On 16th October 2026, Hikaru Sasaki (M2), Maeda Laboratory, Department of Electrical Engineering and Information Systems, received EMS Student Encouragement Award at the 45th Electronic Materials Symposium(EMS).
EMS Student Encouragement Award
The EMS Student Encouragement Award is presented to student participants who have made a memorable impression through an excellent presentation, active discussion, or questions and answers at the symposium.
About awarded research
Hikaru Sasaki, a second-year master’s student in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Information Systems, received the EMS Student Encouragement Award at the 45th Electronic Materials Symposium (EMS), held from October 14 to 16, 2026 at Mercure Kashihara in Nara, Japan, for his presentation entitled “Characterization of Surface Oxidation of ScAlN and NbAlN Thin Films.”
Authors: Hikaru Sasaki*, Takahito Takeda*, Akihira Munakata*, Kouei Kubota*, Kousuke Joya*, Tomoya Fuji*, Tomoya Okuda**, Souta Kurogi**, Masaki Kobayashi*, Atsushi Fujimori*, Atsushi Kobayashi**, Ryosho Nakane*, Masakazu Sugiyama*, Takuya Maeda*
Affiliations: *The University of Tokyo, **Tokyo University of Science
Title: Characterization of Surface Oxidation of ScAlN and NbAlN Thin Films
Symposium website: https://ems.jpn.org/ems-award/
Maeda Laboratory website: https://sites.google.com/g.ecc.u-tokyo.ac.jp/maeda-lab/home
Your impression & future plan
I am honored to receive this award, which is a great encouragement to me. I would like to thank Professor Maeda for the guidance and support I have received, as well as our collaborators and the members of our laboratory. I will continue to devote myself earnestly to my research.
Issei Sasaki (M2), Department of Electrical Engineering and Information Systems, received EMS Award
Kitoshi Kawai (M2) , Department of Electrical Engineering and Information Systems, received 2024 Young Researcher Award, The Electromagnetic Theory Technical Group IEICE
