National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS) (Kazuhito Hashimoto, President) has selected the following scientists as the winners of the NIMS Award 2018.
Awardee
Dr. Masato Sagawa
(Advisor for Daido Steel Co., Ltd.)
Terunobu Miyazaki
(Professor Emeritus at Tohoku University)
NIMS Award 2018 will be given to two scientists who have made epoch-making achievements in the area of “magnetic and spintronic materials”. Dr. Masato Sagawa invented the world’s strongest neodymium permanent magnets and played the leading role in the commercialization of the material. Dr. Terunobu Miyazaki developed the tunneling magnetoresistance device that exhibits giant magnetoresistance at room temperature. Their research accomplishments have made a significant impact on the society through their implementation to various industrial products such as electric vehicles, hard disk drives and magnetoresistive random access memory (MRAM).
The award ceremony and the NIMS Award symposium will take place at the Tokyo International Forum on October 15 as part of the NIMS WEEK 2018.