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The Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers

2006

JSME Medal for Distinguished Engineers

  1. Toshihide Igari (Mitsubishi Heavy Industries,Ltd.)
    High temperature strength reseach and application to Practical components
  2. Soichi Matsushita  (TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION)
    Research and development to realize fuel economy and emission reduction
  3. Koichi Yagi (National Institute for Materials Science)
    Acquisition and Publication of Materials Information for Improvement of Reliability due to well-suited Application of Materials

JSME Medal for Outstanding Paper

  1. Transit Characteristics of a Neutrophil Passing through Two Moderate Constrictions in a Cylindrical Capillary Vessel (Effect of Cell Deformation on Transit through the Second Constriction)
    Atsushi Shirai (Institute of Fluid Science, Tohoku Univ.), Ryo Fujita (Hitachi, Ltd.), Toshiyuki Hayase (Institute of Fluid Science, Tohoku Univ.)
  2. Development of Micro-Actuators Driven by Liquid Crystals(1st Report, Generation of Flow and Its Mechanism)
    Shigeomi Chono, Tomohiro Tsuji (Kochi University of Technology)
  3. Influence of Proteoglycan on Time-Dependent Mechanical Behaviors of Articular Cartilage under Constant Total Compressive Deformation
    Teruo Murakami, Nobuo Sakai, Yoshinori Sawae (KYUSHU UNIV.), Koji Tanaka (NIKON CORPORATION), Maki Ihara (Previously KYSHU UNIV.)
  4. Evaluation of Mechanical Properties and Negative Poisson’s Raito Behavior in Crystalline SiO2 Materials:An Atomisstic Approach
    Hajime Kimizuka (JRI Solutions, Ltd.),Shigenobu Ogata (Osaka Univ.), Yoji Shibutani (Osaka Univ.)
  5. Fretting Fatigue under Variable Amplitude Loading below Fretting Fatigue limit
    Yoshiyuki Kondo (KYUSHU UNIV.), Chu Sakae (Religious CO. Hashinobo.), Masanobu Kubota (KYUSHU UNIV.), Hiroki Kitahara(Nissan Motor Co. Ltd.), Kazutoshi Ynagihara (Hitachi Plant Technologies, Ltd.)
  6. Cavitation Shotless Peening for Surface Modification of Alloy Tool Steel
    Hitoshi Soyama (Tohoku Univ.), Kei Sasaki (Tohoku Ricoh Co.,Ltd.), Dan Odhiambo (Tohoku Univ.), Masumi Saka (Tohoku Univ.)
  7. Eavluation of the Thermophysical Properties of Functionally Graded Materials at High Temperturs by the Photothermal Rediometry
    Akihiko Sano (Japan Broadcasting Corporation), Yuji Nagasaka (Keio Univ.)
  8. Effect of Extracellular Ice Formation and Electrolyte Concentration on Injury of Slowly Frozen Cell
    Hiroshi Takamatsu (KYUSHU UNIV.), Sylwia Zawlodozka (James Cook Univ.), Takeshi Miyanaga (Hitachi Plant Technologies, Ltd.)
  9. A Study on the Effect of Wall Temperature on Soot Deposition Process from a Diffusion Flame in Microgravity
    Osamu Fujita (Hokkaido Univ.), Choi Joe-Hyeok (Soul National Univ.), Takafumi Tsuiki (Mitsubishi Heavy Industries,Ltd.)
  10. Renal Stone Comminution Utilizing Cloud Cavitation Erosion(1st Report, The Control of Cloud Cavitation)
    Teiichiro Ikeda (Hitachi, Ltd.), Shin Yoshizawa (The University of Tokyo), Masataka Tosaki (TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION), Yukio Kaneko (Hitachi, Ltd.), Shu Takagi (The University of Tokyo), Yoichiro Matsumoto (The University of Tokyo)
  11. An Experimental Study on the Development of Coherent Structure in a Plane Jet (4th Report, Multi-Point Simultaneous Measurement of Two Velocity Components and the Large-scale Structure Model by KL Expansion)
    Nobuhiko Tanaka (Mitsubishi Heavy Industries,Ltd.), Yasuhiko Sakai (Nagoya Univ.), Mutsumi Yamamoto (Toyota Industries Corporation), Takashi Kubo (Nagoya Univ)
  12. Autoparametric Responses of an Elastic Structure Carrying a Cylindrical Tank (2nd Report, Influence of the Detuning Parameter)
    Takashi Ikeda, Shin Murakami (Shimane Univ.)
  13. Optimal Torque Distribution Algorithm for Redundant Reaction Wheels
    Takehiro Nishiyama (Mitsubishi Electric Co.), Katsuhiko Yamada (Nagoya Univ.)
  14. Estimation of Frequency Response Function on Rotational Degrees of Freedom of Structures (Cross FRFs Estimation and Measurement of 6-DOF FRFs)
    Naoki Hosoya (Shibaura Institute of Technology), Takuya Yoshimura (Tokyo Metropolitan Univ.)
  15. Development of Micro Lateral Force Sensor Using Tunnelling Current
    Naoki Shiraishi (Olympus Co.), Yasuhisa Ando (National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology)
  16. Study of Shaft Drive Continuously Variable Tramsmission (3rd Report, Increase of Torque – Transmitted Effeciency by Back up Roller)
    Masashi yamanaka, Yukihito Narita, Katsumi Inoue (Tohoku Univ.)

