Professor Jun Masuda of the Faculty of Engineering (Natural Sciences) received a letter of appreciation at the 2025 Basic, Materials, and General Division Conference of the Institute of Electrical Engineers of Japan.

Professor Jun Masuda of the Faculty of Engineering (Faculty of Natural Sciences), who is also the Director of the Carbon Neutral Fusion Technology Research Center attached to the Research Management Organization of this university, received a letter of appreciation at the 2025 Basic, Materials, and General Division Conference of the Institute of Electrical Engineers of Japan (IEICE), held on September 4th, for his contributions to "promoting inter-division collaborative projects at the 2025 National Conference." This was in recognition of his contributions to the planning and operation of the headquarters-planned symposium "Issues the IEICE Should Address - Solving Energy Problems by Integrating Materials, Devices, and System Technologies" at the 2025 IEICE National Conference held at Meiji University's Nakano Campus from March 18th to 20th.

Achieving carbon neutrality by 2050 may require not only technologies addressed in existing academic fields, but also the integration of individual technologies and interdisciplinary knowledge. Furthermore, a deeper understanding of climate change is necessary as a prerequisite. Electricity does not yet account for 50% of primary energy in Japan, making it important to deepen the relationship between electrical energy and thermal/chemical energy. In addition, it is necessary to comprehensively solve technical challenges related to energy transport and energy management (smart grids, etc.), in addition to energy creation, energy conservation, and energy storage. At this symposium, Professor Masuda, together with Kenji Okamoto, Director of the Basic, Materials, and General Divisions of the Institute of Electrical Engineers of Japan, planned the symposium, which consisted of lectures by leading experts in each field and a panel discussion, as an opportunity for speakers and audience to consider what the Institute of Electrical Engineers of Japan should do in inter-division collaboration to overcome these wide-ranging technical challenges. This certificate of appreciation is presented in recognition of the holding of the symposium and the continued contributions to promoting inter-division collaboration thereafter.