The Takao KASHIWAGI GXI Prize was established in 2023 for the purpose of realizing a carbon-neutral society in Japan, to promote the development of a society in harmony with the global environment, and to commemorate the achievements of Tokyo Institute of TechnologyThe Honorable Takao Kashiwagi Prof.. The GXI Award will be given as the Takao Kashiwagi GXI Award to individuals who have achieved particularly outstanding research and accomplishments, and will consist of three awards: the GX Research Award, the GX Open Innovation Award, and the GX Encouragement Award. An outline of each award is as follows.
GX Research Award
The purpose of this 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.
GX Open Innovation Award
The purpose of this 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 some or the entire community, thereby contributing to the realization of a carbon-neutral society.
The purpose of this award is to contribute to the realization of a carbon-neutral society.
GX Encouragement Award
The purpose of this award is to recognize students or young 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 recipients of the Kashiwagi Prize (and their achievements) to date are as follows.
The award ceremony was held on March 12, 2024 at Tokyo Institute of TechnologyKuramae Hall.
GX Research Award
Hara, Michikazu ( Tokyo Institute of Technology Prof. )
HE HAS MADE OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENTS IN THE FIELD OF LOW-TEMPERATURE AMMONIA SYNTHESIS MIN, INCLUDING NOT ONLY BASIC RESEARCH ON CATALYSTS FOR AMMONIA SYNTHESIS BUT ALSO APPLIED RESEARCH IN CONSIDERATION OF SOCIAL IMPLEMENTATION, AND HAS MADE SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS TO GXI ACTIVITIES.
Takeo Yamaguchi ( Tokyo Institute of Technology Prof. )
IN THE AREA OF WATER ELECTROLYSIS TECHNOLOGY, HE HAS MADE SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS TO GXI ACTIVITIES THROUGH HIS WORLD-LEADING RESEARCH ACHIEVEMENTS IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF A HYDROGEN PRODUCTION SYSTEM BY WATER ELECTROLYSIS USING AN ANION EXCHANGE MEMBRANE AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF MATERIALS RELATED TO EXCHANGE MEMBRANES AND CATALYSTS.
GX Open Innovation Award
Asahi Kasei Corporation
THE COMPANY DEPLOYED A WIDE VARIETY OF GX TECHNOLOGIES AND COLLABORATED WITH VARIOUS COMPANIES TO PROMOTE OPEN INNOVATION IN A SUBSTANTIAL AND VIGOROUS MANNER, AND DEMONSTRATED MANY ELEMENTS THAT COULD SERVE AS A MODEL FOR INITIATIVES.
Mitsui Fudosan Co.
The company is substantially and vigorously promoting open innovation to solve social issues through urban development, and has demonstrated many elements that could serve as a model for initiatives.
GX Incentive Award
Atsunori Ikezawa ( Tokyo Institute of TechnologySchool of Materials Science and Engineering Assistant Prof.)
He conducted research on battery technology and contributed to GXI activities with outstanding results, especially in the development of high-performance materials for lithium-ion batteries, clarification of the behavior of practical materials in solid-state batteries, and development of in-situ measurement techniques for zinc electrodes in zinc-air batteries, which are expected to play an even more active role in the future.
Fiscal Year 2022
GX RESEARCH AWARD
Ken Koyama (Executive Director, The Institute of Energy Economics, Japan, Specially Appointed Professor)
MINHE HAS MADE A SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTION TO GXI ACTIVITIES BY PROVIDING A BROAD OVERVIEW OF THE INTERNATIONAL ENERGY SITUATION, ANALYZING THE RECENT POST-CORONA DISASTER 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
Iruma City, Saitama Prefecture
The GX is being promoted practically and vigorously based on industry-academia-government collaboration, and has demonstrated many elements that could serve as a model for GX efforts by local governments.
The GX Incentive Award
GX Incentive Award
Tsendsuren Amarjargal ( Tokyo Institute of Technology, 3rd year PhD student, Nuclear Engineering Course)
Coolant void coefficient in a sodium-cooled rotational fuel-shuffling
Coolant void coefficient in a sodium-cooled rotational fuel-shuffling fast reactor" at IZES, and a presentation on "Breed-and-burn fast reactor based on a sodium-cooled fast reactor" at IZES.
He also gave an excellent oral presentation titled "Coolant void coefficient in a sodium-cooled rotational fuel-shuffling breed-and-burn fast reactor".
An innovative reactor concept based on sodium-cooled fast reactors has been developed as Publicationsthat dramatically increases the potential of nuclear energy use as a zero-carbon energy source.
Yasunari Shinoda ( Tokyo Institute of TechnologyNuclear Engineering Course, 3rd year of doctoral course)
Dr. Shinoda 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 that is less expensive and more efficient than conventional membranes as Publications.