The 2nd GREEN Prize (FY2012)
The GREEN Prize is established to encourage and recognize the contribution of young researchers who have made excellent achievements in terms of promoting green innovation and addressing the associated challenges.
All research activities of GREEN are evaluated for the award competition. The award is open to all NIMS employees affiliated with GREEN, GREEN open-lab guest researchers (including short-term RA) and members of participating institutions.
The GREEN Prize 2012 was awarded to the following researchers at the 6th GREEN Symposium held on June 27th, 2013. Award of Innovation was granted to Dr. Nobuyuki Ishida, Dr. Kei Nishikawa and Dr. Tsuyoshi Ohnishi respectively. Open-lab Award was granted to Dr. Hiroki Takahashi. Long-term RA Award was granted to Dr. Keisuke Fugane and Dr. Yukihisa Okawa, and Short-term RA Award was granted to Ms. Nana Aoki and Mr. Shigeharu Ito respectively.
Award winners and people involved
(left) Prof. Hiroki Takahashi is awarded from Prof. Kohei Uosaki
GREEN Special Award
Dr. Yasushi Kato, President of Tsuruoka National College of Technology (left) and Prof. Kohei Uosaki, Director-General of GREEN (right)
The GREEN Special Award was also granted at the symposium to Tsuruoka National College of Technology in recognition of valued partnership with GREEN.
Award of Innovation
Dr. Nobuyuki Ishida
NIMS Postdoctoral Researcher
Evaluation of lithium chemical states by scanning Auger microprobe
Dr. Kei Nishikawa
NIMS Postdoctoral Researcher
Measurement of volumetric change of a single silicon particle during charging reaction
Dr. Tsuyoshi Ohnishi
GREEN Leader
Thin film preparation by pulsed laser deposition
Open-lab Award
Dr. Hiroshi Takahashi
Assistant Professor, Akita University
Long-term RA Award
Dr. Keisuke Fugane
GREEN Long-term RA
Dr. Yukihisa Okawa
GREEN Long-term RA
Short-term RA Award
Ms. Nana Aoki
Ochanomizu University
Dr. Shigeharu Ito
Kanagawa University