Kishinouye Award

Kishinouye award is to commemorate Prof. Kishinouye who was with the Earthquake Research Institute of the Imperial College of Tokyo. 
It is well known that he is the first researcher that ever recorded inaudible sound, in other words, AE, during fracture tests of wood specimen, simulating earthquake events in a very small scale, in the early 1930’s. 

In order to commemorate his pioneer work, Kishinouye award has been set up by the JSNDI(The Japanese Society for Non-Destructive Inspection) for distinguished scientists and engineers who have made tremendous and invaluable contributions to AE science and technologies.

List of Award Winners

Event (Year)	Name	Venue (City)
IAES-27 (IIIAE 2025)	Mr. H. Vallen	Nagoya
IAES-24 (2018)	Dr. Sotirios J. Vahaviolos	Sapporo
IAES-23 (IIIAE 2016)	Prof. Masayasu Ohtsu	Kyoto
IAES-20 (2010)	Prof. Kanji Ono Prof. Gerd Manthei	Kumamoto
IAES-19 (2008)	Prof, Teruo Kishi Dr, Thomas F. Drouillard	Kyoto