young Scientist Prizes.
These prizes are awarded to those achieving significant results in research, development, and contributions to greater public understanding of scientific and technology, with the objectives of raising the level of interest in scientific technology, and contributing to the improvement of the scientific technology in Japan.
Prizes are presented for Science and Technology (Development, Research, Promotion of Science and Technology, Technology, and Public Understanding), The Young Scientist, Creativity, and Nurturing Creativity in Schools.
The award ceremony took place on Tuesday, April 16th at the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology.
Science and Technology Prize
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Field: |
Name |
Affiliation/Title |
Achievement |
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Development |
Takashi Ishikawa |
Professor, GraduateSchool of Engineering |
Development of world-class advanced composite materials |
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Research |
Yoshikazu Takeda |
Emeritus Professor, Designated Professor |
Research on low-energy electron microscopes for super-bright, high-spin polarization (joint prize, received with Professor Takanori Koshikawa of OsakaElectro-CommunicationsUniversity) |
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Kazuyuki Tatsumi |
Designated Professor, ResearchCenter for Material Science |
Research on the active sites of metalloreductase clusters |
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Tomohide Niimi |
Professor, GraduateSchool of Engineering |
Research on high Knudsen number flow |
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Public Understanding |
Susumu Kokubun |
Emeritus Professor |
Improved public understanding of polar sciences through a nationwide network with lecture activities (joint prize, received with Emeritus Professor Sadao Kawaguchi of the National Institute of Polar Research (NIPR), Emeritus Professor Okitsugu Watanabe of NIPR, Researcher Koji Matsubara of the JapanMeteorologicalBusinessSupportCenter, and Emeritus Professor/Designated Professor Hiroshi Kanda of NIPR) |
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Noritsugu Umehara |
Professor, GraduateSchool of Engineering |
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Shinko Senda |
Specialist at TechnicalCenter |
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Tsutomu Fukumori |
Senior Technical Specialist at TechnicalCenter |
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Kazue Kaneko |
Assistant Professor at GraduateSchool of Engineering |
Young Scientist Prize
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Name |
Affiliation/Title |
Achievement |
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Muhammet Uyanik |
Assistant Professor at GraduateSchool of Engineering |
Research on developing oxidation reactions using design-type iodine catalysts |
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Atsushi Enomoto |
Associate Professor at GraduateSchool of Medicine |
Research on post-natal vascularization and the molecular structure of neuropoiesis |
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Yoshiko Saito |
Assistant Professor at Center for the Studies in Higher Education |
Research on personnel linking scientific technology and knowledge with society, and the process from developing such personnel to implementation |
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Mutsumi Tashiro |
Assistant Professor at GraduateSchool of Engineering |
Research on major long-term settlement of soft ground: Simple methods for determination and predictions |
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Manabu Hatano |
Associate Professor at GraduateSchool of Engineering. |
Research on precise methods for organic synthesis using high-function, concerted, acid-based catalysts |
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Ippei Maruyama |
Associate Professor, GraduateSchool of Environmental Studies |
Research on volume changes caused by water in cement materials |
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Yoshizumi Miyoshi |
Associate Professor, Solar-Terrestrial Environment Laboratory |
Research on the structures of radiation-belt electron accelerators as basic elements of space weather |