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February 28, 2023
Utsunomiya CampusHasuda Laboratory won the President's Award in the Invention and Ingenuity Contest
On February 2, 2022 (Thursday), at the "17th Technical Education Creation World (College Student Version) Invention / Device Contest" sponsored by the Japan Society of Technology Education, Professor Yuichi Hasuda of Faculty of Science and Engineering, Teikyo University Our laboratory received the President's Award, the highest award in the Invention and Ingenuity category. From the 10th to the 15th contest, when I participated for the first time, I received the President's Award for six years in a row. In the previous 16th Contest, it was regrettably the 2nd place "Excellence Encouragement Award", but this time it recaptured the highest award "Society Award".
The award-winning work "Mosquito Nari Toremasu" is an auto-sampling machine that uses mechatronics to enable time-based sampling for the unmanned and automated surveillance of sanitary insect pests. increase. Mosquitoes are known to carry infectious diseases, and about 700,000 people die each year worldwide due to malaria and dengue fever. In 2014, dengue fever began in Yoyogi Park, Tokyo, and 160 people were infected within the year. Mosquito surveillance is widely used in human decoys throughout Japan, but it carries the risk of infecting researchers. This work was created to prevent infections caused by mosquitoes. Tochigi Prefecture is the second largest producer of milk in Japan, so it is expected to be put into practical use to deal with mosquito complaints in cowsheds.