JSME Medal for New Technology

  1. The high-grade complex technologies of large capacity, high lift pump system, which transfer river water for long distance
    Yasuo Asano, Takashi Enomoto, Hiroshi Nagasaka, Shinya Hibino, Yasushi Kawai(Ebara Corporation)
  2. Diagnostic Technology of Performance of Power Plants Using Laser Torque Sensor
    Shuichi Umezawa (Tokyo Electric Power Company), Hidehiko Kuroda (Toshiba Corporation)
  3. Active Flying-height Control of Magnetic Head Slider using MEMS Thermal Actuator
    Masayuki Kurita, Toshiya Shiramatsu (Hitachi, Ltd.),Koji,Hideaki Tanaka (Hitachi Global Storage Technologies Japan, Ltd.),Shozo Saegusa (Hitachi Global Storage Technologies Japan, Ltd. (Currently Hiroshima University))
  4. Development of Vertical Type High-Resolution RBS System
    Kazuo Shigekawa, Hirofumi Fukuyama, Shigeto Adachi, Akira Kobayashi (Kobe Steel Ltd.),  Kenji Kimura (Kyoto University)
  5. Electronic Active Stabilizer Suspension Syste Development & Realization
    Naoyasu Sugimoto, Shuuichi Buma,Shingo Urababa, Akio Nishihara(TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION), Akiya Taneda (AISIN SEIKI Co.,Ltd.)
  6. Improvement of curving performance of railway vehicle by onboard friction control system
    Masao Tomeoka (Tokyo Metro Co., Ltd.), Suda Yoshihiro (The University of Tokyo), Kosuke Matsumoto(Tokyo Metro Co., Ltd.), Takuji Nakai (Sumitomo Metal Industries, Ltd.), Masuhisa Tanimoto (Sumitomo Metal Technology, Inc.)
  7. Hydrogen-free DLC-Coated Engine Valve Lifter
    Yutaka Mabuchi, Yoshiteru Yasuda, Hiroyuki Izumi, Tomoyuki Koike, Hiroki Hayasaka (Nissan Motor Co. Ltd.)
  8. The Development of Runner with Splitter Blade
    Shigenori Watanabe, Morihito Inagaki, Narumi Umeda (Tokyo Electric Power Company), Toshifumi Kurokawa, Yasuyuki Enomoto (Toshiba Corporation)

