[Award] Seven entries receive Excellence Award at the Japanese Society for the Science of Design's Autumn Planning Conference "Student Proposition" [Design Studies]

At the 2025 Japan Society for the Science of Design Autumn Planning Conference "Student Proposition",127 ofThe announcement was made.

this house,University of Tsukuba, Graduate School of Comprehensive Human Sciences, Comprehensive Human Sciences Program in DesignFromSeven presentations won the Excellence Award 

 

The "Student Proposition" of this tournament isA place where design students can present their research and creative work and deepen their knowledge while interacting with researchers from other universities.It is being implemented as.

Our university was highly praised for its achievements across a wide range of fields, including experiential design, sensory research, interaction, design research using AI, and research related to welfare and physicality.

List of Awards (Excellence Award)

number Presenter Affiliation Presentation title Supervisor
A5 Mizuki Nakamura Design Studies Degree Program, Master's Program, 1nd year An experiential workshop where children's drawings are transformed into digital fireworks using Unity Associate Professor Toshiro Uchiyama
Ikue Kamiya 2nd year of arts and crafts
Io Ueno 1nd year of arts and crafts
A7 Rina Katsube Design Degree Program, Doctoral Program, 3rd year Experience design through the circulation of touch and light - Interactive work "Touch and return" - Associate Professor Toshiro Uchiyama
A8 Rinko Maeda Design Studies Degree Program, Master's Program, 2nd year Examining the influence of the match/mismatch between vision and olfaction on scent recognition - An experimental approach in the "Abekobe Market" experience exhibition - Associate Professor Toshiro Uchiyama
A32 Yua Ueno Design Studies Degree Program, Master's Program, 2nd year Research on communication methods for patients with acquired amblyopia Associate Professor Hiroyuki Yamada
A52 Yang Qingran Design Studies Degree Program, Master's Program, 1nd year Turning Plants into Your "Electronic Pets": A Study on Plant-Based Anthropomorphic Character Interactions Using Generative AI Assistant Professor Sakumeia
A53 Sakai Brewer Design Studies Degree Program, Master's Program, 1nd year What Do AI-Generated Chairs Look Like? − A Comparative Study of Chairs Across Four Countries − Assistant Professor Sakumeia
B52 Jusui Sato Design Studies Degree Program, Master's Program, 2nd year A study on the acceptance of defects in clothing Assistant Professor Sakumeia

Links

[Award] Won two awards in the RSNP Contest, System Integration Division, Society of Instrument and Control Engineers [Design Studies]

Yoshinori Misumi (2nd year student in the Design Science Doctoral Program at the School of Comprehensive Human Sciences, School of Comprehensive Human Sciences, supervised by Associate Professor Hiroyuki Yamada, Faculty of Arts) has won the following two awards in the RSNP Contest, System Integration Division of the Society of Instrument and Control Engineers.

 

Award details

"Outstanding performance award"
Robotics Society of Japan Network-Based Robot Service Research Committee Award (Robotics Society of Japan)

"Good Concept Award"
Robotics Society of Japan Network-Based Robot Services Research Committee (Robotics Society of Japan)

 

■ Related links

RSNP Contest Overview
http://robotservices.org/index.php/aboutrsnp/rsnpcontest/

SI2025 (26th Society of Instrument and Control Engineers System Integration Division Conference)
https://sice-si.org/si2025/index.php

Robotics Society of Japan
https://www.rsj.or.jp/

 

[Award] Game Programming Workshop Best Poster Award [Design Studies]

Takuto Yamana (1st year student in the Design Studies Master's Program at the Graduate School of Comprehensive Human Sciences, Supervisor: Associate Professor Junichi Hoshino, Department of Systems and Information Engineering) has won the Best Poster Award at the Game Programming Workshop.

 

The 30th Game Programming Workshop (GPW-25)

https://www.gi-ipsj.org/gpw/2025/index.html

Game Programming Workshop

[Award] Sponsor's Special Award at the Japan Society of Kansei Engineering Conference [Design Studies]

Honda Seiya (2nd year student in the Design Studies Master's Program at the School of Comprehensive Human Sciences, supervisor: Associate Professor Yamada Hiroyuki, Faculty of Arts) has received the Sponsor's Special Award at the Japan Society of Kansei Engineering Conference.

