On 28th May 2026, Issei Sasaki (M2) , Maeda Lab, Department of Electrical Engineering and Information Systems, received ISPSD 2026 Charitat Young Researcher Award.
ISPSD 2026 Charitat Young Researcher Award
The ISPSD Charitat Young Researcher Award is the most prestigious award presented to the best presentation by a young researcher under the age of 30 who has given an oral presentation at the IEEE International Symposium on Power Semiconductor Devices and ICs (ISPSD).
About awarded research
Issei Sasaki, a second-year master's student in Professor Takuya Maeda's laboratory at the Department of Electrical Engineering and Information Systems (EEIS), The University of Tokyo, was honored with the ISPSD 2026 Charitat Young Researcher Award at the 38th International Symposium on Power Semiconductor Devices and ICs (ISPSD) held in Las Vegas, USA, from May 24 to 28, 2026. He received this prestigious award for his oral presentation titled "Extremely Low on-Resistance AlN-based SBDs with Distributed Polarization Doping Drift Layer."Authors: Issei Sasaki*, Masanobu Hiroki**, Kazuaki Ebata**, Kazuyuki Hirama**, Yoshitaka Taniyasu**, Takuya Maeda*
Affiliations: *The University of Tokyo, **Basic Research Lab., NTT Co.
Title: "Extremely Low on-Resistance AlN-based SBDs with Distributed Polarization Doping Drift Layer"
Related Links:
ISPSD HP: https://www.ispsd2026.com/
Press release: Extremely Low on-Resistance AlN-based Schottky Barrier Diodes Have Been Demonstrated: Contributing Realization of New Power Semiconductor Devices for Carbon Neutral (https://www.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp/en/press/pr2026-05-25-002 )
Maeda Lab HP: https://sites.google.com/g.ecc.u-tokyo.ac.jp/maeda-lab/home
Your impression & future plan
I am deeply honored to receive this prestigious award. I would like to express my sincere gratitude to Professor Maeda for his continuous guidance, to the collaborated researchers at the NTT Basic Research Laboratories for their invaluable advice and collaboration, and to the members of our laboratory for their daily support. Motivated by this recognition, I will commit myself to further deepening my research and contributing to the advancement of this field.
Yuta Miyasaka (D3), Department of Electrical Engineering and Information Systems, received BFBC 2026 Best Poster Award
Yukiya Mita (M2), Department of Electrical Engineering and Information Systems, received PSJ Yamashita SIG Research Award
