July 22th 2020, Associate Professor Kazuki Shibanuma received The JACM Young Investigator Award from Japan Association for Computational Mechanics (JACM).

〈Name of award and short explanation about the award〉
The JACM Young Investigator Award(An award given to researchers under the age of 40 who have showed outstanding achievements in the computational mechanics)
〈 About awarded research〉
Proposal of innovative numerical models for quantitatively explaining/evaluating complicated fracture phenomena in solids and structures
〈Your impression & future plan〉
I would like to continue high-quality research activities in the engineering with both academic and practical value.