Honors and Awards

 

Research Encouragement Award, The Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers (1985, 2005, 2009, 2015)

Fluid Science Research Award, IFS, Tohoku University (1996)

Fluid Science Technology Award, IFS, Tohoku University (1999, 2013)

The Best Paper Award, The Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers (2001, 2017)

Research Encouragement Award, Japan Thermal Spraying Society (2001, 2010)

The Best Paper Award, The Japanese Society for Multiphase Flow (2002)

Student Award for Outstanding Paper at the 6th Asian Pacific Conference on Plasma Science and Technology, Jeju, Korea (2002)

Certificate of Merit for Frontier Research, Fluids Engineering Division of the Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers (2002)

Fellow, The Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers (2003)

Honorary member, The Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers (2018-)

Leading Researcher Hatchery Award (21st Century COE) (2003, 2004)

First Prime in the Competition on Fundamental Investigations (ITAM, Siberian Branch of Russian Academy of Science) (2003)

The Student Presentation Award in the Japanese Society for Multiphase Flow Annual Meeting (2003, 2009, 2011, 2012)

Certificate of Merit for Original Invention (2004), Japan Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology

Student Best Presentation Award, 1st International Conference on Flow Dynamics, Sendai, 21st Century COE Program (2004)

The Student Presentation Award, The Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers, Tohoku Branch (2005)

The Best Paper Award, 17th International Symposium on Plasma Chemistry, Totonto, Canada (2005)

Physics of Welding Award (Japan Welding Society, 2006)

Certificate of Merit for Contribution, JSME 110th Anniversary (2007)

JSME Fluids Engineering Award (2008)

Student Best Presentation Award, The Japan Fluid Power System Sciety (2008)

Organizer Student Poster Award: Most Fancy, 5th International Conference on Flow Dynamics, Sendai, GCOE Program (2008)

Best Presentation Award, JSME Fluids Engineering Conference (2010, 2013)

IEEJ Excellent Presentation Award, The institute of Electrical Engneers of Japan (2011)

Award for Excellent Visualized Image, The Visualizaiton Sciety of Japan (2012)

Technical Research Award, The Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers, Tohoku Branch (2013)

The Young Scientists' Prize, The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (2013)

Technical Research Award, The Japanese Society for Multiphase Flow (2013)

Exploratory Award, The Japanese Society for Multiphase Flow (2015)

Excellent Student Award, Japan Society for Design Engineering (2017)

* Awards given to students are highlighted by red letters.

---