2023

The 18th

Koichi Kakimoto(Professor, New Industry Creation Hatchery Center, Tohoku University)

“Large-scale numerical studies of crystal growth mechanism and improvement of crystal quality”

2022

The 17th

None

2021

The 16th

Takashi Egawa(Professor, Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya Institute of Technology )

“Development and practical application of GaN-on-Si power semiconductors”

2020

The 15th

Yoshinori Furukawa(Professor Emeritus, Institute of Low Temperature Science, Hokkaido University)

“Experimental study for growth mechanism of snow and ice crystals”

2019

The 14th

Akinori Koukitu(Professor, Vice President, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology)

“Development of Bulk Group-III Nitrides by Halide Vapor Phase Epitaxy and Its Industrial Application”

2018

The 13th

Keigo Hoshikawa(Professor Emeritus, Shinshu University)

“Development and Practical Use of Functional Bulk Single Crystals and Their Growth Techniques”

2017

The 12th

Makio UWAHA(Professor, Center for General Education, Aichi Institute of Technology)

“Theoretical study of step dynamics”

Kazuo NAKAJIMA(Emeritus professor, IMR Tohoku University)

“Research for high-quality crystals of quaternary semiconductors and solar cells and their industrial applications”

2016

The 11st

Takashi MATSUOKA(Professor, Institute for Materials Research, Tohoku University)

“Crystal Growth of Compound Semiconductors for the Application to Optical Fiber Communications Systems and Blue Light-Emitting Devices”