The JSASS Awards consist of Best Paper Award, Technology Award, and Young Researcher Award for members under 35 years old. JSASS provided nomination guidelines in the July 2024 issue of Aeronautical and Space Sciences Japan and on the JSASS website, and nominations received by 16 August 2024 were reviewed strictly and carefully by each award selection committee. The committees recommended two recipients for Best Paper Award, two recipients for Technology Award [one for Basic Technology Category and one for Project Category], three recipients for Young Researcher Award, and one recipients Space Business Co-Creation Award. The committee recommendations were submitted to the JSASS Board of Directors and endorsed at the 636th Board of Directors Meeting on 20 December 2024. The JSASS would like to announce all of our members this year’s awards recipients. Also, these awards will be presented with an extra prize at the JSASS Annual General Meeting to be held in April 2025. The details of the review will be provided in the May 2025 issue of Aeronautical and Space Sciences Japan.
22 January 2025
The 56th Board of Directors
Affiliations when the papers and technologies were published are shown.
Best Paper Award
| Awarded paper | Performance Analysis of Runway Allocation for Arrival Flow Using a Queuing Model |
|---|---|
| Recipient(s) | Yoshikazu MIYAZAWA（Electronic Navigation Research Institute） Daichi TORATANI（Electronic Navigation Research Institute） Yoichi NAKAMURA（Electronic Navigation Research Institute） Ryota MORI（Electronic Navigation Research Institute） |
Best Paper Award
| Awarded paper | CFD Study on Penetration of Sonic Boom Applying a Wavy-Water Model |
|---|---|
| Recipient(s) | Po-Hsun CHEN（The University of Tokyo） Kojiro SUZUKI（The University of Tokyo） |
Technology Award [Basic Technology Category]
| Awarded technology |
Development and Flight Validation of Libretto Technology Using Aircraft Coatings |
|---|---|
| Recipient(s) | Mitsuru KURITA（JAXA） Monami SASAMORI（JAXA） Seigo KOGA（JAXA） Yoshimi IIJIMA（JAXA） Dong Youn KWAK（JAXA） Daishiro TORIGOE（JAL Engineering Co., Ltd.） Takahiro OGATA（JAL Engineering Co., Ltd.） Makoto KONDO（JAL Engineering Co., Ltd.） O-WELL CORPORATION J Project Team |
Technology Award [Project Category]
| Awarded technology |
LEV, Japan’s first robot to explore the lunar surface |
|---|---|
| Recipient(s) | Tetsuo YOSHIMITSU（JAXA） Masatsugu OTSUKI（JAXA） Kent YOSHIKAWA（JAXA） Takao MAEDA（Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology） Yasuharu KUNII（Chuo University） Atsushi TOMIKI（JAXA） Wataru TORII（JAXA） Naoto USAMI（JAXA） Tomoyuki HIROSE（Digital Spice Corporation） Akihiko HASEGAWA（Shotoku Corp.） Shusaku MUROI（Shotoku Corp.） SLIM Project Team |
Encouragement Award
| Awarded Paper | Accuracy Evaluation of Turbulence Index（TBindex） and Correction using Altitude and Seasonal Differences |
|---|---|
| Recipient | Haruki MATSUDA（JAXA） |
Encouragement Award
| Awarded Paper | Crater Detection Robust to Illumination and Shape Changes using Convolutional Neural Network |
|---|---|
| Recipient | Takayuki ISHIDA（JAXA） |
Encouragement Award
| Awarded Paper | Capture Area Ratio and Drag Difference between Wind Tunnel and Flight Tests、2 other items |
|---|---|
| Recipient | Kento YAMADA（JAXA） |
Space Business Co-Creation Award
| Awarded business |
Space debris removal services that contribute to improving the space environment |
|---|---|
| Recipient | Astroscale Japan Inc. |
