2019.12.13

【Awards and Commendations】 Hisaki Matsuda, Gutao Shen, Hao, Wu, Johan Friemann (M1, Takahashi lab.) received Best Bridge Award (First Price of Category B) of IHI/SAMPE Japan Student Bridge Contest

【Awards and Commendations】 Hisaki Matsuda, Gutao Shen, Hao, Wu, Johan Friemann (M1, Takahashi lab.) received Best Bridge Award (First Price of Category B) of IHI/SAMPE Japan Student Bridge Contest

1. Name:
Hisaki Matsuda, Gutao Shen, Hao Wu, Johan Friemann

2. Faculty/Graduate School, Department (Stream / Program) / Major:
Department of Systems Innovation, M1

3. Name of award and short explanation about the award:
Best Bridge Award (First Price of Category B) of IHI/SAMPE Japan Student Bridge Contest

4. About awarded research:
Using carbon fiber composite materials to build the lightest bridge with a certain load-carrying capacity.

5. Your impression & future plan:
It is with great privilege and honor that we have received the award. And at the same time, we also want to congratulate the IHI Corporation and The Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering (SAMPE) for their great work of organizing and making this event possible. Furthermore, we must express our sincere gratitude in particular to our supervisors Prof. Takahashi and Dr. Ice, as well as all the lab members who have provided us with enormous help from many perspectives. In the near future, the world tournament of this contest will be held in the U.S.A. next May, and our team share a common goal of bringing the champion back to Japan. For achieving this ambition, not only shall we continuously improve our skills in design and fabrication, but also the power from every each one of you who support us is indispensable. We again truly appreciate for the help and support from you that encourage us to move forward.