Announcement of Sawamura Award - winning Papers (22/10/2012)

Following four papers are awarded the 2012 Sawamura Award.

· Development of X-ray imaging for observing solidification of carbon steels

—ISIJ International, Vol.51 (2011), No.3, pp. 402-408

Hideyuki Yasuda, Tomoya Nagira, Masato Yoshiya, Noriaki Nakatsuka(Osaka University), Akira Sugiyama(Osaka Sangyo University), Kentaro Uesugi and Keiji Umetani (Japan Synchrotron Radiation Research Institute)

· Development of secondary-fuel injection technology for energy reduction in the iron ore sintering process

—ISIJ International, Vol. 51 (2011), No.6, pp. 913-921

Nobuyuki Oyama, Yuji Iwami, Tetsuya Yamamoto, Satoshi Machida, Takahide Higuchi, Hideaki Sato, Michitaka Sato, Kanji Takeda, Yoshinori Watanabe (JFE Steel Corporation), Masakata Shimizu and Koki Nishioka (Kyushu University)

· Blistering behavior during oxide scale formation on steel surface

—ISIJ International, Vol. 51 (2011), No.10, pp. 1696-1702

Yasumitsu Kondo, Hiroshi Tanei, Noriyuki Suzuki, Kohsaku Ushioda and Muneyuki Maeda (Nippon Steel Corporation)

· Effect of texture on r-value of ferritic stainless steel sheets

—ISIJ International, Vol.51 (2011), No.10, pp. 1740-1748

Jun-ichi Hamada (Nippon Steel Corporation), Naoto Ono (Nippon Steel and Sumikin Stainless Steel Corporation) and Hirofumi Inoue (Osaka Prefecture University)