The Open Innovation Platform of Tokyo Institute of Technology held the 2023 Open Innovator Award ceremony at the Ookayama Campus for young faculty members and researchers who have contributed to the development of the Collaborative Research Cluster.
The Open Innovator Award was established to honor young faculty members and researchers who have made outstanding contributions to the promotion of open innovation at the Collaborative Research Cluster, thereby contributing to the further development of industry-academia collaboration.
This is the first award system at the Tokyo Institute of Technology to honor achievements in industry-academia collaboration.
In FY2023, the first year of the program, 16 young faculty members and researchers were selected, and on March 12, President Watanabe presented 8 of them with certificates of commendation.
On March 12, eight recipients received certificates of commendation from Director Osamu Watanabe, and on March 29, eight recipients received certificates of commendation from Associate Director Yoichi Ohshima.
List of Open Innovator Award Recipients for 2023
The following 16 young faculty members and researchers have been selected for their outstanding contributions to the promotion of open innovation at the Collaborative Research Cluster.
※Affiliations and positions are current at the time of the awards ceremony.
| Member | Position | Name |
| Institute of Innovative Research | Assistant Professor | Yu Sekiguchi |
| School of Engineering | Assistant Professor | Takashi Tomura |
| Institute of Innovative Research | Assistant Professor | Naoki Matsui |
| School of Engineering | Assistant Professor | Manabu Kodama |
| School of Engineering | Associate Professor | Wataru Hijikata |
| School of Engineering | Research Staff | Ryuta Yasui |
| School of Engineering | Research Staff | Hiroki Nakamizo |
| School of Engineering | Research Staff | Yui Matsuda |
| Tokyo Tech Academy for Super Smart Society | Specially Appointed Associate Professor | Yu Tao |
| Institute of Innovative Research | Associate Professor | Masahiko Nakase |
| Institute of Innovative Research | Specially Appointed Assistant Professor | Rina Kunishige |
| International Research Frontiers Initiative | Associate Professor | Takayoshi Katase |
| School of Materials and Chemical Technology | Assistant Professor | Akira Yamaguchi |
| Institute of Innovative Research | Assistant Professor | Chiu WanTing |
| Institute of Innovative Research | Associate Professor | Masaki Tahara |
| School of Computing | Associate Professor | Ryu-ichi Sakamoto |
