2007

JSME Medal for Distinguished Engineers

  1. Masaaki NISHIWAKI (TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION)
    Research and Development on Brake Noise Reduction Technology for Higher Brake Performance

JSME Medal for Outstanding Paper

  1. Design Method of Porous Scaffold Using Computational Simulation for Bone Regeneration
    Taiji ADACHI, Yuji KAWANO, Yuji KAWANO, Yoshihiro TOMITA
  2. Newly Designed Tensile Test System for in vitro Measurement of Mechanical Properties of Cytoskeletal Filaments
    Shinji DEGUCHI, Toshiro OHASHI and Masaaki SATO
  3. Formulation of the Coupling Effects among Phase, Temperature and Stress by Using the Phase Field Model.
    Takuya UEHARA, Takahiro Tsujino
  4. Development of Evaluation Method for Estimating Stress-Induced Change in Drain Current in Deep-sub-micron MOSFETs
    Yukihiro KUMAGAI, Hiroyuki OHTA, Hideo MIURA, AkihiroSHIMIZU, Shiro KAMOHARA, Kenichi MAEKAWA
  5. Development of Newly Designed Ultra-Light Core Structures
    Taketoshi NOJIMA, Kazuya SAITO
  6. Response Compensation of Fine-Wire Temperature Sensors
    Masato TAGAWA, Kenji KATO, Yasuhiko OHTA
  7. Regime Variation of Spray Combustion on Homogeneous Turbulence
    Yuya BABA, Fumiteru AKAMATSU
  8. Molecular Gas Dynamics of Condensation Processes of Methanol Vapor behind a Reflected Shock Wave in a Shock Tube
    Takeru YANO, Kazumichi KOBAYASHI, Shigeo FUJIKAWA
  9. Evaluation of Feedback Control System for Wall Turbulence with Micro Sensors and Actuators
    Takashi YOSHINO, Yuji SUZUKI, Nobuhide KASAGI
  10. Clarification and Achievement of Theoretical Limitation in Vehicle Dynamics Integrated Management
  11. Thermally Induced Vibration in Active Magnetic Bearing Supported Flexible Rotor
    Naohiko TAKAHASHI, Haruo MIURA, Yasuo FUKUSHIMA
  12. Development of a Sensor System for Collecting Tactile Information
    Yoshihiro TANAKA, Mami TANAKA, Seiji CHONAN
  13. Real-Time Planning of Humanoid Robot’s Gait for Force Controlled Manipulation
    Kensuke HARADA, Shuuji KAJITA, Fumio KANEHIRO, Kiyoshi FUJIWARA, Kenji KANEKO, Kazuhito YOKOI, Hirohisa HIRUKAWA
  14. Development of Position-Orientation Decoupled Spatial In-Parallel Actuated Mechanisms with Six Degrees of Freedom
    Yukio TAKEDA, Kouji KAMIYAMA, Yoshihisa MAKI, Masaru HIGUCHI, Koichi SUGIMOTO
  15. Development of A Simulation System for Sheet Transport Path
    Hui CHENG, Kazushi YOSHIDA, Shingo NORO, Junichi TAMAMOTO, Mitsuru ASADA
  16. Development of Electric-Discharge Type Metal Jet Nozzle for Printer
    Katsumi YAMAGUCHI, Hiroshi NAKAMURA

