FOS Recipients

FOS2022

  Name       School / Department / Research Topic / Current Status
Emi Ito  
School : University of California, Berkeley
Department : Chemistry

  Kei Uzui  
School : Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Department : Economics

  Yugo Onishi  
School : Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Department : Physics

  Rina Sakata  
School : University of Cambridge
Department : Biological Science

  Arata Jingu  
School : Saarland University
Department : Computer Science

  Akiyoshi Tanaka  
School : University of Virginia
Department : Electrical Engineering

  Kimihiro Hasegawa  
School : Carnegie Mellon University
Department : Computer Science

  Ken Hirata  
School : The University of Colorado Boulder
Department : Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences

  Hajime Fujita  
School : Stanford University
Department : Bioengineering

  Reo Yanagi  
School : California Institute of Technology
Department : Materials Science

  Rina Matsuo  
School : University of California, San Diego



FOS2021

  Name       School / Department / Research Topic / Current Status
Riku Arakawa  
School : Carnegie Mellon University
Department : Computer Science

  Tomoya Isobe  
School : University of Cambridge
Department : Haematology

  Lisa Orii  
School : University of Washington
Department : Computer Science and Engineering

  Rimpei Kuroiwa  
School : Johns Hopkins University
Department : Medicine

  Urara Kono  
School : University of Pennsylvania
Department : Electrical and Systems Engineering

  Haruki Kono  
School : Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Department : Economics

  Kota Kondo  
School : Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Department : Aeronautics and Astronautics

  Yuta Saito  
School : Cornell University
Department : Computer Science

  Aruku Senoo  
School : University of Colorado at Boulder
Department : Physics

  Mitsuki Hanada  
School : University of California, Berkeley
Department : Mathematics

  Koichi Akashi  
School : University of St Andrews

  Wo You  
School : Boston University



FOS2020

  Name       School / Department / Research Topic / Current Status
Yuto Katsuyama  
School : University of California, Los Angeles
Department : Chemistry and Biochemistry

  Masashi Kaneda  
School : Yale University
Department : Chemical & Environmental Engineering

  Tatsuki Koga  
School : University of California, San Diego
Department : Computer Science

  Akio Kodaira  
School : University of California, Berkeley
Department : Mechanical Engineering

  Mari Shishikura  
School : McGill University
Department : Neuroscience

  Yuka Ikarashi  
School : Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Department : Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

  Saki Takayanagi  
School : Johns Hopkins University
Department : Medicine

  Yasuka Tateishi  
School : University of Maryland
Department : Economics

  Taiga Taba  
School : Yale School of Architecture

  Yuya Nishio  
School : Stanford University
Department : Electrical Engineering

  Seiya Wakahara  
School : University of Minnesota Twin Cities
Department : Land and Atmospheric Science



FOS2019

  Name       School / Department / Research Topic / Current Status
Go Inoue   
School : New York University
Department : Computer Science

  Kojin Oshiba  
School : Stanford University

  Motoya Onishi  
School : University of Washington
Department : Computer Science & Engineering

  Kodai Kuroiwa  
School : University of Waterloo
Department : Institute for Quantum Computing

  Jotaro Shigeyama  
School : The University of Potsdam/Hasso Plattner Institute
Department : Human Computer Interaction

  Long Thanh PHAM  
School : Carnegie Mellon University
Department : Computer Science

  Chiaki Hirayama  
School : University of California, San Diego
Department : Computer Science and Engineering

  Ken Miura  
School : Brown University
Department : Economics

  Michihiro Yasunaga  
School : Stanford University
Department : Computer Science

  Atsushi Yamagishi  
School : Princeton University
Department : Economics
Status : Ph. D. candidate

  Nichika Waragai  
School : University of Cambridge



FOS2018

  Name       School / Department / Research Topic / Current Status
Masato Ogishi   
School : The Rockefeller University

  Jungo Kasai  
School : University of Washington
Department : Computer Science and Engineering

  Hu Weihua  
School : Stanford University
Department : Computer Science
Status : Ph. D. candidate

  Wakana Sato  
School : University of Minnesota Twin Cities
Department : Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Biophysics
Status : Ph. D. candidate

