1998

The Physical Society of Japan, Third Paper Award

Kyouichi Kinoshita
Superconductivity in the Ladder Material Sr0.4Ca13.6Cu24O41.84

Medal with Purple Ribbon

Tatsuo Izawa
Development of the Technology for Continuous Manufacturing of Optical Fiber Preforms

Information Processing Society of Japan, Paper Award for Year 1997

Kouji Dousaka
Progressive Speech Generation Model in a Task-oriented Dialog

Ceramic Society of Japan / Ceramic Society of Australia, the fifth CerSJ/AustCerS Joint Ceramic Award

Kazuo Fujiura
Study on the Synthesis and Characteristics of Fluoride Glass Fabricated by the Chemical Vapor Deposition Method

Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers, Achievement Award (Science Field) of Year 1997

Masao Kawachi, Katsunari Okamoto, Yasuji Oomori
Pioneering Research on Planar Lightwave Circuits for Fiber-optic Communication

Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers, Paper Award, the Fourth Inose Award for Year 1997

Naoto Uchida, Yasufumi Yamada, Yoshinori Hibino, Yasuhiro Suzuki, Noboru Ishihara
Low-Cost Hybrid WDM Module Consisting of a Spot-Size Converter Integrated Laser Diode and a Waveguide Photodiode on a PLC Platform for Access Network Systems

IEC Activity Promotion Conference Steering Committee Chairman Award for Year 1997

Makoto Sumida
Contribution to establishment of standards in IEC as an expert, by serving as IEC National Committee Secretary, IEC International Working Group Secretary, Liaison Officer for Relationships between IEC and Other Standards Bodies (ITU) for the standardization of passive optical devices, including fiber-optic connectors, being pursued in IEC TC86/SC86B

The Photopolymer Science and Technology Award

Jiro Nakamura, Hiroshi Ban, Akinobu Tanaka
Diffusion of Acids and Cross-linking Reaction in a Chemically Amplified Resist

NOC '98 Best Paper Award

Masahiko Jinno, Junichi Kani, Kimio Oguchi
Design of ultra-wideband (1450-1650) WDM transmission systems considering intra- and inter-wavelength-band nonlinear effects

Japanese Society for Artificial Intelligence, Award for the Encouragement of Research

Kaname Kasahara, Kazumitsu Matsuzawa
Integration of Symbols and Patterns for the Similarity of Concepts.

International Conference on Micro-process and nano-engineering, Most Impressive Poster Award

Chizuru Shibata, Tetsuyoshi Ishii, Hiroshi Nozawa, Toshiaki Tamamura
High-Aspect-Ratio Nanometer-Pattern Fabrication Using Fluorine-Incorporated Nanocomposite Resists for Dry-Etching Application

OECC (Optoelectronics and Communications Conference) '98 Best Paper Award

Ken Tsuzuki, Hiroaki Takeuchi, Satoshi Oku, Hiromasa Tanobe, Yoshiaki Kadota, Yoshifumi Kano, Keiji Ishii, Mitso Yamamoto
InP-based Monolithic Optical Frequency Discriminator Module for WDM System

OECC (Optoelectronics and Communications Conference) '98 Best Paper Award

Junichi Kani, Terutoshi Kanamori, Tadashi Sakamoto, Makoto Yamada, Masahiko Jinno, Kimio Oguchi
Novel 1470-nm band wavelength division multiplexing transmission

The Society of Instrument and Control Engineers, Paper Award, Tomoda Award

Hiroaki Gomi, Mitsuo Kawato
Mechanical impedance of human arm during multi-joint movement in horizontal plane

SSDM'98 Young Researcher Award

Akira Fujiwara
Suppression of Unintentional Formation of Parasitic Si Islands on a Si Single-Electron Transistor by the Use of SiN Masked Oxidation

Inoue Science Foundation, Kubo Ryogo Memorial Award

Seigo Tarucha
Experimental research on Interaction between Electrons during Low-level
Electron Transport

1998 IEEE International SOI Conference Best Paper Award

Takakuni Douseki, Mitsuru Harada
A 0.5-V Data-Storage Circuit for Triple-Threshold MTCMOS/SIMOX LSIs

The Acoustical Society of America, Fellow (ASA Fellow)

Youichi Toukura
For contributions to cross-language speech perception and production

IEEE 1997 GaAs IC Symposium Outstanding Paper Award

Taiichi Otsuji, Kouichi Murata, Takatomo Enoki, Youtarou Umeda
An 80-Gbit/s Multiplexer IC Using InGaAs/InAlAs/InP HEMTs

Japan IBM Science Award

Seigo Tarucha
Experimental Research on Strong Correlation Effect in a Low-level Electron System

Electric Science Technology Promotion Society, Ohm Technology Award

Mitsuyasu An
Invention and Industrialization of High-quality Glass Film for Planar Lightwave Circuits

The Japanese Psychonomic Society, Best Presentation Award

Tatsuto Takeuchi
Discrimination of Movement Speed as Viewed in a Dark Environment

The 33rd Japan Society for the Promotion of Machine Industry Award

Junichiro Miyazu, Zeitaro Matsuo, Toshiro Ono, Kouji Nishimura, Masaru Shimada, Hideo Oikawa
Development of Electron Cyclotron Resonance Plasma Equipment for Fabricating Conductive Film

Asia-Pacific Microwave Conference Japan Microwave Prize

Nabil Sahri, Tadao Nagatsuma
Practical Millimeter-Wave Optoelectronic Network Analyzer