Congratulations to Dr. Shuhei Kodama for winning the 2021 JSPE Numata Memorial Paper Award!

Awarded paper:

Kodama S., Yamaguchi H., Shimada K., Mizutani M., and Kuriyagawa T.: Control of Short-Pulsed Laser Induced Periodic Surface Structures with Machining–Picosecond Laser Nanotexturing with Magnetic Abrasive Finishing–, Precision Engineering, Vol. 60, (2019), pp. 428-436.

Dr. Kodama visited Dr. Greenslet’s (Dr. Yamaguchi’s) laboratory at UF in 2017 to perform collaborative research work. At the time, he was a PhD student at the Tohoku University in Japan. The work performed at UF provided the foundation for the awarded paper.

JSPE is the Japan Society of Precision Engineering, and details can be found at the following website:  https://www.jspe.or.jp/activity/awards/

This is one of the most prestigious awards given by JSPE. Recently, only two papers have been selected for this award per year.