  Yuki Shirai  
School : University of California, Los Angeles
Department : Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Status : Ph. D. candidate

  Koshiro Yamaguchi  
School : University of Washington
Department : Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

  Yutaro Yamada  
School :Yale University
Department : Statistics

  Kenji Wada  
School : New York University
Department : Economics

  Shu Ishida  
School : University of Oxford



FOS2017

  Name    School / Department / Research Topic / Current Status
Miyabi Ishihara
School : University of California, Berkeley
Department : Statistics
Status : Ph. D. student

Masatoshi Uehara
School : Harvard University
Department : Statistics
Status : Ph. D. student

Naoki Otani
School : Carnegie Mellon University
Department : Computer Science, Language Technologies Institute
Status : Ph. D. candidate

Yumi Koga
School : Harvard University
Department : Chemistry Chemistry & Chemical Biology
Status : Ph. D. candidate
Natsumi Komatsu
School : Rice University
Department : Electrical and Computer Engineering
Status : Ph. D. candidate

Hiroyasu Tsukamoto
School : California Institute of Technology
Department:Space Engineering
Status : Ph. D. candidate

Hiroaki Hayashi
School : Carnegie Mellon University
Department: Computer Science, Language Technologies Institute
Status : Ph. D. student

Yuta Mabuchi
School : Cornell University
Department : Neurobiology and Behavior
Status : Ph. D. candidate

  Megumi Murakami  
School : Northwestern University
Department : Economics
Status : Ph. D. student

  Kotone Tsuji  
School : Brown University
Department :

  Kiseki Hirakawa  
School : University of Cambridge
Department :Engineering



FOS2016

  Name    School / Department / Research Topic / Current Status
Mayuko Isomura
School : Eidgenossische Technische Hochschule Zurich
Department : Chemistry and Applied Biosciences
Status : Ph. D. student

Kazuki Imasato
School : Northwestern University
Department : Materials Science and Engineering
Status : Ph. D. candidate

Naoki Oguri
School : University of Michigan
Department : Macromolecular Science and Engineering
Status : Ph. D. student

Yuya Karita
School : University of California, Berkeley
Department : Biophysics
Status : Ph. D. candidate

Kayoko Shioda
School : Yale University
Department: Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases
Status : Ph. D. candidate

Yoko Shibuya
School : Stanford University
Department :Economics
Status : Ph. D. candidate

Yusaku Takeda
School: Harvard Business School Doctoral Program
Area of Study: Management
Status : Ph. D. candidate
Yosuke Tanigawa
School : Stanford University
Department : Biomedical Informatics
Status : Ph. D. candidate

Akira Tanushi
School : Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Department : Chemistry
Status : Ph. D. candidate

Reika Tei
School : Cornell University
Department : Chemistry and Chemical Biology
Status : Ph. D. student
Kazuya Murakami
School : University of Michigan
Department : Mechanical Engineering
Status : Ph. D. candidate

Kosuke Yoshinaga
School : Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Department: Chemistry
Status : Ph. D. candidate



FOS2015

 Name      School / Department / Research Topic / Current Status
Shunsuke Aoki  
School : Carnegie Mellon University
Department : Electrical & Computer Engineering
Status : Ph. D. candidate

Tomohiro Arakawa  
School : Purdue University
Department : Electrical and Computer Engineering
Status : Ph. D. student

Fumika Isono  
School : University of California, Berkeley
Department : Applied Science and Technology
Research Area : Plasma Physics
Status : Ph. D. student

Takaya Ukai  
School : Purdue University
Department : School of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Current status: Ph. D. student
          Massachusetts Institute of Technology , Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics

Shuzo Oita  
School : The University of Arizona
Departmen t: The School of Plant Sciences, Plant Pathology
Status : Ph. D. student

Yuzuru Kanda  
School : The Scripps Research Institute
Department : Chemistry
Status : Ph. D. student
Research Project : Total synthesis, Methodology

Tomohiro Kumon  
School: University of Pennsylvania
Department: Biology
Status : Ph. D. candidate

Yuki Kobayashi  
School : University of California, Berkeley
Department : Chemistry
Research topic : Attosecond dynamics in atoms and molecules
Status : Ph. D. candidate

