Eligible authors are invited to nominate papers submitted for presentation at the 16th REAAA Conference in Manila, Philippines, in March 2021 for the prestigious Katahira Conference Awards. Winners will be awarded a cash prize and a certificate which will be presented during the Conference.
The Katahira Awards were established in 1991 in memory of the late Dr Nobutaka Katahira, who was the Association’s President for the 5th Council term from 1983 to 1986.
The main objective of the Awards is to encourage keen participation among young engineers in the promotion and advancement of science and technology in road development and road-related engineering.
The Awards entry rules are as follows:
1. The author must be under 40 years of age on 31st December 2020 (the closing date for submission). If there is more than one author, only the first or second-named author must be under 40 years of age.
2. The author must be either an Ordinary/Associate member of REAAA or an employee of an Institutional member of REAAA at the time of the submission of the paper.
3. Where there is more than one author, one member of REAAA as co-author is sufficient for the paper to be eligible for the award. It is not essential for that author to be under 40 years of age. However, either the first or second author must be under 40 years of age as stated above.
4. Papers must not have been published elsewhere in the same form.
Recipients of the Katahira Conference Awards (2021)
| Recipients | Title of Technical Papers |
|---|---|
| Hiroki Takebayashi, Research Engineer & Shigeki Takahashi, Chief Researcher Nippon Expressway Research Institute Company Limited Koki Bamba, Deputy General Manager,NICHIREKI Co.,LTD Toshiyuki Chikamatsu- Researcher,NICHIREKI Co.,LTD,Japan | Experimental Development of New Test Method for Evaluating for Evaluating Inter-Layer Bonding Properties of Asphalt Pavement Considering Pore Water Pressure. |
| Akihito Hirota, Researcher & Hiromi Murai, Researcher Central Research Institute, Seikitokyu-Kogyo Co., Ltd. Tsutomu Gento- Deputy Director-General. Central Research Institute, Seikitokyu-Kogyo Co., Ltd. Japan | All-Weather Highly Durable Cold Asphalt Mixture for Pavement Repair. |
| Yuki Ota ,Section Chief in Maintenance Management Division and Construction Management Division,Hachioji Branch NEXCO Central, Japan Keizo Kamiya,Senior Expert in Pavement Engineering NEXCO Central Headquarters,Japan. | Preventative Maintenance Strategy of Pavement Utilizing Nexco-PMS. |
| Hirotaka Sekiya, Head ITS Division, & Ryo Nakata, Division, National Institute for Land and Infrastructure Management Toshimasa Nakagawa, Senior Researcher ,Shinji Itsubo, Senior Researcher & Yasuyuki Iwasato, Researcher ITS Division, National Institute for Land and Infrastructure Management | Development of A Merging Support System for Automated Vehicles. |
