Dr. Mino Award of Excellence
Recognizing Outstanding Achievement in Road Development Around the World
The IRF Dr. Mino Award of Excellence was established in 2002 in honor of Dr. Sadamu Mino, an IRF Fellow from Japan who participated in the Class of 1954. Dr. Mino's accomplishments were many, but his most lasting contribution to the road development industry was his relentless efforts to promote technology transfer to those who needed it most.
The Award, bestowed every four years at the IRF World Meeting, was developed to recognize and honor outstanding graduates of the IRF Fellowship Program who have leveraged their educational experience to make outstanding achievements in roadway development and planning around the world.
Nominations for the Award are open to any person who successfully completed their educational pursuits through an IRF Fellowship scholarship. It is not necessary that the Fellow graduated from a degree program. Fellows may be nominated by an individual, government agency, private organization, or through self-nomination.
IRF Honors Moriyasu Furuki with 2010 Dr. Mino Award of Excellence
Moriyasu Furuki received his IRF Fellowship in 1973 to study at Purdue University, where, according to Furuki, he learned “to form unique, creative solutions to the challenges which could not be solved by conventional, local ideas and approaches.”
After completing his IRF Fellowship, Furuki returned to Japan and forged an impressive career, which included four years as a project engineer at the Asian Development Bank, thirty years at the Ministry of Construction in Japan and a tenure at the Metropolitan Expressway Public Corporation.
Finally, as the executive director of the Japan Society of Civil Engineers, Furuki has grown the organization from a national society to an international organization.
Read the official press release on the 2010 Dr. Mino Award of Excellence
Watch a video presentation highlighting Furuki's career and Fellowship