List of Awards Received by ICHARM Researchers |
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Year |
No. |
Position |
Recipient Name |
Award |
Achievement, manuscript, etc. |
Awarding organization |
Date |
2023 |
44 | GRIPS, IISEE, ICHARM, JICA |
Japan Construction International Award | Disaster Prevention Policy Program Water Disaster Risk Management Course | Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism | 2023/6/20 | |
2023 |
43 | Executive Director | KOIKE Toshio | AGU Ambassador Award | Lifetime commitment to scientific developments and outstanding contributions to social impact, service to the Earth and space community, scientific leadership, and promotion of talent/career pool | American Geophysical Union | 2022/12/14 |
| 42 | - | Public Works Research Institute (PWRI) and the University of Tokyo | the Excellence Award at the good digital award 2022 | Project title: Development of a system to conduct data assimilation method using observed water levels and provide predicted water levels using forecast rainfall data for small and medium-sized rivers | Digital Agency | 2022/12 | |
| 41 | Research Specialist | HARADA Daisuke | Best Presentation Award, Symposium on River Engineering, JSCE, 2022 |
METHODS TO ANALYZE FLOOD FLOW WITH A HUGE AMOUNT OF SEDIMENT AND DRIFTWOOD | Japan Society of Civil Engineering (JSCE) | 2022/6/16 | |
| 40 | Researcher | KAKINUMA Daiki | Best Paper Award, Symposium on River Engineering, JSCE, 2022 |
DEVELOPMENT OF REAL-TIME FLOOD FORECASTING SYSTEM FOR THE SMALL AND MEDIUM RIVERS | Japan Society of Civil Engineering (JSCE) | 2022/6/16 | |
| 39 | Executive Director | KOIKE Toshio | Fellow | Honored for his outstanding achievements, experience, and insight in engineering and industry | Japan Federation of Engineering Societies | 2022/6 | |
2021 |
38 | Senior Researcher Chief Researcher |
OHARA Miho FUJIKANE Masakazu |
Outstanding Research Award, the Research Group for National Land and Infrastructure Technology of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism |
Publication and Use of "Collection of Critical Situations during Flood Emergency Response for Local Governments" | Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism | 2021/11 |
| 37 | Executive Director | KOIKE Toshio | International Lifetime Contribution Award | Contribution to solving scientific and social problems on global water issues | Japan Society of Civil Engineering (JSCE) | 2021/6/11 | |
| 36 | Research Specialist | HARADA Daisuke | Young Best Presentation Award | 多量の土砂を含む洪水氾濫流の特徴 -2019年五福谷川洪水を例に- | Japan Society of Erosion Control Engineering | 2021/5/19 | |
| 35 | Research Specialist | NAGUMO Naoko | Research Encourage Award 2020 | 2016年台風10号による小本川の洪水・土砂氾濫に関する地形学的考察 | Japanese Geomorphological Union | 2021/4 | |
| 34 | - | ICHARM | Dr. Roman L. Kintanar Award 2020 | ICHARM, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) and the Infrastructure Development Institute (IDI), contribution to enhancing the flood forecasting and management capacity in the TC region through the flood hazard mapping project of TC and the utilization of the Global Satellite Mapping of Precipitation (GSMaP) product developed and provided by JAXA |
Typhoon Committee (TC) | 2021/2/23 | |
2020 |
33 | Executive Director | KOIKE Toshio | The 2020 GEO Individual Excellence Award | Exceptional personal commitment to the GEO mission and the tangible impacts of the work in the GEO community. | Group on Earth Observations (GEO) | 2020/11/4 |
| 32 | Research Specialist | Robin Kumar Biswas | Excellent Paper Award | Robin K. Biswas, S. Egashira, D. Harada; Variability in Stage-Discharge Relationships in River Reach with Bed Evolutions, 22nd IAHR-APD Congress in Sapporo, Japan, September 15-16, 2020 (online) | Asia and Pacific Regional Division of International Association for Hydro-Environment Engineering and Research (IAHR-APD) | 2020/9/16 |
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| Research and Training Advisor | EGASHIRA Shinji | ||||||
| Research Specialist | HARADA Daisuke | ||||||
| 31 | Director | KOIKE Toshio | The 2019 Chairman's Award by the Support Center for Advanced Telecommunications Technology Research | KITSUREGAWA Masaru, KOIKE Toshio, IKOMA Eiji, NEMOTO Toshihiro, YASUKAWA Masaki, Development of a data-driven disaster risk reduction platform | Support Center for Advanced Telecommunications Technology Research, Foundation | 2020/1/14 |
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2019 |
30 | Director | Toshio Koike | AOGEO Fellow | Longtime leadership and substantial contribution in earth observation | AOGEO (Asia-Oceania Group on Earth Observation) | 2019/11/4 |
