Distinguished staff members in AY2019 commended

Published: August 28, 2019

President Masu congratulating award recipients

Tokyo Tech held its Distinguished Staff Awards for academic year 2019 on June 26 at Ookayama Campus. Each year, the Institute recognizes a number of administrative and technical staff members who have made significant contributions to the development of Tokyo Tech through their outstanding service. This year, President Kazuya Masu and his executive team commended the achievements of 25 Tokyo Tech members.

Congratulations to all the award recipients!

Name	Position	Affiliation	Department /Office	Contributions
Yuko Takahashi	Senior Administrative Staff	General Planning Group, Planning and Evaluation Division	General Affairs Department	Exceptional efforts and creativity to launch the unprecedented Laboratory for Design of Social Innovation in Global Networks (DLab)
Takuya Karakane	Staff member	HR Development Group, Employee Relations Office	General Affairs Department	Proposals regarding more efficient labor management and proactive work approaches
Rikiya Iwamatsu	Group Leader	General Affairs and Audit Group, Budget Division	Finance Department	Exceptional efforts to centralize accounting duties
Tomoaki Iketani	Senior Administrative Staff	Management and Expenditures Group, Accounting Division	Finance Department	Exceptional efforts to improve operational efficiency through review of data coordination and analysis methods
Mai Nakagawa	Deputy Group Leader	General Affairs Group, International Cooperation Division	International Affairs Department	Exceptional efforts in security export control duties
Minako Endo	Group Leader	Planning and Management Group, Industrial Cooperation Division	Research Promotion Department	Labor-saving efforts with introduction of regular self-reporting of conflicts of interest online and tablets
Satoshi Kusunose	Deputy Group Leader
Kei Matsumura	Staff member
Takashi Harada	Group Leader	Facilities Planning and Design Group, Facilities Planning Division	Facilities Department	Establishment of space allocation standards to strengthen space management system
Miwako Hara	Senior Administrative Staff
Tatsuyuki Watanabe	Senior Administrative Staff
Miwako Nakamura	Group Leader	School of Science Administration Group 1	Ookayama Campus 1st Administration Office	Exceptional efforts to establish administrative systems for Schools, etc.
Keiji Tezuka	Deputy Group Leader
Shinya Hirakawa	Senior Administrative Staff			Exceptional efforts to execute International Science Workshop 2018 organized by the School of Science
Masanori Tanaka	Group Leader	Schools Administration Group 1	Ookayama Campus 2nd Administration Office	Exceptional efforts to establish administrative systems for Schools, etc.
Fumihito Katayama	Staff member	Schools Administration Group 1
Takahiro Okada	Group Leader	Schools Administration Group 2
Hayato Fukushima	Group Leader	Schools Administration Group 3
Fumiko Kida	Group Leader	Schools Administration Group 4
Hideyuki Takai	Group Leader	Schools Administration Group 5
Hiroyuki Ariyama	Group Leader	Suzukakedai Campus Administration Office
Masamitsu Sekine	Deputy Group Leader	Suzukakedai Campus Administration Office
Norihiko Yamamoto	Technical specialist	Suzukakedai Design and Manufacturing Division	Technical Department	Exceptional efforts to put technology succession into practice and improve work environment in machine shops
Fumio Kanno	Technical specialist	Electrical and Electronic Engineering Division		Exceptional efforts to construct, maintain, and create vulnerability countermeasures for web systems of Dept. of Computer Science, Dept. of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Hitoshi Fukuda	Technical specialist	Safety and Radiation Management Division		Exceptional efforts concerning managed operation of co-irradiation experimental apparatus and beam irradiation experiments

This year's achievers with President Masu and executive management

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