【Awards and Commendations】Name Naoya Oie, Kawabata-labo, Department of Systems Innovation, (M2), received Excellence Young Poster Award at the 2021 annual autumn meeting of the JASNAOE.

1.Name
Naoya Oie

2.Faculty/Graduate School, Department (Stream / Program) / Major
Department of Systems Innovation, Kawabata-labo, (M2)

3.Name of award and short explanation about the award
Excellence Young Poster Award
Excellence Award
This award is presented to a poster presentation with outstanding research content, poster design, and presentation at the 2021 annual autumn meeting of the Japanese Society of Naval Architects and Ocean Engineers.

4.About awarded research
Title: Quantification of Fracture Toughness Reduction due to Pre-straining of Steel
Outline: Steel is a strong material that is used as a structural material for ships, but there is a risk of brittle fracture (a phenomenon that leads to instantaneous fracture) when exposed to low temperature environments such as the Arctic Ocean shipping routes. The risk of brittle fracture is also high when steel materials are subjected to loads, because the deformation (strain) of the materials causes damage even if brittle fracture does not occur at the time. In this study, we applied pre-strain to steel materials in order to quantitatively evaluate how the fracture toughness (an index of resistance to fracture) of steel materials decreases.

5.Your impression & future plan
I am happy that my research has been recognized in this way at the external event. Prof. Kawabata is the best researcher and mentor I have ever had.

【Awards and Commendations】Masanori HIRANO, (D2), Izumi labo, received Excellence Award at The Japanese Society for Artificial Intelligence (JSAI) 35th Annual Conference on 21st July 2021.

〈Name of award and short explanation about the award〉

The Japanese Society for Artificial Intelligence (JSAI) 35th Annual Conference Excellence Award (2021)
https://www.ai-gakkai.or.jp/jsai2021/en
https://www.ai-gakkai.or.jp/about/award/jsai_award-conf/#CONFERENCE (Japanese only)
Award to honor presenters who made excellent presentations at JSAI Annual Conference.

 

〈About awarded research〉

Title:
STBM+: Advanced Stochastic Trading Behavior Model for Financial Markets based on Residual Blocks or Transformers

Introduction:
This study proposed a new modeling method to imitate the actual traders’ behaviors in Tokyo Stock Exchange market using deep learning and detailed order data. This method was built for artificial market simulations and, we believe, will be a touchstone in developing financial market simulation through the integration of data mining technology.

 

〈Your impression & future plan〉

It is an honor to win this award. Thanks to those who support my research, and I will continue to do my best on researches.

【Awards and Commendations】Takayuki Itabashi (D3) received Poster Award at the 67^th Symposium on Organometallic Chemistry.

1. Takayuki Itabashi
2. School of Engineering, Department of Systems Innovation, D3
3. Poster Award: Award to graduate students or companies under 30 years old for good presentation contents and abilities
4. Molybdenum-Mediated Direct Synthesis of Organonitrogen Compounds from Dinitrogen
5. I am very honored to receive this award. I would like to thank all the lab members for their support in receiving the award, and I would like to devote myself to future research.
   
   

【Awards and Commendations】 Akihiro NAKAO, Professor, received “Chugoku Area General Communications Bureau Director’s Commendation” for Radio Day.

1.Name
Akihiro Nakao

2.Faculty/Graduate School, Department (Stream / Program) / Major
Professor,
Department of Systems Innovation,School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo

3.Name of award and short explanation about the award
“Radio Day Commendations from Director of Chugoku Regional Bureau of Telecommunications”

Chugoku Regional Bureau of Telecommunications Bureau (Director: Yuji Homma), in collaboration with Chugoku Info-Communication Conference (Chairman: Tomohide Karita, Chairman of the Chugoku Economic Federation), gives Awards to individuals and groups who have contributed to the use of radio waves and the spread and development of information and communications, in Radio Day / Information and Communication Month of the year 2021.
https://www.soumu.go.jp/soutsu/chugoku/hodo_2021/01sotsu08_01001207.html

4.About awarded research
Prof. Akihiro Nakao played a leading role in the development demonstration of oyster farming utilizing local 5G, and made a great contribution to promoting the spread of local 5G in the future fishery field.

5.Your impression & future plan
The University of Tokyo is working on solving regional issues, regional cooperation, and social contribution activities from the perspective of fulfilling the role of the university as a public good of society by returning cutting-edge results in various academic fields. We would like to conduct research on the innovative evolution of information and communication infrastructure while advancing the application of utilizing next-generation cyber infrastructure for regional revitalization.

【Awards and Commendations】 Langxing, Tan (D1) received　Young Researcher Award at Mini-symposium on Advanced Materials and Nondestructive Measurements

1. Name
Langxing Tan

2. Faculty/Graduate School, Department (Stream / Program) / Major
School of Engineering, Department of Systems Innovation, D1

3. Name of award and short explanation about the award
Young Researcher Award: Award to presenters younger than 31 for their good presentation contents and abilities.

