Mr. Yamamoto Yudai, a second-year master’s student in the Department of Food and Energy Systems Science, Graduate School of Bio-Applications and Systems Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology (TUAT), won the first prize “President Award”, “NEDO Award” by New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization, and “INDEE Japan Award” at the “Academic Entrepreneur Challenge 2024” pitch contest to create the future with ideas and technology, held on March 10, 2025.
Mr. Yamamoto’s team presented a pitch for their “Plan to Develop Technology for Horse Injury Prevention” and was awarded the above prizes.

Mr. WATANABE Hiroya, a first-year doctoral student in the Department of Mechanical Systems Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Ms. Fidya Azahro Nur Mawaddah, a second-year master’s student in the Department of Applied Physics and Chemical Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, and their team members won the Fukushima Prefecture’s “Kibitan Award”, a symbolic character for reconstruction.
Their team presented a pitch for their “Plan for a boxed lunch vending machine that serves as a base for international exchange to accommodate diverse dietary restrictions such as religious norms and allergies”.

Congratulations, Yamamoto san, Watanabe san, and Fidya san!

The 10 teams that passed the document review through mentoring both on and off campus presented their pitches at this contest, and each winner was selected.

 

Award-winning Plan: “Project to Develop Technology for Horse Injury Prevention”
Summary: To address the issue of horses’ health status, which is not being accurately observed by relying on experience and sensory perception, this plan aims to develop and commercialize a health status prediction system that collects and analyzes data by attaching sensors to horses in training, and estimates the forces applied to the horses’ bones, muscle tendons, and ligaments.

Award-winning Plan: “Project for a boxed lunch vending machine that serves as a base for international exchange to accommodate diverse dietary restrictions such as religious norms and allergies”
Summary: This plan aims to install a vending machine that provides halal, vegan, and other foods for students with various dietary restrictions. This will also create opportunities for people with diverse dietary needs to share meals and promote a multicultural society.

 

You can watch a video of the contests.

 

For more information on the contest winners, please click here.
https://en.tuat-flourish.jp/topics/info/3116/

Please refer to the following TUAT Website
https://www.tuat.ac.jp/NEWS/event/20250327_01.html