Atsushi Taguchi  
School : Harvard University
Department : Microbiology and Immunobiology
Status : Ph. D. student

Kohei Takeda  
School : London School of Economics and Political Science
Department : Economics
Status : Ph. D. student

Yoichiro Tsurimaki  
School : Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Department: Mechanical Engineering
Status : Ph. D. student

Takeshi Hayasaka  
School : University of California, Berkeley
Department : Mechanical Engineering
Status : Ph. D. Candidate

Masaya Fukami  
School : The University of Chicago
Department : Institute for Molecular Engineering

Masao Fukui  
School : Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Department : Economics

Taira Miyatake  
School : Harvard University
Department : Mechanical Engineering

Haruumi Shiode  
School : Harvard Business School
Course : Master of Business Administration

Koyo Nagashima  
School : Carnegie Mellon University
Department : Tepper School of Business
Course : Master of Business Administration



FOS2014

 Name   School / Department / Research Topic / Current Status
Ayumi Igarashii  
School : University of Oxford
Department : Computer Science
Ph. D. Thesis Theme: Algorithmic Aspects of Cooperative Game Theory
Affiliation : Kyushu University

Kazuhide Okamoto  
School : Georgia Institute of Technology
Department : The Daniel Guggenheim School of Aerospace Engineering
Status : Ph. D. candidate

Fumiya Katsutani  
School : Rice University
Department : Electrical & Computer Engineering
Research Theme : Magneto-optical spectroscopy of two dimensional materials
             with table-top pulsed high-field magnet

Daisuke Kaneishi  
School : Univeristy of Carifornia, Berkeley
Department : Mechanical Engineering
Current Project : Control Strategies of Human Assistive Systems for Elderly and Disabled
Current Status: Ph.D Candidate

Kazuya Kawakami  
School : Carnegie Mellon University
Department : Computer Science, Language Technologies Institute
Current Status : Ph. D. student, Department of Computer Science , University of Oxford

Kenji Kawaguchi  
School : Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Department : Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Current Affiliation : Harvard University

Hanae Shimo  
School : University of Cambridge
Department : Biochemistry
Current Affiliation : Pfizer Inc.

Hidenori Tanaka  
School : Harvard University
Department : Applied Physics
Affiliation : Stanford University
Shunya Noda  
School: Stanford University
Department: Economics
Current Status: Ph. D. candidate
Research Interest : Market/Mechanism Design, Experimental Economics

Masashi Minamide  
School : The Pennsylvania State University
Department : Meteorology and Atmospheric Science
Research Area : Satellite Data Assimilation for the forecast of Tropical Cyclones
Ph. D. Thesis : On the Predictability of Tropical Cyclones through All-sky Infrared Satellite Radiance Assimilation
Current Affiliation : The University of Tokyo, School of Engineering



FOS2013

 Name   School / Department / Research Topic / Current Status
Kenta Ohtaki  
School : University of California, Irvine
Department : Materials Science and Chemical Engineering
Current Affiliation : Hawaii Institute of Geophysics and Planetology ,
          University of Hawaii at Manoa

Masayuki Sawada  
School : Yale University
Department : Economics
Current Affiliation : Hitotsubashi University

Yuuki Shigemoto  
School : University of Cambridge
Department : Institute for Manufacturing
Research topic : Exploring factors that influence the extent to which designers are able to        successfully design to elicit the interpretations that they intend
Current Affiliation : Fukuoka Women’s University
Hajime Shinohara  
School : University of Cambridge
Department : Physics, Cavendish Laboratory
Research Interests : Cation order and disorder in rock-salt derivatives and its impact on their         performance as erectrodes in Li-ion batteries

Akira Sone  
School : Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Departmen t: Nuclear Science and Engineering
Research topic : Quantum System Identification
Current Affiliation : Los Alamos National Laboratory

Takuma Nakamura  
School : Georgia Institute of Technology
Department : Aerospace Engineering
Current Status : Ph. D. candidate

Kazuki Maeda  
School : California Institute of Technology
Department : Mechanical Engineering
Research Interest : Multi-scale Modeling and Simulation of Cavitation Bubble
Dynamics : With Applications to Burst Wave Lithotripsy
Affiliation : Actting Assistant Professor , University of Washington