4. About awarded research
Impact damage monitoring using chirp ultrasonic guided waves for CFRP mobility structures

5. Your impression & future plan
I am very honored to receive this award. I would like to thank all the lab members and people involved for their support in this research. I will continue to do my best in future research.

【Awards and Commendations】 Prof. Kazuki Shibanuma won The Young Scientists’ Award of The Commendation for Science and Technology by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology.

1. Name:
Kazuki Shibanuma

2. Department:
Department of Systems Innovation

3. Name of award and short explanation about the award:
The Young Scientists’ Award of The Commendation for Science and Technology by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology. (Award for young researchers who have demonstrated high R & D ability with excellent results of exploratory or creative research.)

4. About awarded research
The research for understanding the fracture phenomena in large structures and for establishing its controlling methodologies

5. Your impression & future plan
I would like to continue performing high-quality researches in the engineering fields with both the academic and practical values.

【Awards and Commendations】Takayuki ITABASHI, Nishibayashi Labo, (D3) received CSJ Student Presentation Award at the 101st CSJ annual meeting.

1. Name
Takayuki Itabashi

2. Faculty/Graduate School, Department (Stream / Program) / Major
School of Engineering, Department of Systems Innovation, D3

3. Name of award and short explanation about the award
CSJ Student Presentation Award: Award to Ph.D course students for good presentation contents and abilities

4. About awarded research
Development of C-N bond formation reactions from molybdenum-nitride complex with carbon-centered electrophiles directed toward formation of organonitrogen compounds

5. Your impression & future plan
I am very honored to receive this award. I would like to thank all the lab members for their support in receiving the award, and I would like to devote myself to future research.

【Awards and Commendations】Hiroki, Toda (D3) received CSJ Student Presentation Award 2021.

1. Name
Hiroki Toda

2. Faculty/Graduate School, Department (Stream / Program) / Major
School of Engineering, Department of Systems Innovation, D3

3. Name of award and short explanation about the award
CSJ Student Presentation Award 2021: Award to graduate students for outstanding research and presentation.

4. About awarded research
Manganese-catalyzed oxidative conversion of ammonia into dinitrogen.
https://www.csj.jp/nenkai/101haru/data/vol74-06.pdf

5. Your impression & future plan
I am very honored to receive this award. I will continue to do my best in research.

2021 Degree Conferral Ceremony Winners of each award.

 

Dean’s Award for Outstanding Achievement, Graduate School of Engineering（Doctor）
Yuya ASHIDA 　(Graduated in September)　/Professor Nishibayashi

Dean’s Award for Outstanding Achievement, Graduate School of Engineering（Master）
Masanori HIRANO　(Graduated in September)　/Professor Izumi

“SI Outstanding Graduate Student Award”
Shigeki KANEKO  /Professor Yoshimura

“SI Outstanding Graduate Student Award”
Erika TANAKA  /Professor Kato

“SI Outstanding Graduate Student Award”
Kazuhide MIMURA 　/Professor Nakamura

“Miyoshi Award” Department of Systems Innovation
Hiroaki KOSUGE 　/Professor Kawabata

“Miyoshi Award” Department of Systems Innovation
Yuta SHIMIZU 　/Professor Miyamoto

“Tamaki Award” Department of Systems Innovation
Souta NISHIDA 　/Professor  Kato

Scholarship reward Award, The Japan Society of Naval Architects and Ocean Engineering
Kouta KISHI 　(Graduated in September)　/Professor Shibanuma

ABS Award, American Bureau of Shipping
Daichi MITSUHASHI 　/Professor Kanno

 

【Awards and Commendations】Takuya Yamaguchi (M2) received Logistics Research Encouragement Award at the Japan Logistics Society.

1. Name: Takuya Yamaguchi

 

2. Faculty/Graduate School, Department (Stream / Program) / Major: Department of Systems Innovation, M2

 

3. Name of award and short explanation about the award:

The Logistics Research Encouragement Award, awarded by the Japan Logistics Society, is given to outstanding young logistics researchers who have achieved particularly outstanding results enrolled in educational and research institutions to which at least three regular members of the Japan Logistics Society belong.

 

4. About awarded research

In my master thesis, “Development of the global logistics intermodal network simulation model with large-scale parallel incremental assignment and application to the terrestrial ASEAN,” I proposed the new model that can solve the issues in the past assignment models. In addition, I conducted policy simulations mainly focusing on the terrestrial ASEAN using the proposed model, and verified the effects of several possible infrastructure policy scenarios.

 

5. Your impression & future plan

I am very proud to have received this prestigious award for my master thesis, as the compilation in my graduate school. From the beginning of my study, I have had many opportunities including fieldwork abroad and joint research, and have been educated through discussions in lab activities. I would like to express my deep gratitude to my supervisor Prof. Shibasaki and all the people involved in my study. After graduation, I am going to make further efforts to give back to society what I have learned at The University of Tokyo.