 

Title: Development of a game controller with a bending input mechanism and verification of its usability in games

 

27th Japan Society of Kansei Engineering Conference Sponsor Special Award

https://www.jske.org/news/news-2144-2-3-2/

[Award] Japan Society for the Science of Design Good Presentation Award [Design Studies]

Hiroki Ozue (2nd year student in the Design Studies Master's Program at the Faculty of Comprehensive Human Sciences, School of Comprehensive Human Sciences, supervisor: Associate Professor Hiroyuki Yamada, Faculty of Arts) has received the Japanese Society for the Science of Design Good Presentation Award.

 

Presentation title: Extraction of blank space in poster designs

 

Report on the Good Presentation Awards at the 72nd Spring Research Conference

https://jssd.jp/11189

[Award] Japan Society of Kansei Engineering Book Encouragement Award [Design Studies]

Hiroki Ozue (2nd year student in the Design Studies Master's Program at the Faculty of Comprehensive Human Sciences, supervisor: Associate Professor Hiroyuki Yamada, Faculty of Arts) has received the Japan Society of Kansei Engineering's Book Encouragement Award.

2025 Japan Society of Kansei Engineering Awards
https://www.jske.org/news/news-1771-2/

A video has been released regarding the 8 Graduate School Entrance Examination for the Design Studies Degree Program.

On Saturday, May 2025, 5, we will release a video of the entrance exam explanation held at the Design Studies Degree Program Graduate School Information Session. If you were not able to attend, please take this opportunity to take a look.

The application guidelines for the Design Degree Program (for the 2025 entrance exam) have been published

We are pleased to announce that starting today, the Graduate School of Design Degree Program admission guidelines (for the 2025 entrance examination) have been posted on our website.

【Japanese version】
https://www.ap-graduate.tsukuba.ac.jp/course/chs/

【English version】
https://eng.ap-graduate.tsukuba.ac.jp/course/chs/

List of Awards for the 2024 Design Degree Program

Awarded by the Design Degree Program

Master's program

  • Best Work Award: Shiho Okajima
  • Excellence Award: Shintaro Wakayama
  • Best Paper Award: Misa Miyazato
  • Excellent Paper Award: TSENG YI CHING

Doctoral Program

  • Best Paper Award: Daisuke Kasai
  • Excellent paper award: SEEKKUARACHCHIGE MIHIRI HIRUDINI

Awarded by related organizations (design degree program recommendation)

Master's program

  • University of Tsukuba Art Award (Work): Shiho Okajima
  • University of Tsukuba Art Award (Essay): Misa Miyazato
  • Meikei Association Award (Arts Division): Shintaro Wakayama
  • Meikei Association Award (Social Contribution): Miki Yoshida
  • Dean's Award of the Faculty of Comprehensive Human Sciences: Shusui Sato
  • University of Tsukuba Alumni Association Esaki Award: Rintaro Baba

Doctoral Program

  • Meikei Association Award (Social Contribution): Daisuke Kasai

*Updated Monday, March 3

[Award] Best conference paper award at the 2024 International Conference on Kansei Engineering and Emotion Research [Design Studies]

With Ms. Tadamizu Sato (1st year student in the Design Studies program at the Graduate School of Comprehensive Human Sciences, Graduate School of Comprehensive Human Sciences (Master's Program), Supervisor: Assistant Professor Someia, Faculty of Arts)Su Anjie (3rd year student in the Design Studies program at the Graduate School of Comprehensive Human Sciences, School of Comprehensive Human Sciences (PhD program), Supervisor: Professor Shinichi Koyama, Faculty of Arts)won the Best Paper Award of KEER 2024 at the 2024 International Conference on Kansei Engineering and Emotion Research (KEER2024).

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"A Study on the Identification of Acceptable Ranges for Wearable Sound with Wearer's Sense of Wearability and Surrounding People's Impressions" by Tamami Sato

Su Anjie “Exploring the Relationship Between Visual Stimuli Speed ​​and Comfort: The Role of Interoceptive Sensitivity and
Anxiety