The Takeda Foundation Announces Recipients of the Takeda Techno-Entrepreneurship Award 2002.Business Editors MENLO PARK Menlo Park. 1 Residential city (1990 pop. 28,040), San Mateo co., W Calif.; inc. 1874. Electronic equipment and aerospace products are manufactured in the city. Menlo College and a Stanford Univ. research institute are there. 2 Uninc. , Calif. and TOKYO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 14, 2002 The Takeda Techno-Entrepreneurship Award Funds R&D Which Creates and Applies Engineering Intellect and Knowledge The Takeda Foundation has announced the recipients of this year's Takeda Techno-Entrepreneurship Award. This international award is presented to researchers and engineers who are engaged in the challenge to create new technology that contribute positively to people's lives. The monetary value of each award, presented in six application areas, is a maximum of 7,000,000 yen (approximately US$55,000). The Takeda Foundation has created an innovative screening process for selecting research proposals. Award winners are selected through an open process based on competitive "cyber (online) workshops." Applicants have the opportunity to comment on each other's proposals, as well as to respond to the selection committee's inquiries. Research proposals that display an outstanding level of techno-entrepreneurship are selected for the award. At the same time, the selection process provides a forum for information exchange and collaboration by participants. This year, 6 winners were selected from 132 applicants. The Takeda Techno-Entrepreneurship Award ceremony will be held jointly with the Takeda Award ceremony at the ANA Hotel in Tokyo, Japan, on November 20, 2002. Takeda Techno-Entrepreneurship Award 2002 Award Winners Session A: Nanoscale Measurement Technology/System Subject: Development of a Nanometer Microwave Imager Michael A. Kelly Professor, Geballe Laboratory for Advanced Materials The Geballe Laboratory for Advanced Materials, Stanford University supports research on advanced materials. Major research foci include information storage materials. , Stanford University (Amount Awarded: 7,000,000 yen) Session B: Dependable Computer Systems and Secure Semiconductor Chips Subject: Implementation of Dependable Information Storage System Haruo Yokota Professor, Global Scientific Information and Computing Center, Tokyo Institute of Technology (Amount Awarded: 7,000,000 yen) Session C: Nano-Biotechnology Subject: Development of Biocrystals Using Three-Dimensional Nano-Patterned Elastic Substrate Fabricated by Two-Photon Initiated Polymerization polymerization Any process in which monomers combine chemically to produce a polymer. The monomer molecules—which in the polymer usually number from at least 100 to many thousands—may or may not all be the same. and Their Application to Tissue Engineering Toshiyuki Watanabe Associate Professor, Faculty of Technology, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology (Amount Awarded: 7,000,000 yen) Session D: Non-Invasive Imaging of Brain Function No award winner was selected from Session D. Session E: Novel Applications of Remote Sensing Deriving digital models of an area on the earth. Using special cameras from airplanes or satellites, either the sun's reflections or the earth's temperature is turned into digital maps of the area. Technology to Environmental Well-Being Subject: Future Global Carbon Cycle and Climate Projection: Integrated Analysis of Satellite-Based Data, Terrestrial Ecosystem Model Ecosystem models, or ecological models, are mathematical representations of ecosystems. Typically they simplify complex foodwebs down to their major components or trophic levels, and quantify these as either numbers of organisms, biomass or the inventory/concentration of , and Simplified Earth System Model Kazuhito Ichii Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Environmental Studies, Nagoya University (Amount Awarded: 3,500,000 yen) Session E: Novel Applications of Remote Sensing Technology to Environmental Well-Being Subject: New Tools and Methods for Monitoring Photosynthetically Active Radiation and its Role in Crop Production and the Terrestrial Carbon Cycle Dennis Gene Dye Group Leader, Ecosystem Change Research Program, Frontier Research System for Global Change (Amount Awarded: 3,500,000 yen) Session F: Environmental Biotechnology Environmental biotechnology is when biotechnology is applied to and used to study the natural environment. Environmental biotechnology could also imply that one try to harness biological process for commercial uses and exploitation. Subject: Phytoremediation phy·to·re·me·di·a·tion n. The use of plants and trees to remove or neutralize contaminants, as in polluted soil or water. phytoremediation See under bioremediation. of Heavy Metals heavy metals, n.pl metallic compounds, such as aluminum, arsenic, cadmium, lead, mercury, and nickel. Exposure to these metals has been linked to immune, kidney, and neurotic disorders. By Polyphosphate-Coupled Transport Engineering Kazufumi Yazaki Professor, Wood Research Institute, Kyoto University Kyoto University (京都大学 Kyōto daigaku (Amount Awarded: 7,000,000 yen) About The Takeda Foundation The Takeda Foundation was established through a generous donation by Dr. Ikuo Takeda in April 2001. Awarding and supporting techno-entrepreneurship is the core goal of the Tokyo-based Takeda Foundation. In addition to its award and grant activities, the Foundation also conducts research and disseminates information related to techno-entrepreneurship. Further information on the Foundation's activities, awards, and grants is available on its website (URL URL in full Uniform Resource Locator Address of a resource on the Internet. The resource can be any type of file stored on a server, such as a Web page, a text file, a graphics file, or an application program. : http://www.takeda-foundation.jp). SRI International, a leading non-profit research institute based in Menlo Park, California Menlo Park is a city in San Mateo County, California in the United States of America. It is located at latitude 37°29' North, longitude 122°9' East. Menlo Park had 30,785 inhabitants as of the 2000 U.S. Census. , is working with the Foundation to expand the global reach of its programs. |
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