Hiroaki Inotsume  
School : Carnegie Mellon University
Department : Robotics Institute
M.S. Research : Slope Ascent Motion Planning of Planetary Rovers (August 2015)
Current Status : Research Assistant, Carnegie Mellon University


FOS2012

 Name   School / Department / Research Topic / Current Status
Jun Araki  
School : Carnegie Mellon University
Department : Language Technologies Institute
Research topic : Extraction of Event Structures from Text
Affiliation : Bosch Research

Hayato Ikoma  
Master Thesis : Computational Microscopy for Sample Analysis (MIT)
School : Stanford University
Department : Electrical Engineering
Theme : Computational imaging
Current Status : Ph.D.candidate

Yu Ushioda  
School : The University of Chicago
Department : Economics
Affiliation : Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu

Koki Nagano  
School : University of Southern California
Department : Computer Science
Affiliation : USC Institute for Creative Technologies
Research Topic : Photoreal Digital Human
Web : http://luminohope.org/

Noriyuki Sato  
School : Stanford University
Department: Electrical Engineering
Affiliation : Intel Component Research
Taiki Hatakeyama  
School : University of California, Berkeley
Department: Mechanical Engineering
Research Area: Nonlinear Optical Waveguides
Affiliation : Applied Materials, Inc.

Ryo Mori  
School : University of California, Berkeley
Department: Applied Science and Technology

Norihiro Yamada  
School : University of Oxford
Department : Logic, Foundations and Structures
Research Theme : Intensionality in Computation, Dynamic Model of Computation
Research Areas : Logic and Semantics of Computation, (Foundations of)
            Constructive Mathematics,Category Theory, Abstract Algebra
Affiliation : The University of Minnesota

Yuki Nishida  
School :  Carnegie Mellon University
Department : Information Networking Institute
Master's project topic : Survivable Social Network (reconstruction of social networking service
                            in disaster response   )
Affiliation : Waymo, LLC

Soichiro Tottori  
School : ETH Zurich



FOS2011

 Name   School / Department / Research Topic / Current Status
Okamoto Naoya  
School : University of Cambridge
Department : Physics
Ph. D. Thesis : Electrical Manipulation of the Spin Hall Effect in Semiconductors
Affiliation : Co-founder of Glocal Academy

Kaoru Yamamoto  
School: University of Cambridge
Department: Control Group, Information Engineering, Department of Engineering
Ph. D. Thesis : Disturbance Attenuation in Mass Chains with Passive Interconnection

Koki Ho  
School : Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Department : Aeronautics & Astronautics
Ph. D. Thesis : Dynamic Network Modeling for Spaceflight Logistics
                   with Time-Expanded Networks (June 2015)
Affiliation : Assitant Professor, University of Illinois Urabana-Champaign

Yosuke Ushigome  
School : Royal College of Art
Department : Design Interactions
Master Thesis : Critical Spactacle

Akiko Takahashi  
School : The University for Art and Industrial Design, Linz



FOS2010

 Name   School / Department / Research Topic / Current Status
Hideki Yoshimoto  
School : Royal College of Art
Department : Innovation Design Engineering
Ph.d. Thesis : Pulse and Rhythm
                    -Exploring the Value of Repetitive Motion as an Element of Design-  (July 2015)
Affiliation : Managing Director , Tangent Design and Invention Ltd

Makoto Kondo  
School : Stanford University
Department : Management Science and Engineering

Nobuyuki Umetani  
School : Columbia University

Hiroyuki Takano  
School : Carnegie Mellon University
Department : Computer Science

Hirotaka Moriguchi  
School : Cornell University
Department: Computer Science



FOS2009

 Name   School / Department / Research Topic / Current Status
Kosuke Iwai  
School : Univeristy of California, Berkeley
Department : Mechanical Engineering
Ph.d. Thesis : Droplet-Based Microfluidic Systems
                    : Finger-Powered Pumps , Reactors and Magnetic Capsules
Affiliation : Sandia National Laboratories / Joint BioEnergy Institute
Tetsuo Yamabe  
School : Helsinki Institute for Information Technology, Finland