Kai Fukami, Associate Professor in Aerospace Engineering, receives the Honourable Mention for the 2025 JFM Emerging Scholar Best Paper Prize

Kai Fukami, Associate Professor in Aerospace Engineering, has been selected for the Honourable Mention (Runner-up) in the 2025 JFM Emerging Scholar Best Paper Prize by the Journal of Fluid Mechanics (JFM) for his article titled “Observable-augmented manifold learning for multi-source turbulent flow data.”

The Journal of Fluid Mechanics, published by Cambridge University Press, is recognized as one of the most prestigious academic journals in the field of fluid mechanics. The JFM Emerging Scholar Best Paper Prize is awarded annually to the paper published in the journal by a first author who has received their Ph.D. degree within two years of publication, recognizing outstanding early-career research output. 

Date：November 5, 2026 
Awardee：Kai Fukami, Associate Professor（Aerospace Engineering） 
Title：2025 JFM Emerging Scholar Best Paper Prize Honourable Mention
Awarding Body：Journal of Fluid Mechanics (Cambridge University Press) 
Award-winning Paper: Fukami, K., & Taira, K. (2025). Observable-augmented manifold learning for multi-source turbulent flow data. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 1010, R4.
Link：https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-fluid-mechanics/announcements/prizes-and-awards/emerging-scholar-best-paper-2025