Awards

List of Awards Presented by JSPE

JSPE PRIZE

Business Year Awardees
2025 (21st) Takeshi HATSUZAWA
Sumida TSUNETO

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JSPE Technology Award

Business Year Awarded Technology Awardees Affiliation
2025 (45th) Development of eight-grooved linear motion ball guide with dimensions conforming to the ISO standard Tohru TAKAHASHI
Ryuichi YAMAKOSHI
Masakazu TAKAHASHI
Teruaki OOKA
Katsuya IIDA
THK CO., LTD.
THK CO., LTD.
THK CO., LTD.
THK CO., LTD.
THK CO., LTD.
Development and application of innovative process control technology in additive manufacturing of advanced light metal materials Daiji MORITA
Shigeru TAKUSHIMA
Nobuhiro SHINOHARA
Yuji MEGURO
Yasutomo TANIHARA
Mitsubishi Electric Corp
Mitsubishi Electric Corp
Mitsubishi Electric Corp
Mitsubishi Electric Corp
Mitsubishi Electric Corp
Triumphing in uncertain business environments with sustainable smart sensible production system
– flow shop production method for continuous equipment utilization by adapting line configuration to changes in product and production volume –
Hiroaki ARAI
Haruki NAKAGAWA
Minoru MATSUISHI
DENSO CORPORATION
DENSO CORPORATION
DENSO CORPORATION

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JSPE Young Engineer Award

Business Year Awarded Technology Awardees (Affiliation)
2025 (21st) Development of Know-how Modeling for Processing Hiroshi KOJIMA (JTEKT Corporation)
Kazuhide ISOMURA (JTEKT Corporation)
Izuru MIYAZAKI (TOYOTA CENTRAL R&D LABS., INC.)
The study on wide-field, space-saving, low-distortion imaging method using micro lens array and high aspect ratio aperture array Manabu KIDA (Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd.)
Development of discriminating the state of machining using an autoencoder Taku HOSHIYA (SHIBAURA MACHINE CO.,LTD.)
Development of monitoring technique for process-affected layer using electrical resistance during power device polishing (First report) Ryota KOSHINO (EBARA Corporation)
Development of a monitoring method of cutting edge status during an end milling process using a sensor-equipped tool holder Koji KOSAI (Sumitomo Electric Industries, LTD.)
Reusability assessment based on damage prediction Hiroki MATSUMOTO (Hitachi, Ltd.)

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JSPE Monozukuri Award

Business Year Grade Awarded Organization
2025 (9th) Monozukuri Award Best Award S-Surface Technologies Co., Ltd.
Monozukuri Award Excellence Award ADD Co., Ltd.
Monozukuri Award Excellence Award WORKS Co., Ltd.
Monozukuri Award Kanac Co., Ltd.
Monozukuri Award NAGAMINE MANUFACTURING Co., Ltd
Monozukuri Award RAMPF Group Japan K.K.
Monozukuri Award RORZE CORPORATION

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JSPE Best Paper Award

Business Year Title of Awarded Paper Awardees (Affiliation) Journal and Volume
2025 (22nd) Topology optimization for the design of lithium-ion battery separators Naoyuki ISHIDA (Kyoto University)
Takamitsu SASAKI (Kyoto University)
Shun NOGUCHI (Kyoto University)
Shotaro HAYASHI (TOYOTA BATTERY Co., Ltd.)
Shozo FUJI (TOYOTA BATTERY Co., Ltd.)
Kozo FURUTA (Kyoto University)
Kazuhiro IZUI (Kyoto University)
Shinji NISHIWAKI (Kyoto University)
J. JSPE, Vol. 91, No. 7
Surveillance video anomaly detection via automatic caption generation using multimodal large language models Satoshi HASHIMOTO (KDDI Research, Inc.)
Hitoshi NISHIMURA (KDDI Research, Inc.)
Mori KUROKAWA (KDDI Research, Inc.)
J. JSPE, Vol. 91, No. 12
Realization of high-precision electrochemical machining by active use of hydrogen bubbles generated in non-machining area Qingrong ZHANG (Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology)
Wataru NATSU(Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology)
Hongping LUO(Guangdong University of Technology)
Precision Engineering, Vol. 91

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JSPE Young Researcher Award

Business Year Title of Awarded Paper Awardees (Affiliation) Journal and Volume
2025 (22nd) Improvement of anomaly detection accuracy by reducing the camera gap based on image conversion using ideal pair images Naoto HIRAMATSU (Chukyo University) J. JSPE, Vol. 91, No. 2
Anomaly detection by pre-training based on estimation of parameters constituting pseudo defects to distinguish subtle surface variations in industrial products Hiroki KOBAYASHI (Chukyo University) J. JSPE, Vol. 91, No. 10
A two-axis Lloyd’s mirror interferometer with elastically bent mirrors for fabrication of variable-line-spacing scale gratings Chenguang YIN (Tohoku University) Precision Engineering, Vol. 94

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JSPE Numata Memorial Paper Award

Business Year Title of Awarded Paper Awardees (Affiliation) Journal and Volume
2025 (42nd) Two-point diameter calibration of a sphere by a micro-coordinate measuring machine using a silicon gauge block as a reference standard Yohan KONDO (National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology)
Akiko HIRAI (National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology)
Toshiharu KATSUBE (Panasonic Production Engineering Co., Ltd.)
Natsumi KAWASHIMA (National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology)
Youichi BITOU (National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology)
Precision Engineering, Vol. 92
Time delay compensation in high-speed diamond turning of freeform surface using independent fast tool servo with a long stroke Takeshi HASHIMOTO (Keio University)
Jiwang YAN (Keio University)
Precision Engineering, Vol. 93

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JSPE Takagi Award

Business Year Title of Awarded Paper Awardees (Affiliation) Journal, Volume, and
Awarded Organization
2025 (28th,
36 times in total)
Monitoring method of cutting forces and vibrations by using frequency separation of acceleration sensor signals during milling process with small ball end mills Junichi KOUGUCHI*
Hayato YOSHIOKA
Precision Engineering, Vol. 85

Beckhoff Automation K.K.*
SelfA-inclinometer: A novel device for evaluating the accuracy of tilting rotary tables in five-axis machine tools Naoyuki TAKAHASHI*
Tsukasa WATANABE
Kazuteru TOBITA
Precision Engineering, Vol. 95

Sankyo Seisakusho Co.*

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JSPE Best Impact Article Award

Business Year Title of Awarded Paper Awardees
2025 (5th)
(Period covered :
January to December 2024)
1. Topology Optimization for Beginners Kentaro YAJI
2. Measurement Method of Jerk Nobuhiko HENMI
3. Fundamentals of Acoustic Emission Measurement Alan HASE
4. Introduction to Mechanism and Kinematics Toshio MORITA
5. Stress Distribution Measurement Techniques Using Photoelasticity : Current Status and Future Prospects Eisaku UMEZAKI
6. Amazing Piezoceramic PZT Takayuki WATANABE
7. On Modeling of Structures in the Finite Element Method -Difference in Usage between Solid and Structural (Beam and Shell) Elements- Takahiro YAMADA
8. Chatter Vibration in Cutting, Part 1 Norikazu SUZUKI
9. Mesh Generation in Finite Element Analysis Tomonori YAMADA
Hiroshi KAWAI
10. Least Squares Method for Precision Measurement Kiyoshi TAKAMASU

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