高橋裕名誉教授が日本国際賞(Japan Prize)に
Dr. Yutaka Takahashi is the one of 2015 Japan Prize Laureates.
本専攻で教鞭を取られていた高橋裕東京大学名誉教授が2015年(第31回)のJapan Prize(日本国際賞)の受賞者に決まりました。
この賞は日本人では光触媒で本田健一先生と藤島昭先生の他、吉川弘之先生や江崎玲於奈先生、岸本忠三先生ら、これまでに14人しか受けられていない賞です。今回「資源、エネルギー、社会基盤分野」として、「流域管理の革新的概念の創出と水災害軽減への貢献」という功績に対する、土木分野からは初めての受賞となりました。
http://www.japanprize.jp/prize_prof_2015_takahasi.html
高橋先生は『国土の変貌と水害』(1971年)『都市と水』(1988年)などの岩波新書や、東大出版会から出ている『河川工学』などをはじめとする数多くの著作でご高名です。
基本原理の追求や発見といった基礎科学、新素材や新薬の発明といった要素技術の開発ではなく、洪水という自然現象が社会的に水害をもたらすメカニズムの本質を見極め、その時その時で利用可能な科学や技術を総動員してその効果的な軽減に資する方策と概念を提唱し続けた、という高橋先生のご功績が高く評価された今回のご受賞は、専攻の後輩である我々のみならず、社会基盤を支える土木工学にかかわる全員にとっての栄誉です。
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授賞式は4月23日に両陛下ご臨席のもと、三権の長の出席を得て
挙行されます。それに先立つ4月21日(火)18:30より東京大学
伊藤謝恩ホールで記念講演会も予定されています。
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Dr. Yutaka Takahashi, Professor Emeritus of the Departmentof Civil Engineering, The University of Tokyo, was announced as one of the 2015 Japan Prize Laureates.
Japan Prize is a prestigious international award presented to individuals whose original and outstanding achievements are not only scientifically impressive, but have also served to promote peace and prosperity for all mankind. Each year two fields of scientific endeavor are honored. The Japan Prize laureates receive a certificate of merit and a prize medal. A cash prize of 50 million yen is also awarded for each prize field.
One of two fields in this year for Japan Prize was “Resources, Energy and Social Infrastructure” field, and Dr. Takahashi appreciated his help to reduce water-related disasters, as his contribution was referred as “development of innovative concept on river basin management and reduction of water-related disasters”.
It is quite impressive to see the awarding committee appreciated the “innovative concept”, which Dr. Takahashi has been disseminated through his hundreds of books and thousands of lectures. It is an honor for us in the Department of Civil Engineering in The University of Tokyo since he is our alumni, and also for all the stakeholders in the field of civil engineering and infrastructure management.
Related URLs:
http://www.japanprize.jp/en/prize_prof_2015_takahasi.html
http://www.japanprize.jp/prize_prof_2015_takahasi.html
高橋先生は『国土の変貌と水害』(1971年)『都市と水』(1988年)などの岩波新書や、東大出版会から出ている『河川工学』などをはじめとする数多くの著作でご高名です。
基本原理の追求や発見といった基礎科学、新素材や新薬の発明といった要素技術の開発ではなく、洪水という自然現象が社会的に水害をもたらすメカニズムの本質を見極め、その時その時で利用可能な科学や技術を総動員してその効果的な軽減に資する方策と概念を提唱し続けた、という高橋先生のご功績が高く評価された今回のご受賞は、専攻の後輩である我々のみならず、社会基盤を支える土木工学にかかわる全員にとっての栄誉です。
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授賞式は4月23日に両陛下ご臨席のもと、三権の長の出席を得て
挙行されます。それに先立つ4月21日(火)18:30より東京大学
伊藤謝恩ホールで記念講演会も予定されています。
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Dr. Yutaka Takahashi, Professor Emeritus of the Departmentof Civil Engineering, The University of Tokyo, was announced as one of the 2015 Japan Prize Laureates.
Japan Prize is a prestigious international award presented to individuals whose original and outstanding achievements are not only scientifically impressive, but have also served to promote peace and prosperity for all mankind. Each year two fields of scientific endeavor are honored. The Japan Prize laureates receive a certificate of merit and a prize medal. A cash prize of 50 million yen is also awarded for each prize field.
One of two fields in this year for Japan Prize was “Resources, Energy and Social Infrastructure” field, and Dr. Takahashi appreciated his help to reduce water-related disasters, as his contribution was referred as “development of innovative concept on river basin management and reduction of water-related disasters”.
It is quite impressive to see the awarding committee appreciated the “innovative concept”, which Dr. Takahashi has been disseminated through his hundreds of books and thousands of lectures. It is an honor for us in the Department of Civil Engineering in The University of Tokyo since he is our alumni, and also for all the stakeholders in the field of civil engineering and infrastructure management.
Related URLs:
http://www.japanprize.jp/en/prize_prof_2015_takahasi.html