Nagoya Institute of Technology has recognized Professor Akihito Sano, a recipient of the Commendation for Science and Technology by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology 2022, with a special prize for his particularly outstanding achievements. At the special prize awarding ceremony, President Takatoshi Kinoshita praised Professor Sano's excellent achievements to date, including the development of a non-powered walking assistance device, and congratulated him, saying, "It is a great honor for a researcher at our university to receive such a prestigious commendation."

After the special prize awarding ceremony, President Kinoshita handed certificates of commendation from the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology to Professor Sano and to Mr. Masaru Ueda and Ms. Yuko Mori of Imasen Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., who also received the Commendation for Science and Technology by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology.

For more information on these award-winning achievements, please click the link below.

Awards for Science and Technology by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology 2022 received

Special prize awarded
(Upper row: from left, Deputy Executive Director Yasuhiro Watanabe, Executive Director Osamu Eryu, Executive Director Makoto Obata; Lower row: from left, President Kinoshita and Professor Sano)

Commemorative photo with the winners of the Commendation for Science and Technology by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
(Executive Director Eryu, Ms. Mori, Mr. Ueda, Professor Sano, and President Kinoshita)

Having a discussion

Related links

Robotics Lab, Nagoya Institute of Technology (Sano Akihito / Tomoya Kamimura Laboratory)