Yamazaki-Teiichi Prize is an award given annually by the Foundation for Promotion of Material Science and Technology of Japan (MST) to people who have achieved outstanding, creative results, with practical effect, by publishing theses, acquiring patents, or developing methods, technologies and the like and/or people with strong future potential for achieving such results. Chairman of the selection committee is Professor Hideki Shirakawa, the winner of the 2000 Nobel Prize in chemistry. The prize was established in commemoration of the late , the first chairman of the MST's Board of Directors, for his contributions to scientific, technological and industrial development and human resource cultivation. Fields The Yamazaki-Teiichi Prize is awarded in the following four fields. Prizewinner receives an award diploma, a gold medal, and cash award of JPY 3,000,000 cash (about USD 30 thousands) per full Prize in each area. Materials Semiconductors & semiconductor devices Measurement science & technology Biological science & technology Awards Materials 2001 - Takaaki Toyooka. Next generation, electrical resistance welded steel tube with high strength and excellent formability contributing to energy conservation. 2002 - Syunichi Miyazaki. Development of Ti-Ni shape memory alloys and contribution to their applications. 2003 - Toshihiro Ishikawa. Development and industrialization of functional ceramics produced from an organosilicon polymer. 2004 - Hirohisa Tanaka, Mari Uenishi, Yasuo Nishihata. Research and development of a self-regenerative palladium-perovskite catalyst for automotive emissions control. 2005 - . Study on the application of tunnel magnetoresistance junctions. 2006 - Kazuhito Hashimoto, . Environmental materials using TiO2 photocatalyst with solar energy. 2007 - Masashi Kawasaki. Exploration of ZnO based semiconductor technology. 2008 - Terunori Fujita, Makoto Mitani. Development of new olefin polymerization catalysts and their applications to novel polyolefinic materials. 2009 - , Hiroyasu Fujimori. Development and industrial contribution of amorphous alloys. 2010 - , Koji Nozaki. Technical innovation in ArF resist material for LSI production to 90nm-era and beyond. 2011 - Akira Yoshino. Development and its commercialization of the lithium-ion battery. 2012 - Yoshinobu Honkura. The research and development of Dy free Nd-Fe-B anisotropic bonded magnet and its applications to motors. 2013 - Hiroshi Harada, Kyoko Kawagishi, Tadaharu Yokokawa. Development of high temperature turbine material using nickel-based superalloys. 2014 - Takatomo Sasaki, Yusuke Mori, Masashi Yoshimura. Discovery of nonlinear optical borate crystal CsLiB6O10 and contributions to development of new deep-ultraviolet laser sources. 2015 - Fujimitsu Masuyama, Atsuro Iseda. Contribution to the development and application of creep-strength-enhanced ferritic heat resistant steels and