Award

IGPAC 2025 Young Scientist Award
Young researchers who deliver excellent poster or oral presentations will be awarded.
In addition, the appropriate registration fee for participation at the conference must be paid prior to the conference.

*Eligibility:  the applicant must be 35 years of age or younger as of April 1, 2026.
*Selection:  The award recipients will be selected based on the quality of the poster or oral presentation.
*Award Ceremony:  The winners of the award are announced at the closing ceremony, where they receive a certificate and a commemorative gift.

Congratulations to the IGPAC 2025 Young Scientist Award Winners!

Diamond Prize

💎Ryoto Takizawa, TOTO LTD.💎
“Study on wear mechanism of zirconia film toward new applications of AD method”

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Platinum Prize

🤍Hongwu Yu, Institute of Science Tokyo🤍
“An Entangled Material made from Fiber Aerosol Deposition Method”

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🤍Shiori Nawa, The University of Osaka🤍
“Comparison of structural and mechanical properties of whitlockite ceramics fabricated via conventional and cold sintering process”

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Gold Prize
🥇Steven Novianto Tanjaya, NIMS🥇
“Stabilization of Semiconductor Photoelectrode by Metal Oxide Nanosheet Coating”

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🥇Adisu Tsige Shibiru, University of Yamanashi🥇
“Grain Size-Optimized Tuning of Piezoelectric Properties in Barium Titanate Ceramics Through AC Field Poling Above the Curie Temperature”

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🥇Daniel Paulus, University of Bayreuth🥇
“Revealing a new room temperature deposition mechanism for materials with layered-type crystal structure by a synchrotron study”

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🥇Kento Ishii, Nagoya Institute of Technology🥇
“Non-firing solidification of ceramics using mechanochemical activation method and its applications”

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🥇Hiroshi Nishiyama, TAIYO YUDEN CO., LTD.🥇
“Cold Sintering of Hexagonal Boron Nitride Bulk Ceramic”

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🥇Kohei Maruyama, Tohoku University🥇
“Aerosol Deposited Piezoelectric Films with Corona Poling at Room Temperature for Integrated Energy Harvesting and Wireless Transmission”

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🥇Marc. C Thiel, Saarland University🥇
“Powder Aerosol Deposition of Polymer-Ceramic Composites: Influence of Powder Preparation on Film Structure”

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🥇Jürgen Schneider, University of Bayreuth🥇
“Rapid Posttreatment of Powder Aerosol Deposited Functional Ceramics Using LED Radiation”

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