Latest from the Lab
Latest updates from Ohashi Laboratory.
2026
Associate Prof. Ohashi joined a panel discussion at LSI and Systems Workshop 2026
On May 14, 2026, Ohashi Takumi joined the panel session "Designing the Future in the World of Semiconductors — Skills Required and Careers Expanding" at LSI and Systems Workshop 2026 (LSI-WS 2026),…
Ohashi Lab's PBL "Transition Design Studio" featured in Dempa Shimbun
On April 27, 2026, Dempa Shimbun's ongoing series The Future of Semiconductor Talent (Episode 28) featured "Transition Design Studio," a project-based learning (PBL) program designed and operated by…
Nakamura Tsuzumi Receives Institute of Science Tokyo Outstanding Student Award
Nakamura Tsuzumi, a fourth-year undergraduate (B4) in Ohashi Lab, has received the Institute of Science Tokyo Outstanding Student Award for AY 2025. The award honors students who have excelled both…
Osaki Yutaka Receives JSAE Graduate Research Encouragement Award
Osaki Yutaka (M2 at the time of the award) from Ohashi Laboratory has received the JSAE Graduate Research Encouragement Award. The award recognizes outstanding graduate research and is given to…
Nakamura Tsuzumi Receives Best Presentation Award from the Department of Transdisciplinary Science and Engineering
Nakamura Tsuzumi (B4 at the time of the award) of Ohashi Lab received the Best Presentation Award in the Specific Topic Research for Bachelor's Programs at the Department of Transdisciplinary Science…
2025
Nakamura Tsuzumi Receives Institute of Science Tokyo Student Leadership Award
Nakamura Tsuzumi (B4 in Ohashi Lab at the time of the award) received the Institute of Science Tokyo Student Leadership Award for AY 2025. References Eight Science Tokyo Students Receive the AY 2025…
SiCA Selected as Operating Hub for MEXT's enSET Program
The Semiconductor Innovation and Co-creation Arena (SiCA), led by Associate Prof. Ohashi Takumi as project director, has been selected as an operating hub institution under MEXT's FY2025 enSET…
Laosunthara Ampan Receives Best Presentation Award from JSNDS
Laosunthara Ampan, a doctoral researcher in Ohashi Lab, received the Best Presentation Award at the 44th Annual Conference of the Japan Society for Natural Disaster Science (JSNDS). References JSNDS…
Associate Prof. Ohashi Takumi Receives Institute of Science Tokyo Challenging Research Award
Associate Prof. Ohashi Takumi has received the Institute of Science Tokyo Challenging Research Award. The award recognizes early-career faculty whose original, pioneering research takes on the…
Paper on the Noto Peninsula Earthquake Published in IJDRR
Press release: A paper led by Laosunthara Ampan (D1 in Ohashi Lab) as first author, analyzing the Noto Peninsula earthquake and proposing implications for disaster-preparedness institutional design,…
Associate Prof. Ohashi Speaks at TECHNIUM Global Conference
On May 8, 2025, Associate Prof. Ohashi Takumi spoke at TECHNIUM Global Conference, one of Japan's largest deep-tech conferences. He gave a talk and joined a panel discussion under the theme "The role…
Invited Talk at IEICE General Conference
Associate Prof. Ohashi Takumi gave an invited talk at the 2025 IEICE (Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers) General Conference, in the symposium session "Semiconductor…
Takagi Sota's CSA Paper Published in IJGFS
Press release: A paper led by Takagi Sota (D2 in Ohashi Lab) as first author, identifying drivers of consumer segmentation and participation in Japan's Community-Supported Agriculture (CSA), has been…
Moro Seiya Receives Judges' Special Award in Business Plan Contest
Moro Seiya (M2 in Ohashi Lab) received the Judges' Special Award at Musashi University's 5th Business Plan Contest for proposing an online platform Cocoro Link that connects parents who feel anxious…
Laosunthara Ampan Lectures at Ota Council of Certified Social Workers
On February 19, 2025, Laosunthara Ampan, researcher in Ohashi Lab, gave a lecture at the Ota Council of Certified Social Workers titled "Major disasters, then what? How can we get through them…
Talk at the International Open & Close Strategy Symposium
At the International Open & Close Strategy Symposium, Associate Prof. Ohashi Takumi gave a talk titled "The role of transition design in accelerating the societal implementation of deep tech."…
Interview Featured in Dempa Shimbun
Dempa Shimbun has published an interview with Associate Prof. Ohashi Takumi about the lab's research practice: leveraging transition design to create new applications and businesses grounded in…
Associate Prof. Ohashi Speaks at imec Symposium
At the 13th imec Handai International Symposium, held with imec — one of the world's leading semiconductor research institutes, headquartered in Leuven, Belgium — Associate Prof. Ohashi Takumi spoke…
2024
Launch of the Transition Design Explainer note Series
A note series has launched, accessibly explaining how transition design — an approach aimed at moving towards sustainable socio-technical systems — actually thinks and works. The series introduces,…
Paper on Smart Livestock Technology Published in TFSC
Press release: A paper led by Associate Prof. Ohashi Takumi as first author, modeling producers' adoption process for smart livestock technologies, has been published in Technological Forecasting and…
Panel Discussion at SKS JAPAN 2024
At SKS JAPAN 2024 — Global Foodtech Summit, Japan's largest food-tech conference bringing together food innovators from around the world, Associate Prof. Ohashi Takumi joined a panel discussion in…
Institute of Science Tokyo Launched
Tokyo Institute of Technology has merged with Tokyo Medical and Dental University to become Institute of Science Tokyo (Science Tokyo). References Institute of Science Tokyo News
Invited Talk at the Society for Animal Behaviour and Management
Associate Prof. Ohashi Takumi gave an invited talk titled "Transition design for a sustainable protein-supply system" at the 2024 Society for Animal Behaviour and Management open symposium "The…
Takagi Sota's CSA Paper Published in AFE
Press release: A paper led by Takagi Sota (D2 in Ohashi Lab) as first author, comprehensively clarifying and modeling the factors that influence consumer decision-making to participate in…
Launch of Joint Research on Transition Design with Mirai Relations
Ohashi Lab has launched joint research with Mirai Relations Inc. to systematize and formalize the methodology of transition design for sustainable societal change, applying it to industrial-structure…
Osaki Yutaka Receives Best Presentation Award from JSNDS
Osaki Yutaka (B4 in Ohashi Lab at the time of the award) received the Best Presentation Award at the annual conference of the Japan Society for Natural Disaster Science (JSNDS). References Osaki…
Moro Seiya Receives Outstanding Award at Tamachikai Mirai Juku
Moro Seiya (M2 in Ohashi Lab; M1 at the time) received an Outstanding Award at Tamachikai Mirai Juku, an entrepreneurship-education program co-hosted by universities and companies, held between…
Fujisaki Maoko Receives Tokyo Tech Leadership Award
Fujisaki Maoko (B4 in Ohashi Lab) received the Tokyo Tech Student Leadership Award for AY 2023. References Six future international leaders receive the AY 2023 Tokyo Tech Student Leadership Award
Engineering Education Award from the Japanese Society for Engineering Education
The Japanese Society for Engineering Education granted the Engineering Education Award in the Paper / Discussion category. References Prof. Miki Saijo and Associate Prof. Ohashi Takumi Receive the…
Selected for DLab Challenge 2022
The research was selected for DLab Challenge 2022, a research-support program for realizing futures. References Three research projects selected for DLab Challenge 2022 — research support program…