Mr. Junpei Oba, a master course student of Prof. Takanobu Watanabe’s laboratory, received the Young Researcher Award (Takeo Hattori Award, Poster Presentation Category) at the 31st Electronic Device Interface Technology Research Meeting (EDIT31), held on January 29–30, 2026, at the Toray General Training Center in Mishima, Shizuoka, Japan.

Presentation title: Classical molecular dynamics simulation on the ferroelectric characteristics of cristalline HfO₂