Young Scientist Awards: Gold Award Winners
The IUMRS-ICEM2012 Awarding Committee is pleased to announce the winners of the Gold Award of Young Scientist Awards as follows:
| Name (alphabetical order) |
Affiliation | Presentation Title |
|---|---|---|
| BISHOP, Sean | Kyushu University | The origin of Defect Induced Chemical Expansion in Non-stoichiometric Oxides: CeO2 Case Study |
| MORARU, Daniel | Shizuoka University | Experimental and ab initio Study of Donor State Deepening in Nanoscale SOI-MOSFETs |
| TAMAKI, Takanori | Tokyo Institute of Technology | High-Surface-Area Three-Dimensional Enzymatic Biofuel Cell Electrode Made of Redox-Polymer Grafted Carbon Black |
| WEI, Qingshuo | National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology | Organic Floating Gate Memory by Using Nanoparticle-Driven Assembled Block Copolymers as Charge-Trapping Layers |
Through the short competition during the conference, finally the above 4 presenters were honored with the Gold Award at the awarding ceremony on Sept. 27, 2012.
Young Scientist Awards: Silver Award Winners
The IUMRS-ICEM2012 Awarding Committee is pleased to announce the winners of the Silver Award of Young Scientist Awards as follows:
| Category | Name | Affiliation | Presentation Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| A | LIN, Lu-Yin | National Taiwan University | TiO2 Nanotube Imprinted Ti Foil Counter Electrodes for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells |
| MANACH, Lilia | Institute of Electronics and Telecommunications of Rennes (IETR) | Carbon-Fiber Tissue as Radiating Element: Toward Pure Composite Material Antennas | |
| TANAKA, Hiromi | Yonago National College of Technology | Improvement of Intragrain Critical Current Density in Bi-Based Superconductor by Self-Assembled Two-Dimensional Nanoplane Defects | |
| B | ASANO, Takanori | Nagoya University | Epitaxial Growth of Ge1-xSnx Layers on (110)-oriented Si and Ge Substrates |
| KAKUSHIMA, Kuniyuki | Tokyo Institute of Technology | Interface Controlled Stacked Ni Silicidation Process with Schottky Barrier Height Controllability | |
| TANG, Zhenyao | Osaka University | Spin-Pumping-induced Spin Injection and Spin Transport in Single Layer Graphene at Room Temperature | |
| FENG, Yue | The University of Tokyo | MEMS-Based Cellular Parylene Structure for Piezoelectric Polymer Electret | |
| YOSHIDA, Hiroyuki | Osaka University | Uniform homeotropic alignment of liquid crystals on metallic nanohole arrays by vapor-phase deposition of a fluorosilane monolayer | |
| KUWAHARA, Yuki | National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) | Nanotube Diameter Dependence in the Performance of SWCNT Thin Film Transistors | |
| C | SUEMORI, Kouji | National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) | Flexible Thermoelectric Conversion Films Fabricated by Printing Process |
| LIU, Huicong | National University of Singapore | MEMS Based Piezoelectric Energy Harvesters Using PZT Cantilevers | |
| URABE, Keiichiro | The University of Tokyo | Optical Diagnostics of Atmospheric- pressure Dielectric Barrier Discharge for Microstructured Material Synthesis | |
| D | SAWAI, Kenji | Toray Industries, Inc. | Poly Lactic Acid Production Using Membrane-Integrated Bioprocess |
| NEETZEL, Cornelia | Darmstadt University of Technology | Iron Oxide Coatings of Ion Track Etched Polymer Templates for Environmental Adsorption Processes | |
| KAMATAKI, Kunihiro | Kyushu University | High Capacity Li Ion Battery Anodes Using Silicon Carbide Nanoparticles Produced by Double Multi-hollow Discharge Plasma CVD | |
| MENG, Sheng | Chinese Academy of Science | Electron Dynamics for Renewable Energy: Applications to Organic Photovoltaics and Water Photosplitting | |
| WANG, Zhongchang | Tohoku University | Atom-by-Atom Structural and Electronic Analysis of Interfaces and Grain Boundaries in Electronic Ceramics | |
| WAGATA, Hajime | Shinshu University | Transparent Conductive ZnO Films Prepared by Spin-Spray Method and Subsequent UV Treatment |
Young Scientist Award：Application for the Award closed.
About the Award
The ICEM 2012 Young Scientist Awards are intended to honor and encourage young scientists whose academic achievements and current research in materials display a high level of excellence and distinction. The ICEM 2012 committee seeks to recognize young scientists of exceptional ability who show promise for significant future achievements in materials research. This award is aimed at both oral and poster presentations.
Award Package
| Gold award: | A certificate of the Award and 300 USD. |
|---|---|
| Silver award: | A certificate of the Award. |
*Approximately 4 gold award winners may be chosen in this conference. In addition to the gold awards, several silver award winners may be chosen in each symposium.
Eligibility and procedure
- The nominee will not have reached his/her 36th birthday prior to April 1, 2012.
- The award winner must be both first author and speaker of the presentations (oral or poster).
- The nominee must submit a self-appeal letter, a CV, and a recommendation letter by his/her supervisor through the online system for applying for the award. The deadline for the application is 2 May, 12:00 JST（Extended).
- The submitted award applications will be reviewed by referees. They will select eligible candidates for the gold awards, who will be asked to participate in a short competition session for judging their presentations held on September 27, 10:00 - 13:30.
- The gold award winners will be selected based on both the pre-evaluation of the submitted award applications and the short competition session of the presentations.
- The silver award winners will be selected for each symposium according to both the pre-evaluation of the submitted award applications and their scheduled presentation (oral or poster) during September 24-28, 2012.
- The gold award winners will be announced during the awards ceremony ( September 27, 2012), and the silver award winners will be announced either during the awards ceremony or during the closing remarks of the conference (September 28, 2012).
- After the announcement of the awards, all gold award winners will be asked to join the award ceremony. After the awards ceremony, a group photo of the prize winners will be taken. The photographs will be uploaded onto the homepage of the conference and sent to the prize winners via e-mail. The silver award winners will be listed on the homepage of the conference.
*The above rules and procedure might be subject to change by the award committee and the organizing committee.