| 29 | Director | Toshio Koike | 2019 Chinese Government Friendship Award | Contribution to China’s social and economic development through research on the water cycle in the Tibetan Plateau | China | 2019/9/30 |
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| 28 | Senior Researcher | Daisuke Kuribayashi | 2018 Excellent Technology Award | the development of the ICHARM Disaster Risk Information System (IDRIS), which is a disaster-related information sharing system for municipalities. | Institute of Social Safety Science (ISSS) | 2019/5/24 |
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| Senior Researcher | Miho Ohara | ||||||
| 27 | Director | Toshio Koike | International Science Cooperation Award 2018 | for clarifying the roles of the Tibetan Plateau in the occurrence of heavy rain and drought disasters in Asia, promoting international integrated research on the global water cycle, and leading an international technical cooperation project to improve the accuracy of heavy rain forecasting in China | Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) | 2019/1/17 |
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2018 |
26 | Research Assistant | Ahmad Ali Gul | Excellent Presentation Award | Gul Ahmad Ali, Atsuhiro YOROZUYA, Hiroshi KOSEKI, Shinji EGASHIRA, Shoji OKADA, STUDY OF BEDFORM AND BOIL BASED ON OBSERVATIONS IN BRAHMAPUTRA RIVER, Japan Society of Civil Engineering (JSCE) 2018 Annual Meeting, August 29-31, 2018 in Sapporo, Japan | Japan Society of Civil Engineering (JSCE) | 2018/12/12 |
| 25 | Senior Researcher | Mohamed Rasmy Abdul Wahid | Achievement Award | For his outstanding research activities, such as development of WEB-RRI model | Public Works Research Institute (PWRI) | 2018/7/17 |
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| 24 | Director for Special Research | Yoshiyuki Imamura | Young Presenters Award | Naoyuki Kurisu, Hirotoshi Mori, Yoshiyuki Imamura, Yukio Nakata and Syota Sasaki, Development of river bank deformation monitoring method by using wireless inclinometers | Japan Society of Civil Engineers, Chugoku regional branch office | 2018/5/26 |
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| 23 | Research Assistant | Md. Khairul Islam | Outstanding Student Presentation Award (OSPA) | Inter-comparison of gauge-adjusted global satellite rainfall estimates for water resources management in the Maghna river basin | Japan Geoscience Union Meeting (JpGU) | 2018/5/25 |
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| 22 | Research Specialist | Naoko Nagumo | The Association of Japanese Geographers Best Paper Award | Flood Simulation and GIS Mapping in Flood-prone Region of the Philippines: Efforts and Issues in Contingency Planning | The Association of Japanese Geographers | 2018/3/22 |
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| Senior Researcher | Miho Ohara | ||||||
| Senior Researcher | Badri Bhakta Shrestha | ||||||
| Chief Researcher | Hisaya Sawano | ||||||
| 21 | Senior Researcher | Mohamed Rasmy Abdul Wahid | Letter of Appreciation | For disaster response efforts in Sri Lanka | Foreign Minister of Japan | 2018/1/31 |
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2017 |
20 | Senior Researcher | Mohamed Rasmy Abdul Wahid | Letter of Appreciation | For disaster response efforts in Sri Lanka | Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) | 2017/8/3 |
| 19 | - | - | the 19th Infrastructure Technology Development Award | Development of the Integrated Flood Analysis System (IFAS) | Selection Committee for Infrastructure Technology Development Award | 2017/7/27 |
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| 18 | Senior Researcher | Atsuhiro Yorozuya | Hokkaido Regional Development Bureau Director's Award | Applicability of particle image velocimetry to the upper Karachi River during Typhoon No.10 in 2016 –Advanced discharge observation for large-scale flooding (part 2) – | Hokkaido Regional Development Bureau, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism | 2017/5/30 |
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| 17 | Senior Researcher | Yoshito Kikumori | CommonMP Contribution Award | Contribution of working on developing element models of CommonMP, studying technical specifications of its platform, and managing the project as a member of the project secretariat since 2007 | Common Modeling Platform for water-material circulation analysis (CommonMP) | 2017/5/17 |
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2016 |
16 | Research Specialist | Naoko Nagumo | 2015 Best Presentation Award by the Institute of Social Safety Science | Geographical Characteristics of Flood Occurred in Joso City Ibaraki Prefecture in September, 2015 | Institute of Social Safety Science | 2016/1/28 |
