One aspect of faculty development at the Faculty of Engineering is the Best Teaching Award, appropriately named to recognize a faculty member in each department demonstrating superior leadership qualities and whose instruction is highly effective, or faculty member implementing devised or improved educational techniques or demonstrating outstanding educational effectiveness. The Faculty of Engineering Commendation Committee uses course standard evaluation results taken from the Faculty of Engineering Common Course Evaluation Questionnaire, which is completed by students in all common core subjects, to identify changes in scoring over the past three-year period that indicate a tangible improvement in instruction technique. Syllabus content and the like are also taken into consideration. A list of faculty members receiving the Best Teaching Award from the Faculty of Engineering at The University of Tokyo and their courses follows below.
The Faculty of Engineering promotes the continuous implementation of faculty development initiatives to improve educational standards. (Graduate School of Engineering, Planning Committee)
2025 Award Recipients (Title is as of the time of the award)
Reasons for selection
Instruction Leadership: demonstrating superior leadership qualities in class and demonstrating highly effective instruction.
Educational Technique Improvement: implementing devised or improved educational techniques or demonstrating remarkable educational accomplishments.
Those deemed appropriate to receive the Best Teaching Award.
Civil Engineering TAKAHASHI Yuya, Associate Professor
Course title: Core Disciplinary Project II
Architecture YOSHIOKA Hideki, Associate Professor
Course title: Fire Protection of Building
Urban Engineering TAKAMI Kiyoshi, Associate Professor
Course title: Urban Transportation System Planning
Mechanical Engineering YOSHIZAKI Reina, Assistant Professor
Course title: Exercises for Mechatronics Design
Mechano-informatics FUKAO Takanori, Professor
Course title: Systems Control 2
Aeronautics and Astronautics MATSUO Isaya, Part-time Lecturer
Course title: Introduction to Aerospace Design
Precision Engineering MICHIHATA Masaki, Associate Professor
Course title: Measurement in Precision Engineering I
Information and Communication Engineering NARUSUE Yoshiaki, Associate Professor
Course title: Theory of Electric Circuits 2
Electrical and Electronic Engineering Le Duc Anh, Associate Professor
Course title: Quantum Mechanics I
Applied Physics NAKAMURA Yasunobu, Professor
Course title: Nano Science
Mathematical Engineering and Information Physics TANIGAWA Shinichi, Associate Professor
Course title: Algorithms in Mathematical Engineering
Materials Engineering KONDO Takashi, Professor
Course title: Solid State Physical Property
Chemical System Engineering IYOKI Kenta, Associate Professor
Course title: Physical Chemistry 3
Chemistry and Biotechnology MORIMOTO Jumpei, Associate Professor
Course title: Life Chemistry I
Systems Innovation ABE Hiroaki, Professor
Course title: Mechanical properties of materials
Institute for Innovation in International Engineering Education KAWANAKA Takaaki, Associate Professor
Course title: Frontier of Technology Ⅰ・II
Award Recipients of each year
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