Hiromichi Nishiyama awarded Honorable Award for Presentation at 37th Meeting of Surface Science Society of Japan.

? Hiromichi Nishiyama, second-year Ph.D. student of the Integrated Graduate School of Medicine, Engineering, and Agricultural Sciences, received Honorable Award for Presentation (Students’ Division) at the 37th Meeting of the Surface Science Society of Japan held from August 17th to 19th, 2017. The award ceremony was held at International Conference Center of WASEDA university on May 13th, 2018.

? The title of the presentation was “Water inside electrolyte membrane of running fuel cell analyzed by coherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering”.

? Nishiyama measured the distribution of water inside the electrolyte membrane of a polymer electrolyte fuel cell at an extremely-high space/time resolution. The award was given for the superior academic values, the direct contributions to the industry, as well as for the excellent answers to the questions posed after the presentation.

? Nishiyama says “It is such an honor to have received this wonderful award. With this honor in mind, I will keep researching hard for further accomplishments. I truly thank Prof. Junji Inukai, my supervisor, Prof. Akihiro Iiyama, director of the Fuel Cell Nanomaterials Center, and all faculty members and friends in the laboratory.