JSME Medal for New Technology

  1. Development and Practical Application of General Purpose Parallel Structural Analysis System
    Hiroshi Akiba (Allied Engineering Corporation),Shinobu Yoshimura (University of Tokyo),Hirohisa Noguchi (Keio University),Tomonobu Ohyama (Allied Engineering Corporation),Takashi Kawakami (Toyama Prefectuctural University)
  2. Development and Realization of Rotary Anode Type X-ray Tube UsingLiquid Metal Lubricated Bearings forHigh Speed Medical CT
    Mitsuo Iwase1, Hironori Nakamuta1, Harunobu Fukushima2, Yasuo Yoshii2, Hitoshi Hattori2
    1 Toshiba Electron Tubes & Devices Co., Ltd.,
    2 Corporate Research & Development Center, Toshiba Corporation
  3. Development of the Series N700 Shinkansen train – Instillation of the body inclining system and energy conservation
    S.USUI, M.UENO, A.TORII,( Central Japan Railway Company)
  4. Device of Suppressing Abnormal Flow Phenomena in Turbomachinery (J-Groove Device)
    Junichi Kurokawa, Jun Matsui, Yokohama National University
  5. Development of the measuring system on multi-stage injection rate and quantity for diesel injection pump
    Akio Takamura, Masamichi ONO, Yukimitsu Omori, Susumu Fukushima, Satoshi Ishikawa (ONO SOKKI Co., Ltd.)
  6. Large Deployable Reflector (LDR) onboard Engineering Test Satellite VIII (ETS-VIII)
    Akio Tsujihata, Koji Terada, Akira Meguro, Motofumi Usui, Kyoji Shintate(Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency)
  7. Development of Advanced PCS (Pre-Crash Safety) System
    Setsuo Tokoro, Masayuki Shimizu, Masayuki Usami, Kazushi Kuroda, Kiyoka Matsubayashi(TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION)
  8. Development of linear motor driven Double-Column Machining Center incorporating a thermal displacement compensation system
    Seiji Furuhashi, Koji Takenaka, Tokio Kamada, Ryuuei Hakamata, Yoichi Kawai (Okuma Corporation)

JSME Young Engineers Award

  1. Development of blood vessel model for investigating effect of hemodynamic conditions on mechanism of atherogenesis
    Naoya SAKAMOTO (Tohoku Univ.)
  2. Biomechanics research on role of cytoskeletal structure in cellular mechanosensing mechanism and cytoskeletal remodeling induced by mechanical stimulus
    Katsuya SATO (Yamaguchi Univ.)
  3. A Study on an Energy Transmission System for a Totally Implantable Artificial Heart
    Kenji SHIBA (Hiroshima Univ.)
  4. A Study on Mechanical Property Measurement and Microstructural Imaging of Auditory Sensory Cells by Atomic Force Microscopy
    Michio MURAKOSHI (Tohoku Univ.)
  5. Morphology and Fracture Property of Epoxy Resins and Composites
    Wakako ARAKI (Tokyo Institute of Technology)
  6. Investigation of Strength Degradation Mechanism of Fiber Reinforced Plastics under Water Environment
    Akira KOBIKI (IHI Co.)
  7. Study of Deformation and Fracture Mechanisms of Non-Crystalline and Nano-crystalline Metals Based on Atomistic Models
    Ryosuke MATSUMOTO (Kyoto Univ.)
  8. Investigation of a Traveling-Wave thermoacoustic refrigerator
    Yuki UEDA (Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology)
  9. Study on Mixture Formation, Ignition, and Combustion
    Taku TSUJIMURA (National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology)
  10. Study on flamelet characteristics and soot formation behavior in spray flames
    Hiroaki WATANABE (Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry)
  11. Numerical investigation and modeling of turbulent transport and collision growth of inertial particles
    Ryo ONISHI (Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology)
  12. Development of miniaturized fiber-optic laser Deppler velocimetry sensor for local flow velocity measurement including blood
    Tsutomu TAJIKAWA (KANSAI Univ.)
  13. Study on the Generation of Uniform Diameter Microbubbles in an Ultrasonic Field
    Toshinori MAKUTA (Yamagata Univ.)
  14. Clarification and Suppression of Flow Fluctuations around a Steam Control Valve
    Ryo MORITA (Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry)
  15. Investigations and Suppression of Side Load in Rocket Nozzles during Start up and Shutdown Transients
    Koichi YONEZAWA (OSAKA Univ.)
  16. Active wave control of a flexible beam using a wave filtering method
    Hiroyuki IWAMOTO (Tokyo Metropolitan Univ.)
  17. Study on Mathematical Analysis and Control System to Automatic Pouring System in Casting Industry
    Yoshiyuki NODA (Toyohashi University of Technology, faculty of Engineering)
  18. Approach to Essence of Human Force Sensation based on Psychophysical Experiments Using Virtual Reality Technologies and Its Applications
    Msayuki HARA (YOKOHAMA NATIONAL Univ.)
  19. Modeling of Multilayered Structures on the Coupling Surface between a structure and an Acoustic Cavity
    Takashi YAMAMOTO (Nissan Motor Co.Ltd.)
  20. Environmental Impact Assessment for Machine Tool Operations
    Hirohisa NARITA (Nagoya Institute of Technology)
  21. Development of Robot Conveying Medicine Container by Connect
    Kazuyoshi Ishikawa (Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd.)
  22. Development of a Numerical Simulation Scheme for Internal Multiphase Flows by a Vortex Method and a Particle Trajectory Tracking Method
    Yashiyuki ISO (IHI Co.)
  23. Development of Motorized-Four-Wheel-Drive Control Technology
    Shinya Imura (Hitachi, Ltd.)
  24. Development of a Technique for Designing Multilayer Thin Film Structures with a Multiscale Simulation
    Yasutaka Okura (Hitachi, Ltd.)
  25. Development of carbody structures for partial and low floor light rail vehicle
    Shogo OKOCHI (Kinki sharyo Co.,Ltd.)
  26. Development of crush method for automotive omposite hood
    Atsushi KATAOKA (Toray Industries, Inc.)
  27. Enhanced Heat Transfer Module with a Porous plated Boiling Surface
    Hitoshi SAKAMOTO (NEC Co.)
  28. Development of the measurement and evaluation technique of lubricating conditions  between swashplate and shoe in the swashplate compressor for automotive air conditioning
    Hisashi SUZUKI (SANDEN Co.)
  29. The Development of Suppression Controller for Crane System with Superior Operation
    Makio SUZUKI (SINTOKOGIO, Ltd.)
  30. Development of water-cooled heat sink using lotus-type porous copper
    Hiroshi CHIBA (Mitsubishi Electric Co.)
  31. Development of small specimen testing technique and its application to strength evaluation of spot weld of steel sheets for automotive body
    Eisuke NAKAYAMA (Sumitomo Metal Industries, Ltd.)
  32. The development of a water hydraulic axial piston pump
    Hideaki NISHIDA (Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.)
  33. Development of active vibration control system for high-speed elevators using  operational modal analysis
    Naoki NOGUCHI (Hitachi, Ltd.)
  34. Development of yarn winder technology for improvement of take-up speed
    Kunihiro MISHIMA (Toray Industries, Inc.)
  35. Development of new active steer device for vehicle
    Kosuke YAMANAKA (JTEKT Co.)
  36. Analysis Technique Development in a High Precision Reduction Gear Assembly
    Kazuhiko YOKOJI (Nabtesuco Co.)
  37. Control of 6 DOF Active Vibration Isolation Devices Using Pneumatic Actuators with Long Piping System
    Masaomi WADA (Hitachi, Ltd.)