| 15 | Senior Researcher | Miho Ohara | 2015 Best Paper Award by the Institute of Social Safety Science | Study on Basic Flood Risk Assessment Method in Asian Flood Prone Area with Limited Regional Data -Case Study in Pampanga River Basin, Philippines- | Institute of Social Safety Science | 2016/1/26 |
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| Research Specialist | Naoko Nagumo | ||||||
| Senior Researcher | Badri Bhakta SHRESTHA | ||||||
| Chief Researcher | Hisaya Sawano | ||||||
2015 |
14 | Advisor | Kuniyoshi Takeuchi | UNESCO-IHP RSC-SEAP Award | Outstanding contribution and dedication to the committee, in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the UNESCO International Hydrological Decade (IHD) and international Hydrological Programme (IHP) | UNESCO-IHP Regional Steering Committee for Southeast Asia and the Pacific | 2015/10/20 |
| 13 | Advisor | Kuniyoshi Takeuchi | Certificate of appreciation | Long-term support and contribution to UNESCO natural science programs in Asia and the Pacific region especially in the area of water management | Jakarta Office of the UNESCO IHP | 2015/10/21 |
12 | Director | Toshio Koike | 2015 Science Award from the Japan Society of Hydrology and Water Resources | Development of the Data Integration and Analysis System (DIAS), research on integration of satellite hydrological observation and water-cycle analysis models, and international contribution through such activities | Japan Society of Hydrology and Water Resources | 2015/9/10 |
2014 |
11 | - | - | 2013 Infrastructure Technology Development Award | Development of a system for observing river and sediment discharges by using an acoustic Doppler current profiler (aDcp) | Selection Committee for Infrastructure Technology Development Award | 2014/7/30 |
| 10 | Senior Researcher | Takahiro Sayama | JSCE Best Paper Award | An Emergency Response-type Rainfall-Runoff-Inundation Prediction for 2011 Thailand Flood | Japan Society of Civil Engineers (JSCE) | 2014/6/13 |
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| Former Exchange Researcher | Yuya Tatebe | ||||||
| Former Exchange Researcher | Susumu Fujioka | ||||||
| Research Specialist | Tomoki Ushiyama | ||||||
| Researcher | Atsuhiro Yorozuya | ||||||
| Former Deputy Director | Shigenobu Tanaka | ||||||
2013 |
9 | Research Specialist | Hideyuki Kamimera | MONRE Minister's Award | Contribution to the development of hydrometeorology in Vietnam through joint research on ground, radar and satellite rainfall observation with the Hydrometeorological Agency of MONRE | Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MONRE) of Vietnam | 2013/8/16 |
| 8 | - | - | 2013 Infrastructure Technology Development Award | Development of the Rainfall-Runoff-Inundation Model | Selection Committee for Infrastructure Technology Development Award | 2013/7/5 |
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| 7 | Researcher | Takahiro Sayama | MEXT Minister's Award for Young Scientists and Engineers | Research on Rainfall-Runoff-Inundation Prediction for Major Floods Worldwide | Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) | 2013/4/16 |
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2012 |
6 | Exchange Researcher | Yuya Tatebe and others | SAT Technology Showcase Best Research Exchange Award | Development of technology for monitoring and forecasting large-scale floods worldwide | Science and Technology Promotion Foundation of Ibaraki | 2013/1/22 |
2010 |
5 | Chief Researcher | Katsuhito Miyake | JSCE Continuing International Contribution Award | Long-term commitment to international activities | Japan Society of Civil Engineers (JSCE) | 2010/5/28 |
2009 |
4 | Exchange Researcher | Takahiro Kawakami | 2009 Excellent Performance Award from MLIT Land and Infrastructure Management Study Group | Development of Integrated Flood Analysis System (a flood forecasting system using satellite rainfall information) | Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism | 2009/10/30 |
| 3 | Director | Kuniyoshi Takeuchi | JSCE International Contribution Award | Contribution to global water issues | Japan Society of Civil Engineers (JSCE) | 2009/5/29 |
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2007 |
2 | Director | Kuniyoshi Takeuchi | Yamanashi Science Academy Award | Contribution to promoting hydrology and water resources in the world | Yamanashi Science Academy | 2007/5/28 |
2006 |
1 | Chief Researcher | Junichi Yoshitani | Hydrologic Engineering Journal Best Paper Award | Watershed environmental hydrology (WEHY) model based on upscaled conservation equations | American Society of Civil Engineers | 2006/5/24 |
| Chief Researcher | Kazuhiko Fukami | ||||||