MIC "INNO-vation" Generation Special Corporate Award for Associate Professor Yoichi Murakami

I heard that I was recommended by an anonymous company for the award nomination. First I would like to express my sincere gratitude to that company. I would also like to express my deepest gratitude to Bangkok Bank Public Company Limited, Thailand's largest bank, for selecting this technology for the special corporate award. Thailand has joined "INNO-vation" for the first time this year. I am deeply grateful for being chosen in this memorable year and for being given the opportunity to convey my gratitude and the significance of this technology under the connection to the Thai venue during the event.

This award was made possible by the cooperation and support from my students who worked with me for the research, the industrial collaborators, and the extensive administrative staff of Tokyo Tech. I would like to express my deep gratitude to everyone. I would also like to thank my family for their continuous support.

As an engineer, I have been engaged in my research with desiring "helping out people outside the university" based on fundamental science. The "INNO-vation" program from which I received the award is organized by the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications and is broadly and globally publicized. I am very pleased to be able to call your attention to our R&D achievements and the presence of Tokyo Tech. I consider that this award was given for the accumulations of R&D achievements and intellectual properties at Tokyo Tech during the past ten years. I will continue to emphasize fundamental science, striving to be an engineer who "helps out people outside the university".