JSME Education Award (since2001)

  1. 1. Instrumentation and control education based on Problem Based Learning(PBL) method about small size biomass energy conversion systems
    Shigehiko KANEKO, Tatsuro WATANABE, Yudai YAMASAKI (University of TOKYO)
  2. Literary work of internal combustion engine, heat transfer and combustion
    Hidenori TASAKA
  3. Promotion of mechatronics education in Hokkaido by Robot-triathlon
    Robot-triathlon steering committee
  4. Graduate Education Program of Design and Integration Capability
    Department of Mechanical Engineering Graduate School of  Engineering Osaka University
  5. Distinguished Text books of “Creative Robot Design A: For Novice Robotics Engineers”, “Creative Robot Design B: Deepen your ideas for Robotic Engineering”, “Creative Robot Design C: Beginning Robot Control and Embedding Computers”
    Kan YONEDA (Chiba Institute of Technology), Takashi TSUBOUCHI (University of Tsukuba), Hisashi OHSUMI (Chuo Univ.)

JSME Excellent Product Award

  1. “Electric Discharge Sampling Equipment”
    Kobe Material Testing Laboratry Co.,Ltd.
  2. “Cycle Tree – Multi-Level Mechanical Bicycle Parking System”
    JFE Environmental Solutions Corporation
  3. “Small Rotary Snow-removing Car with Improved Operability and Safety”
    NIIGATA TRANSYS Co., Ltd.
  4. “LARGE INTEGRATED FORGINGS FOR POWER PLANT”  (Forgings for Reactor Pressure Vessel and Steam Turbine)
    The Japan Steel Works, Ltd. Muroran plant
  5. “The NMV5000 DCG High-Precision, 5-Axis Control Vertical Machining Center”
    Mori Seiki Co., Ltd.