JSME Young Engineers Award

  1. Shinji Deguchi (Okayama Univ.)
    Study of Mechanical Properties of Subcellular Structural Components in Vascular Cells
  2. Yusuke Miyazaki (Kanazawa Univ.)
    Construction of a Digital Model for Individual Human Body and its Application to the Method for Injury Prediction
  3. Masaki Omiya (Keio Univ.)
    Study on interfacial mechanical model at dissimilar materials and evaluation of interfacial strength
  4. Yoichi Takeda (Tohoku Univ.)
    Study on Degradation Mechanisms of Stainless Steels Based on Oxidation Kinetics of Deforming active Surface
  5. Noriyuki Hisamori (Sophia Univ.)
    Evaluation of corrosion and strength characteristics of living body environment application material
  6. Kiyotaka Masaki (Okinawa National College of Technology)
    Study on Fatigue Property Improvement by New technology of Emerging peening and Mechanism of Fatigue　Crack Propagation with Synchrotron Radiation
  7. Kenjiro Nakama (SUZUKI MOTOR CO.)
    A study on Numerical Calculation Methods for Knock in Spark Ignition Gasoline Engines
  8. Mariko Nakamura (Osaka Univ.)
    Studies of Droplet Group Combustion and Numerical Model of Spray Flames
  9. Kazuhiro Hayashida (Kitami Institute of Technology)
    Measurement of Fuel Concentration Destribusion in a Sooting Flame through Raman Scattering
  10. Yasuyuki Yamamoto (National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology)
    Development of Soret Forced Rayleigh Scattring Method for Mass Diffusion Coefficient Measurement
  11. Tatsuya Ishiyama (National Institute of Natural Sciences )
    Study on The Molecular Mechanism of Mass and Heat Transport at a Vapor-Liquid Interface
  12. Takehisa Takaishi (Railway Technical Research Institute)
    Research on the Method of Evaluating Aeroacoustic Dipole Sound
  13. Shintaro Takeuchi (Osaka Univ.)
    Study on Coherent Flow Structures in Free Space　and Interaction Problem with Non-Spherical Solid Object
  14. Kenichi Funamoto (Tohoku Univ.)
    Blood Flow Simulation Integrated with Ultrasonic Doppler Measurement
  15. Toshihiko Shiraishi (Yokohama National Univ.)
    Study on the Mechanism of MR Fluid Response and Its Application to Control Devices
  16. Tadao Takigami (Railway Technical Research Institute)
    Study on Suppressing the Vertical Bending Vibration of Railway Vehicle Car bodies
  17. Kazufumi Nishikawa (SANYO Electric Corporation)
    Study of talking Robot
  18. Yuhei Yamaguchi (SANYO Electric Corporation)
    Development of force display systems and rehabilitation robot for upper limbs using actuators with functional fluids
  19. Noritaka Kawasegi (Toyama Industrial Technology Center)
    A Study on Three-dimensional Nanofabrication Using a Combination of Nanoscale Machining and Chemical Etching
  20. Masahiro Sasada (Kanagawa Univ.)
    Development of Fine Precision Shearin
  21. Hiroaki Ito (Toshiba Corporation)
    Development of Elevator Non-contact Guide System
  22. Atsushi Ohuchi (SANYO Electric Corporation)
    Development of Energy Saving and Fault Prediction Technologies using Operational Condition Adaptive Algorithm
  23. Hiroki Ota (Hitachi Appliance, Inc.)
    Methods for Measuring and Identifying Exciting Force Generated by a Small Induction Motor
  24. Emi Ohno (Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries Co., ltd.)
    Co-firing of Wood Biomass in Pulverized Coal Fired Boilers
  25. Yoshiharu Kanegae (Hitachi, Ltd.)
    Development of Method for Evaluating Stress and Strain Dependence of Electrical and Characteristics in Semiconductor Devices
  26. Fumiko Kawashima (Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.)
    Development of the remaining life prediction method for welding joints under creep condition
  27. Takashi Kitahara (Hitachi Plant Technology,Ltd.)
    Alignment System of Bending Magnets for Cancer Atherapy
  28. Yuichi Koide (Hitachi, Ltd.)
    Development of Evaluation Method to Determine Fragility of Equipment Based on Bayesian Approach
  29. Hiroyuki Kono (Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.)
    Dynamic Analysis and Evaluation of Running Performance for LRT Vehicle
  30. Katsutoshi Kobayashi (Hitachi, Ltd.)
    Prediction of Pump Hydraulic Force by Numerical Simulation
  31. Yujiro Tatsumi (Sumitomo Metal Industries, Ltd.)
    Development of Walking Control Technology in Hot Strip Finishin
  32. Daisuke Tanaka (DMW Corporation)
    Development of Structural Monitoring System for Jet-Fun
  33. Kazuhisa Nakagawa (the University of Tokyo)
    Fabrication of AFM tweezers of manipulation of nanometer size objects
  34. Takeshi Nishi (Nippon Steel Engineering Co., Ltd.)
    Development of fuel gas injection technologies in direct melting for municipal solid waste
  35. Yasuki Nishi (Shinmaywa Industries, Ltd.)
    Development of submersible pump having high pump efficiency and high passage performance
  36. Akira Nebu (Hitachi, Ltd.)
    Development of strength Evaluation method of Piping Structure in Power Plants
  37. Hiroki Fujiwara (NTN Corporation)
    Development of Design Technique for the Optimized Logarismic Pfofile of Bearing Rollers
  38. Eiji Hoashi (Toshiba Co.)
    Development of multi-physics simulation technology for decomposition process of persistent organic compounds in super-critical water
  39. Shinsuke Matsuno (Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries Co., ltd.)
    Spray measurement on bi-propellant thrusters
  40. Daisuke Muto (Hitachi, Ltd.)
    Development of prediction method for interior noise of high-speed train

JSME Education Award (since2001)

  1. Mecahnical Engineering Education Curriculum with the Lecture-Laboratory Integrated Classes
    Faculties, Department of Mechanical and Intelligent Systems Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology
  2. Cross-Curricula Engineering Education Systems: An Effective Way to Fostering Creative Manufacturing Knowledge and Skills
    Sang-Jae Song, Hiroshi Kubota (Hiroshima Institute of Technology)
  3. Publication of Practical Strength of materials and Its Application for Education
    Shinichi Nishida (Saga Univ.)
  4. Holding a Contest to Spread and to Enlighten Stirling Engine as Teaching Material
    Stirling Techno-Rally Committee
  5. Promotion of manufacturing education on life rescue in junior high schools
    Toru Yamamoto (Hiroshima Univ.)

JSME Excellent Product Award

  1. Daihatsu Diesel Mfg. Co., Ltd.
    Sensor Type Oil Mist Detector MD-SX
  2. TS Heatronics Co., Ltd.
    DLC-type Heatlane Heat Sink
  3. Hitachi Giken Corp.
    Neoview Suzaku Review System for a fault in an Equipped PCBs
  4. PHTORON Limited.
    Digital high speed video camera “FASTCAM-APX RS”
  5. MITAKA KOHKI Co., Ltd.
    NON-CONTACT THREE-DIMENTISIONAL MEASUREING EQUIPMENT WITH A LASER BEAM PROBE.