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The 2024 Fall Graduation Ceremony for all Tokyo Tech students was held on September 20 on Ookayama Campus. A total of 423 degrees — 115 doctoral degrees, 210 master's degrees, 6 professional master's degrees, and 92 bachelor's degrees — were conferred. This fall, 240 of Tokyo Tech's graduates were international students.

The fourth Taki Plaza Lecture, "MOVIES IN TAKI: Adventure for Summer," was held on July 12 and 19, 2024 at Hisao & Hiroko Taki Plaza (Taki Plaza), Tokyo Tech's flagship exchange hub on Ookayama Campus. The event was co-organized by the Student Support Center's Student Success Support Section, the Student Support Division's Support Planning Group, and the Tokyo Tech Alumni Association.

The 23rd Tokyo Tech Challenging Research Awards were presented to eleven researchers each of whom will receive a research grant. The Suematsu Challenging Research Award was given to the three most highly qualified researchers among the Challenging Research Award winners.　The award ceremony was held on September 13.

Key-points

• Real-time replication of real-world traffic conditions in cyber space using Smart Mobility Digital Twin
• Successfully implemented a hybrid autonomous and remote driving system using Smart Mobility Digital Twin
• This hybrid driving system enhances both traffic safety and efficiency simultaneously

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Tokyo Tech President Kazuya Masu and his delegation paid a courtesy call to four universities in Indonesia between August 11 and 17. The delegation also joined a series of gatherings during their trip, including the establishment of Kuramae-Indonesia, the Indonesia branch of the Tokyo Tech Alumni Association.

Thirty-three international students joined a tea ceremony event held on Ookayama Campus on July 17. The event, jointly organized by the Japanese Section of the Institute for Liberal Arts (ILA) and the Tokyo Tech Tea Ceremony Club, was the first of its kind in several years following the covid-19 pandemic.

Novel workflow provides solid design guidelines for carbon dioxide (CO2) reduction electrocatalysts using ternary metal sulfide, report scientists from Tokyo Tech. By leveraging machine learning-based tools for elevating experimental data analysis, the proposed strategy helps researchers identify the trend of high electrocatalytic activity in uncharted material families. In turn, this could pave the way to more efficient CO2 reduction reactions, giving us an edge in our fight against global warming. Читать дальше...

A collaborating team of NTT Corporation (NTT) and Tokyo Institute of Technology (Prof. Masaya Notomi in Physics Department) has succeeded in achieving photonic topological phase transition by material phase transition by employing novel hybrid nanostructures consisting of a phase-change material and a semiconductor nanostructure.

An electrochemical process developed by researchers at Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo Tech), using sodium borate and a nickel-oxide catalyst, offers a promising solution for the valorization of glycerol, a low-value byproduct of biodiesel production. By manipulating borate-glycerol complex formation, this process enhances the selectivity and efficiency of glycerol electrooxidation, converting it into valuable three-carbon compounds such as dihydroxyacetone and glyceraldehyde, thereby enhancing... Читать дальше...

A recently developed block copolymer could help push the limits of integration and miniaturization in semiconductor manufacturing, report scientists in Tokyo Tech and TOK. Chemically tailored for reliable directed self-assembly, the proposed compound can arrange itself into perpendicular lamellar structures whose half-pitch width is less than 10 nanometers, outperforming conventional and widely used block copolymers.