The Takao Kashiwagi GXI Prize was established in 2023 to commemorate the achievements of Prof. Emeritus Takao Kashiwagi of the Tokyo Institute of Technology with the aim of realizing a carbon neutral society in Japan and developing a society in harmony with the global environment.
The GXI Award was established in 2023 to commemorate the achievements of Professor Emeritus Takao Kashiwagi of the Tokyo Institute of Technology. Three awards, the GX Research Award, the GX Open Innovation Award, and the GX Encouragement Award, will be presented to individuals for their particularly outstanding research and achievements.
Takao Kashiwagi GXI Award Winners (from right to left: Mr. Shinoda, Mr. Amarjargal, Mr. Kashiwagi, Mr. Harashima, Acting Mayor of Iruma City Sugishima, and Mr. Kato)
Outline of each award
A summary of each award is as follows
The purpose of the GX Research Award is to recognize researchers who have contributed to the development of energy-related research and development for the development of a society in harmony with the global environment, thereby contributing to the development of energy development.
The purpose of the GX Open Innovation Award is to recognize companies, organizations, etc. that have contributed to the development of open innovation, which is research and development for social implementation of energy technology through collaboration among industry, government, academia, citizens, and part or the entire community, thereby contributing to the realization of a carbon neutral society.
The purpose of the GX Encouragement Award is to recognize students or young researchers who have contributed to the development of research and development related to energy for the development of society in harmony with the global environment, thereby contributing to the development of energy development.
Recipients and Achievements for FY2022
The award ceremony was held on March 23, 2023 at Tokyo Institute of Technology Kuramae Hall.
GX Research Award
Dr. Koyama GX Research Award
Ken Koyama (Managing Director, Institute of Energy Economics, Japan / Specially Appointed Professor Tohoku University Specially Appointed Professor
Mr. Koyama has made a significant contribution to GXI activities by providing a broad overview of the international energy situation, analyzing min recent post-corona crisis situation, the impact of the Ukraine crisis, and the announcement of the carbon neutrality target and its impact, and clarifying Japan's energy policy issues.
GX Open Innovation Award
GX Open Innovation Award, Mayor Sugishima, Iruma City, Saitama
Iruma City, Saitama Prefecture, Japan
The city has substantially and vigorously promoted GX based on industry-academia-government collaboration, and has demonstrated many elements that could serve as a model for GX efforts by local governments.
GX Encouragement Award
GX Incentive Award by Amarjargal
Tsendsuren Amarjargal (Tokyo Tokyo Institute of Technology 3rd year PhD student, Nuclear Engineering Course)
Dr. Amarjargal gave an excellent oral presentation titled "Coolant void coefficient in a sodium-cooled rotational fuel-shuffling breed-and-burn fast reactor" at IZES. The Breed-and-burn fast reactor based on a sodium-cooled fast reactor is an innovative reactor concept that dramatically increases the potential of nuclear energy utilization as zero-carbon energy, as Publications.
Mr. Shinoda GX Encouragement Award
Yasunari Shinoda (D3, Nuclear Engineering Course, Tokyo Tokyo Institute of Technology )
He gave an excellent oral presentation titled "Fabrication of Palladium-Copper Alloy Membranes for Hydrogen Purification Using a Reverse Build-up Method" at IZES. He also gave an excellent oral presentation titled "Fabrication of Palladium-Copper Alloy Membranes for Hydrogen Purification Using a Reverse Build-up Method" at IZES, and developed a metal supported Pd alloy hydrogen permeable membrane using a reverse build-up method and a hydrogen permeable membrane with lower cost and higher efficiency than conventional membranes Publications.